MEXT Science and Technology Human Resource Development Support Program
Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research Environment

Diversity and Super Global Training Programfor Female and Young Faculty

SENTAN-Q Annual Report 2019

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Contents

2

Greetings
President

Chiharu Kubo (SENTAN-Q supervisor)

Executive Vice President

Toshiya Naito (SENTAN-Q implementer)

Vice President

Kaoru Tamada (SENTAN-Q coordinator)

2 Objectives and Contents of SENTAN-Q

6

3 2019 Report

8

STEP1

Selection of trainees (from application to screening)
Kick-off Meeting

9

STEP2

University governance, diversity and inclusive
education (on campus)

11

Directed study and guidance of foreign students

March, 2020
Mariko Ogawa
Office for the Promotion of Gender Equality, Kyushu University

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4

Teaching methodologies for active learning

SENTAN-Q incorporates advanced, diverse, and international elements. Kyushu University willproduce many faculties who have world-class research and excellent leadership through SENTAN-Q.
I very much appreciate to those involved and assisted in preparing the Annual Report.

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1 General Description of SENTAN-Q

STEP3 (on campus)

This Annual Report introduces the efforts of Kyushu University in the first year of "Diversity andSuper Global Training Program for Female and Young Faculty(SENTAN-Q)" which initiated in FY2019.
SENTAN-Q's is a diverse program and the Annual Report includes general description, objectives
and contents of SENTAN-Q, selection of trainees, screening, and introduction of first-year students.

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12

STEP4 (on campus)

13

4 Profiles of First-term Trainees

14

5 Outlook16

Plans for the FY2020 term

16

SENTAN-Q expected effects

16

6 Appendix

17

Guideline for First-term Trainees

17

Unconscious bias Checklist

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Greetings■ SENTAN-Q Supervisor■ SENTAN-Q Implementer

President, Kyushu University

Executive Vice President, Secretary-General, Kyushu University

Chiharu Kubo

Toshiya Naito

In Autumn 2019, Kyushu University established a new slogan, “Leap into
the Next.” In order to achieve research and human resource developmentthat realizes this message, it is absolutely critical that the university work
to further its abilities in research and education to ensure an elite level ofquality that is internationally recognized. It is the acquisition and trainingof superior personnel that will serve as the key to this mission. With the
adoption of the MEXT’s 2019 Science and Technology Human Resource
Development Support Program, “Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research Environment”, Kyushu
University intends to utilize this model as an opportunity to help ensure its swift implementation for 100
years of future progress. In order to encourage active and vigorous participation from its female and young
faculty, strengthen itself and help solidify its position as an eminent global university, Kyushu University
initiated the “Diversity and Super Global Training Program for Female and Young Faculty (SENTAN-Q)”
program.

This year marks the 5th year since the United Nations first formulated the Sustainable
Development Goals, or SDGs. In Japan, many undertakings are advancing in various
fields in a pursuit of a vibrant society supported by diverse human resources—
including the expansion of women’s roles. As we at Kyushu University aspire to thrive
as a global hub of education and research, it is essential to implement an infrastructure in which diverse talents play
active roles. Among these strategies, the active recruitment and appointment of female researchers is especially
important to vitalize research activities, driven by a variety of standpoints and ideas.
To this end, Kyushu University has been strengthening efforts to promote gender equality, including creatinginternational recruitment for women-only position openings (KASOKU), introduction of Dual Career Couples
Policies, and implementation of support programs for balancing research and child-rearing. Now, we are pleased
to announce the launch of the “Diversity and Super Global Training Program for Female and Young Faculty(SENTAN-Q)," following selected for funding under MEXT's 2019 Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research
Environment, which is a Human Resource Development Support Program. The program aims to foster world-classfemale and young researchers who will lead research and education in the coming generations. Under the initiative,
we have already been operating the SENTAN-Q Program, inviting top-level researchers from abroad since January
2020.
Kyushu University is committed to SENTAN-Q and producing world-class researchers, as the program bears greatsignificance in promoting gender equality in education and research environment, as well as for our university ingaining momentum as the world’s leading research university.
I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to those involved for their efforts in coordinating with otheruniversities from home and abroad and establishing systems in place on campus.

Each year, ten individuals from among the university’s female and young faculty who have maintained
superior performance records are selected to undergo training led by overseas researchers with elite skills andabilities. Through this experience, the trainees pragmatically fortify their abilities in research education to beamong the highest levels found around the globe. The aim of this program is to accelerate the appointmentof female and young faculty to top-level and managerial positions and to help build a research education
environment that will propel Kyushu University to global recognition as an eminent research university.
These operations will serve as a link in a wide-ranging administrative reform that places greater focus on
female, young, and foreign researchers in Kyushu University’s mid-term objectives, mid-term plans, national
university administration reform promotion, and other activities, and will be implemented via university-wide
cooperation. Trainee candidates were named at the beginning of this fiscal year, selected from a large poolof excellent individuals belonging to various departments. The selection committee was formed that include
experts from outside the university was formed, and the trainee selection decisions were reached via a highly
transparent review process. As a general rule, after completing two years of training, successful candidates
advance to having more responsibilities within one year.
In these SENTAN-Q operations, it will select 6th term trainees over the six-year program period. There arehigh expectations to see the participation of as many ambitious female and young faculty as possible, gaining
internationally recognized skills, and developing the ability to compete globally, thus contributing to Kyushu
University’s position as a center for excellence, one that maintains research standards of the highest level tobe found in the world.
Our SENTAN-Q program has only just begun, but I would like to encourage your close observation of thegrowth and advancements moving forward—both of the selected trainees and of our university—as we work
to thrive even more on the global stage.

