Achievements
Sustainable Bio-Loop Program 丨 サステイナブルビオループ寄付講座 丨 The University of Tokyo
Research at a Glance
50+
Research Outputs
30+
Journal Articles
5+
Reports & Policy Briefs
10+
Book Chapters & Edited Volume Contributions
Research Outputs
Sakamoto H, Yamasaki L, Abe SK, Ezoe S, Egawa S, Guinto RR, Hashimoto H, Igarashi A, Lekagul A, Lwin KS, Mukaigawara M, Namkoong H, Nishino Y, Kondo N, Kunii O, Rauniyar SK, Saito E, Shibuya K, Takemi K, Tang K, Tabuchi T, Tomoi H, Tsugawa Y, Suzuki T, Nomura S. Japan’s global health engagement in the Western Pacific: diagnosing structural inertia and a framework for human security diplomacy. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2026 Jul 15;72:101921. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2026.101921.
2026
Yamasaki L, Sakamoto H, Hashimoto H, Kondo N, Kunii O, Tsugawa Y, Abe SK, Ezoe S, Egawa S, Guinto RR, Igarashi A, Lekagul A, Lwin KS, Mukaigawara M, Namkoong H, Nishino Y, Rauniyar SK, Saito E, Shibuya K, Takemi K, Tang K, Tabuchi T, Tomoi H, Suzuki T, Nomura S. Japan’s health system toward 2040: structural challenges and a renewed social contract. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2026 Jul 15;72:101920. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2026.101920.
2026
Sasayama K, Saso T, Egawa Y, Nishimura E, Ota E, Tachimori H, Igarashi A, Yoneoka D, Saito E. Cyclical women’s health needs at work: Low-disclosure support and privacy-preserving self-tracking in age-stratified focus groups in Japan. Women Health. 2026 Sep 2:1-18. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2026.2724879.
2026
Li W., Terada T., Sioen G. B. (2026) Urban agricultural land transitions in Tokyo: spatiotemporal dynamics, driving mechanisms, and accessibility implications, City and Environment Interactions, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cacint.2026.100449
2026
Jarzebski, M.P., Telegina, M., Dahlberg-Dodd, H., Samsudin, R., Hosokawa, N., Docot, D. (2026). Aging beyond older adults: Transdisciplinary perspectives on demographic change in Japan. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 14, 103505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
2026
Liu M., Terada T., Sioen G. B. (2026) Urban Cumulative Green Inequality: An Environmental Justice Typology of Private Green Advantage and Public Park Engagement, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2026.1883980
2026
Biber-Freudenberger L., Chaudhary S., Dube, P. K., Estoque R. C., Estrada Y., Földvári G., Harrison P. A., Hussain A., van Huysen T., Lorilla R. S., Materu S. F., McElwee P., Molua E. L., Obura D., Sioen G. B., Howe C. (2026) Beyond the silos: a global evidence synthesis of biodiversity, water, food, health and climate interactions, iScience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.116871
2026
Prist P. R., Bailey A., Bukvareva E., Maire E., Seppelt R., Hayman D. T. S., Biber-Freudenberger L., Chaudhary S., Dube, P. K., Estoque R. C., Estrada Y., Földvári G., Harrison P. A., Hussain A., van Huysen T., Lorilla R. S., Materu S. F., McElwee P., Molua E. L., Obura D., Sioen G. B., Howe C. (2026) Beyond the silos: a global evidence synthesis of biodiversity, water, food, health and climate interactions, iScience, vol. 29, pp. 116871, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.116871
2026
Govindarajan, U.H.; Li, J; Jarzebski, M.P.; Narang, G.; Galdelli, A.(2026). Policy Innovation Alignment Analysis for Cross-Referencing China’s Barrier-Free Mobility. 29th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), Fuzhou, China, 2026, pp. 3323-3328, doi: 10.1109/CSCWD68734.2026.11582828
2026
