Okayama University as a major player in SONETTE, a new international 2023 project focused on innovative “soft” responses to the social networks related troubles of teen-agers. It is supported by the French Embassy in Tokyo

Numerous studies today warn of the ambivalent impact of social networks and mobile phone displays on teen agers behaviours. Their possibly educational and relational dimensions can quickly be swept away by their negative effects on the physical and mental health of young people: sedentary lifestyle, addictive nature of their uses, “obligation of permanent connection contributing to stress”. Main challenges of SONETTE are focused on the … Continue reading Okayama University as a major player in SONETTE, a new international 2023 project focused on innovative “soft” responses to the social networks related troubles of teen-agers. It is supported by the French Embassy in Tokyo

URA International Seminar of Okayama University supported by HESPRI (HORIZON EUROPE) – “Solving problems” and “The role of Education in building a modern Japan”

– Join those 2 exciting talks in July and September 2023 –  Pr. William SACKS (Sorbonne University) and Dong Kwang KIM (Okayama University) will join the URA International Seminar on July 12th and September 6th. Get the Flyers of announcement for July 12th here and for September here – and think to go for registration. Continue reading URA International Seminar of Okayama University supported by HESPRI (HORIZON EUROPE) – “Solving problems” and “The role of Education in building a modern Japan”

ERASMUS-Day (3rd Edition) @ Okayama University – April-11th-2023

On April-11th-2023, a 3rd Edition of the ERASMUS-Day (see programme) was held at the International House, on the Tsushima Campus of Okayama University. The full day international programme was opened by an Introduction of main features of ERAMUS+ (2021-2027) delivered on line from the EU Delegation in Tokyo (Richard Kelner). Then several Universities partnering in ERASMUS were given the opportunity to introduce their ERASMUS strategies, … Continue reading ERASMUS-Day (3rd Edition) @ Okayama University – April-11th-2023

The search for the mysterious “Dark Matter”: Jing tells us about his experience between China, Japan (Okayama) and France (SU)

WANG Jing — Okayama University – Quantum Universe Division- PhD 1st year. Internship at the LPNHE – Sorbonne University- Science (LPNHE: Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies —-  https://lpnhe.in2p3.fr/) – 4 months internship, from September to December, 2022  One of the important purposes of my stay in Sorbonne University (SU) was to work under the guidance of the researcher in charge of the XENON … Continue reading The search for the mysterious “Dark Matter”: Jing tells us about his experience between China, Japan (Okayama) and France (SU)

Dr. Alain Wagner (CNRS and Strasbourg University) recently added strong momentum to the Okayama University / UNISTRA partnership.

In the frame of a long-term partnership between Okayama and Strasbourg (UNISTRA) Universities, Dr. A. Wagner stayed for 2 weeks from Nov-7th at Okayama where he had a tight agenda: In addition, he had a range of unformal meetings and discussions with researchers, in particular to set up preliminary conditions of IP sharing for joint start-up projects. As one of the outcomes of the visit, … Continue reading Dr. Alain Wagner (CNRS and Strasbourg University) recently added strong momentum to the Okayama University / UNISTRA partnership.

Okayama and Strasbourg Universities – Mobility programme.

Dr. A. WAGNER from CNRS / Strasbourg University will stay 2 weeks at Okayama University from November 7th – 2022 in the framework of a longstanding joint Mobility programme. The agenda of visit will include, in addition to numerous meetings with specialists of DDS and biorthogonal chemistry (see Chemistry Nobel Prize – 2022), 2 talks of the URA International Seminar series, open to researchers and … Continue reading Okayama and Strasbourg Universities – Mobility programme.

On September – 22nd -2022, a delegation from CNRS (Tokyo Office) visited Okayama University to kick off the MULTIDIM project (IRP) – Main commitments of the university in HORIZON EUROPE were also highlighted

Japan is among the world top countries for the number of CNRS structured collaborations and MULTIDIM has been recently awarded as one of them. It is an International Research Project (IRP) supported by CNRS (MULTIDIM). MULTIDIM is coordinated by the team in Strasbourg headed by Dr. Alberto BIANCO. At Okayama University Pr. Yuta NISHINA is the leader. At the event, the CNRS Tokyo Office was … Continue reading On September – 22nd -2022, a delegation from CNRS (Tokyo Office) visited Okayama University to kick off the MULTIDIM project (IRP) – Main commitments of the university in HORIZON EUROPE were also highlighted

TAKENOKO fellows at Okayama University: research internship meant great “science and cultural” accomplishment

Maëva, Jean-Baptiste and Martin have now returned to their University in France. They will keep wonderful memories of their stay. They could performed excellent research in a very professional environment. They also enjoyed a lot of features of Japanese culture. Go to their videos and their TAKENOKO reports. Continue reading TAKENOKO fellows at Okayama University: research internship meant great “science and cultural” accomplishment