Global Leadership Fellows Program (GLFP)グローバル・リーダーシップ・フェローズ・プログラム

例年、留学から帰国した早大生とアメリカから渡航し早大での留学を開始するUS学生との顔合わせ、キックオフとなるイベントとしてボンディングキャンプを実施しています。その後1年間ともに学んでいく同期学生同士のチームビルディングが最大の目的ですが、お互いのバックグラウンドや研究領域、趣味などを話合い、2日間を共に過ごすことで、いつも予期せぬ盛り上がりを見せる合宿となっています。

Every year, we carry out a Bonding Camp as a kick-off event of meet and greet for Waseda students who have just come back home from study abroad and American students who have traveled to Japan to start studying at Waseda. The main purpose of the camp is team building among cohorts who will be studying together for a year, and as they spend two days together discussing one another’s backgrounds, areas of research, hobbies, etc., it always turns out to be an unexpectedly fun and exciting trip.

2019年9月　6期生ボンディングキャンプ/ Sep 2019　Bonding Camp（6th Cohort）
GLFP6期生 ボンディングキャンプに行ってきました！
We’re back from Bonding Camp!（GLFP 6th Cohort）

2018年9月　5期生ボンディングキャンプ/ Sep 2018　Bonding Camp（5th Cohort）
GLFP5期生 ボンディングキャンプに行ってきました！
We’re back from Bonding Camp!（GLFP 5th Cohort）

例年、秋学期授業の終了した春休み期間中にフィールド・トリップ（GLFP Field Trip）を実施しています。必修科目であるフォーラム（Global Leadership Fellows Forum）において取り組んだテーマ学習についてさらに深めることを目的としています。早大生・留学生が学外で学びながら一緒に過ごすため、GLFP学生間の結びつきがさらに強まります。

We have GLFP Field Trip during the spring break after the end of class sessions in fall semester. The objective of this field trip is to further deepen the students’ understanding of themes covered in the Global Leadership Fellows Forum. Since Waseda and US students study and work together outside of the campus for a couple of days, the bond in the GLFP Community becomes stronger through the experiences in the field trip.

2020年　6期生フィールドトリップ/ 2020　Field Trip（6th Cohort）
GLFP Archive Field Trip 6th Cohort 2020

2019年　5期生フィールドトリップ/ 2019　Field Trip（5th Cohort）
GLFP Archive Field Trip 5th Cohort 2019

Course Overview

Purpose

The course analyzes various issues in global society in multiple perspectives through class discussions, reading and writing assignments. GLFP students develop a global perspective with a sense of leadership by engaging in individual and group projects and other activities. GLFP Students are expected to build a common ground of GLFP by working together on specific subjects and learn from each other.

Theme

In academic year of 2018-2019, Forum was comprised of invited lectures, discussion sessions, and workshops of group project. Students discussed various subjects, including global peace, environment, and human rights with their own analysis of the issues. After having a series of discussion on the impact of globalization, the role of global citizens for global inequality and environment in class, students shared common concerns and learned approaches to overcome challenges in the world.

Guest Speakers

Lecture

We invited several guest speakers in academic year of 2018-2019. In the lecture series, GLFP students had opportunities to learn more about specific issues on human rights and environmental challenges and the possible approaches to make a change directly from the representatives in the fields and discussed the roles of citizens for the sustainable future of our global society.

Fall 2018

In Fall 2018, Dr. Mbuli Charles Boliko, Director of Liaison Office in Japan, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations offered a lecture on food security in the world and discussed the role of citizens to work for food loss and waste and gave an advice on the ways of practicing leadership to the students.

Spring 2019

In Spring 2019, we had special lecture series on global sustainability. Dr. Keith Alverson, Director of International Environmental Technology Center, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP-IETC) explained an overview of waste management, recent challenges of plastic pollution, and approaches for implementing preventive measures. Mr. Takayuki Tujii, General Manager of Patagonia, Japan, discussed the corporate environmental and social responsibility and the role of consumers as global citizens that would make an impact on practice of corporations. Ms. Kazuko Ito, Lawyer, Secretary General of Human Rights Now, discussed the human rights issues in global supply chain and explained how the organization has been working through the original research and policy advocacy via United Nations.

Group Project

Presentation

GLFP 5th Cohort worked collectively for the group project to understand the idea and practice of sustainability for two consecutive semesters and made a public presentation at Ono auditorium, Waseda campus in July 2019.

Who Are You Wearing?
Understanding the Global Force of Fast Fashion

Summary

In 2017, the fast fashion industry enjoyed 35 billion dollars in sales, and it has seen an annual growth rate of nearly 5% since 2011. When the fifth cohort of the Global Leadership Fellows Program conducted a survey of over 250 university students from Japan, the US, and Western Europe, on the topic of clothing and fashion, only 6% of respondents stated that they had not shopped at a fast fashion retailer (names including Uniqlo, Forever 21, H&M, and Zara) in 2018. The ever-growing popularity of fast fashion brands amongst our generation cannot be ignored as the industry continues to expand its reach.

Our research chronicled the often-overlooked story of fast fashion: a story marked by a global cycle of unsustainable consumption, environmental degradation, and human rights violations. We examined the links between consumers’ relationship to digital media and problematic industry-level trends. Overproduction has led to mass consumption of our resources and harmful impacts on the environment. The production process, catering to ever-tighter time and budget demands of global brands, is plagued by questionable working conditions and human rights policies for laborers in the Global South.

The fifth cohort of the Global Leadership Fellows Program advanced solutions toward a sustainable future for the fast fashion industry that not only champions the environment, but also all the hands who touch its global supply chain, including consumers. The cohort offered international policy, enterprise level corporate social responsibility, and lifestyle strategies for bettering the global impacts of the fast fashion industry.