EDGE enhancing development of global entrepreneur program

Norichika Kanie is a professor at the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University.
He is also a Senior Research Fellow at United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS). Before joining Keio, he worked at the Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Department of Policy Studies,
The University of Kitakyushu. His research focuses on international environmental governance, and is the project leader of a research project on Sustainable Development Goals (S-11, FY2013-FY2015) funded by the Ministry of Environment, Japan (Environment Research and Technology Development Fund). Among others he serves as a scientific steering group member of the Earth Systems Governance project (former IHDP core project, and now with Future Earth), and co-chair of the Working Party on Climate, Investment and Development (WPCID) at OECD. From August 2009 to July 2010 he was a Marie Curie Incoming International Fellow of the European Commission and visiting professor at SciencesPo, Paris. He received his Ph.D. in Media and Governance from the Keio University.
His recent publications include: Norichika Kanie, Peter M. Haas, Steinar Andresen eds. (2014), Improving Global Environmental Governance: Best Practices for Architecture and Agency, Routledge; N. Kanie, P. M. Haas, et al, “Green Pluralism: Lessons for Improved Environmental Governance in the 21st Century” Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Volume 55, Issue 5, 2013, pp.14-30; David Griggs, Mark Stafford-Smith, Owen Gaffney, Johan Rockström, Marcus C. Öhman, Priya Shyamsundar, Will Steffen, Gisbert Glaser, Norichika Kanie, and Ian Noble.(2013) Sustainable development goals for people and planet, Nature, 495: 305-307. (21 March 2013); Norichika Kanie, et al. 2012, "A Charter Moment: Restructuring Governance for Sustainability", Public and Administration and Development, 32, PP. 292-304.