Number

No.2016-01

Month of Issue

October 2016

Title

Studying Sustainable Development in an International and Multidisciplinary Setting: An experience of international graduate education at Kyoto University

Author(s)

Shuji Hisano
Haja M. Rajaonarison

Affiliation(s)

Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University
Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University

Keywords

Internationalisation, multidisciplinary approach, sustainable development

Abstract

This paper discusses the process of internationalisation of international curriculum of the Graduate School of Economics at Kyoto University with a particular focus on the case of the East Asia Sustainable Economic Development Studies and the activities of the agro-food study group in leading research in this regards. Building on these two cases, the paper aims at giving insightful views on the potential direction of the internationalisation of institution of higher education in Japan.