About the position
Institute for Future Initiatives（IFI） was established in April 2019 to organically integrate the Policy Alternatives Research Institute（PARI） and UTIAS Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science（IR3S）. It constitutes one of the core organizations that support the Future Society Initiative (FSI) of the University of Tokyo, which aims to accelerate university-wide efforts to promote and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To create a sustainable future society, IFI makes policy and social recommendations on future society issues and pursues research in collaboration with society toward those ends. It also serves as an international network hub integrating university knowledge related to future society and as a platform for collaborative creation between industry, government, academia, and citizens to provide research-based alternatives for creating our future society and to help develop the human resources necessary to achieve it.
Work content and job description
Depending on their area of expertise and research capabilities, the successful candidates will engage in research or tasks relating to one or more of the followings:
(1) Project planning and management: Research and project planning activities aimed at international rule-making on key issues such as the resilient use of ecosystems, the widespread adoption of safe and reliable advanced AI systems, and the promotion of global health and the One Health approach.
(2) Policy recommendations: Drafting social and policy recommendations based on academic research and their outputs generated by the projects.
(3) Collaboration with stakeholders: Collaborative activities aimed at ensuring the legitimacy, effectiveness, and saliency of policy recommendations. This includes structural analysis of internationally influential actors, existing coalitions and communities, as well as dialogue and collaboration with stakeholders.
The University may order employees to be reassigned to different positions or order them to take up additional positions or to work on an external assignment.
Work experience
Applicants must have a publication records relating on the focal research.
Description
- Applicants must be interested in collaborations and dialogues with diverse stakeholders.
- Applicants must be fluent in English.
Insurance
Employees' Health Insurance :
MEXT Mutual Aid Association and employment insurance
Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace
Smoking is prohibited inside the grounds of our university. There are smoking areas outdoors on campus
Job content supplemental explanation
December 1, 2026 or the earliest possible date - March 31, 2027
The contract may be renewed on an annual basis, considering the budget situation,
the worker's progress engaged in, the workload at the end of the contract period, work
performance, work attitude, health status, etc. However, renewal shall be limited to three times until March 31, 2030
Attached documents
Application Form :
Online Submission
University of Tokyo standard CV
Selection
Short-list finalists may be contacted to schedule an interview.
The recruitment will be closed as soon as the recruitment of suitable personnel is decided.
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