Institute for Advanced Social SciencesWaseda University

Overview

The aim of this project is to deepen the comprehension of the social dimension of environmental issues and seek the prescription to solve them, using economic theories and interdisciplinary approaches. The research subjects relate to nonlinear phenomena such as optimal controls of pollution stocks and environmental assets, the competitive equilibrium paths of an economy with externalities, and differential games that describe, for example, multilateral environmental negotiations. We also address difficult and novel challenges such as intergenerational equity, which is emerging in the notion of sustainable development, deep uncertainty of climate change and of biodiversity loss, and nonconvexity of nature.

Members

Project Organizer: Ken-Ichi Akao

Affiliated Researchers: Masahiko Gemma, Ayu Washizu, Satoshi Kurokawa, Koki Oikawa, Kiyoshi Chiba, Keiichiro Atsumi

Adjunct Researchers

• Hitoshi Ishii (Professor Emeritus, Waseda University)
• Kenko Uchida (Professor Emeritus, Waseda University)
• Takashi Kamihigashi (Professor, Kobe University)
• Shoji Komai (Professor, International Professional University of Technology in Tokyo)
• Hiroaki Sakamoto (Associate Professor, Kobe University)
• Stefan Gruber (D.Phil., University of Sydney)
• Kazuo Nishimura (Professor, Kobe University)
• Ryuji Yamazaki-skov (Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Osaka University Symbiotic Intelligent Systems Research Center)

Project Period

September 21, 2017 – March 31, 2027

Website

http://w3.waseda.jp/prj-gsss3/

IASS Research Project