Streaming of “TMU Global Lecture Series 2026” starts ！
September 10, 2026
Tokyo Metropolitan University offers "Global Lecture Series" to nurture a rich international sense and global perspective, and to develop human resources who can play an active role in international society.
This year, online lectures by a distinguished lineup of world-leading experts will be released sequentially, covering a wide range of topics including politics, economics, artificial intelligence, climate change, and sleep. The lectures are open to everyone, and we warmly invite you to watch them.
In addition, some lectures will be held in person, and the events will be livestreamed. These in-person lectures will also be open to the public with advance registration. Details regarding upcoming in-person events will be announced in due course.
Details of the Lectures
The Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard
Cass R. Sunstein
Theme：
Nudging: Past, Present, Future
The Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Sustainable AI Group
Sasha Luccioni
Theme：
Making AI (truly) sustainable: from environmental costs to social impacts
Professor at the College de France, at INSEAD, and at the London School of Economics, and a fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Philippe Aghion
Theme：
The power of creative destruction and the AI revolution
Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University
Visiting Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Gerald L. Curtis
Theme：
What Does It Mean to Learn to Survive a Rapidly Changing Era?
- Cultivating Internationalism for the Next Generation -
Former Digital Minister, Taiwan,
Visiting Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Audrey Tang
Theme：
Entrepreneurial Spirit that Transforms Conflict into Creativity
- Entrepreneurship in the Age of Plurality -
About the Scheduled Release Dates
The scheduled release dates for each lecture video are tentative and may be subject to change.
If there are any changes, we will announce them on this page. Please check back regularly for updates.