Jarzebski, M.P. (2026). Tenure reform and Indigenous forest governance: Comparative policy insights from the Philippines. Trees, Forests and People 26, 101378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2026.101378
2026
Ospina, D., Mirazo, P., Allan, R. P., Basnett, S., Bastos, A., Bhattarai, N., Broadgate, W., Broekhoff, D. J., Bustamante, M., Chen, D., Choi, Y., Cox, P., Domeignoz-Horta, L. A., Ebi, K. L., Friedlingstein, P., Frölicher, T. L., Fuss, S., Goessling, H. F., Gruber, N., He, Q., Hebden, S., Hedrich, N., Heilemann, A., Hirota, M., Hodnebrog, Ø., Hugelius, G., Izquierdo-Tort, S., Juhola, S., Kasuga, F., Ke, P., Kelley, D. I., Kilkiş, Ş., Kotz, M., Kumarasinghe, N., Lamb, W. F., Lee, S.-Y., Liu, J., Maesano, C. N., Martin, M. A., Mazzochini, G. G., Merchant, C. J., Mori, A. S., Morris, J., Persson, Å., Pörtner, H.-O., Probst, B. S., Ramage, J., Razanatsoa, E., Redman, A., Rockström, J., Rodrigues, R. R., Ruehr, S., Ryan, S. J., Sanchez-Rodriguez, R., Schleussner, C.-F., Schlosser, P., Scott, W. A., Semenza, J. C., Seybold, H., Shindell, D. T., Sioen, G. B., Smith, K. E., Sokona, Y., Stechemesser, A. H., Stocker, T. F., Su, S. H. L., Thiam, D., Trencher, G. P., Virkkala, A.-M., Warszawski, L., Weiskopf, S. R., Wu, H., & Zhu, S. Ten New Insights in Climate Science 2025 (2026). Global Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2025.10043
2026
Setiawati, M.D., Pu, J., Wadumestrige Dona, C.G., Fukushi, K., Dwinandha, D., Katsuma, Y., & Jarzebski, M.P. (2026). Long-term quantitative evaluation of river water quality in Tokyo (1966–2023) based on the NSFWQI index. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 198, 536. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-026-15379-x
2026
Setiawati, M.D., Pu, J., Wadumestrige Dona, C.G., Fukushi, K., Dwinandha, D., Katsuma, Y., & Jarzebski, M.P. (2026). Long-term quantitative evaluation of river water quality in Tokyo (1966–2023) based on the NSFWQI index. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 198, 536. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-026-15379-x
2026
Droz, L, Fajrini, R, 2026, “No time to lose! Temporal horizons and time lags in biodiversity science, policy and litigation”, World Future Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/19467567261441554
2026
Droz, L. Thiri, M. “Climate Resilience Across Scales: Connectedness From Multispecies Sustainability to Planetary Health”, in Springer Book “Handling Climate Change Impacts: The Importance of a One Health, Eco-Health, and Planetary Health Perspective” Chapter 9
2026
Droz, L. Mirina Uchida, Yasuko Kameyama, “A “Rights-based Approach” to Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss: Rights of Humans, Nature, and Future Generations”, Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics. https://doi.org/10.3354/esep00239
2026
Kazmi SZ, Shin A, Abe SK, Islam MR, Rahman MS, Saito E, Cho S, Katagiri R, Merritt MA, Choi JY, Shu XO, Sawada N, Tamakoshi A, Sakata R, Hozawa A, Kanemura S, Kim J, Sugawara Y, Park SK, Cai H, Tsugane S, Kimura T, Ahsan H, Boffetta P, Chia KS, Matsuo K, Qiao YL, Rothman N, Zheng W, Inoue M, Kang D. Reproductive and Hormonal Factors and Thyroid Cancer Risk: Pooled Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies in the Asia Cohort Consortium. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2025 Jan 23. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-24-0330.
2025
Suzuki T, Sasayama K, Nishimura E, Yamaji N, Ota E, Saito E, Yoneoka D. Association Between Income and Well-Being Among Working Women in Japan. Healthcare. 2025; 13(3):240. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13030240.
