Introducing the 2023 Fellows
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
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
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
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
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)?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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