Kobe University Brussels European Centre
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NNew Liaison Office in Romania
INDEX-NewsResearch at Kobe University(1st half of 2018)
Past Events in 2018
In-house seminars and workshop
at KUBEC
Social MediaLet us know what you think
about our English website

 NEWSNew liaison office forinternational
collaboration inRomania

On May 17, in cooperation with BabesBolyai University, we established theKobe University and Babes-Bolyai
University International Collaboration
Centre (KU-UBB ICC) in Romania.
This is our third overseas base inEurope, following the Brussels Office(Belgium, 2010) and the Kraków Office(Poland, October 2010). As well as thelocation within Babes-Bolyai Universityin Romania, the Centre is also
physically located within Kobe
University’s Institute for Promoting
International Partnerships, providing abase in Japan for Babes-BolyaiUniversity.
Babeș-Bolyai University is one of Kobe
University’s active exchange partner
universities in Europe with anagreement concluded in 1998 and withErasmus+ since 2016. In economics,
Professor Masahiko Yoshii (VicePresident in Charge of Personnel
Evaluation and Planning) andProfessor Ioan Alin Nistor (Dean ofFaculty of Business Administration)
had had a long term researchcollaboration. He is also an alumni
of our Graduate School ofEconomics.
Professor Noriyuki Inoue(Executive Vice President in Chargeof Academic Exchange), Professor
Kiyomitsu Yui (Executive Assistantto the President in Charge ofInternational Collaboration)
traveled to Romania to conduct thememorandum of understanding
signing ceremony for the newCentre.

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This centre’s mission is to fostering
academic exchange and collaboration
between the two universities. We will
use this centre not only to deepen ongoing collaboration but also intoexpand to various research area withjoint academic events.

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Visit from the Advisor tothe Kobe UniversityBrussels EuropeanCentre

For three days from May 23 to 25,
Advisor to the Kobe University Brussels
European Centre Mr. Patrick VittetPhilippe visited Kobe University anddiscussed Kobe University’s activities inEurope.
Mr. Patrick Vittet-Phillipe, former Headof Japan and Russia Desks, DirectorateGeneral for Research and Innovation,
European Commission was appointedto the Kobe University Brussels
European Centre in February 2017.
Since then, he advises the University on
various matters, including applications
to education and research funding
schemes in Europe and collaboration
with European partner institutions.
(his activity report)

Comment from Prof. Ioan Alin Nistor:“We are very happy and honored to have Kobe
University, such a prestigious university,
opening an office at Babes-Bolyai University.
This office is a recognition of the long andexcellent partnership that our institutions haveand makes us work harder to take thispartnership to the next level. This office sets a
new benchmark for internationalization andwill be a landmark for the activities that will be
carried out here. Kobe University and BabesBolyai University are making now history
together."During his visit, he discussed withProfessor Noriyuki Inoue (ExecutiveVice President in Charge ofInternational Exchange), Professor
Kiyomitsu Yui (Executive Assistant tothe President in Charge of International
Collaboration), and Professor Ken-ichi
Yoshida (Executive Director of Kobe
University Brussels European Centre)
about how we are strengthening ourpresence in Europe.
He also attended aseminar oninternational
communication forresearchers aimedat members of Kobe
University as themain speaker totalk about theimportance ofinternational communication forresearch results and related
initiatives from the EuropeanCommissions.
After the seminar Mr. VittetPhilippe met with the Student PR
Ambassadors and gave them someadvice about their activities.

He attended a meeting with theprofessors who will participate in
the annual Kobe University Brussels
European Centre Symposium. This
year’s event will take place on
October 24, co-organized with Vrije
Universiteit Brussel under the titleof “Smart Cities, Secure Societies:
Breakthroughs in EU and Japan
Research Cooperation”.
http://www.kobe-.ac.jp/en/NEWS/info/2018_05_31_01.html

Seminar held on
European researchfunding schemes

On April 13, Kobe University hosted
a seminar about EU Research andInnovation programme Horizon
2020, the German Academic
Exchange Service (DFG) and theGerman Research Foundation(DAAD).
The morning session was supportedby the EU-Japan Centre forIndustrial Cooperation (H2020
National Contact Point in Japan)
and EURAXESS. It provided anintroduction to EU research funding
program Horizon 2020, how toapply for the program and examplesof past participants.
This was followed in the afternoon
by an introduction to research andeducation schemes offered by theGerman government, supported bythe German Academic Exchange
Service (DFT) and the German
Research Foundation (DAAD).

