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Nishikizawa Lab
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The lab examines how renewable energy and local communities can coexist, from the perspective of environmental policy.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward a sustainable society through participation and consensus building.
The Nishikizawa Lab examines environmental problems through the approaches of environmental policy and environmental planning.
It studies how environmental impact assessment systems for wind and solar power should work, and measures for renewable energy to coexist with local communities.
The research places importance on fieldwork, and its data come from interview surveys, questionnaire surveys, and government documents and meeting minutes.
Through policy recommendations, the lab aims to contribute to realizing a carbon-neutral society.
Key terms
- Environmental impact assessment
- A system for investigating and evaluating the effects of a development project on the environment before the project begins, and for gathering opinions on it
- Consensus building
- Bringing together the opinions of people with different views and positions into a single direction, and deciding how to proceed
- Social acceptance
- The degree to which a new technology or project is accepted by the people who live in the area
NewsLab news
A master's student received the Session Award at the SDGs Japan Policy Student Research Conference
A student's paper was published in the journal Sustainable Development
A paper by a postdoctoral researcher and a doctoral student was published in Environmental Information Science Papers
A student's paper was published in the journal Environ. Inf. Sci.
The lab's commentary received the Academic Award (Commentary Award) of the Japan Society for Planning and Public Management
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to contribute to solving public issues by examining and proposing social systems from the approach of environmental planning and policy. To solve or avoid environmental problems and environmental conflicts surrounding renewable energy such as wind and solar power, it develops policy methods and planning techniques based on consensus building.
*Illustrative imageRenewable Energy and Environmental Conflicts
The lab seeks to clarify the mechanisms by which environmental conflicts arise around renewable energy projects.
*Illustrative imageMeasures for Coexistence with Local Communities and Social Acceptance
The lab examines and proposes measures that allow renewable energy projects to succeed together with local communities, and ways to increase their social acceptance.
*Illustrative imageAnalyzing the Siting of Solar Power Facilities
The lab analyzes where and how solar power facilities are actually sited, and the characteristics of those locations.
*Illustrative imageThe Potential of Solar Sharing
Toward making renewable energy a main power source, the lab examines the potential for introducing solar sharing (agrivoltaics).
MembersFaculty
The members of the Nishikizawa Lab are faculty, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral and master's students, undergraduate students, and research students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorShigeo NishikizawaPublications ↗
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Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Wind turbines on Kartal Dağı, Gaziantep 01” Zeynel Cebeci / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Renewable Energy and Environmental Conflicts: “150228 Handa solar power plant” 名古屋太郎 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Measures for Coexistence with Local Communities and Social Acceptance: “Wind Turbines at Brine Pit Farm, Droitwich (1) - geograph.org.uk - 4667301” Jeff Gogarty / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Analyzing the Siting of Solar Power Facilities: “Solar farm at Krishnapuram Tatipudi Water Works aerial view 01” Saiphani02 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The Potential of Solar Sharing: “Agrivoltaics pilot plant at Heggelbach Farm in Germany 1” Tobi Kellner / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (分山研究室): “Pylons carrying electricity transmission lines - geograph.org.uk - 7869746” Jim Smillie / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (阿部研究室): “Rooftop Solar panels on homes in Mehsana, Gujarat, India” Nizil Shah / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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