■ SENTAN-Q Coordinator
Vice President, Distinguished Professor, Kyushu University

Kaoru Tamada
The importance and difficulty of realizing a diversity-inclusive society has been
discussed during various occasions in Japan. This is not only an issue of genderinclusivity but also includes the matter of how we accept differences in race,
nationality, age, academic background, physical features, economic circumstances, andso on, that is, how we establish a sustainable society in which we all can share and live together. Kyushu University
has proposed a mindset comprised of the three Cs: Challenge, Change, and Creation (recently, Collaboration has
also been included as the fourth C). However, I would like to ask you to consider resolutions of the following three
Bs as well: Bias, Barriers, and Boundaries*, for the establishment of a diversity-inclusive society. The SENTAN-Q
program provides an opportunity for students and faculty, for both women and men, to learn together with regard to
our and our university’s futures, regardless of age, sex, position, or department. It is not difficult to imagine that auniversity driven by these faculties would be highly attractive. I will continue running the program by dreaming of afuture when our trainees will lead the university. I deeply appreciate your understanding of and cooperation with the
SENTAN-Q program.
*The idea of the three Bs was conceived in collaboration with Dr. Hisako Otsubo, Research Institute of Pharmacy,
Nihon University.

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General Description of SENTAN-Q
Kyushu University was selected for funding under MEXT’s 2019 Initiative for Realizing Diversity in
the Research Environment, which forms part of the ministry’s agenda to support careers in Scienceand Technology Human Resource Development Support Program. Kyushu University has been
designated to play a pioneer role in this initiative. Pioneers lead the way in creating a more diverse
and inclusive research environment, one that empowers women academics to rise to the top of theirprofessions. The work pioneers do include, for example, helping women find placements overseas
and providing them with further career support upon their return.
As part of this pioneer role, Kyushu University has launched the SENTAN-Q program. Through
SENTAN-Q, we will unleash the full potential of our female faculty, as well as that of our younger malefaculty, and thereby become a truly world-class university. We will provide these individuals with topclass training in research and teaching skills to fast-track their promotions to senior and management
positions. In this way, we will achieve a research environment the international community recognizes
as truly global.
SENTAN-Q consists of six steps:

STEP1

Selection of trainees

STEP2

University governance, diversity and inclusive education (on campus)

STEP3

Teaching methodologies for active learning (on campus)

STEP4

Directed study and guidance of foreign students (on campus)

STEP5

Up-to-date field-specific recurrent training (on campus)

STEP6

Final Examination: Class teaching and directed study (overseas)

Trainees who attain the targeted learning level will earn a certificate and receive a tenured position
or a one-rank promotion. The program lasts two years (including the time at an overseas university).
However, we can adjust the duration to accommodate maternity, child-rearing, or long-term careneeds. SENTAN-Q will aim to train 50 individuals in six years. Information about the program’s
progress as well as trainees’ accomplishments will be published in Polymorfia (ISSN 2424-1113), thejournal of the Office for the Promotion of Gender Equality, Kyushu University. We will also work with
the All Nippon Diversity Network to share our findings and insights across Japan.
SENTAN-Q is a university-wide undertaking that forms part of our efforts to make the university more
inclusive for young researchers, female, and non-Japanese nationals, as outlined in our mediumterm strategy/goals and in MEXT’s program for promoting reform in national universities.
Implementation
SystemPresident (Project Supervisor)

SENTAN-Q team

� Final certification

Office for the Promotionof Gender Equality
� Program planning� Promotion diversity
� Support / training female researchers

Collaboration
Cooperation
International
Connection� SHARE-Q Office

Training / support
researchers
� IAS

� AiRIMaQ

Plan training / Dateanalysis
� UEII� Selection of trainees from the candidates
� Enforcement the training (on campus / overseas)

4

Collaboration
Cooperation

� IR office

Departments

� Recommendation of candidate
� Support for participation training� Promotion to high-rank position

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Objectives and Contents of SENTAN-Q
Objective of SENTAN-Q
This program is designed for outstanding female and young faculty members at Kyushu University
to establish themselves as world top-class, competitive researchers through cutting edge diversity &global training.
Trainees in this program are selected through a highly transparent screening process from candidates
recommended by each department. In principle, the trainees will take a 2-year diversity and global
training course. When the trainees complete the course, a certificate and tenure or a one-levelpromotion is given within 1 year.
In the course, the trainees will acquire research and education skills that meet global standards,
and the wide knowledge required of a senior or managerial researcher. Furthermore, the programenvisions the formation of an on-campus network that goes beyond gender boundaries and crosses
different research fields (the elimination of unconscious bias)

Contents of SENTAN-Q
This program consists of 6 steps;
STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3
STEP 4
STEP 5
STEP 6

Selection of trainees
University governance, diversity and inclusive education (on campus)
Teaching methodologies for active learning (on campus)
Directed study and guidance of foreign students (on campus)
Up-to-date field-specific recurrent training (on campus)
Final Examination: Teaching and directed study (overseas)

Period2 years for each trainee (can be extended under certain conditions, e.g. maternal
leave or nursing care).