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Kobe University encourages its
researchers to actively participate inEuropean Commission programmessuch as HORIZON 2020 and Erasmus+,as well as funding for education andresearch offered by individual Europeancountries. KUBEC supports researchers
to find a proposal, matchmaking andwriting an application.
We are open to support you if you areconsidering collaboration with Kobe
University researchers.
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held during the visit. A memorandum of
understanding for inter-university
student exchange was also concluded
alongside this agreement.
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hD Workshop coorganizedwith the JapanFoundation Budapest

On February 3 and 4 Kobe University
collaborated with the Japan Foundation
Budapest to co-host a PhD workshop in
Hungary. The workshop was attended
from Kobe University by Professor
Kiyomitsu Yui and Associate Professor
Ryusuke Masaki (Graduate School ofHumanities).
The event was aimed at PhD students

isit and signingceremony at theTechnical University ofMunich

On March 1, Professor Noriyuki Inoue(Executive Vice President in Charge ofInternational Exchange and InternalControl), Professor Matsuto Ogawa(Executive Vice President in Charge of
Research and Industry-UniversityCooperation) and Professor Akio
Tomiyama (Dean, Graduate School ofEngineering) visited the Technical
University of Munich in Germany.

Both sides agreed to conclude an interuniversity agreement for academic
exchange, and a signing ceremony wasselected from within Eastern Europe,and included presentations about
Japanese studies, discussions, andresearch advice. Associate Professor
Masaki gave the closing lecture onFebruary. This event has been held fourtimes to date, and Kobe University was
the only participating university fromJapan – we received positive feedbackfor our institution’s strong presence inEastern Europe.
The event provided opportunities todeepen knowledge about relations
between Japan and Eastern Europe, andto strengthen exchange between
academics and students in Slovakia andHungary in the field of Japanesestudies, particularly Japaneseculture.
In October 2015 Kobe University
established a Liaison Office inKraków, Poland, and we havestrengthened our collaboration withEastern Europe in education andresearch.
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 Research atKobe University(1st half of 2018)-The stick insects that survive being eaten by birds

http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/news/2018_05_28_01.html

Biology, Ecology/Environment- Genome editing method targets AIDS virus

http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/news/2018_05_18_01.html

Biology, Infectious/ Emerging Diseases- Children prefer distribution by equal outcome when they share

http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/news/2018_02_27_01.html

Social/ Behavioral Science- Giant lava dome confirmed in Japan’s Kikai Caldera

http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/news/2018_02_09_01.html

Earth Science/ Geography

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◆ Past Events in 2017-2018
14 Mar. International Seminar on Integration of Spatial Computable General Equilibrium and Transport Modelling
http://www.office.kobe-u.ac.jp/ipiep/materials/20180314.pdf
5 Dec. The CRIL-Kobe-Louvain Collaborative Workshop on Constraint Programming and SAT
http://www.edu.kobe-u.ac.jp/istc-tamlab/cspsat/workshop2017/24 Nov. Brussels Student Workshop 2017
'What are students interested in? Europe and Japan Similarity and Difference'
http://www.office.kobe-u.ac.jp/ipiep/materials/programme20171124_en.pdf
18 Nov. New Perspectives in Japanese Studies Part 2
http://www.office.kobe-u.ac.jp/ipiep/materials/programme20171118_en.pdf
2 Oct. The 5th Bruegel - Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University conference
Europe and Japan: Monetary policies in the age of uncertainty
http://bruegel.org/events/europe-and-japan-monetary-policies-in-the-age-of-uncertainty/
21 Sep. Network meeting held at Brussels European Centre
http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/NEWS/info/2017_10_04_01.html

 In-house seminars and workshop at KUBEC
Information on academic seminars and workshops at KUBEC can be found at:
http://www.office.kobe-u.ac.jp/ipiep/kubec/index_en.html
If you are interested in participating in those events, please contact us at

intl-kobe_u_bxl(a)office.kobe-u.ac.jp
for further information.

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