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SCERU Public Seminar
Strategic Communications in the 21st Century- The Future is More than What Happens Next
The recent emergence of Strategic Communications as a distinct form of political and geopolitical influence has caught the attention of academics and practitioners alike. Yet its key distinguishing feature––a grounding in liberal democratic values and the fundamental freedoms of the individual––have exposed a number of vulnerabilities.
From outside it is under attack from authoritarian and tot…
Academic Year 2025
The 94th Public Policy Seminar-From Campus to Community University Collaboration between Africa and Asia for Real-World Change: TICAD 9 Partnership Project
Session 2: Fostering youth entrepreneurship and innovation in Africa through Africa-Asia Partnership
30 Years of Microfluidics Workshop in Paris
The adventure of commercializing microfluidics
13th SCERU Public Seminar/ GraSPP Research Seminar
The European Union Approach to Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) in a Changing Security Landscape
In past years, the European Union has developed its approach to foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) as an emerging area of foreign policy. New instruments and tools were created, including a new “toolbox” to address instances of FIMI. The lecture will focus on the development of the toolbox and its practical uses, against the background of the rapidly changing security situat…
Academic Year 2025
AY2024 SCERU Seminar / GraSPP Research Seminar
The 10th SCERU/GraSPP Research Seminar: The Modern Information Environment as a Pivotal Element in National Security
Mr Sārts will look into the nature of a rapidly evolving information landscape. The digital age is transforming the information environment into an arena of geopolitical rivalry, cyber warfare, and ideological confrontation. Technological advancements, innovations in information dissemination and communication technologies present new potential vulnerabilities.
What is the transformative potenti…
Academic Year 2024
#WeChange Women Faculty Leadership Development Program Networking Event［JP］
#WeChange Women Faculty Leadership Development Program Networking Event Keitaro Tanoi and others English Chapter Version#WeChange Women Faculty Leadership Development Program Networking Event Keitaro Tanoi and others English Subtitled Version
As part of the University of Tokyo’s “UTokyo Gender Equity Initiative #WeChange,” launched in the 2022 academic year to foster women leaders, the university has been piloting the Leadership Development Programs for Female Faculty Members since last year to support the career advancement of women researchers. A networking event was held again this year as well for female faculty members who are ca…
Academic Year 2024
Lecture by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina (President of the African Development Bank Group)
Harnessing the Power of African and Japanese Youth
Dr. Adesina emphasized the strategic importance of Africa and the potential of its youth. He highlighted the Bank’s initiatives aimed at investing in education and skills development, underscoring the value of Japan-Africa collaboration in fostering the growth of students and entrepreneurs.
The lecture was followed by a panel discussion , panelists shared insights into the challenges faced by yo…
Academic Year 2024
Mr. Juan Carlos Salazar (Secretary General of the ICAO) Special Seminar
The Future of Sustainable International Civil Aviation
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was established in 1944 as a specialized agency of the United Nations under the Chicago Convention, and in 2024, ICAO marked its 80th anniversary. Participants will deepen their understanding of the role that ICAO has played in
promoting the development of international civil aviation, fostering international cooperation, and establishing int…
Academic Year 2024
AY2023 SCERU Seminar / GraSPP Research Seminar
The 8th SCERU Public Seminar Linking Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific: Maintaining Global Unity
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Academic Year 2023
Japan-Denmark workshop on quantum technology
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Academic Year 2023
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Justice in Japan#1 Justice in JapanThis lecture, co-hosted by the University of Tokyo’s Center for Research and Development of Higher Education and NHK, was held in Yasuda Auditorium. This dialog-type lecture on the highly relevant topic of “Justice” lasted for more than three hours.Academic Year 2010 -
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UTokyo Global FD Workshop SeriesOverview of Learning-Oriented Assessment [EN]This workshop surveys three key components of learning-oriented assessment: (a) sharing learning expectations, (b) eliciting and interpreting evidence of learning, and (c) providing meaningful feedback. In this workshop, participants will be exposed to various examples of assessment activities, analyze them for advantages and disadvantages, and reflect on their own uses of assessment. The worksho…Academic Year 2016 -
