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(March. 6) The 173th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held
The 173th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held on March 6th.
In this seminar, Dr. BINU SUNDAS, Assistant Professor, University of Delhi, will talk under the theme of Dynamics of Agriculture Market Relations in India in the first lecture. Dr. Niraj Prakash Joshi will talk about Development of Agriculture and Agricultural Markets in Nepal in the second lecture.
Admission free and pre-registration is needed.
We hope many of you attend the webinar.
■ Date: Saturday, March 6, 2021 13:00-15:20 (JST)
■ Theme 1: Dynamics of Agriculture Market Relations in India
■ Speaker: Dr. BINU SUNDAS, Assistant Professor, University of Delhi
■ Theme 2: Development of Agriculture and Agricultural Markets in Nepal
■ Speaker: Dr. Niraj Prakash Joshi, Associate Professor, Hiroshima University
■ Language: English
■ Registration: (Zoom) :For registration, please send an email to; hindas@hiroshima-u.ac.jp to get the Zoom meeting ID and password. Email title must be ‘HINDAS 6th Regular Seminar’. Include your name and affiliation in the email.
(Feb. 17) The 171th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held
The 171th Taoyaka Program Seminar – Collective Impact in Transportation Systems (Seminar Series 3) – will be held online on February 17th.
Admission free and pre-registration is needed. We hope many of you attend the seminar.
- Date: Wednesday, February 17, 17:00-19:00 (JST)
- Invited Talk: Estimation and implementation of large scale Dynamic Discrete Choice models, application to activity-based travel demand models
Prof. Anders Karlström (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) - Research Talks:
An efficient dual-type algorithm for generalized Markovian traffic equilibrium assignment (Dr. Yuki Oyama (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
Impact of Transport Network Disruption on Travel Demand: A Case Study of July 2018 Heavy Rain Disaster, Japan (Diana Safitri, Hiroshima University) - Language: English
- Registration: (Zoom) https://cutt.ly/NkWvSCD
- Sponsor of the seminar:
Ministry of Land Infrastructure Transport and Tourism, Japan
JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (#17H04938, #19H00784) - Organized by: Assoc. Prof. Makoto Chikaraishi (Social Implementation Course)
(Feb. 16) The 170th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held
The 170th Taoyaka Program Seminar – Collective Impact in Transportation Systems (Seminar Series 2) – will be held online on February 16th.
Admission free and pre-registration is needed. We hope many of you attend the seminar.
- Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 13:30-15:30 (JST)
- Invited Talk: Multiple discrete-continuous choice models with ordered preferences and bounds on consumption: An application to episode-level activity participation model with upper bounds on time allocation
Dr. Abdul Rawoof Pinjari, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - Research Talks:
Crowding in Metro Systems: Case studies on its impact on multitasking and equilibrium flow from Tokyo and Dhaka (Dr. Varun Varghese, Hiroshima University)
A Flexible MDCEV Approach to Visiting Place and Staying Time Analysis in Downtown Kumamoto (Hajime Watanabe, Kumamoto University) - Language: English
- Registration: (Zoom) https://cutt.ly/2j8BxW4
- Sponsor of the seminar:
Ministry of Land Infrastructure Transport and Tourism, Japan
JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (#17H04938, #19H00784) - Organized by: Assoc. Prof. Makoto Chikaraishi (Social Implementation Course)
(Feb. 2) The 169th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held
The 169th Taoyaka Program Seminar – Collective Impact in Transportation Systems (Seminar Series 1) – will be held online on February 2nd.
Admission free and pre-registration is needed. We hope many of you attend the seminar.
- Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 6:00-8:00AM (JST)
- Invited Talk: Leveraging Machine Learning to Plan Innovative Mobility Systems
Dr. Xilei Zhao, University of Florida - Research Talks: Modeling Short-and Long-term Influence of E-hailing Services on Regional Public Transit
Dr. Keiichiro Hayakawa, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.
Machine Learning for Traffic Prediction During Disaster Situation: Discussions on Accuracy and Interpretability
Dr. Varun Varghese, Hiroshima University - Language: English
- Registration: (Zoom) http://bit.ly/3pnqcFs
- Sponsor of the seminar:
Ministry of Land Infrastructure Transport and Tourism, Japan
JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (#17H04938, #19H00784) - Organized by: Assoc. Prof. Makoto Chikaraishi (Social Implementation Course)
(Feb. 19) The 168th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held
The 168th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held on February 19th.
In this seminar, Dr. Sailaja Nandigama from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani will talk under the theme of Forest Governance and Community Participation in India: Role of the Individual and the Collective Forest Rights
Admission free and pre-registration is needed. We hope many of you attend the webinar.
■ Date: Friday, February 19, 2021 16:20-17:50 (JST)
■ Theme: Forest Governance and Community Participation in India: Role of the Individual and the Collective Forest Rights
■ Speaker: Dr. Sailaja Nandigama, Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
■ Language: English
■ Registration: (Zoom) http://bit.ly/36bOQ4g
■ Abstract:
The paper analyses the changing pattern of community participation in forest management amidst the Forest Rights Act implementation in India. The Forest Rights Act (2006) of India initiated granting forest user rights to the deserving forest dependent communities, intended to undo the historical injustice they were facing since the colonial times. The Act mandates that the claimants take the responsibility of cultivating and managing the forest lands for their bona fide livelihoods. The ownership of the forest lands nevertheless remains with the local government while only the user rights are granted under FRA. There are majorly two types of rights conferred under FRA, viz., the community forest rights (CFR) and the individual forest rights (IFR). Across our research locales we found that the CFR were sparingly allocated, whereas the number of IFR were phenomenally large and were also the preferred (informally) mode of FRA implementation for the local governments to suit their populist strategies. It was also found out through our qualitative ethnographic case study that the low number of CFR was directly impacting the community participation in forest management. The field data collected during the recently completed ICSSR sponsored major research project (File No.:02/252/2016-17/ICSSR/RP) is used for framing the major arguments of the paper.