2025
Sigel B, Withrow DR, Veiga LHS, Saito E, Matsuda T, Katanoda K. Adult brain cancer incidence patterns: A comparative study between Japan and Japanese Americans. Int J Cancer. 2025 Feb 21. doi: 10.1002/ijc.35374.
2025
Lee S, Ahn C, Abe SK, Rahman MS, Islam MR, Saito E, An S, Sawada N, Shu XO, Koh WP, Cai H, Hozawa A, Kanemura S, Nagata C, You SL, Kang D, Kanehara R, Gao YT, Yuan JM, Wen W, Sugawara Y, Wada K, Chen CJ, Yoo KY, Ahsan H, Chia KS, Shin A, Kim J, Lee JE, Matsuo K, Rothman N, Qiao YL, Zheng W, Boffetta P, Inoue M, Park SK. Association Between Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity and 15-year Mortality in the Asia Cohort Consortium. J Epidemiol. 2025 May 13. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20240362.
2025
Liu S, Yoneoka D, Suzuki H, Sasayama K, Saito E, Naraoka Y, Hosokawa M, Igarashi A, Ota E. Prevalence of menstrual pain and symptoms and their association with age and BMI among Japanese female app users. Sci Rep. 2025 May 28;15(1):18743. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-02459-0.
2025
Yamaji N, Yoneoka D, Suzuki D, Sasayama K, Ota E, Nishimura E, Tachimori H, Saito E*. Enhancing Effect of eHealth Use on the Associations Between Social Supports and Well-Being in Japanese Employed Women Providing Childcare or Care: Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling Study. JMIR Pediatr Parent. 2025 Jun 26;8:e68119. doi: 10.2196/68119.
2025
Ono A, Tanaka S, Sawada N, Goto A, Tsugane S, Muraki I, Yamagishi K, Sasaki Y, Abe Y, Kayama T, Ueno Y, Saito E, Yamaji T, Iwasaki M, Inoue M. Helicobacter pylori eradication and gastric cancer prevention in a pooled analysis of large-scale cohort studies in Japan. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 1;15(1):21307. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-00713-z.
2025
Nishimura, E., Yamaji, N., Sasayama, K., Rahman, M. O., Lopes, K. d. S., Mamahit, C. G., Ninohei, M., Tun, P. P., Shoki, R., Suzuki, D., Nitamizu, A., Yoneoka, D., Saito, E., & Ota, E. (2025). Effectiveness of the Internet of Things for Improving Pregnancy and Postpartum Women’s Health in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Healthcare, 13(17), 2103. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13172103.
2025
Sigel B, Saito E, Yoneoka D, Matsuda T, Katanoda K. Forecasting age-standardized incidence rates of gastric cancer from 1990-2050 in Japan according to H. pylori prevalence and eradication scenarios. J Gastroenterol. 2025 Sep 19. doi: 10.1007/s00535-025-02296-y.
2025
Sasayama K, Saso T, Egawa Y, Nishimura E, Ota E, Tachimori H, Igarashi A, Arata N, Yoneoka D, Saito E*. Working women’s perceptions and expectations of digital health tools for personal health management: A qualitative study. Digit Health. 2025 Oct 8;11:20552076251379747. doi: 10.1177/20552076251379747.
2025
Olukunmi Omobolanle Balogun, Etsuko Nishimura, Noyuri Yamaji, Kiriko Sasayama, Md Obaidur Rahman, Katharina da Silva Lopes, Citra Gabriella Mamahit, Mika Ninohei, Phyu Phyu Tun, Rina Shoki, Daichi Suzuki, Aya Nitamizu, Windy Mariane Virenia Wariki, Daisuke Yoneoka, Eiko Saito, Erika Ota. Effectiveness of the Internet of Things for Improving Health of Non-Pregnant Women Living in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) 13(24) 3310-3310 2025.12.17.
2025
Sadahiro R, Koyama R, Kuchiba A, Wada S, Shimizu K, Yoshida T, Aoki K, Uezono Y, Matsuoka H, Saito E. Medical cost of postoperative delirium after highly invasive cancer resection: a prospective cohort study. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2025 Nov 11:hyaf172. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyaf172.
