"Japan and Europe, Co-operating for a democratic and peaceful world" by Marie Söderberg

by Camille Van der Vorst, Visiting PhD Student, EIJS, Stockholm School of Economics and PhD Student, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven

During the holiday season we were reached by the sad news that Professor Claes Göran Alvstam passed away on the 27 December.

The European Institute of Japanese Studies (EIJS) launches a new Policy Brief Series. The aim is to regularly provide knowledge and insights into up-to-date issues on Japan in relation to Sweden and the EU. The first Policy Brief takes stock at the first 100 days of the new Suga government in Japan.

We announce a Post Doc position open for application at the European Institute of Japanese Studies at Stockholm School of Economics. This is a 1-year scholarship funded position, with the possibility of one-year extension. We are preferably looking for someone interested in the fields of International Business, Economic Geography, Business and Management, Business and Strategy or the political economy of Japan and Korea.

MIRAI 2.0 is an academic alliance among 19 Universities in Sweden and Japan, aiming to promote long-term research collaboration between the two countries. MIRAI 2.0 (2020-2022) builds on the former MIRAI Project (2017-2019), developing and expanding the activities of the Project further.The vision of MIRAI 2.0 is presented by the two coordinating universities; Nagoya University and the University of Gothenburg.

Ivar Padrón-Hernández, affiliated researcher at the European Institute of Japanese Studies, received the Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award 2020 for his doctoral dissertation titled “When International Strategy Meets Local Institutions: Subsidiary Influence in the Context of Headquarter Initiatives”.

"The European Service Sector and the Green Transition" by Patrik Ström, Deputy Director of European Institute of Japanese Studies.

We would like to announce the opening of a Post Doc position at the European Institute of Japanese Studies at Stockholm School of Economics. This is a 1-year scholarship funded position, with the possibility of another year extension. We are preferably looking for someone interested in the fields of International Business, Economic Geography, Business and Management, Business and Strategy or Japan’s Political Economy. We encourage research interest in any of the respective following areas: