Introducing the 2023 Fellows
Dr. Rossana Ducato
From: University of Aberdeen, School of Law, Scotland, UK
To: Waseda University, Dept. Law, Tokyo, Japan
Host: Prof. Tatsuhiro Ueno
Research field: Law: The Law of Text and Data Mining: A Comparative Study of the UK, EU, and Japanese Systems
Ms. Maria Salvador Cabrerizo
From: Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
To: Waseda University, Fac. Arts, Letters and Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
Host: Prof. Satomi Yamamoto
Research field: Art: Medieval Japanese Art History. An Eco-critical Approach to the Art of the Kasuga Cult in Nara, Japan
Ms. Ana Cristina Maia-Fernandes
From: University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal
To: RIKEN Center for Brain Science (RIKEN CBS) Wako, Japan
Host: Prof. Ryoichiro Kageyama
Research field: Biosciences: Modulating Gene Expression Oscillations: Towards Temporal Control of Stem Cell Differentiation
Mr. Morten E. Jelby
From: Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
To: Kyoto University, Dept. Philosophy of Religion, Kyoto, Japan
Host: Prof. Yasuhiko Sugimura
Research field: Philosophy, phenomenology: Nishitani Keiji’s a-subjective phenomenology of suchness and being-in-the-world
Dr. Cécile Sarabian
From: University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
To: Nagoya University, Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Nagoya,Japan
Host: Prof. Nobuyuki Kawai
Research field: Psychology: Frightening, disgusting or nothing: Did primates evolve cognitive and physiological responses to a major natural reservoir of infectious disease (BATS)?
Dr. María Santolaria-Otín
From: Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
To: University of Tokyo, RCAST/Dept. Climate Science Research, Tokyo, Japan
Host: Prof. Hisashi Nakamura
Research field: Geosciences: Barotropic Rossby waves linkinG Arctic sea-Ice Decline with Eurasian climate - BRIDGE
Mr. Raül Pérez i Gonzalo
From: Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica industrial, CSIC-UPC, Barcelona, Spain
To: Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Host: Prof. Edgar Simo-Serra
Research field: Computer Science: Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence. End-to-end learning for Wind Turbine blades: From imagery data to defect repair recommendations
Ms. Eléonore Komai
From: Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
To: Waseda University, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Tokyo, Japan
Host: Prof Gracia Liu-Farrer
Research field: Politics and International Relations: Skill-selective migration policies: labor migration and the dynamics of skill construction in Japan
Dr. Michiko Yamashita
From: Osaka University, Japan
To: Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin and University hospital Jena, Germany
Hosts: PD Dr. rer. nat. Florian Herse and Prof. Dr. Udo Markert
Research field: Medicine: Dynamism of placenta as a potential therapeutic target for foetal growth restriction
Mr. Julian Hinz
From: Max Planck Institute For Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, Germany
To: Kyoto University, Faculty of Law, Japan
Host: Prof. Maki Saito
Research field: Law: Capital Market Regulation; Investor Protection in Japan. Benefits, Risks and Regulation of Financial Intermediation
Dr. Hiroyuki Yoshihara
From: Nagoya City University, Japan
To: University of Warwick, Dept. Obstetrics & Gynecology, UK
Host: Prof. Jan Brosens
Research field: Medicine: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Recurrent miscarriage
Mr. Hirotaka Fujibayashi (Co-sponsored Fellowship with the European University Institute)
From Grad. Inst. of Int. and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
To: European University Institute, Robert Schumann Centre, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy
Research field: International Relations and Comparative Politics: Refugee and Asylum Policy, Migration Studies
Dr. Tojotanjona Razanaparany (Japan-Africa Exchange Programme with Kyoto University)
From University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
To: Kyoto University, Japan
Research field: Anthropology: Why did primates evolved their activity patterns from nocturnal to diurnal? Implication from the ecological determinant of cathemeral activity pattern in brown lemurs in northwestern Madagascar
Dr. Georgina Seera (Japan-Africa Exchange Programme with Kyoto University)
From Kyoto University, Japan
To: Center for African Studies, Uganda Martyrs University Nkozi, Mpigi, Uganda AND Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda
Research field: Other Social Sciences: Consolidating the production of nutrient-dense foods for the prevention of obesity in Uganda: Opportunities in the practices of farmers with limited access to fertilizers, pesticides, and improved seeds
Prof. Antoine Socpa (Japan-Africa Exchange Programme with Kyoto University)
From: University of Yaoundé I, Department of Anthropology & Centre for Applied Social Sciences Research and Training (CASS-RT), Cameroon
To: Kyoto University, Japan
Research field: Social sciences: Social Anthropology. Copying survival strategies of migrants and refugees in Cameroon. Comparison of “Anglo- Bamileke" migrants and Central African Republic refugees in Cameroon: Between social protection and entrepreneurial responses