2025
Ramadani L., Boeckmann M., Klüsener C., Sioen G. B. (2025) Gaps in Climate Health Literacy: An Analysis of Kosovo’s Pre-University Curricula and Textbooks. Front. Clim. – Climate and Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2025.1531555
2025
Hara, Keishiro and Onuki, Motoharu and Uwasu, Michinori and Tamura, Makoto and Kotera, Akihiko and Pu, Jian and Jarzebski, M.P. and Kameyama, Y., Sustainability Education Incorporating Intergenerational Issues: A Case Study of an Online-Based Program in Inter-University Curricula Adopting the Future Design Method (May 09, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5248379 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5248379
2025
Jarzebski M.P. et al. (2025). Promoting Water Valuation for Urban Sustainable Development in Asia. UNU-IAS Policy Brief.
2025
Schaeffer R., Schipper E. L. F., Ospina D, Mirazo P., Alencar A., Anvari M., Artaxo P., Biresselioglu M. E., Blome T., Boeckmann M., Brink E., Broadgate W., Bustamante M., Cai W., Canadell J. G., Cardinale R. Chidichimo M. P., Ditlevsen P., Eicker U., Feron S., Fikru M. G., Fuss S., Gaye A.; Gustafsson O., Harring N., He C., Hebden S., Heilemann A., Hirota M., Janardhanan N., Juhola S., Jung T. Y., Kehun J., Kilkiș S., Kumarasinghe N., Lapola D., Lee J. Y., Levis C., Lusambili A., Maasakkers J. D., MacIntosh C., Mahmood J., Mankin J. S., Marchegiani P., Martin M., Mukherji A., Muñoz-Erickson T. A., Niazi Z., Nyangon J., Pandipati S., Perera A. T. D., Persad G., Persson A., Redman A., Riipinen I., Rockström J., Roffe S., Roy J., Sakschewski B. Samset B. H., Schlosser P., Sharifi A., Shih W. Y., Sioen G. B., Sokona Y., Stammer D., Suk S., Thiam D., Thompson V., Tullos E., van Westen R. M., Falla A. M. V., Vecellio D. J., Worden J., Wu H. C., Xu C., Yang Y., Zachariah M., Zhang Z., Ziervogel G. (2025) Ten New Insights in Climate Science 2024. One Earth. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101285
2025
Karthe, D., Babel, M.S., Pu, J., Jarzebski, M. P. (2025) Sustainability nexus perspectives on water security and climate resilience. SNF 33, 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00550-025-00577-x
2025
Awolorinke, A. C., Jarzebski, M. P., Ofori, A. D., & Setiawati, M. D. (2025). Between tradition and transformation: Negotiating land and water resources in Ghana’s Pra River Basin. Environmental Science & Policy, 173, 104245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104245
2025
Sioen G. B. Future Earth, The Earth League, WCRP (2025). 10 New Insights in Climate Science 2025/2026. Stockholm. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17328963
2025
Pendleton L., Krug C., Sioen G. B., Ungvári J., Valiyaveetil S.S., Niazi Z. 2025 Adapting Science to New Realities: The Need to Diversify Funding, Future Earth blog, https://futureearth.org/2025/03/11/adapting-science-to-new-realities-the-need-to-diversify-funding/
2025
Bohn, F. J., Sioen, G. B., Bastos, A., Ernst, Y., Jarzebski, M. P., Koh, N. S., Martin, R., Rammig, A., Godoy-Faúndez, A., Gasparatos, A., Gutiérrez, A. G., Aceituno, A. J., Horcea-Milcu, A.-I., Marais-Potgieter, A., Sharifi, A., Howe, C., Krug, C. B., Acosta, E. E., Nzunda, E. F., Andersson, E., Pörtner, H.-O., Sooväli-Sepping, H., Hiroe, I., Palmegiani, I., Coetzer, K., Thonike, K., Tanalgo, K., Biber-Freudenberger, L., Oguge, N. O., Park, M. S., Gross, M., De La Cruz, P., Prist, P. R., Bi, P., Diego, R., Isaac, R., McFarlane, R., Paulus, S. J., Burkhart, S., Lee, S.-C., Müller, S., Terhile, U. D., Shih, W.-Y., Smith, W. K., Hakkarainen, V., Murray, V., Yoshida, Y., Damtew, Y. T., and Niazi, Z.: Reviews and syntheses: Current perspectives on biosphere research 2025: from poly-crisis to poly-solutions, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3619, 2025.
