UNU Symposium: 2012 ProSPER.Net-Scopus Young Scientist Award in Sustainable Development

Held last July 11 2012, this Symposium was organized by the United Nations University in Tokyo to serve as a platform for finalists of the Award to present and report their work to a wide audience, as well as to demonstrate how academic work can improve real situations and to promote creative and innovative approaches to unsustainable practices.

The event also served as a discussion arena among experts and audiences where panelists shared recent developments, according to their own experiences and research, in each of the three main areas of the session: “Sustainable Infrastructure”, “Sustainable Consumption and Production” and “Health and Poverty Eradication for Sustainable Development”.

The Young Scientist Award is given annually to young scientists or researchers, based in the Asia-Pacific region, who have made significant contributions in sustainable development, and is presented by the network for the Promotion of Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and Research (ProSPER.Net), and other organizations such as the Scopus database, the Elsevier publisher, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

The winners of this past edition were as follows.

Category: Sustainable Infrastructure

Winner: Tanapon Phenrat

Naresuan University, Thailand.

Category: Sustainable Consumption and Production

Winner: Jung Yang

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Insitute of Plant Phisiology & Ecology (SIBS)

Category: Health with a Focus on Poverty Eradication

Winner: Yodi Mahendradhata

Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

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