Masahiro Terada

Masahiro Terada is a historian affiliated with the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) in Kyoto, Japan, serving as a Visiting Associate Professor. His research spans socio-economic history of the 18th and 19th centuries, evolving toward analyzing the Anthropocene concept through historical narratives and metahistorical methods. He investigates the human condition in the context of natural and manmade disasters and has contributed to exhibitions like 'Documenting Disaster 1703-2003' and 'Someday, for somebody: Museum of Memory after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.'

• Convened seminars on 'Co-evolutionary Perspectives on the Technosphere' (2016) with Manfred Laubichler, Daniel Niles, and Jürgen Renn.
• Collaborates with global institutions, including the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
• Active in transdisciplinary initiatives like the Anthropocene Curriculum and TERRA⁺ School.