The program will run from 2019 to 2024 (6 application rounds for 5-10 trainees each). The program is
expected to promote about 50 trainees. Trainees who complete the course receive a certificate fromthe president and are granted a tenured position or a one-level promotion.

STEP1

Selection of trainees

QualifiedapplicantsFemale faculty, or male faculty aged 37 and under at the end of each FY (associate
professor, lecturer and assistant professor).
(1) Tenured faculty (2) Untenured faculty but scheduled for a tenure review

Selection
criteria:(1) Sufficient research achievements (2) A positive attitude to learning about newissues related to universities and society (3) Motivated to improve global researchand education skills including overseas training

STEP2
Objective:

Teaching methodologies for active learning (on campus)

Objective: Learn about the latest teaching methodologies for active learning from lecturers affiliatedwith world-class universities (mandatory course). The lecturer is an expert invited from anoverseas world-class university

STEP4

Directed study and guidance of foreign students (on campus)

Objective: Learn how to carry out research guidance in English for international students while
receiving guidance from a world-class senior researcher as a mentor
C o n t e n t : Setting a research theme, carrying out research guidance in English, paper writing, etc. withinternational students (maximum 2), supervised by a overseas mentor.
The overseas mentor should be a university researcher who meets the requirements of a
top-level university (Progress 100). The trainee selects the international students and theoverseas mentor. In principle, the writing of one international co-authored paper is required.
Web conferencing technology will be made available for overseas communication.

STEP5

Up-to-date field-specific recurrent training (on campus)

Objective: Select your extra-professional field from Kyushu Universityʼs priority issues, such as data
science (AI or IoT) or SDGs and receive permanent training to broaden your scientificview. This will be helpful to remain highly active after promotion through the establishmentof interdisciplinary fields, research centers, and budget requests.
C o n t e n t : Two or more courses to be taken from the course list. STEP 5 can be completed after
STEP 6 overseas research.

STEP6

Final Examination: Teaching and directed study (overseas）

Objective: Overseas training constitutes the final examination of SENTAN-Q. It determines whether
the trainees developed research and educational skills that are internationally valid.

PeriodOverseas staying period should be more than 8 weeks.

Place

An overseas university (In principle, this should be a university with which an
exchange agreement is in place, but it can also be another top university). Only
trainees who have completed STEP 2 through STEP 4 can participate in STEP 6.

The trainee selects the overseas university and mentor. In principle, as in STEP 4, the writing of one
international co-authored paper is required.

University governance, diversity and inclusive education (on campus)

Learn about the importance of university governance, diversity and inclusion.
Lecturers are invited from the world's top universities (mandatory course).
University governance: Long-term perspective of what a university should be and university
Management. University vice president or former vice president, lecturers
invited from overseas top universities.
Diversity and inclusive: The importance of diversity and inclusion in university and society, andvarious innovative cases born from these concepts. The lecturers are an
expert invited from overseas.

6

STEP3

Evaluation of the traineeʼs achievements
For STEP 2, STEP 3 and STEP 5, lecturers conduct a quantitative evaluation of the traineeʼs achievement
based on rubric tables.
For STEP 4 and STEP 6, the overseas mentor form a world-class university determines whether the
trainee has acquired internationally valid research and education skills, taking into consideration theachievement of internationally co-authored papers.
Final certification of the training (in principle after 2 years) is decided by the President after deliberationby the committee.
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Timeline leading up to STEP 1
July
August, September

MEXT informs the university that it has been selected for funding.

The university decides on a payroll subsidy (a points-based system
for subsidizing the promotion of trainees to senior positions).

September

The university establishes project protocols and nomination criteria.

September, October,
November, December

Selection of trainees

The university designs the System of SENTAN-Q.

September

September, October

STEP1

The university organizes a team to selection committee.
The university investigates practices inside and outside Japan for
training program and lecturers, and makes arrangements with theinstitutions concerned.

October, November

The university starts the application of the candidates

October, November

The university produces an unbiasing checklist to remove
unconscious/hidden bias from the candidate selection process.

SENTAN-Q’s management teamName

Affiliation

Remark

The first year of SENTAN-Q began midway through the university’s fiscal year 2019. Accordingly,
the nomination process took place between October 1 and November 29, and candidates were
nominated by department. Candidates were screened by a 10-member team consisting of executive
VPs, VPs, Professors at the university’s Institute for Advanced Study, VPs from other universities,
and individuals who have previously worked in university administration at a VP level. The screening
process consisted of two stages. First, the team convened on beginning of December to review thecandidates’ application documents. Then, on December 26, the team interviewed the candidates.
Prior to this screening process, each team member completed an unbiasing checklist. During theinterviews, the candidates delivered presentations in English and fielded questions in English andJapanese. Following the transparent screening process, the team ultimately selected 10 candidates
on December 27.

