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| The 16th Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
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| DATE | 10 February 2025 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person: Kiteminsai Lab & Online: Zoom) |
| TOPIC | Book Launch Seminar: International Student Mobility in Japan―Higher Education in the Era of the New Normal― |
| LECTURER(S): | Kondo, Sachihiko Okada, Akito Sengoku, Yu Nakano, Ryoko Ishikura Yukiko Nabeshima, Yuki Chiba, Kaeko Suematsu, Kazuko |
| The 15th Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 21 December 2024 |
| VENUE | University of Tsukuba, Tokyo Campus (3F: Lecture Room320) |
| TOPIC | Turtles Dragons? Academic Freedom in Japanese Universities |
| LECTURER(S): | Edward Vickers (Kyushu university) |
| The 14th Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 13 December 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person:Hiroshima Office Centre & Online: Zoom) |
| TOPIC | Gendered Parental Preference for College Applications: Experimental Evidence from a Gender Inegalitarian Education Context |
| LECTURER(S): | UCHIKOSHI, Fumiya (Harvard University) |
| The 13th Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 12 December 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person:Hiroshima Office Centre & Online: Zoom) |
| TOPIC | The Role of Imagined Futures in Gendered Educational Trajectories: Adolescents’ Expectations and Uncertainty in Japanese Selective High Schools |
| LECTURER(S): | UCHIKOSHI, Fumiya (Harvard University) |
| The 12th Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 2 December 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online: Zoom) |
| TOPIC | Spatial Spillover Effects of Government’s University Financial Support Programs: The Case of the Korean University-Industry Collaboration Programs |
| LECTURER(S): | Lee, Eunhye |
| The 11th Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 22 November 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Why University Employees Are Not Acting on Their Own Initiative: From the Perspective of Proactive Behavior |
| LECTURER(S): | Yuya HORIKAWA (The University of Tokyo) |
| The 10th Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 20 November 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person: Kiteminsai Lab & Online: Zoom) |
| TOPIC | The Structure of Conspiracy Theories and Pseudoscience in the Post-Truth Era |
| LECTURER(S): | LIU, Hanyi (Hiroshima University), MOMOKI, Baku (Kansai University), YAMAMOTO,Kouhei (International Economy & Work Research Institute) |
| The 9th Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 18 September 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person: Kiteminsai Lab & Online: Zoom) |
| TOPIC | Rethinking statistics in the social sciences: what exactly have multiple regression analysis and SEM ‘explained’? |
| LECTURER(S): | HAYASHI Takehiko (National Institute for Environmental Studies), IGASHIRA Masahiko (Hitotsubashi University), SHIMIZU Hiroshi (Kwansei Gakuin University), TSUTSUI Junya (Ritsumeikan University), NAKAO Ran (Ehime University), FAN Yizhou (Hiroshima University) |
| The 8th Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 28 August 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person: Student Plaza, Hiroshima University & Online: Zoom) |
| TOPIC | Graduate Student Pedagogical Skills Training in Practice: The Cases of Hiroshima University and Newcastle University, UK |
| LECTURER(S): | DANGENI (Newcastle University, UK),Yadi CAO (Newcastle University,UK),CHENG, Wenjuan (Hiroshima University) |
| The 7th Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 28 August 2024 |
| VENUE | Online (Zoom) |
| TOPIC | Roundtable discussion on the issue of tuition fee increases at the University of Tokyo and national universities |
| LECTURER(S): | |
| The 6th Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 27 August 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person: TKP Shimbashi Conference Center, Room 13J & Online: Zoom) |
| TOPIC | International Students’ Agency and Engagement in Internationalising Universities: Reports from the UK |
| LECTURER(S): | DANGENI (Newcastle University, UK),Kelsey INOUYE (University of Oxford, UK) |
| The 5th Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 26 August 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person: TKP Shimbashi Conference Center, Room 13J & Online: Zoom) |
| TOPIC | Towards a Deeper Appreciation of International Doctoral Scholars’ Well-Being |
| LECTURER(S): | Dely ELLIOT (University of Glasgow) |
| The 4th Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 19 July 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online: Zoom) |
| TOPIC | Doctoral Dissertation Series Examining Private University Reform and Policy in the 2010s: Policy Guidance Through Subsidies |
| LECTURER(S): | MATSUMIYA Shinji (Shinsyu University) |
| The 3rd Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 16 July 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | The Current Situation and Reforms of Higher Education in Taiwan |
| LECTURER(S): | YANG Szu-Wei (Nanhua University) |
| The 2nd Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 10 May 2024 |
| VENUE | Online (Zoom) |
| TOPIC | Career Diversity of Higher Education Researchers: A Study on Transition from University Researchers to the Private Sector Business |
| LECTURER(S): | KOJIMA Yoshikazu (PERSOL Research and Consulting) |
| The 1st Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
| DATE | 7 May 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person: Kiteminsai Lab & Online: Zoom) |
| TOPIC | Issues of Personal Information and Privacy Using Mathematical Statistics and Implications for Research Integrity, Research Ethics, and Higher Education Research |
| LECTURER(S): | NOUCHI Rei (Hiroshima University), ITO Shinsuke (Chuo University), NAKAO Ran (Ehime University), FAN Yizhou (Hiroshima University) |