This research area addresses planetary-scale challenges such as climate change and the biodiversity crisis. While aiming to build sustainable societies and ecosystems within the limits of environmental resources, capacities we focus on practical actions that extend beyond theoretical studies, contributing to solutions for global challenges in real-world and regional contexts.

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Projects

[Video] Beyond Boundaries

"If you want to accomplish in your life, one thing that would contribute to the future of humanity - what is that?" How do researchers at Sony CSL reflect on these questions and engage with their own research? And what kind of place is Sony Computer Science Laboratories, shaped by such individuals? Through the words of the researchers themselves, we hope to share part of that perspective.

Synecoculture™

Synecoculture that overcomes the trade-off between productivity and environmental damage

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Publications

Modesto, Lenon Romano and Ogun Ramalhete, Ezgi and Ravasi, Stefano and Pezzoli, Stefano and Sharma, Mukesh and Nath, Dibyojyoty and Yucel, Icsil and Moons, Jannes and Melcore, Marie and Vershinina, Anna and Tait, Natasha and Ogunmefun, Segun and Reutina, Uliana and Colliaux, David and Mozos, Ignacio B and Willey, Neil J and Ieropoulos, Ioannis A and Cristiani, Pierangela and Hanappe, Peter and Barriuso, Jorge and Schmidt, Markus R and Armstrong, Rachel

Generalising maximum mean discrepancy: kernelised functional Bregman divergences

Front. Hortic. | Vol.5, may, 2026