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WeiSheng Zhou Ph.D. in Engineering (Kyoto University), Emeritus Professor and Specially Appointed Professor at Ritsumeikan University; Qiushi Distinguished Professor at Zhejiang University; Director of the Global 3E Research Institute; and Foreign Member of the Engineering Academy of Japan (EAJ). Dr. Zhou has held various positions, including Researcher at the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO); Senior Researcher and Research Advisor at the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE); Specially Appointed Professor at Osaka University; Visiting Professor at Kyoto University; and Founding Director of the Ritsumeikan Research Center for Sustainability Science. His main fields of teaching and research include Earth Environmental Studies, Environmental Economics and Policy, Energy Systems Engineering, Sustainable Development Studies, and Policy Engineering. His key research topics encompass the East Asian Low-Carbon Community (EA-LCC), Global Resource Recycling System (GRS), East Asian Nuclear Power Safety System (EA-NPSS), East Asian Emissions Trading System (EA-ETS), Quantitative Happiness Studies, and Policy Engineering. Dr. Zhou has published numerous monographs, including The Earth Regeneration Plan: CO₂ Reduction Strategy (Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, 2000); East Asian Low-Carbon Community (Springer, 2021); Sustainable Development Studies in the Era of SDGs (Horitsu Bunka Sha, 2022); Nuclear Power Safety and Governance in East Asia (Routledge, 2023); Creep-Fatigue Fracture: Analysis of Internal Damage (Springer, 2024); and Foundations of Quantitative Happiness: Economic Growth vs Life Satisfaction (Springer Nature, 2025), among others, including co-authored works.

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