Puthenkalam John Joseph

Trustee for Global Academic Affairs, Sophia University,(グローバル推進化担当理事)2016~ Dean, Graduate School of Global Environment (2015-2017)　研究科委員長 1995　Comprehension of Freedom : Eastern and Western Ways of Thinking, Excalibur Press, London 1996　経済学博士号取得　学位論文　“Theories of Economic Growth” 1998　Integrating Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights Into Theories of Economic Growth, Palinsad 　　　　Publications, Manila. 2001　The Collision of Cultures? Dialogue Between Globalization and Culture, Academia Verlag, 　　　　　　Germany 2003　Zukünftigen Menschsein Ethik zwischen Ost und West、"What is Happiness", Germany。 2004　Empowerment: Sustainable Development Strategy for Poverty Alleviation, Rawat Publications, New Delhi.
Human welfare depends on socio-economic development of the society in which one lives. Recently, I have been interested in how to anlyze the process of development from a social,economic and human development with an environmental perspective. This vision leads me to delve deeper into the paradoxical necessity to understand the need of economic development that will underlie human development and environmental protection. I hope this interdisciplinary path will bring about the theoretical background for a globalized world with a human face where the marginalized will feel empowered.
(Subject of research) Environmental Literacy Global Development Study Economic Development and Global Environment Issues of Developing World Impact of Railway Network on Poverty Reduction, Education and Environment Branding Project Group of Institute for Studies of the Global Environment Research.
(Proposed theme of joint or funded research) Research on Human Security: Comparative Study of Asia and Latin America Theoretical Research for the Harmonization of Environmental Protection and Socio-Economic Development Research on Social Justice and University Education Environmental Literacy Global Development Study 「Branding Project Group of Institute for Studies of the Global Environment Research,