My research centers around two major themes. The first focuses on the resilience of social-ecological systems and policy integration. I take an interdisciplinary approach to connect water and forest environments, food systems, and policies, examining their combined contributions to sustainability. My goal is to imagine what an ideal Earth would look like 100 years from now and to collaboratively design scenarios that guide us toward this envisioned future.
The second theme addresses sustainability within aging and shrinking societies. As demographic changes introduce both challenges and opportunities for sustainable development, I investigate their effects on natural conservation and urban sustainability. I work on developing technological, socioeconomic, and institutional interventions to enhance long-term sustainability and provide actionable policy guidance. Additionally, I remain committed to exploring the ecological identity of Japanese people, particularly how demographic shifts influence their relationship with nature.
2024: Project Associate Professor, Sustainable Society Design Center, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2022: Research Fellow and Academic Associate, United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS), Tokyo
2020: Project Assistant Professor, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo
2019: Project Researcher at Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo
2016: Project Researcher at the Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), The University of Tokyo
2015: Ph.D. in Sustainability Science at Sustainability Science Global Leadership Initiative Program, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2010-2011: Research Assistant at Environmental Monitoring Laboratory, National Institute of Geological Sciences, The University of the Philippines
2009: M.Sc. in Environmental Science at The Faculty of Earth Sciences of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
2009-2010: Office Manager at Sumiden International Trading Company, Poland
Jarzebski, M. P., Karthe, D., Chapagain, S. K., Setiawati, M. D., Wadumestrige Dona, C. G., Pu, J., & Fukushi, K. (2024). Comparative Analysis of Water Sustainability Indices: A Systematic Review. Water, 16(7), 961
Jarzebski M.P., Su, J., Lee J., Kawasaki, J., Chen, B., Andriatsitohaina, R. N. N., Ocen I., Sioen, G.B., Lambino, R., Saito, O., Elmqvist, T., Gasparatos A. (2023) Developing biodiversity-based solutions for sustainable food systems through transdisciplinary Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Labs. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Social Movements, Institutions and Governance 7.
Hahn, T., Sioen, G. B., Gasparatos, A., Elmqvist, T., Brondizio, E., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Folke, C., Setiawati, M. D., Atmaja, T., Arini, E. Y., Jarzebski, M. P., Fukushi, K., & Takeuchi, K. (2023). Insurance value of biodiversity in the Anthropocene is the full resilience value. Ecological Economics, 208.
Gasparatos, A., von Maltitz, G., Ahmed, A., Dompreh, E.B., Jarzebski, M.P., Saito, O. Mobilizing participatory approaches to introduce transdisciplinary research elements when exploring the interface of commodity crop production and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. Sec. Land, Livelihoods and Food Security, Volume 7 – 2023
Gasparatos, A., Mudombi, S., Balde, B., von Maltitz, G., Johnson, F.X., Romeu-Dalmau, C., Jumbe, C., Ochieng, C., Luhanga, D., Nyambane, A., Rossignoli, C., Jarzebski, M.P., Dam Lam, R., Dompreh, E.B., Willis, K.J. (2022) Local food security impacts of biofuel crop production in southern Africa. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 154: 111875
Jarzebski M.P., Elmqvist, T., Gasparatos, A., Fukushi, K, Eckersten, S., Haase, D., Goodness, J., Khoshkar, S., Saito, S., Takeuchi, K., Theorell, T., Dong, N., Kasuga, F., Watanabe, R., Sioen, G.B., Yokohari, M., Pu, J. (2021) Ageing and Population Decline: Implications for Sustainability in the Urban Century, npj Urban Sustainability – Nature 1, 17.
Setiawati, M.D., Jarzebski, M.P., Gomez-Garcia, M., Fukushi, K. (2021) Accelerating Urban Heating under Land Cover and Climate Change Scenarios in Indonesia -Application of the Universal Thermal Climate Index. Front. Built Environ. 7.
Jarzebski M.P., Ahmed, A., Boafo, Y.A., Balde, B.S., Chinangwa, L., Saito, O., von Maltitz, G., Gasparatos, A. (2020) Food security impacts of industrial crop production in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of the impact mechanisms. Food Security 12, 105–135.
Smith, M.S., Cook, C., Sokona, Y., Elmqvist, T., Fukushi, K., Broadgate, W., Jarzebski, M.P. (2018) Advancing sustainability science for the SDGs. Sustainability Science 13, 1483–1487.
Gasparatos, A, von Maltitz, G, Johnson, FX, Romeu-Dalmau, C, Jumbe, C, Ochieng, C, Mudombi, S, Balde, BS, Luhanga, D, Nyambane, A, Lopes, Jarzebski, M.P., Willis, KJ. (2018) Survey of local impacts of biofuel crop production and adoption of ethanol stoves in southern Africa. Nature: Scientific Data, 5:180186
Ahmed, A., Jarzebski, M.P., Gasparatos, A. (2018) Using the ecosystem service approach to determine whether jatropha projects were located in marginal lands in Ghana: implications for site selection. Biomass and Bioenergy 114, 112–124.
Helen, Jarzebski M.P., Gasparatos, A. (2019) Land use change, carbon stocks and tree species diversity in green spaces of a secondary city in Myanmar, Pyin Oo Lwin. PLOS ONE (no volume and page number assigned) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225331
Jarzebski, M.P., Tumilba, V., Yamamoto, H. (2016) Application of a tri-capital community resilience framework for assessing the social–ecological system sustainability of community-based forest management in the Philippines. Sustainability Science 11, 307–320.
Jarzebski, M.P., Kudo, S. (2016) The ecological domain in the sustainability science research and education. Ecol. Quest. 24, 65–74.
