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Venue

Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB)
Saargemünder Str. 2, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Supported by

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

Registration Info

Registration and Payment Details

Participation in the conference requires prior registration AND the payment of the conference fees until 31 October 2024.

Please register your attendance with Ms Viola Schürmanns at viola.schuermanns@hhu.de

For the payment of the conference fees, we offer bank transfer or Paypal. As payments via Paypal are associated with additional costs, which have to be borne by VSJF, we strongly encourage bank transfers.

Conference fee categories:

Fully-funded professor & VSJF-member: 240,- Euro

Fully-funded professor & non-VSJF-member: 250,- Euro

Non-fully-funded-attendee & VSJF-member: 140,- Euro

Non-fully-funded-attendee & non-VSJF-member: 150,- Euro

Students (BA, MA, PhD): 50,- Euro

Attendance/participation in VSJF-Fachgruppen / VSJF Section Meeting ONLY: 20,- Euro

Bank Account: Berliner Sparkasse

IBAN: DE84 1005 0000 0610 0079 71

BIC: BELADEBEXXX

Stichwort: “YOUR NAME & VSJF Conference 2024”

Paypal Account: paypal.me/vsjfev

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    VSJF Annual Conference 'Sustainability in Japan'

    November 15 - November 17, 2024

    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 Duisburg-Essen

    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.

    Friday, November 15, 2024

    13:30      Registration

    14:00 14:30   Welcome and Opening

    Harald Conrad Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU)

    Axel Klein University Duisburg-Essen

    Barbara Holthus German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)

    14:30 16:00   Introductory Address

    Putting corporate social responsibility in context: A comparative perspective on Japan
    Gregory Jackson Free University Berlin

    16:00 – 16:30      Coffee Break

    16:30 – 18:30   Panel 1: Business & Economic Perspectives

    Chair: Harald Conrad Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU)

    Would you like to pay for your greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? Japan’s voluntary approach to carbon pricing
    Franz Waldenberger German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)

    Who has the power to shape the discourse? An analysis of institutional change in the Japanese sustainable finance sector
    Ramona Rosalewski Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU)

    Smart, sustainable, profitable? Imaginaries of sustainability in Japanese tech corporations’ metaverse initiatives
    Nicole Mueller German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)

    18:45 – 21:00      Welcome Dinner

     

    Saturday, November 16, 2024

    9:00 10:30   Keynote Lecture

    The twisted paths of sustainability: Problems and dilemmas of socio-ecological change

    Sighard Neckel Universität Hamburg

    10:30 – 11:00      Coffee Break

    11:00 – 13:00   Panel 2: Sustainability and Society

    Chair: Barbara Holthus German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)

    Beyond growth: Rethinking Japan’s path to environmental sustainability
    Komatsu Hikaru On-the-Slope, Kyoto (ONLINE)

    The people as drivers of Japan’s green transformation? Dynamics in pro-environmental attitudes and behavior from 1993 to 2020
    Carola Hommerich Sophia University, Tokyo

    Joanna Kitsnik Sophia University, Tokyo

    Redefining rural life: Discussing sustainability in Japan’s countryside in times of population decline

    Sebastian Polak-Rottmann German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)

    13:00 – 14:30      Lunch

    14:30 16:30   VSJF-Fachgruppen / VSJF Section Meetings

    16:30 – 17:00      Coffee Break

    17:00 19:00   General Meeting of the VSJF

     

    Sunday, November 17, 2024

    09:30 – 10:30   Panel 3: Sustainability at Osaka 2025

    Chair: Axel Klein University Duisburg-Essen

    Everything everywhere all at once: Chasing SDG themes at the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo

    Isaac Gagné German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)

    The German Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan – a sustainable manifesto

    Christopher Hecker German Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan

    10:30 – 11:00      Coffee Break

    11:00 12:30   Panel 4: Political Perspectives

    Chair: Axel Klein University Duisburg-Essen

    Decarbonizing Japan: The prospect of Its green transformation (GX) policy
    Ohta Hiroshi Waseda University, Tokyo (ONLINE)

    Crowdfunding for sustainability? The intersection between the “hometown tax” program and community-level self-governance in rural Japan
    Hanno Jentzsch University of Vienna

    12:30 13:00   Concluding Remarks