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Workshops
2023
Discursive and material dimensions of the digital transformation: Perspectives from and on Japan
Caught yet blind in Indra’s Net: Reflections on Interconnected Crises in the Late Capitalist Anthropocene
The Integrative Potential of Epistemic Virtues for the Digital Humanities
2022
Shinzo Abe's Legacy for the Future of Japanese-Southeast Asian Relations
Ageing and long-term care in German and Japanese communities
The Intimate in and beyond Pandemic Times: Family, Personal Relationships and Singlehood
Health Infrastructure and Asia’s Epidemiological Transitions: Historical Perspectives
2021
Fascism in Motion: Concepts, Agents and the Global Experiences
Studying Japan. Perspectives from 'Inside' and 'Outside'
Technology & Society in Japan and Beyond
2019
Leadership in a Digital World: Innovative – Human – Collaborative
The Digital Transformation - Implications for the Social Sciences and the Humanities
Contemporary Japanese Theatre Workshop
2018
Labour Market Liberalisation after the Lehman Crisis: Comparing France, Germany and Japan
Work Style Reform, Gender Time Gap, Work-Life Balance, and Gender Equality in Japan and Germany
AI/IOT and the Future of Society
2017
Do labour market inequalities erode support for democracy? Experiences and perspectives from France, Germany and Japan
Migration and East Asian Societies: Comparative Perspectives
The Development of (Social) Robots for Health Care Scenarios: Hopes, Concerns and Limits
Humans & Machines in Medical Contexts: Case Studies from Japan
2016
Effects of Zero Interest Rate Monetary Policy on Banks and Society
Governance and Financial Aspects of Catastrophic / Systemic Risks
2015
Risks and Opportunities in Japan: Local Communities Confronting Demographic Change and Climate Change
Nachhaltige Entwicklung und Stakeholder Engagement auf kommunaler Ebene in Deutschland und Japan
Overcoming the Challenges of Multinational Teamwork
Introducing an International Research Project on the Effectiveness of Multinational Teams
IT Start-ups and new Digital Business Models in Japan
Monetary Policy, Structural Decline and Income Inequality in Europe and Japan
Gunther Schnabl, Leipzig University / Shumpei Takemori, Keio University
Corporate Governance Related Training of Board Directors and Senior Managers – German and Japanese Experiences
Situation of Start-ups in Japan/China/Republic Korea
2014
Improving the people’s lot? Different conceptions of well-being between promises and reality
Hate Speech and Japanese-Korean Relations: Ideology, Implications and Origins
2013
Well-being in Ageing Societies: Perspectives from China, Germany and Japan
Social Inequality in Japan: A Reassessment
2011
Care Robotics in the Aging Society: Integrating Users, Developers and Technology
Well-being in Ritual Practice: Social Interaction, Communication, Self-Improvement?
Consumption and Well-being in the Aging Society. Advancing Research on Older Consumers
2010
Architectures and Models for a Sustainable Care - Adaptive Technologies for the Ageing Society
New employment risks in East Asia
Architectures and Models for a Sustainable Care - Alternatives for Dealing with Population Ageing
“Comparatively Happy” – Objective Precarity and Subjective Exclusion in Germany and Japan: Presentation and discussion of survey results
Architectures and Models for a Sustainable Care - Death and Dignity
Architectures and Models for a Sustainable Care - Ethics
Architectures and Models for a Sustainable Care - Economic Policies
Architectures and Models for a Sustainable Care - Health & Health Policies
Architectures and Models for a Sustainable Care - Economy
Architectures and Models for a Sustainable Care - Technology
Architectures and Models for a Sustainable Care - Technology
2009
Religion and Politics in Japan
"Comparatively Happy" – Objective precarity and perception of social exclusion in Germany and Japan: Discussion of the German and Japanese Questionnaire
Japan: Das Silbermarkt-Phänomen. Neue Chancen, große Herausforderungen