15.11.2024 - 13:30

VSJF Annual Conference 2024 in Berlin

Sustainability in Japan  |  Fri–Sun, November 15–17, 2024  |  Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB)

The Conference
Making human activity on Earth sustainable is currently the greatest challenge of mankind. Ever since the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, the topic has gained world-wide popularity, but what sustainability means, how it can be achieved, how it is politically negotiated, and which actors are involved differs widely across the world. The purpose of this conference is to gain a better understanding of how issues of sustainability are understood, framed and pursued by different actors in Japan. Focusing on economic, societal, and political perspectives, we hope not only to encourage more social science research and teaching related to sustainability issues in Japan, but also to interrogate more widely what sustainability means for the academic profession.

Organized by:
Harald Conrad, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU)
Barbara Holthus, German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)
Axel Klein, Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST), University of Duisburg-Essen

Supported by:
Department of Modern Japanese Studies, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU)
German Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF)
German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)
Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST), University of Duisburg-Essen
Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB)

Link to the conference website of DIJ:
https://www.dijtokyo.org/event/vsjf-annual-conference-sustainability-in-japan/