School of International Liberal Arts Department of International Liberal Arts
Areas of expertise include global environmental policy theory, resource recycling and innovation theory, and ecological communication theory.
The main research themes for 2023-2028 are 1) scenario analysis for achieving carbon neutrality, 2) research on preventing marine pollution from land-based plastic waste, and 3) research on preventing transboundary air pollution in the East Asian region -. The causal relationship between PM2.5 and COVID-19, 4) research on sustainable consumption and production (Sustainable Consumption SDGs), 5) research on trends in local production and local consumption of renewable energy, and 6) research on environmental communication methods using DX.
The primary study areas are the UK, the Baltic Sea Region (Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, etc.) and East Asia (China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, South Korea and Japan). In addition to the above countries, policy studies include the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and India.
