Launching the Strategic Partnership: Second Joint Workshop Kyoto University – University of Vienna
| 07. November 2019On October 24 and 25 of 2019, researchers and representatives of Kyoto University and the University of Vienna gathered for a Joint Workshop in Kyoto to discuss current and future fields of cooperation.
Juichi Yamagiwa (front row, middle), President of Kyoto University, met with all Joint Workshop participants. During the workshop four working groups met for separate group sessions and discussed possibilities of intensifying research collaborations in the field of "Law", "Art History", "Cognitive Biology" and "Asian Studies".
Kyoto University and the University of Vienna look back at more than 25 years of mutual scientific exchange and are now eager to expand their fields of cooperation and carry out new joint activities within the recently launched Strategic Partnership. At the opening ceremony of the workshop Executive Vice President Kayo Inaba, Kyoto University, welcomed the participants.
Dean Sebastian Schütze, University of Vienna, spoke on behalf of the representatives of the University of Vienna at the opening ceremony.
The International Affairs Division of Kyoto University and the International Office of the University of Vienna organized the workshop as an activity in the framework of the Strategic Partnership, against the backdrop of the 150th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Austria in 2019.
The working group "Law", headed by Takashi Muranaka …
… and Wolfgang Mazal (left), discussed the intensification of collaborative research projects.
Working group "Cognitive Biology", headed by Hiroki Koda and Tecumseh Fitch.
The working group "Art History" – led by Kayo Hirakawa and Sebastian Schütze – exchanged ideas on current and upcoming joint projects.
Working group "Asian Studies", headed by Minoru Inaba and Martin Gaenszle. (All pictures (© Kyoto University)
The International Office of the University of Vienna supports cooperation activities with Strategic Partner Universities through funding programs such as Mobility Fellowships (for research activities of three weeks to three months for predocs, postdocs and professors) and Joint Seminars (for workshops to develop joint research projects). Within the framework of Strategic Partnerships, the University of Vienna supports close scientific cooperation with selected internationally renowned partner universities and paves the way for bilateral top-level research.