2025
Bai, X., Sioen, G. B., Kılkış, Ş., McPhearson T., Niazi Z., Dodson J., Atmaja T., Fukushi K., Frantzeskaki N., Nagendra H., Wan-Yu S., Elmqvist T., Muñoz-Erickson T. A., Deng X., Güneralp B., Lwasa S., Zama N. (2025) Reimagining urban science for global sustainability: Five strategic research areas. Global Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2025.10025
2025
Yoshida Y., Sioen G. B., Metuisela, G., Crichton R., Masutomi Y. (2025) Perspectives on climate change and adaptation in Fijian villages contemplating relocation. Frontiers in Climate, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2025.1579299
2025
Pendleton L., Sioen G. B., Niazi Z., Semeena V. S., Krug C. (2025) The Future of Sustainability Science in a Deglobalising World. Global Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2025.10037
2025
Droz, L., 2025, “Resonating with Bees’ Emotions: Sounds as Empathic Bridges For Interspecies Understanding”, Environmental Philosophy, https://doi.org/10.5840/envirophil2025115154
2025
Droz, L. “The Worlds of Plants: Living Through Multispecies Flows”, Invited book chapter for the Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna.
2025
Droz, L., “Dialogue between Watsuji’s philosophy and the relational turn in sustainability sciences”, Chapter in Springer book edited by Hans-Peter Liederbach
2025
Droz, L., Kai-Yuan Cheng “The Centipede and the Snakes: Zhuangzi, Perspectival Anthropocentrism and Multispecies Thinking”, Paper contribution for the Bloomsbury Edited Volume on “Non-Western Philosophies and the Environment”, edited by Kristien Hens and Franlu Vulliermet.
2025
Thiri, M., Droz, L. “Women as Pillars of Disaster Resilience: The Case of Women Savings Groups in Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar”, Chapter in “Gender, Climate Change and Disaster Resilience – An Asia-Pacific Perspective”, Springer.
2025
Droz, L., “Living and Breathing Through Nature”. Book chapter for the Handbook of Critical Respiratory Studies: Breath and Air in Humanities and Social Sciences (General editors: Magdalena Górska and Lenart Škof, section edited by Lorenzo Marinucci, Springer)
2025
Manuela Rosso-Brugnach and L. Droz, (2025), “Lost in Translation? Language as a Gateway to Environmental Connection”, Multilingual Magazine. https://multilingual.com/magazine/october-2025/lost-in-translation-language-as-a-gateway-to-environmental-connection/
2025
Hanada E., Sioen G. B., Honda R. (2025) When Growth Impedes Resort Renewal: A Path Dependence Perspective on the Impact of Scarce Resources on Product Innovation in Atami, Japan. Tourism and Hospitality, 7(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp7010003
2025
Sioen G. B. Future Earth, The Earth League, WCRP (2024) 10 New Insights in Climate Science 2024/2025. Potsdam. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13950098
2024
Sioen G. B. Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, UN-Habitat & University of Melbourne (2024) Accelerating Next-Generation City Climate Action: Findings from the 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference and Update to the Global Research and Action Agenda on Cities and Climate Change Science. https://doi.org/10.26188/27147612
2024
Sioen G. B., McGreevy S., Ungvari J., Attig-Bahar F., Juhola S. (2024) Charting the course for the next decade of Sustainability Research and Innovation. Global Sustainability, 7, 1 – 6. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.41
2024
