Organization
Organization chart
General Strategy Office
Aiming at new academic foundations and scholarly activities across disciplines, as well as solutions to societal issues.
- Planning, operation, and supervision of flexible task forces in collaboration with internal departments, domestic research institutions, overseas research institutions, and stakeholders.
- Coordinating and overseeing the formation of an academic foundation for Arctic studies
- Coordination and supervision of the realization of the university-wide vision and international response
| Post | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Professor/Director | SUGIYAMA Shin | |
| ◎ | Professor/Vice Director | FUKAMACHI Yasushi |
| Advisor to the Director | OGI Masayo | |
| Specially-appointed Associate Professor | OHNISHI Fujio | |
| Associate Professor | PODOLSKIY EVGENY | |
| Specially Appointed Associate Professor | HIRATA Takafumi | |
| Associate Professor | SAUNAVAARA Juha Mikael |
Arctic Studies Creation Division
Arctic Research Unit
KeywordsCryosphere, Environment, Animals, Climate, Greenland
Graduate schoolGraduate School of Environmental Science
It consists of three units that comprehensively study the interconnection and human-environment interactions between mid-latitude regions and the Arctic.
Cross-regional Research Unit
KeywordsEcosystem, Earth System, Remote Sensing, Modeling
Graduate schoolGraduate School of Environmental Science
Understanding the interactions between the Arctic and mid-latitudes from the natural environment, politics, and economics.
HIRATA Takafumi
Specially-Appointed Associate Professor
Earth Observation / Oceanography / Integrated Marine Ecosystem Assessment
Unit Head
Collaborative and Integrative Research Unit
KeywordsGovernance, Community, Infrastructure, Economy, International relations
Graduate schoolDepartment of Slavic-Eurasian Studies (Division of Humanities, Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences) , Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences
The unit conducts interdisciplinary research that seeds task forces and aims for breakthroughs in Arctic research, focusing on new academic foundations that support problem-solving.
OHNISHI Fujio
Specially-Appointed Associate Professor
International Relations, Arctic Studies Area Studies
Hayashi Naotaka
Oversea Researcher
Associate Professor (University of Calgary)
Environmental Anthropology, Development Studies
Marina Lomaeva
specially appointed assistant professor
Environmental governance, Arctic studies, Area studies
Recruitment
We are not currently recruiting.
Adjunct Faculity member
Arctic Research Unit
| Post | Name |
|---|---|
| Professor | Ueno Hiromichi |
| Professor | Furuya Masato |
| Professor | GREVE Ralf |
| Professor | NOMURA Daiki |
| Associate Professor | IIZUKA Yoshinori |
| Associate Professor | UETAKE Jun |
| Associate Professor | YAMAGUCHI Atsushi |
| Associate Professor | SHIRAIWA Takayuki |
| Assistant Professor | THIEBOT Jean-Baptiste |
| Assistant Professor | MATOBA Sumito |
Cross-regional Research Unit
| Post | Name |
|---|---|
| Professor | YAMAMOTO Masanobu |
| Professor | TSUYUZAKI Shiro |
| Professor | UEDA Kayo |
| Professor | NISHIOKA Jun |
| Professor | OOKI Atsushi |
| Professor | YAMADA Tomohito |
| Professor | CHI Hyunjoo Naomi |
| Professor | SATO Tomonori |
| Specially Appointed Professor | OHSHIMA Keiichiro |
| Specially Appointed Professor | MASUDA Ryuichi |
| Associate Professor | ISHIKAWA Mamoru |
Collaborative and Integrative Research Unit
| Post | Name |
|---|---|
| Professor | KASAI Akihide |
| Professor | MORI Taro |
| Professor | MURAI Yuuichi |
| Professor | KATO Hirofumi |
| Professor | KOYANO Mari |
| Professor | HATTORI Michitaka |
| Assistant Professor | WATANABE Norihiro |
| Assistant Professor | MATSUNO Kohei |
