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Prof. Dr. Atsuko Kawakita

In our series “Connecting East and West – A Short Interview with …” we introduce you to people involved in German-Japanese research collaborations – and their insights on how and where to cooperate successfully! This week we welcome Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atsuko Kawakita, Director of the Center for German and European Studies at the University of Tokyo. An expert on contemporary German history, she shares her experiences in international research exchanges, emphasizing in particular the importance of long-term and enduring collaborations. Prof. Dr. Kawakita accompanied the 2021 Bundestag election campaign in Germany as a DAAD election observer. A report on her trip can be found here.

News: Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)

Prof. Dr. Andreas Dengel receives the “Order of the Rising Sun”

Prof. Dr. Prof. h.c. Andreas Dengel, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), receives the “Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” for his long-standing contributions to promoting academic exchanges and mutual understanding between Japan and Germany.

Toru Kumagai’s report on R&D trends in Germany

Munich – Germany’s Silicon Valley A former beer brewery is now a development center for special semiconductors

October 22, 2021 [by Toru Kumagai] Munich, the capital of the southern German state of Bavaria (Bayern), has become home to a cluster of information technology (IT) companies. US-American high-tech companies like Apple, Google, and IBM have established bases of operation here, and are working to expand them. They have been doing so because Bavaria is home to numerous manufacturing and IT companies, and has a rich “knowledge infrastructure” thanks to the presence of numerous universities and research institutions.

DWIH Tokyo Interview

Saeka Uchino

Tohoku University, in partnership with DWIH Tokyo, the Tohoku Forum for Creativity (TFC), and the University Research Administration (URA) Center, on August 31, 2021, co-hosted Falling Walls Lab Sendai 2021 (FWL Sendai 2021). We interviewed Saeka Uchino, who took first place in the event. Uchino, who is in the doctoral program at Tohoku University, gave a presentation titled, “Falling the Wall of Milk Science and Immunology.”

Call: Research Academy Ruhr (RAR)

Research Explorer Ruhr

[Deadline 2021/10/15] Research Academy Ruhr (RAR), consisting of Ruhr-Universität Bochum, TU Dortmund University, and the University of Duisburg Essen, offers the Research Explorer Ruhr program for early postdoctoral researchers.

Connecting East and West – A Short Interview with …

Dr. Nora Kottmann

Our series “Connecting East and West – A Short Interview with …“ presents people involved in German-Japanese research collaborations – and their insights on how and where to cooperate successfully! This week we welcome Dr. Nora Kottmann, Principal Researcher at the German Institute of Japanese Studies (DIJ) and head of the research group “Methods and Methodologies”. Dr. Kottmann’s research mainly focuses on issues related to mobility, space, (not) belonging, intimacy and methods in social science research.

Call: BMBF and BMWI

Funding for international hydrogen projects

[Deadline 2021/10/31, 2021/12/31 and 2022/02/28] The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) are funding projects for the production and processing of green hydrogen as well as for the storage, transport and application of hydrogen in countries outside the EU – this also includes German-Japanese collaborations. Companies and research institutions can also submit funding applications for accompanying research projects, studies and training measures.