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Physics of Transition Metal Oxides#6 Semiconducting OxidesAcademic Year 2005 -
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Teaching Development in Higher Education in English／UTokyo Global Future Faculty Development Program（UTokyo Global FFDP）#8 Deconstructing knowledge and career paths (Class session video)Academic Year 2022 -
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SCERU Public SeminarStrategic Communications in the 21st Century- The Future is More than What Happens NextThe recent emergence of Strategic Communications as a distinct form of political and geopolitical influence has caught the attention of academics and practitioners alike. Yet its key distinguishing feature––a grounding in liberal democratic values and the fundamental freedoms of the individual––have exposed a number of vulnerabilities. From outside it is under attack from authoritarian and tot…Academic Year 2025
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History and Prospects of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign PolicyHistory and Prospects of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign PolicyOn Tuesday, December 12, 2023, GraSPP hosted a lecture titled “History and Prospects of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy” by Robert Zoellick, former President of the World Bank, former Deputy Secretary of State and U.S. Trade Representative. Mr. Zoellick published a book titled America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy in 2020, and the Japanese version of his book ap…Academic Year 2023 -
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Prof. Thomas Piketty's Special LectureCapital in the 21st Century [Subtitled JP]Prof. Piketty, the author of “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” gave a special lecture for UTokyo students. The lecture that contains economic inequality issue, various research data, and his suggestion will catch your attention and help you to think about the equality in the future society. NOTE: - Materials and data offered by Prof. Piketty: piketty.pse.ens.fr/en/capital21c…Academic Year 2014 -
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International Refugee Law - Essentials and Comparatives#16 INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAWAcademic Year 2019 -
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Japan in Today's World#7 US and Japan: The US and the U.S.-Japan Alliance in Japanese PoliticsAcademic Year 2013 -
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Special Lecture by J. M. G. Le ClézioCharms of Poetry [Subtitled JP]It is a special lecture with French writer J.M.G.Le Clézio, a 2008 Nobel Prize for literature award recipient. This lecture take a dialogue form with Prof. Yoshikazu Nakaji who is also a translator of Mr. Le Clézio’s literatures. What are the charms of poetry from a novelist’s perspective? Mr. Le Clézio talks about the charms of various poems he chose by himself, and recites the French ve…Academic Year 2017
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![Writing Youth, Writing Old Age [Subtitled JP]](/tv-files/lecture_files/11884/sp1/lecture_images/video.jpg)
Special Lecture by J. M. G. Le Clézio
Writing Youth, Writing Old Age [Subtitled JP]
It is a special lecture with French writer J.M.G.Le Clézio, a 2008 Nobel Prize for literature award recipient. This lecture take a dialogue form with Prof. Yoshikazu Nakaji who is also a translator of Mr. Le Clézio’s literatures.
While introducing examples of various works, interesting topics regarding the meaning of “youth” and “old age” in Mr. Le Clézio’s literature are provided in the lec…
Academic Year 2015
![Realization of Peace and Justice and Women's Human Rights [Subtitled JP]](/tv-files/lecture_files/12006/2/lecture_images/video.jpg)
Special Lecture by Dr. Denis Mukwege：Realization of Peace and Justice and Women's Human Rights
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Realization of Peace and Justice and Women's Human Rights [Subtitled JP]
The ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo starting from 1996 have led to a total of six million victims. Especially in the eastern region of the country, over 100 armed groups financed through abundant mineral resources are in operation, committing human rights violations against the residents. Sexual violence has been committed in an organized way as part of such human rights…
Academic Year 2019
Special Lecture by Mr. Mario Vargas Llosa
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Enthusiasm for Literature and Creation of an Alternative Reality
Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian writer who won the 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature, was invited to this lecture meeting. He chose to speak on the theme “Enthusiasm for Literature and Creation of an Alternative Reality.” Mr. Llosa’s address can only be viewed in the original Spanish.