■ Brief Bio of the Speaker:
Dr. Sailaja Nandigama earned her PhD in Development Studies in 2009, from the International Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands with NUFFIC fellowship, and later worked in the UK and the Netherlands in two major Postdoc positions before joining as a faculty at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Rajasthan, India in 2014. Her research interests include human and environmental systems, climate change, gender, social justice and policy issues. At present she is actively engaged as an Associate Editor with the Q2 interdisciplinary ‘Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences’ published by Springer Nature. Dr. Nandigama provides her services as an editorial board member of a few international peer reviewed journals, as well as a reviewer of several Scopus indexed journals. She is a member of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS), USA, and Development Studies Association (DSA), UK.
TAOYAKA students’ dedication contribute to the success of online study program between Japan and India
Four TAOYAKA students played an important role in a short-term joint study program between HU and two institutions in India which was, for the first time, held online.
The program designed for undergraduate students was organized by International Linkage Degree Program (ILDP) and participated by students from HU, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and Birla Institute of Technology Pilani between December 15 and 23, 2020.
TAOYAKA students: Kumar Deepak (D5), Dastgir Ghulam Khan (D4), Clarisse Gonzalvo (D3), and Priyanka Ramasamy (D2) contributed to the success of the study program as a teaching assistant and demonstrated their leadership by facilitating group discussions and active participation throughout the program.
For more information, visit Hiroshima University website:
International Linkage Degree Program Held a Training on SDGs and Social Technologies
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/news/62439
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(Sep.23) NERPS Webinar: PeaceTech and the Prospects for Critically Engaging Technology to Advance Peace and Sustainability
The Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS) at Hiroshima University will hold a webinar ‘PeaceTech and the Prospects for Critically Engaging Technology to Advance Peace and Sustainability’ as follows.
Admission free and pre-registration is needed. We hope many of you attend the webinar.
■ Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 10:00-11:00 (JST)
■ Theme: PeaceTech and the Prospects for Critically Engaging Technology to Advance Peace and Sustainability
■ Lecturer: Prof. Paul Heidebrecht, Director, Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement, University of Waterloo
■ Organizer: The Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS) , Hiroshima University
■ Language: English
■ Registration: (Zoom) https://bit.ly/37KhbhS
■ Detail: NERPS website
(Sep.23) NERPS Webinar: A Conversation with Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs
The Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS) at Hiroshima University will held a webinar ‘Sustainable Development as a Path to Peace: A Conversation with Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs’ as follows.
Admission free and pre-registration is needed. We hope many of you attend the webinar.
■ Date:
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 9:00-10:00 (JST)
■ Theme：Sustainable Development as a Path to Peace: A Conversation with Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs
■ Lecturer：Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia university, USA
■ Organizer：The Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS) , Hiroshima University
■ Language: English
■ Registration: https://bit.ly/2FfT0gM.
■Detail：https://bit.ly/3bDHQhS
(Oct. 20 & 23) Career Seminar by Graduates – Life After Ph.D. –
TAOYAKA Program will hold Online Career Seminars – Life After Ph.D. – by the program graduates.
What kind of career path are you envisioning after getting a Ph.D.? Join this Online Seminar to get to know the real life of recent Ph.D. graduates of the TAOYAKA Program. This will be your opportunity to make your life after the Ph.D. even brighter and clearer. Register now from the form below!
Date and time
First seminar: Tuesday, October 20th 15:00-17:00
Second seminar: Friday, October 23rd 14:00-16:00
Seminar style
Online on Zoom
Speakers
[October 20th]
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- Novi Syaftika Ph.D., Government Officer, The Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, Indonesia (Graduate School of Engineering)
- Benjamin Kane Blevins Ph.D., International Development Consultant, Kenya (Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation)
- Mohammad Jahangir Alam Ph.D., Associate Professor, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh (Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation)
[October 23rd]
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- Md. Masood Imran Ph.D., Professor, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh (Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation)
- Bing He Ph.D., Lecturer, Jiangsu Ocean University, China (Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation)
- Rie Usui Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University (Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences)
Registration
*After registration, the link to the Zoom meeting will be sent to your registered email address.
Admission application guidelines are now available
Type of Selection
- April 2021 (Second Admission)/October 2021 Admission (General Selection / Transfer Admission into 3rd year)
- Campus Special Admissions, Joining the Program in April 2021 (General Selection / Transfer Admission into 3rd year)
Application Period
November 2 to November 13, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. (JST)
Application Guidelines
Application Guidelines (PDF: 1.71MB)
Prescribed Form
General Selection(Word)
Transfer Admission into 3rd year (Word)
Online Application
Online Application System
*Available only during the application period
*All the applicants are required to register/log in to UCARO (Admission examination portal site)
English tutorial videos for UCARO are available here.
Other Information
Frequently Asked Questions
Student Support
Admission Information Video
■ Contents
Program Overview, Entrance Examination, Q&A
Contact
Taoyaka Program Office, Hiroshima University
E-mail: apply[a]taoyaka.hiroshima-u.ac.jp *Please replace [a] with @.