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| Society for the Study of Evolution of Japan | |
|---|---|
| Name | Society for the Study of Evolution of Japan |
| Native name | 日本進化学会 |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo |
| Fields | Evolutionary biology |
Society for the Study of Evolution of Japan is a learned society focused on the study of evolutionary processes within Japan and East Asia, bringing together researchers from universities, museums, and research institutes. It serves as a hub connecting scholars associated with University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Hokkaido University, and Tohoku University with international partners such as University of California, Berkeley, Max Planck Society, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, and University of Oxford.
The society was founded in the postwar era with founders drawn from institutions including University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Nagoya University, Kyushu University, and Tokyo Imperial University alumni; early leadership included figures connected to Nature Reserve Committee-era conservation efforts and scholars influenced by work at Smithsonian Institution, Natural History Museum, London, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Princeton University, and Columbia University. During the Cold War period the society exchanged ideas with researchers at Soviet Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, École Normale Supérieure, University of Paris, and University of Bonn. In the 1980s and 1990s it expanded ties with laboratories at California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology. Recent decades saw collaborations involving National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo), Yokohama National University, Riken, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and international networks including Society for the Study of Evolution, European Society for Evolutionary Biology, American Society of Naturalists, Genetics Society of America, and International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The society's mission aligns with goals pursued at National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Wellcome Trust, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry: to promote research on speciation, phylogeography, adaptive radiation, and macroevolutionary patterns. Objectives emphasize fostering connections among researchers at University of Tsukuba, Keio University, Waseda University, University of Miyazaki, and museums such as Kyoto University Museum and National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo) while engaging funding bodies like Japan Foundation and policy forums associated with Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan). The society endorses rigorous methodology influenced by frameworks from Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr, Motoo Kimura, Julian Huxley, and concepts debated at symposia hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Royal Society.
Membership includes faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, curators, and independent scholars affiliated with University of the Ryukyus, Kobe University, Chiba University, Shizuoka University, and Nagasaki University. Governance structures mirror those of bodies like Japanese Association for Biological Sciences with an elected council, president, secretary, and treasurer drawn from institutions such as Osaka City University and Kagoshima University. Committees liaise with funding agencies including Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and international partners like Society for the Study of Evolution and European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Honorary members have included researchers connected to University of Edinburgh, University of Copenhagen, Uppsala University, University of Helsinki, and Australian National University.
Annual meetings rotate among venues such as University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Hokkaido University, and regional centers like Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Programs feature plenary lectures, symposia, poster sessions, and workshops on topics paralleling conferences at Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Ecological Society of America, Japan Ecological Society, Botanical Society of Japan, and Zoological Society of Japan. Special sessions have been organized around themes explored at International Congress of Genetics, World Congress of Herpetology, International Ornithological Congress, and collaborative meetings with National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo) and Riken Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research.
The society publishes proceedings, newsletters, and peer-reviewed monographs drawing on editorial practices similar to Evolution (journal), Molecular Biology and Evolution, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Systematic Biology, and Heredity. It maintains liaison with university presses such as University of Tokyo Press and journals affiliated with Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science and shares special issues with international outlets including PNAS, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Science Advances, and Current Biology. Student-led publication initiatives reflect models from Young Scientists Journal and partnerships with repositories like Dryad and GenBank.
The society confers prizes named for eminent figures associated with Japanese evolutionary science and institutions such as University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Hokkaido University, and Nagoya University. Awards recognize achievements in phylogenetics, evolutionary ecology, and population genetics, paralleling honors like the Darwin Medal, Mendel Medal, E. O. Wilson Award, Perutz Prize, and national awards administered by Japan Academy and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Collaborations span national bodies including National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Ministry of the Environment (Japan), and international partners such as Smithsonian Institution, Natural History Museum, London, Max Planck Society, Royal Society, and National Science Foundation. Outreach programs interface with museums and educational institutions like National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo), Ueno Zoo, Hakone Open-Air Museum, and schools linked to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) to promote public understanding alongside citizen science projects modeled on initiatives from Cornell Lab of Ornithology and iNaturalist.
Category:Scientific societies based in Japan