Academic Year 2010
![A Quest Named Fiction [Subtitled JP]](/tv-files/lecture_files/11778/sp1/lecture_images/video.jpg)
Special Lecture by J. M. G. Le Clézio
A Quest Named Fiction [Subtitled JP]
It is a special lecture with French writer J.M.G.Le Clézio, a 2008 Nobel Prize for literature award recipient. This lecture take a dialogue form with Prof. Yoshikazu Nakaji who is also a translator of Mr. Le Clézio’s literatures.
In this lecture which was carried out in the title of “A Quest Named Fiction”, various literary discussions on Mr. Le Clézio's literatures were exchanged while int…
Academic Year 2006
![Democracy and Expectations on Young Leaders of the World [Subtitled EN]](/tv-files/lecture_files/11811/sp1/lecture_images/video.jpg)
Ms. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Special Lecture
Democracy and Expectations on Young Leaders of the World [Subtitled EN]
On April 17, 2013, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the opposition in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD), and the 1991 Noble Peace Prize recipient gave a lecture at UTokyo Hongo Campus, and approximately 400 audience filled the hall.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was welcomed by a warm and big round of applause following which she gave…
Academic Year 2013
![Sexual Violence and Conflict Mineral in the Eastern Congo [Subtitled JP]](/tv-files/lecture_files/11910/sp3/lecture_images/video.jpg)
Special Lecture by Dr. Denis Mukwege
Sexual Violence and Conflict Mineral in the Eastern Congo [Subtitled JP]
In the Eastern Congo, some of rich rare metal resources are under control of armed groups. They are exercising brute force to the people living around the mines. It is especially blameful that they use sexual violence as a means to shock and control the residents. In this symposium, Dr. Denis Mukwege, the gynecologist engaging in medical treatment of the victims of sexual violence in the Eastern …
Academic Year 2016
![Memory and Imagination in Creation of Literature [Subtitled JP]](/tv-files/lecture_files/11831/sp1/lecture_images/video.jpg)
Special Lecture by J. M. G. Le Clézio
Memory and Imagination in Creation of Literature [Subtitled JP]
It is a special lecture with French writer J.M.G.Le Clézio, a 2008 Nobel Prize for literature award recipient. This lecture take a dialogue form with Prof. Yoshikazu Nakaji who is also a translator of Mr. Le Clézio’s literatures.
Why does Mr.Le Clézio rewrite his ancestor's experience? What will it bring to him that he builds fiction while he divides into the memories of his ancestors and exe…
Academic Year 2013
![Getting to the Heart of Learning: Evidence-based Science Education [EN]](/tv-files/lecture_files/11931/2/lecture_images/video.jpg)
Global Faculty Development Symposium
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Getting to the Heart of Learning: Evidence-based Science Education [EN]
A symposium was held, inviting Dr.Carl Wieman, a Nobel Prize winner in Physics.
Guided by experimental tests of theory and practice, science and engineering have advanced rapidly in the past 500 years. Guided primarily by tradition and dogma, the learning and teaching of these subjects meanwhile has remained largely medieval. Research on how people learn is now revealing much more effective…
Academic Year 2017
![Democracy and Expectations on Young Leaders of the World [Subtitled JP]](/tv-files/lecture_files/11811/sp3/lecture_images/video.jpg)
Ms. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Special Lecture
Democracy and Expectations on Young Leaders of the World [Subtitled JP]
On April 17, 2013, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the opposition in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD), and the 1991 Noble Peace Prize recipient gave a lecture at UTokyo Hongo Campus, and approximately 400 audience filled the hall.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was welcomed by a warm and big round of applause following which she gave…
Academic Year 2013
Special Lecture by J. M. G. Le Clézio
Charms of Poetry [Subtitled JP]
It is a special lecture with French writer J.M.G.Le Clézio, a 2008 Nobel Prize for literature award recipient. This lecture take a dialogue form with Prof. Yoshikazu Nakaji who is also a translator of Mr. Le Clézio’s literatures.
What are the charms of poetry from a novelist’s perspective?
