Postdoctoral Research Fellow Postdoctoral Positions at Tokyo College, Institute for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo
About 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 Research 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, natural sciences, and engineering 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 six 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
F. Institutions for the Future
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
1. To pursue their own research as full-time researchers at the University of Tokyo.
2. To enrich their own research agenda with interdisciplinary perspectives.
3. To contribute to building an intellectual community at Tokyo College by joining collaborative
research projects and undertaking associated administrative tasks.
4. To participate in Tokyo College Events and other public engagement activities.
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