Kick-off Meeting
Held on : January 15, 2020
Held at : Inamori Hall, Ito Campus

Kick-off Meeting Contents

Chiharu Kubo

President

SENTAN-Q Supervisor

Toshiya Naito

Ececutive Vice President, Secretary-General

SENTAN-Q Implementer

Kaoru Tamada

Vice President, Distinguished Professor

SENTAN-Q Coordinater

Eriko Jotaki

Office for the Promotion of Gender Equality

Coordinater

Satoko Fukahori

University Education Innovation Initiative

Coordinater

Makoto Aratomo

Ececutive Vice President

Advisor

Tatsuro Ishibashi

Ececutive Vice President

Advisor

Hiroyuki Sasaki

Senior Vice President, Distinguished Professor

AdvisorKazuo Ogata

Senior Vice President, Professor

AdvisorKazunari Sasaki

Senior Vice President, Distinguished Professor

Advisor

Mamiko Takeuchi

Office for the Promotion of Gender Equality

Mariko Ogawa

Office for the Promotion of Gender Equality

Tae Fujita

Office for the Promotion of Gender Equality

Naomi Suzuki

Office for the Promotion of Gender Equality

Shoshiro Takeyoshi

Director of Human Resources Department

Tetsuya Ojiro

Director of Planning Department

Associate Professor, KU

Seiga Gotou

Director of Research and Industrial Collaboration Promotion
Department

SENTAN-Q Program Overview

Hiroaki Motomura

Director of International Affairs Department

Noriyasu Sato

Director of Finance Department

Kazunari Yamashita

Employee Relations Division, Human Resources Department

Kebtarou Okawa

Employee Relations Division, Human Resources Department

Fumiko Ishii

Employee Relations Division, Human Resources Department

Opening Address

President, KU

Diversity and Super Global Training Programfor Female and Young Faculty

Welcome Address▪ Andrew T.S.Wee

Former Vice President of NUS

KICK-OFF MEETING▪ Miwako Waga

Jan.15,2020 (Wed) 10:20-12:00▪ Toyoki Kunitake

Date:

Venue: Inamori Hall, Ito Campus, Kyushu University

Director, International Outreach Affairs,
UCSD

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Simultaneous Interpretation (Japanese to English) is available.
Kyushu University will launch the SENTAN-Q program to become a world top-classuniversity by empowering female and young faculty through cutting-edge diversity& global training. The ﬁrst-generation trainees were selected in December 2019
and the program is now ready to start.
This kick-oﬀ meeting will be held to help promote understanding
about the concept of the program among all faculty(including prospective candidates) and staﬀ.

University Professor, KU Institute forAdvanced Study

Speech from the Trainees▪ Yukiko Yamauchi

Associate Professor, KU▪ Mai Bando▪ Toshiya Naito■Opening and Welcome Address■Program Overview

President Chiharu Kubo, Kyushu University
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Kyushu University Institute for Advanced Study
Prof. Andrew Wee, Former Vice President of National University of Singapore
Dr. Miwako Waga, Director, International Outreach Ofﬁce of Research Affairs, UCSD

Toshiya Naito, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General,
Kyushu University
Kaoru Tamada, Vice President, Kyushu University
Eriko Jotaki, Ofﬁce for Promotion of Gender Equality,
Kyushu University

Inquiries ：Employee relations Division, Human Resources Department, Kyushu University.
TEL:092-802-2262 E-Mail: syjdanjyo@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Application form ： http://danjyo.kyushu-u.ac.jp/form/

8▪ Chiharu Kubo

MEXT Support Program for the Development of
Human Resource in Science and Technology“Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research Environment”

Executive Vice President, KU/Program
Implementer▪ Kaoru Tamada

Vice President, KU/Program Coordinator▪ Eriko Jotaki

Office for the Promotion of Gender
Equality

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Having selected the trainees, we held a Kick-off Meeting to raise awareness about the purpose of
SENTAN-Q and what the training involves. The meeting was attended by the trainees themselves
and 70 other people, including people from outside the university. This turnout suggested a broadinterest in SENTAN-Q.
President Chiharu Kubo opened the proceedings with a welcome speech, in which he expressed his
expectations for trainees’ future success. Greetings were then extended to the trainees by Professor
Andrew Wee, one of the program Lecturers, and then by Dr. Miwako Waga from UCSD. The
attendees then watched a video of Sandra Brown, Vice Chancellor at UC San Diego, delivering her
message. Following the video, Dr. Toyoki Kunitake, University Professor at the Institute for Advanced
Study, described the selection process and wished the candidates success.
Next up to the podium were two of the first-term trainees (both associate professors at theuniversity), who delivered an English-language presentation introducing their research and outlining
what they hope to achieve through the program. The final part of the event consisted of briefings
about the program delivered by program implementer Toshiya Naito (executive VP and secretarygeneral), program coordinator Kaoru Tamada (VP), and Eriko Jotaki (Office for the Promotion of
Gender Equality).
SENTAN-Q will run for six years, with six terms of trainees. The program will equip these trainees
with international competitiveness and global fluency. In turn, the trainees will contribute theuniversity become a center of world-class research and teaching.

STEP2

University governance, diversity and inclusive
education (on campus)

Class 1

Lecturer : Andrew T.S. Wee Professor of NUS (Former Vice President)
Held on : January 15 and 16, 2020
Held at : Inamori Hall, Ito Campus

Lecture 1

Introduction to NUS, University Governance,
International Competitiveness

Lecture 2

Importance of Diversity for Society and University(Research and Education)

This two-day class was conducted entirely in English. It used an active learning format, in which thetrainees actively exchanged ideas. At the end of the course, the trainees were required to compile areport.

