Mio Horiuchi, Programme Associate, holds a Masters degree and a PhD in Agriculture from the Graduate School of Agriculture, University of Kyoto.
Her doctoral thesis focused on the formation of satoyama landscapes. As a Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), she completed a post-doctoral thesis based on research in the agricultural and forestry communities in the Lake Biwa region. She is currently involved in landscape ecology research in the Hokuriku region and leads the OUIK coordinating team for the Hoku-Shinetsu Cluster Satoyama Satoumi Sub-Global Assessment.