Mr. Le Clézio talks about the charms of various poems he chose by himself, and recites the French ve…
Academic Year 2017
The 91th Public Policy Seminar Our Challenges and Opportunities on Global Trade —Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability
Our Challenges and Opportunities on Global Trade —Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) visited UTokyo to give a short lecture to UTokyo students. In the first half of the event, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala gave a short lecture titled“Our Challenges and Opportunities on Global Trade — Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability.” In the second half of the event, a panel discussion with Director General Okonjo-Iweal…
Academic Year 2023
Lecture by Dr. Stroustrup, inventor of C++
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The Continuing Evolution of C++
The development of C++ started in 1979. Since then, it has grown to be one of the most widely used programming languages ever, with an emphasis on demanding industrial uses. It was released commercially in 1985 and evolved through one informal standard (“the ARM”) and several ISO standards: C++98, C++11, C++14, and C++17. How could an underfinanced language without a corporate owner succeed like …
Academic Year 2018
Mr. Juan Carlos Salazar (Secretary General of the ICAO) Special Seminar
The Future of Sustainable International Civil Aviation
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was established in 1944 as a specialized agency of the United Nations under the Chicago Convention, and in 2024, ICAO marked its 80th anniversary. Participants will deepen their understanding of the role that ICAO has played in
promoting the development of international civil aviation, fostering international cooperation, and establishing int…
Academic Year 2024
Lecture by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina (President of the African Development Bank Group)
Harnessing the Power of African and Japanese Youth
Dr. Adesina emphasized the strategic importance of Africa and the potential of its youth. He highlighted the Bank’s initiatives aimed at investing in education and skills development, underscoring the value of Japan-Africa collaboration in fostering the growth of students and entrepreneurs.
The lecture was followed by a panel discussion , panelists shared insights into the challenges faced by yo…
Academic Year 2024
Global Leadership Program Open Seminars
“Leading Social Change” by the Man behind Obama’s Presidential Campaign: Marshall Ganz
The Global Leadership Program (GLP) at the University of Tokyo and Japan Institute for Global Health (JIGH) are honored to host an open seminar on public narrative and community organizing, led by Professor Marshall Ganz (Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School) and joined by two leading Japanese social activists and entrepreneurs, Mr. Makoto Yuasa and Mr. Hiroki Komazaki. …
Academic Year 2013
Justice in Japan
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Justice in Japan
This lecture, co-hosted by the University of Tokyo’s Center for Research and Development of Higher Education and NHK, was held in Yasuda Auditorium. This dialog-type lecture on the highly relevant topic of “Justice” lasted for more than three hours.
Academic Year 2010
Prof. Thomas Piketty's Special Lecture
Capital in the 21st Century [Subtitled JP]
Prof. Piketty, the author of “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” gave a special lecture for UTokyo students. The lecture that contains economic inequality issue, various research data, and his suggestion will catch your attention and help you to think about the equality in the future society.
NOTE:
- Materials and data offered by Prof. Piketty: piketty.pse.ens.fr/en/capital21c…
Academic Year 2014
![Fact-based View of the World: Why Developing vs Developed is Meaningless [Subtitled-JP]](/tv-files/lecture_files/11817/sp3/lecture_images/video.jpg)
Global Leadership Program Open Seminars
Fact-based View of the World: Why Developing vs Developed is Meaningless [Subtitled-JP]
The Global Leadership Program (GLP) at The University of Tokyo and Japan Institute for Global Health (JIGH) hosted an open seminar on innovative data visualization, led by Professor Hans Rosling, a Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute and co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation.