The front row consists of the president and the trainees.
The back row consists of the guests and SENTAN-Q’s management team. (Jan. 15, 2020)

Prof. Andrew Wee
STEP 2 Lecturer

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Dr. M. Waga

Overseas cooperation

Prof. T. Kunitake

Selection committee

Dr. M. Bando
TraineeClass 2

Lecturer : Jean-Luc Bredas
Professor of the University of Arizona (Former Dean)
Held on : February 12 and 13, 2020
Held at : Open Space of ISI Building andLeading Program Room of Open Learning Plaza, Ito Campus

Lecture 1

Leading University Department or InstituteDr. Y. Yamauchi
Trainee

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Lecture 2

Strategic Vision for a Research-Oriented Large Public
University: The Case of the University of Arizona

STEP4

Directed study and guidance of foreign
students (on campus)

Among ten of the first term trainees, the trainees who had already selected the international student
and senior mentor of overseas promptly started STEP 4 training from January. The overseas mentors
carry out their instruction using practical English.
Other trainees are searching for mentors and students in order to start STEP 4 training at beginningof April. The selection of international students and overseas mentor should be done by a trainee inprinciple. The length training period of STEP 4 is one year.

Open seminar
This two-day class was conducted entirely in English. The trainees were grouped closer together
than they were in the first class, to encourage more active discussions.

Some lecturers gave the open seminar for Kyushu University researchers and students after their
SENTAN-Q training lectures.
英語論文執筆講座

How to Write a Good Manuscript

STEP3

Teaching methodologies for active learning(on campus)〔Cancelled on 2019 FY〕

Lecturer :Robert Wagenaar

Maria YaroshPlanning
cooperation: Tim Birtwsitle

Professor of University of Groningen, Director of theInternational Tuning Academy, External expert for theEuropean Commission
Researcher of University of Groningen, Researcher andFaculty Developer of the International Tuning Academy

Professor Andrew T.S. Wee
Associate Editor, ACS Nano
Department of Physics, National University of Singapore
University academics are increasingly being pressured to publish their research in high impact journals. Successful
scientific careers often hinge on the ability to publish excellent papers that attract high citations.
This class will offer practical tips on scientific publishing from the Editor’s point of view. In particular, the speaker
will share his personal experience as an Associate Editor of ACS Nano. The audience will have ample
opportunities to ask any questions they might have on scientific publishing.
Brief biography:
Professor Andrew Wee is Class of ’62 Professor of Physics, and past Vice President(University and Global Relations) at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
His research interests are in surface and nanoscale science, scanning tunnelingmicroscopy (STM) and synchrotron radiation studies of the molecule-substrate interface,graphene and related 2D materials. A Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK, the Singapore
National Academy of Science, as well as the Institute of Physics Singapore, he has「父親であることを楽しもう」をテーマに活動するNPO法人 ファ
published more than 600 internationally refereed scientific papers. He holds a
ザーリング・ジャパン九州 ファウンダー（創業者）。父親支援のBA (Honours) in Physics from the University of Cambridge, and a DPhil from
ためのセミナー・講演会講師、父親による絵本読み聞かせ、また、
the University of Oxford. Prof Wee is an Associate Editor of the journal ACS
２０１４年よりイクボスプロジェクトをスタートさせ、イクボス企Nano since 2011, and serves or has served on several international journal editorial boards.
業フォーラム、イクボス企業同盟を立ち上げるなど、家庭をあまり省みなかった男性たちを「笑顔のパパ」にしてきたように、仕事一筋だった管理職たちを「笑顔のイクボス」に変える（変わってもらう）ための事業を各種展開している。
また㈱OZ Company代表取締役として事業所内託児所の企画・運営やイベントなどでの臨時託児サービス事業を展開するなかで、自らイ
クボスとなり笑顔で働き続けられる職場を目指し、４４％離職率をゼロに、また女性従業員の個を活かしながらチームで成果をあげる
組織づくりを実行。顧客アンケートでは１００％の満足度を達成し業績向上している。また、経済産業省の2017年度「新・ダイバーシ
ティ経営企業１００選」を保育業界で初受賞。公に多様な人材を生かした経営が認められている。
ソトコト「日本を元気にする九州の１００人」など多数のメディアに登場。

2020. 1. 16

Date：(THU) 14:00 – 15:30
Venue：INAMORI Center in Ito Campus,
Kyushu University
Capacity：30 people
Language ： English

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Office for the Promotion of Gender Equality

Registration 九州大学 男女共同参画推進室
U R L: http://danjyo.kyushu-u.ac.jp T E L: 092-802-2034
お申込み

Emeritus Professor of University of Leeds

E-mail: event@danjyo.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Application form http://danjyo.kyushu-u.ac.jp/form/

Held on : March 17-19, 2020
Held at : Multipurpose hall of Ito Guest House and 4F of Center Zone 1, Ito Campus

Application form

Career Development Seminars by Top Scientist

A Personal Perspective on 40 Years in Academia:
Global Networking and Seizing One’s Luck!
Professor Jean-Luc Brédas
The University of Arizona

This three-day class was conductedentirely in English. From a few weeks
before, the trainees were required
the reports every week. Face to facesessions were scheduled longer than
4 hours everyday.
Unfortunately this STEP 3 program
was cancelled under the influence of
new coronavirus on this 2019 FY.

