Introducing the 2025 Fellows
Ms. Elena Belén Bueno Benito
From Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial, CSIC-UPC, Barcelona, Spain
To University of Tokyo, Japan
Host professor Prof. Toshihiko Yamasaki
Computer sciences: Unsupervised Video Representation Learning: developments and applications
Dr. Catherine Chambers
From Stefansson Arctic Institute at University of Akureyri / University Centre of the Westfjords, Ísafjörður, Iceland
To University of Tokyo, Japan
Host professor Dr. Mitsutaku Makino
Environmental studies: Japan and Iceland’s small-scale fisheries: Changing communities, knowledge exchange, and future opportunities
Dr. Mark Colley
From University College London, UK
To University of Tokyo, Japan
Host professor Prof. Takeo Igarashi
Computer sciences: Computational Approaches for Automotive User Interfaces
Dr. Nicholas Gervassis
From University of Nottingham, UK
To Nagoya University, Japan
Host professor Prof. Dai Yokomizo
Law: Regulation of Digital Platforms and of Cross-border Data Transfers
Dr. Pedro Gonçalves
From VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland
To Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Japan
Host professor Prof. Clemens M. Franz
Biosciences: Placing the mycelium under new lenses: label-free imaging and fungal strain development to enable the production of bioinspired materials
Dr. Andrea Perez Gonzalez
From Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
To Waseda University Tokyo, Japan
Host professor Prof. Pedro Erber
Art: Women working the camera: textual and photographic representations of Japanese women in Meji-era Japan
Ms. Ayako Hatano
From the University of Oxford, UK
To the European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy
Law: Vernacularising Digital Rights: Legal Mobilisation and the Transformation of International Law in the Digital Age
Dr. Pinar Göktepe-Kavis
From University of Bern, Switzerland
To Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
Host professor Dr. Aurelio Cortese
Neurosciences: The Brain's Algorithm: Neurocomputational Underpinnings of Human Decision-Making
Dr. Keita Kawai
From Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
To University of Freiburg, Germany
Host professor Prof. Kai Spiegelhalder
Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology: The efficacy of circadian rhythm-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in patients with depression
Ms. Valerie Kiel
From Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
To Kyoto University, Japan
Host professor Prof. Dr. Christian Wittern
Linguistics: Beyond the Sinosphere: Amplifying the Thesaurus Linguae Sericae
Dr. Marvin May
From Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
To Kobe University, Japan
Host professor Prof. Toshiya Kaihara
Mechanical Engineering: Intelligent Production Planning and Control (IPPC)
Dr. Andrea Palasti
From University of Novi Sad, Academy of Arts, Serbia
To EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee, Tokyo and Kincho Research and Development Laboratory, Osaka
Host professor: Nobuyuki Tanaka, Ph.D., Chief curator, Herbarium, Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo; Morihiro Satow, Professor in the Dept. of Aesthetics and Art Theory, Faculty of Letters, Doshisha University
Art: The Killer Chrysanthemum: History, science and poetics of the Dalmatian pyrethrum
Ms. Claudia Rabuffo
From Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
To Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Host professor Filip Husnik
Biosciences: The role of three-dimensional genome architecture in the acquisition and regulation of horizontally transferred genes
Dr. Lisa Rossi
From University of Cambridge, UK
To University of Tokyo, Japan
Host professor Prof. Yusuke Kishita
Engineering: Advancing Circular Supply Networks through Digital Technologies
Mr. Sebastian Samberger
From: Montanuniversity Leoben, Austria
To: Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
Host professor: Prof. Equo Kobayashi
Material Science: Performance evaluation of extruded aluminum alloys for extended applicability and sustainable development
Associate Prof. Mai Sawada
From Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly, Tokyo Institute of Technology), Japan
To Imperial College, London, UK
Host professor Prof. Catherine O’Sullivan
Civil Engineering: Can we improve understanding of interparticle forces in wet granular materials?
Ms. Tetiana Yatsenko
From Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of NAS of Ukraine
To Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
Host professor Prof. Beate Heissig
Biosciences: Investigation of the molecular and genetic regulation of PAI-1 expression hyperosmotic stress response
Mr. Davide Andrea Zappulli
From University of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada
To Hokkaido University, Japan
Host professor Prof. Shigeru Taguchi
Philosophy: Creativity and Novelty in Nishida Kitarō
Dr. Atupelye Komba
From Ardhi University, Tanzania
To Kyoto University, Japan
Environmental Studies: Balancing Wildlife and Futures: Untangling the Conflicts and Trade-offs Between Conservation and Livelihoods at Lake Natron, Tanzania
Dr. Yuko Nakamura
From Kyoto University, Japan
To Le Centre and Lieu Unik, Benin
Art: Local and Private Initiatives on the Restitution of Cultural Patrimony in Benin
Ms. Kiya Gezahegne Wotere
From Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
To Kyoto University, Japan
Anthropology: Empowered Transitions: Women’s Roles and Agency in Climate-Driven Mobility