IIAS Strategic Committee (ISC) Final Report

Final Report of the First Period, IIAS Strategic Committee (ISC)

Thirty years have elapsed since IIAS’s founding, and in this time great changes have taken place in society, the world, the global environment, and other areas. For IIAS to look back on the reasons for its inception and work towards truly embodying its fundamental philosophy while continuing to fulfill its role and responsibility to today's society and future generations, the IIAS Strategic Committee (ISC) was established in October 2013 as an advisory body for IIAS's chairman Yoshio Tateisi and given the task of creating a medium- to long-term master plan and putting in place a foundation from which to implement this plan.

ISC first period held five meetings up to summer 2014 to take forward the discussion, and the results of these meetings have been compiled as an interim report. To further refine the details of the interim report, ISC considered it necessary to form a number of working groups at IIAS, and went on to hold discussions on three occasions regarding the kind of issues that they should address, before compiling the final report in which the results of these discussions were incorporated.

We are presenting this report not only to parties involved with IIAS but also to the general public in order to gain opinions, incorporate such opinions into discussions at the working groups established at IIAS, and enrich the discussion. We hope that this report serves as a guideline when considering the future of humanity on this planet with its finite resources.

Final Report of the First Period, International Institute for Advanced Studies Strategic Committee (ISC)

Chirman
Makoto NAGAO	Professor emeritus and ex-President at Kyoto University
Members
Tateo ARIMOTO	Professor at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Kazuhiko KASAYA	Professor at International Research Center for Japanese Studies
Toshio KUROKI	Senior advisor at Research Center for Science Systems, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Kenichiro OHARA	President at Ohara Museum of Art
Yoichiro MURAKAMI	Professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and International Christian University