Abstract
In recounting my journey in the academic world, from the time of my Ph.D. Thesis in
Belgium and post-doctoral stay in the US to my present position at the University of
Arizona, I will describe events that eventually shape a scientist’s career and canbring success and fulfillment.

Prof. Wagenaar

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Biography: Prof. Jean-Luc Brédas received his Ph.D. from the University of Namur, Belgium, in 1979. He
moved to the US in 1999 and became full professor of chemistry at the University of Arizona, and thenmoved to the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2003 where he became Regents’ Professor of Chemistry
and Biochemistry. He spent 2.5 years at KAUST in Saudi Arabia as Distinguished Professor and Director of
the Solar and Photovoltaics Research and Engineering Center. Recently he moved back to Universityof Arizona to be Department Head for Chemistry and Biochemistry.
His research activities focus on the structural, electronic, optical andinterfacial properties of novel organic (nano) materials with promising「父親であることを楽しもう」をテーマに活動するNPO法人 ファ
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technology. He is one of the most prominent researchers in the field
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２０１４年よりイクボスプロジェクトをスタートさせ、イクボス企of organic electronics, with an h-index of 149 and more than 100,000
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citations. He is an associate editor of Chemistry of Materials published
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筋だった管理職たちを「笑顔のイクボス」に変える（変わってもらう）ための事業を各種展開している。
また㈱OZ Company代表取締役として事業所内託児所の企画・運営やイベントなどでの臨時託児サービス事業を展開するなかで、自らイ
クボスとなり笑顔で働き続けられる職場を目指し、４４％離職率をゼロに、また女性従業員の個を活かしながらチームで成果をあげる
組織づくりを実行。顧客アンケートでは１００％の満足度を達成し業績向上している。また、経済産業省の2017年度「新・ダイバーシ
ティ経営企業１００選」を保育業界で初受賞。公に多様な人材を生かした経営が認められている。
ソトコト「日本を元気にする九州の１００人」など多数のメディアに登場。

2020. 2. 13

Date：(THU) 16:00 – 17:30
Venue：Kyushu Univ. ITO campus,
Open learning Plaza 1F Room 110
Language ： English

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Office for the Promotion of Gender Equality

Registration 九州大学 男女共同参画推進室
U R L: http://danjyo.kyushu-u.ac.jp T E L: 092-802-2034
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E-mail: event@danjyo.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Application form http://danjyo.kyushu-u.ac.jp/form/

Application form

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Profiles of First-term Trainees
The list is arranged in alphabetical order of family name.

No.1

No.6

Bando Mai

Associate Professor

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering
Research Field

Orbital Mechanics and Control of Spacecraft

No.2

Assistant Professor

Center for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Research Institute forApplied Mechanics (RIAM)
Atmospheric Science: Satellite Remote Sensing,
Climate Change

No.3

Associate Professor

Department of Social Studies, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies
Chinese Studies (Foreign Policy and Politics),
International Relations in East Asia

No.4

Assistant Professor

Department of Communication Design Science, Faculty of Design
Arts Management, Arts and Social Inclusion

No.5

Associate Professor

Center for Promotion of International Education and Research,
Faculty of Agriculture

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Research Field

Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Resource
Economics, Environmental Economics

Sassa Fumihiro

Assistant Professor

Department of Electronics, Faculty of Information Science andElectrical Engineering
Research Field

MEMS, Microfluidic Device, Sensor Robot,
Bio sensor, Chemical sensor

Tomiyasu Ryoko

Associate Professor

Division for Intelligent Societal Implementation of MathmaticalComputation, Institute of Mathematics for Industry (IMI)
Research Field

Applied Algebra, Number Theory,
Mathematical Crystallography

Wakabayashi Rie

Assistant Professor

Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering
Research Field

Supramolecular Chemistry

No.10

Nakamura Mako
Research Field

Center for Promotion of International Education and Research,
Faculty of Agriculture

No.9

Nagatsu Yuichiro
Research Field

Lecturer

No.8

Masuo Chisako T.
Research Field

Nomura Hisako

No.7

Eguchi Nawo
Research Field

The list is arranged in alphabetical order of family name.

Muscle Biology, Developmental Biology, Cell Biology

Yamauchi Yukiko

Associate Professor

Department of Informatics, Faculty of Information Science andElectrical Engineering
Research Field

Distributed Algorithm, Mathematical Informatics

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Appendix

Outlook

Guideline for First-term Trainees

6Plans for the FY2020 term (April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021)
By the end of March 2020, the first-term trainees will have completed STEP 2. STEP 3 wasimmediately cancelled before training. The first-term trainees will therefore take the STEP 3 withthe second-term trainees in 2020 FY. During the 2020 Fiscal year, beginning April 1, 2020, we will
focus on STEP 4 (Directed study and guidance of foreign students) and STEP 5 (Up-to-date fieldspecific recurrent training). Some of the trainees who complete these steps will start STEP 6 (Final
Examination: Class teaching and directed study) within FY2020.