Professor Rosling is one of the world’s most popular statisticians notable for his…
Academic Year 2013
![The Making of What on Earth Happened? [Subtitled EN]](/tv-files/lecture_files/11820/sp1/lecture_images/video.jpg)
Special Lecture by Christopher Lloyd
The Making of What on Earth Happened? [Subtitled EN]
Christopher Lloyd, a world-famous science journalist and the author of What on Earth Happened: The Complete Story of the Planet (2008), gave a lecture on Komaba Campus, the University of Tokyo. His best-seller book is an attempt to integrate natural sciences and humanities in order to tell a giant narrative of the universe, from its very beginning to the present. In the lecture, he talked ab…
Academic Year 2013
Teaching Development in Higher Education in English／UTokyo Global Future Faculty Development Program（UTokyo Global FFDP）
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Assessment, feedback, and rubrics (Class session video)
Teaching Development in Higher Education in English／UTokyo Global Future Faculty Development Program（UTokyo Global FFDP）
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Class design (Video material for preparation)
Teaching Development in Higher Education in English／UTokyo Global Future Faculty Development Program（UTokyo Global FFDP）
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Course and syllabus design (Video material for preparation)
Teaching Development in Higher Education in English／UTokyo Global Future Faculty Development Program（UTokyo Global FFDP）
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Class design (Class session video)
Teaching Development in Higher Education in English／UTokyo Global Future Faculty Development Program（UTokyo Global FFDP）
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Assessment, feedback, and rubrics (Video material for preparation)
![How to Get Published in a Scientific Journal [Englsih]](/tv-files/lecture_files/11848/sp1/lecture_images/video.jpg)
Seminar on English Academic Paper Writing 2014
How to Get Published in a Scientific Journal [Englsih]
This seminar delivers tips for submitting an academic paper to an international journal. Through the lectures by both publisher's and paper author's points of view, speakers encourage especially young researchers and graduate students to take the first step to publish research outcome into the society.
00:14 Introduction
01:20 Elsevier and the publishing process
05:10 Journal organ…
Academic Year 2014
Teaching Development in Higher Education in English／UTokyo Global Future Faculty Development Program（UTokyo Global FFDP）
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Course and syllabus design (Class session video)
Teaching Development in Higher Education in English／UTokyo Global Future Faculty Development Program（UTokyo Global FFDP）
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Deconstructing knowledge and career paths (Video material for preparation)
The 94th Public Policy Seminar-From Campus to Community University Collaboration between Africa and Asia for Real-World Change: TICAD 9 Partnership Project
Session 3: Collaboration of public policy schools to foster talents for real world change
International Refugee Law - Essentials and Comparatives
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INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAW
Ms. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Special Lecture
Democracy and Expectations on Young Leaders of the World
On April 17, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the opposition in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD), and the 1991 Noble Peace Prize recipient gave a lecture at UTokyo Hongo Campus, and approximately 400 audience filled the hall.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was welcomed by a warm and big round of applause following which she gave a lec…
Academic Year 2013
Multilateral Financial Institutions: Rules and Practice
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Lecture - Internal Administration & External Stakeholders
Lecture by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina (President of the African Development Bank Group)
Harnessing the Power of African and Japanese Youth
Dr. Adesina emphasized the strategic importance of Africa and the potential of its youth. He highlighted the Bank’s initiatives aimed at investing in education and skills development, underscoring the value of Japan-Africa collaboration in fostering the growth of students and entrepreneurs.
The lecture was followed by a panel discussion , panelists shared insights into the challenges faced by yo…
Academic Year 2024
Multilateral Financial Institutions: Rules and Practice
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Seminar - IFIs: Power-based to Rules-based?
Multilateral Financial Institutions: Rules and Practice
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Lecture - Origin & Evolution
Multilateral Financial Institutions: Rules and Practice
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Seminar - “Unfair” Competition with Private Sector Players on the Market?
Multilateral Financial Institutions: Rules and Practice
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The Roles and Responsibilities of IFIs beyond COVID-19—AIIB’s Innovative Features in Governance and International Standards
Mr. Juan Carlos Salazar (Secretary General of the ICAO) Special Seminar
The Future of Sustainable International Civil Aviation
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was established in 1944 as a specialized agency of the United Nations under the Chicago Convention, and in 2024, ICAO marked its 80th anniversary. Participants will deepen their understanding of the role that ICAO has played in
promoting the development of international civil aviation, fostering international cooperation, and establishing int…
Academic Year 2024
AY2023 SCERU Seminar / GraSPP Research Seminar
The 6th SCERU Public Seminar G7 in Hiroshima: A Policymaker's Assessment