Climate Change Issues and Social Sciences: Towards a Carbon Neutral Society
暫譯: 氣候變遷議題與社會科學：邁向碳中和社會

Dr. Ken-Ichi Akao is a professor of environmental economics in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences from Kyoto University. Dr. Akao joined Waseda University in 1995. His research interests include sustainable development, the tragedy of the commons, environmental policies, and international environmental agreements. He applies nonlinear dynamic theory to economic analysis and environmental issues. Selected publications include: "Tax Schemes in a Class of Differential Games" (Economic Theory, 2008); "Some Rationalizability Results for Dynamic Games" (with Tapan Mitra and Gerhard Sorgner, International Journal of Economic Theory, 2012); "A Tradable Permit System in an Intertemporal Economy" (with Shunsuke Managi, Environmental and Resource Economics, 2013); and "A Theory of Disasters and Long-Run Growth" (with Hiroaki Sakamoto, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2018). He serves as co-editor of the academic journal Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (Springer), as editor of International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics (now publishers), and as editorial board member of Chinese Journal of Population, Resources, and Environment (KeAi). He was the President of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies from 2016 to 2018.

Dr. Ayu Washizu is a Professor at the School of Social Sciences, Director of the Institute for Economic Analysis of Next-generation Science and Technology, and Vice Director of the Research Institute for Environment Economics and Management at Waseda University in Tokyo. Her research interests include input-output analysis, renewable energy, and smart society utilizing information and communication technology. Dr. Washizu has published her work in academic journals such as Cities, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, the Journal of Environmental Management, Telecommunications Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, the Journal of the Japan Institute of Energy, and Economic Systems Research. Dr. Washizu holds a Ph.D. in Commerce, an M.Sc. in Economics, and a B.A. in Economics from Keio University. She has served on several Japanese local government committees on public works, including the Public Works Evaluation Committee of the City of Yokohama and the Port Council of the City of Kawasaki. Dr. Washizu has also served on the editorial boards of academic journals such as Energy and Resources. In 2005, she was awarded the Best Presentation Paper Award at the 4th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing EcoDesign. In 2010, she was awarded the Outstanding Paper Award from the Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management.

Dr. Ken-Ichi Akao 是早稻田大學社會科學院的環境經濟學教授。他在京都大學獲得農業科學的學士、碩士和博士學位。Akao 博士於1995年加入早稻田大學。他的研究興趣包括可持續發展、公地悲劇、環境政策和國際環境協議。他將非線性動態理論應用於經濟分析和環境問題。部分選定的出版物包括：《一類微分博弈中的稅收方案》（Economic Theory, 2008）；《動態博弈的一些合理化結果》（與 Tapan Mitra 和 Gerhard Sorgner 合著，International Journal of Economic Theory, 2012）；《一個跨期經濟中的可交易許可證系統》（與 Managi Shunsuke 合著，Environmental and Resource Economics, 2013）；以及《災難與長期增長的理論》（與 Sakamoto Hiroaki 合著，Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2018）。他擔任學術期刊《環境經濟學與政策研究》（Springer）的共同編輯、《國際環境與資源經濟學評論》（now publishers）的編輯，以及《中國人口、資源與環境期刊》（KeAi）的編輯委員會成員。他曾於2016年至2018年擔任環境經濟學與政策研究學會的會長。

Dr. Ayu Washizu 是早稻田大學社會科學學院的教授、下一代科學技術經濟分析研究所所長，以及環境經濟與管理研究所的副所長。她的研究興趣包括投入產出分析、可再生能源，以及利用資訊和通信技術的智慧社會。Washizu 博士的研究成果發表於多個學術期刊，如《城市》（Cities）、《可再生與可持續能源評論》（Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews）、《環境管理期刊》（Journal of Environmental Management）、《電信政策》（Telecommunications Policy）、《環境經濟學與政策研究》（Environmental Economics and Policy Studies）、《日本能源學會期刊》（Journal of the Japan Institute of Energy）以及《經濟系統研究》（Economic Systems Research）。Washizu 博士擁有慶應義塾大學的商學博士、經濟學碩士和經濟學學士學位。她曾在多個日本地方政府的公共工程委員會任職，包括橫濱市公共工程評估委員會和川崎市港務會議。Washizu 博士也曾擔任學術期刊《能源與資源》的編輯委員會成員。2005年，她在第四屆環境意識設計與逆向製造生態設計國際研討會上獲得最佳報告獎。2010年，她獲得日本物質循環與廢棄物管理學會的優秀論文獎。