GUC24S141L | Resource Management, Efficiency and Social Justice: Both Perspectives from Economics and Sociology

Dr. Hiroe Ishihara is an Associate Professor at the Sustainable Society Design Center, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo and current Pew Marine Fellow. Her work focuses on biodiversity and ecosystem assessments, as well as seafood supply chain and common pool resource management. She is currently involved in Values Assessment Report published by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and Grenada National Ecosystem Assessment (Grenada NEA). From 2003 to 2006, she worked as a Programme Officer in the Environment Unit of the United Nations Development Programme, Yemen Office, in charge of various Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded projects. After that, she moved back to academia to pursue a master’s and PhD degree in the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge. She obtained PhD degree in 2016 by conducting research on terraced paddy fields and irrigation channel management in Japan.

Assoc. Prof. Hiroe ISHIHARA

1	Subject	Resource Management, Efficiency and Social Justice: Both Perspectives from Economics and Sociology
2	Field	Ecological economics, institutional economics, environmental sociology
3	Key words	Common pool resource management; equality; efficiency; optimality; biodiversity; ecosystem management
4	Global Unit	0.5
5	Lecturer	Hiroe ISHIHARA
6	Period	June 17 - 21, 2024
7	Time	15:00-16:30 (Japan Standard Time)
8	Lecture style	Online (live virtual class)
9	Evaluation Criteria	Excellent (S) 90–100％; Very good (A) 80–89％; Good (B) 70–79%; Pass (C) 60–69%; Fail (D) 0–59％
10	Evaluation methods	The students who attend this course will be evaluated by: i) their attendance (50%) (note that the attendance includes the active participation in the group discussion) and ii) their essay at the end of the course (50%).
11	Prerequisites	There is not specific prerequisite for this course, however, students with background in economics and sociology are welcome.
12	Contents	Purpose The lecture is implemented to deepen the students’ understanding of resource management and biodiversity conservation. Students who successfully completed this course will be i) able to design research on resource management from different perspectives, including economics and sociology, and ii) able to understand cutting edge biodiversity and ecosystem conservation policies discussed in IPBES (Inter-governmental Science Policy Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services).  Description The lecture will be given on-line. The lecture will be composed of presentation by the lecturer and group discussion and presentation. Schedule From 17th June-21st June 4th period 1st Lecture (17th June) – Climate Change vs. Biodiversity: Why implementing biodiversity policy so difficult? 2nd Lecture (18th June) – Sustainability and resource management from Economics perspective: Efficiency and optimal solution 3rd Lecture (19th June) – Sustainability and resource management from Sociological and anthropological perspective: Power relations 4th Lecture (20th June) – Real case study of resource management from Japan 5th Lecture (21st June) – Group discussion on whether to take a economics perspective or sociological perspective? Assignments There are two assignments for this lecture: On the final day, the students will be asked to give a 5min presentation on pros and cons of different perspectives in understanding resource management and biodiversity conservation. After the lecture, the students will be asked to submit a paper (max. 2000 words). Theme of the paper will be given to the students during the 5th lecture.
13	Required readings	The reading list will be provided in UTeLF sytem by the 1st June 2023.
14	Reference readings	​Geoffrey Heal (2000), Nature and marketplace: Capturing Values of Ecosystems. Island press.
15	Notes on Taking the Course	-

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