"Postdoctoral Fellow"

Job Details

Postdoctoral Positions at Tokyo College, Institute for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo

About Tokyo College: Tokyo College is an international institute for advanced study based at the University of Tokyo (UTokyo). Our mission is to serve as an interface between UTokyo and researchers/research institutions around the world and create a shared vision of an ideal future with people from across the globe and to take action together to pursue its realization. Leading scholars, promising early-career researchers, and influential intellectuals from overseas gather and stay at Tokyo College, where they have frequent opportunities to exchange ideas with our scholars and students, creating synergy and generating new knowledge, which help us shape our future. Knowledge created by these activities is delivered directly to the public through lectures, seminars, and symposia organized by Tokyo College.

1. Job Title

Postdoctoral Fellow at Tokyo College, the University of Tokyo

2. Field of Expertise

Tokyo College is looking to invite researchers from all disciplines including the humanities, social sciences, sciences, engineering and medicine under the research theme "The Earth and Human Society in 2050" to carry out interdisciplinary collaboration that will contribute to the realization of a sustainable and inclusive future for humanity. Applicants’ field of expertise should be related to one or more of the following five research themes:

• A. Digital Revolution and the Future of Humanity
• B. Sustainable Futures on a Damaged Planet
• C. Japan Viewed from the Inside and Outside
• D. The Humanities, Society, and the Future of Academic Knowledge
• E. Life and its Value for Future Society

3. Job Description

Tokyo College promotes interdisciplinary thinking and research, and fosters an inclusive research community of scholars from all over the world.

• Postdoctoral fellows are expected to: pursue their own research objectives through an interdisciplinary lens;
• undertake collaborative research with researchers both within and outside of Tokyo College;
• actively expand interdisciplinary research collaborations and networks within the country and overseas;
• actively attend or host research seminars at Tokyo College, including online seminars/events to be broadcasted;
• pursue public engagement, such as outreach and social/cultural/artistic activities that connect with constituencies beyond academia.