Month: July 2025

July 2025　Visit Malawi　Yasuko Kusakari

From July 13th to October 9th, 2025, Yasuko Kusakari visited Malawi as a short-term overseas researcher for this term.
She energetically collected multifaceted information related to the community and promoted the emergence of new actions. She continues to fulfill her role as a two-way knowledge translator that encourages knowledge sharing between Japanese and Malawian research members and local innovators.
She engaged in dialogue and follow-up with stakeholders in Chembe village, and held discussions and exchanged opinions with various committees.

July 2025　Attend the international conference　Tetsu Sato・Yasuko Kusakari

Attended the 31st Annual Conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) held at Corvinus University of Budapest from July 8th to 12th. Kusakari gave presentations on “From Community Garden to Community Kitchen” and Sato gave presentations on ” Transdisciplinary co-creation of autonomous innovations toward sustainability transformation: Leverage point analyses of transformation
mechanisms through synergies. “. Able to gather information on the latest trends in sustainability science and progressed in building a network with researchers from around the world.
Website of ISDRS
About the ISDRS – 31st Annual Conference of ISDRS, 8-12 July, 2025