This is the third in a series of webinars that hosts researchers at various stages in their careers. They will provide an insight into their fields of expertise, and although the 20-min time slots only allow for a pinhole view of the concepts, they will doubtless make you hunger for more. AGENDA 1. Justin Aukema (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Contemporary Society, Kyoto Women's University) "Japan's Asia-Pacific War Sites as Contested Heritage...

This is the second of a series of webinars that hosts researchers at various stages in their careers. They will provide an insight into their fields of expertise, and although the 20-min time slots only allow for a pinhole view of the concepts, they will doubtless make you hunger for more. AGENDA 1. Rin Odawara (Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) A difficulty in remembering the ‘innocent’ dead: mass killing at Fosse...

This is the first of a series of webinars that will host researchers at various stages in their careers. They will provide an insight into their fields of expertise, and although the 20-min time slots will only allow for a pinhole view of the concepts, they will doubtless make you hunger for more.   REGISTER   https://mailchi.mp/9cc1cd4bf1f8/webinar-euraxessme-1st-lap-3rd-june-4857...

Time: 27 May 2020,  16:00h – 17:30h (Japan) 9:00h – 10:30h (Germany)   Speaker:  Ortwin Renn, Director, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies                  Norio Okada, Prof. em. Kyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute   The perception, assessment, communication and containment of risks is an ongoing challenge for individuals, organizations and societies at large. The present COVID-19 pandemic reveals the profound...

REGISTER before 18th May 2020 HORIZON2020 - a European Commission, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions initiative - success stories, that include Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) and Innovative Training Network (ITN) projects.   CLICK HERE for more info   Three projects will be introduced that have either completed their cycle or are still in the implementation phase. Participating in the event enables organisations to get an insight...

L’ambassade de France au Japon, Tokyo Institute of Technology, le National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) et la Société franco-japonaise des techniques industrielles (SFJTI) organisent, les 18 et 19 mai 2020 à Tokyo, un workshop scientifique franco-japonais sur la fabrication additive. L’événement sera accueilli par le Tokyo Institute of Technology sur son campus d’Ookayama. Les technologies de fabrication additive révolutionnent notre...

On 31 March 2020, the German Research and Innovation Forum Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) conduct a German-Japanese Forum on The Future of Work in Industry 4.0...

科学技術振興機構バイオサイエンスデータベースセンター（NBDC）では、現在、2020年度に「統合データベース講習会：AJACS」の開催を希望される機関を募集しています。 「統合データベース講習会：AJACS」は、生命科学系のデータベースやツールの使い方、データベースを統合する活動を紹介する講習会です。 データ解析の"入り口" を学び、研究に役立つデータベースを知ることができます。 NBDCでは2011 年から全国各地の大学や研究機関等でAJACSを開催しています。受入れ機関のご要望に応じてプログラムを構成し、データベースの開発者など専門家を講師として派遣します。 今年はあなたの街でAJACS ！   https://biosciencedbc.jp/event/ajacs/application/

-- Event in Japanese: see Japanese text below for details -- This is an event organised by Kai Narita, a former winner of th EURAXESS Japan Science Slam; who further continued his studies at the Max Planck Institute (Germany) before going to CalTech (USA) for his PhD. This event is about bringing experience feedback from several high level research institutions in Europe and inspire Japan-based students to go to Europe for their second and third...

The under representation of women in high level positions in scientific institutions is a long standing problem. Despite the speeches expressing the will for change, this situation is changing quite slowly. Segregative attitudes persist and do not allow for a significant improvement in the situation to the extent that it should be. Far from achieving the desired equity various studies (PNAS 2012; Gender in the global research landscape 1996-2015...