Miki Fukuda

Miki Fukuda is a Chief Policy Researcher at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), where she has worked since 2021. As IGES’s Lens Facilitator since 2025, she leads youth and citizen engagement initiatives to drive multi-stakeholder participation in sustainability agendas. Her research bridges grassroots practice and global policy, focusing on climate security, climate-induced mobility, and climate-SDG synergies in the Asia-Pacific region. Miki brings extensive expertise in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). She previously served as Head of the English Department and an IB teacher at Sakado Senior High School, University of Tsukuba, designing sustainability curricula and directing field studies in Indonesia, Singapore, and Canada as a Prince Takamado Visiting Scholar at Queen’s University. Dedicated to youth empowerment, Miki contributes to global discussions on post-2030 sustainability frameworks, serves on the Japanese Society for Environmental Education's International Committee, and lectures at Rikkyo University.

Job Title / Designation

Chief Policy Researcher

Institution / Organisation / Company

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)