Diversity and Super Global
Training Programfor �emale and �oung �a�ulty �（SENTAN-Q)

We will begin the nomination process for the second-term trainee in March. The selection process
should finish by the end of June, and the training should commence in July, as shown below.

First-term Trainee
STEP4
From January 2020:
Supervising international students

Second-term Trainee (to be selected)
March 2 – May 8, 2020:
Period for accepting nominations
May: STEP1

STEP5
From April 2020:
Recurrent educations

STEP6
January 2021 onward:
Class teaching and directed study(overseas)

June: STEP1First screening (review of

Guidelines for 1st Term Trainees（Sept. 16, 2019）

application documents)

Second screening(interviews)

Late June: Trainee selection
July, August, September:
STEP2 and STEP3
STEP2 (Londa Schiebinger, Stanford Univ.)
STEP2 (Sandra A. Brown, UCSD)

1Objective of this program

SENTAN-Q expected effects
The full six-year term of SENTAN-Q should yield the following outcomes:! This program is designed for outstanding female and young faculty members at
Kyushu University to establish themselves as world top-class, competitive
researchers through cutting edge diversity & global training.

▪ The hiring-training-deployment-promotion cycle will raise both the quality andquantity of female faculty and young faculty.

▪ It will make the university a more diverse and inclusive organization, reducing! Trainees in this program are selected through a highly transparent screening
process from candidates recommended by each department. In principle, thetrainees will take a 2-year diversity & global training course. When the trainees
complete the course, a certificate and tenure or a one-level promotion is given
within 1 year.

unconscious/hidden biases that could hold back women and juniors recruited tosenior positions.

▪ Advanced research, for example digital integration (AI, IoT) will open up new

potential for academic-industry partnerships and startups (raising the investment
value of academic research).

! In the course, the trainees will acquire research and education skills that meetglobal standards, and the wide knowledge required of a senior or managerial
researcher.

▪ The project will serve as a best practice model (follow-ups on trainees’

accomplishments will be conducted among the former trainees and thequantitative outcomes published).

▪ The university will attract more international students and non-Japanese faculty,! Furthermore, the program envisions the formation of an on-campus network that
goes beyond gender boundaries and crosses different research fields (theelimination of unconscious bias)

boosting its international reputation.

▪ Female students will be inspired by the prominent, visible roles played by theformer trainees.

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Guideline for First-term Trainees
Details of this program (2/6)

Contents of this program

STEP 2 University governance, diversity and inclusive
education (on campus)! This program consists of 6 steps
STEP 1 Selection of trainees
STEP 2 University governance, diversity and inclusive education (on campus)
STEP 3 Teaching methodologies for active learning (on campus)
STEP 4 Directed study and guidance of foreign students (on campus)
STEP 5 Up-to-date field-specific recurrent training (on campus)
STEP 6 Final Examination: Teaching and directed study（overseas）

Objective Learn about the importance of university governance, diversity andinclusion. Lecturers are invited from the world's top universities (mandatory course)

University governance! Period: 1-2 days of intensive lectures from early January to late March! Place: Ito Campus! Content: Long-term perspective of what a university should be and university
management! Lecturers: University vice president or former vice president, lecturers invited fromoverseas top universities.

! Period：2 years for each trainee(can be extended under certain conditions, e.g. maternal leave or nursing care)! Trainees who complete the course receive a certificate from the president andare granted a tenured position or a one-level promotion! The program will run from 2019 to 2024 (6 application rounds for 5-10 traineeseach). The program is expected to promote about 50 trainees.

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Diversity and inclusive5

Details of this program (1/6)

Details of this program (3/6)

STEP 1 Selection of trainees (on campus)

Trainees in this program are selected through a highly transparent screening processfrom candidates recommended by each department.

418! Qualified applicants: Female faculty, or male faculty aged 37 and under at the endof each FY (associate professor, lecturer and assistant professor)(1) Tenured faculty (2) Untenured faculty but scheduled for a tenure review! Application period: October 1 to November 29! Campus Review Date: December, Location: Kyushu University, Ito Campus! Selection criteria(1) Research achievements (2) A positive attitude to learning about
new issues related to universities and society (3) Motivated to improve global
research and education skills including overseas training! Selection Committee: President and board members of Kyushu University,
professors emeriti in the Institute for Advanced Study and external experts (ca. 10
members, an unconscious bias check sheet will be provided to the committee before
review)! Language: English and Japanese! Number of applicants (planned): 5-10 people / year
In principle, male : female = 1:1, humanities : science = 1:1! Result announcement: December 2019
! Start of training: January 2020

! Period: 1-2 days of intensive lectures from early January to late March! Place: Ito Campus! Content: The importance of diversity and inclusion in university and society, andvarious innovative cases born from these concepts! Lecturer: An overseas expert

STEP 3 Teaching methodologies for active learning (on campus)
Objective Learn about the latest teaching methodologies for active learning fromlecturers affiliated with world-class universities (mandatory course)! Period: 2-3 days of intensive lectures from early January to late March! Place: Ito Campus! Participatory, interactive lessons! Classes are conducted in English! The lecturer is an expert invited from an overseas world-class university.

