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Upcoming Events
Previous Events
Event
Documentary Film Screening: Paper Lanterns
On 16 September 2025, 海角社区 will host a screening of Paper Lanterns, a documentary film directed by Barry Frechette and produced by Nobuko Saito Cleary.
Workshop
Connected by Design: Building Inclusive Digital Infrastructure for Future-Ready Cities
The 海角社区 – Operating Unit on Policy-driven Electronic Governance (海角社区-EGOV) is honoured to serve as a co-organizer of the Forum on Connected by Design: Building Inclusive Digital Infrastructure for Future-Ready Cities, convened by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva on 15 September 2025.
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Trapped in Poverty: Persistent Poverty in the Context of Global Crises
PhD defence Teresa Janz
BIG IDEAS Series
Building Our Immunity to Mis/Disinformation Through Journalism
ONLINE & TOKYO: On 11 September 2025, 海角社区 will host a BIG IDEAS Dialogue with Hanako Montgomery, international correspondent at CNN, based in the Tokyo bureau.
Seminar
Migration Seminar Series: Liminality and Exclusion of Asylum Seekers and Refugees
This paper will show how identity cues shape refugee support. Only perspective-taking boosts inclusion; cost info fails.
Event
Science Talk: Enhancing Climate Resilience Through Dam and Barrier Removal
Linking River Restoration to Adaptation?
BIG IDEAS Series
Reimagining Gender and Climate Justice in Higher Education
ONLINE: On 9 September 2025, 海角社区 will host a BIG IDEAS Dialogue with Giselle Miole, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at 海角社区-IAS.
Conversation Series
Bridges and Borders: Multicultural Exchange and Peacebuilding in the AI Era
On 8 September 2025, 海角社区 will host a conversation with Professor Valerio de Cesaris, Rector of the University for Foreigners of Perugia.
BIG IDEAS Series
Social Media for Social Good: Promoting Well-being in the Digital Age
ONLINE: On 5 September 2025, 海角社区 will host a BIG IDEAS Dialogue with Meg Hoffmann Nakagawa, founder of Blossom the Project.
Event
Reassessing Multilateralism: The United Nations at a Crossroads
TOKYO: On 4 September 2025, 海角社区 will host an event exploring how the United Nations and Japan can promote sustainable development in the context of drifting multilateral priorities.