IR3S - Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science
The Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S) is a research network created in 2005 with the aim of serving as a global research and educational platform for sustainability science. IR3S started as an alliance of five participating universities and four cooperating institutions in Japan. By 2010, IR3S became a network of eleven participating and cooperating institutions.
- Participating universities: the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Hokkaido University, and Ibaraki University
- Cooperating institutions: Toyo University, the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Chiba University, Waseda University, and Ritsumeikan University
- Flagship Project 1. Sustainable measures to mitigate and adapt to global warming
- Flagship Project 2. Building a resource-circulating society in Asia
- Flagship Project 3. Global sustainability - conception and development
IR3S organizes lectures, workshops and conferences that bring together researchers, academics, students, government officials and policy makers to exchange information and discuss sustainability issues.
INSS - International Network for Sustainability Science
The International Network for Sustainability Science (INSS) is a platform for linking academic networks to share knowledge on present status and approaches for sustainable development. The goals of INSS are to link research networks together, to provide society with a new kind of science, to educate a new generation of sustainability stakeholders, and to take the lead in social change and innovation for sustainability. IR3S is one of the founding networks of the INSS started in 2009 as the organizer of the first meeting of the International Conference on Sustainability Science (ICSS) series in February 2009, which now serves as the primary meeting series of INSS.
International Conference on Sustainability Science (ICSS)
The International Conference on Sustainability Science (ICSS) brings together the representatives of various international networks working on sustainability science to promote a deeper understanding of diverse academic approaches for sustainability. The conference series initially introduced in the “Sapporo Sustainability Declaration” at G8 University summit (Sapporo, Japan) in June 2009.
ICSS-Asia
ICSS-Asia is the network platform on sustainability science for researchers, international institutions, and enterprises, particularly in Asia. Since its first conference, ICSS-Asia has been successful to be a showcase of industry-government-academia coordination and international cooperation.