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Guideline for First-term Trainees
Details of this program (4/6)

Details of this program (6/6)

STEP 4 Directed study and guidance of foreign students(on campus)

STEP 6 Final Examination: Teaching and directed study（overseas）

Objective Overseas training constitutes the final examination of SENTAN-Q.
It determines whether the trainees developed research and educational skills that areinternationally valid

Objective Learn how to carry out research guidance in English for international
students while receiving guidance from a world-class senior researcher as a mentor! Period: 1 year starting from January 2020
! Place: Traineeʼs laboratory! Content: Setting a research theme, carrying out research guidance in English,
paper writing, etc. with international students (maximum 2), supervised by aoverseas mentor! The overseas mentor should be a university researcher who meets therequirements of a top-level university (Progress 100).
! the trainee selects the international students and the overseas mentor! In principle, the writing of one international co-authored paper is required.
! Web conferencing technology will be made available for overseas communication

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Details of this program (5/6)

Evaluation of the traineeʼs achievements

STEP 5 Up-to-date field-specific recurrent training (on campus)

STEP 2, STEP 3, STEP 5

Objective Select your extra-professional field from Kyushu Universityʼs priority
issues, such as data science (AI or IoT) or SDGs and receive permanent training tobroaden your scientific view. This will be helpful to remain highly active after
promotion through the establishment of interdisciplinary fields, research centers, andbudget requests! Lecturers conduct a quantitative evaluation of the traineeʼs achievement based on
rubric tables! The trainee conducts a self-evaluation at the same time to provide feedback on theefficiency of the program for the following year

STEP 4, STEP 6! Content and period: Two or more courses to be taken from the course list between
January 2020 and December 2020
! Place: Various campuses at Kyushu University! Faculty from the humanities should take science-related classes, and vice versa! Classes for industry-academia collaboration and entrepreneurship are alsoavailable.
! STEP 5 can be completed after STEP 6 overseas research! Lectures are conducted in English or Japanese using active learning methods

820! Period: 1 year starting from January 2021 (overseas staying period should be
more than 8 weeks)! Place: An overseas university (In principle, this should be a university with which
an exchange agreement is in place, but it can also be another top university)! Only trainees who have completed STEP 1 through STEP 4 can participate in
STEP 6! Conduct lectures at an overseas university in English. If it is difficult to conduct aregular class, it can be replaced with tutorial lectures at multiple universities.
! Student research guidance in English at an overseas university with an overseas
mentor.
! The trainee selects the overseas university and mentor! In principle, as in STEP 4, the writing of one international co-authored paper isrequired.

! The overseas mentor form a world-class university determines whether the trainee
has acquired internationally valid research and education skills, taking into
consideration the achievement of internationally co-authored papers

Final certification of the training (in principle after 2 years) isdecided by the President after deliberation by the committee

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Guideline for First-term Trainees
Appendix! This program is designed to empower women and young faculty members
through the direct guidance of top-level overseas researchers. The goal is not
simply to increase the number of women and young faculty, rather to makethem competitive and attractive in a global research market.
! The ultimate goal is to produce diverse and outstanding female and young
researchers at Kyushu University, who can lead top-level research.
! The trainees should understand the purpose of this program and make the bestuse of this training opportunity for their own learning and development.

Unconscious bias checklist
MEXT Science and Technology Human Resource Development Support Program
Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research Environment
Diversity and Super Global Training Program for Female and Young Faculty

Unconscious bias checklist
Everyone has unconscious, or hidden, biases, which are picked up inadvertently from the environmentand become etched into your thinking, influencing your decisions in various situation. Due to theirsubtle nature, unconscious biases are hard to completely eradicate. Biases may cause you to treat
someone in a certain way because of their gender, ethnicity, or age. In organizations, unconscious
biases can make individuals from marginalized groups more likely to be disadvantaged for personnel
evaluation such as during recruitment or promotion.
To minimize the effects of unconscious bias, institutions increasingly require examiners to undergo
unconscious bias training before they judge candidates’ performances. SENTAN-Q is no exception.
Thus, SENTAN-Q distributes this unconscious bias checklist to each member of the selection
committee so that they may become aware of their unconscious biases before a screening.
Please read the following instructions before starting the checklist.

1. Unconscious bias is a phenomenon related to neurology, not personality. You
can only avoid being affected by unconscious biases if you are aware thateveryone is affected by them, including yourself.

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2. Unconscious biases stem from preconceptions and similar attributes. You may
be more vulnerable to the effects of bias when you feel rushed for time, tired, orstressed.
3. Before the start of the screening process, take time to clarify the selection criteria
and check that each member understands them. A greater awareness of thecriteria will help ensure a fair, unbiased process.
4. Conditions of departments and universities may change with the times. When
deciding whether a candidate is right for the organization in question, consider
how they may contribute to the organization’s future, not just its present.
5. Be aware that past academic evaluations may have been affected by bias.
SENTAN-Q secures the diversity of the selection committee in order to assess diverse candidates.
Please be prepared to listen to and respect the ideas and opinions of members of the committee
from different backgrounds and be equally mindful of unconscious biases.
By signing below, I acknowledge that I have read and understood and agree to the above policy
and instructions.
Name (please print)

Date

Signature or seal

Please ensure that each member of the selection committee signs the checklist.

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