EJARN Conference 2021: New Research on EU-Japan Relations
PROGRAM
for the EJARN Conference 2021
European Japan Advanced Research Network: Networking Meeting
New Research on EU-Japan Relations
Thursday, November 25
09:00 h Registration
09.30 h Opening
Verena BLECHINGER-TALCOTT (FU Berlin)
Marie SÖDERBERG (Stockholm School of Economics)
10:00 h Session 1: EU-Japan Economic Relations
Chair: Marie SÖDERBERG (Stockholm School of Economics)
Japanese economic engagement with the EU: geoeconomics meets business
Patrik STRÖM (Stockholm School of Economics), paper is co-authored with Richard Nakamura (University of Gothenburg), and Claes G. Alvstam (University of Gothenburg)
Discussion
10:45 h Coffee break
11.00 h Session 2: Japanese Foreign Policy and the Indo-Pacific
Chair: Verena Blechinger-Talcott (FU Berlin)
Shifting Alliances in the Indo-Pacific?
Guibourg DELAMOTTE (INALCO)
Japan’s Strategic Communications Push: Impact of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Giulio PUGLIESE (European University Institute, Oxford University)
Discussion
12.30 h Lunch Break
13:30 h Session 3: The Impact of the House of Representatives Elections on Japanese International Relations and EU-Japan Relations (Roundtable)
Chair: Verena BLECHINGER-TALCOTT (FU Berlin)
Panelists: Guibourg DELAMOTTE (INALCO), Chris HUGHES (University of Warwick), Marie SÖDERBERG (Stockholm School of Economics)
14:30 h Session 4: Trends in East Asian International Relations
Chair: Paul MIDFORD (Meiji Gakuin University)
A Near Miss at Armed Conflict Between Japan and Korea in 2006 : New Evidence
Paul MIDFORD (Meiji Gakuin University)
China, Taiwan and the US-Japan Alliance
Axel BERKOFSKY (University of Pavia)
Discussion
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 Session 5: Media Perspectives
Chair: Patrik Ström (Stockholm School of Economics)
Japanese-German Relations : New Challenges in the Scholz-Kishida Era
Shogo AKAGAWA (Nihon Keizai Shinbun)
Discussion
17.15 h End of Day 1
Friday, November 26
09:30 h Session 6: What is on the Japane Desk at EEAS?
Chair: Marie SÖDERBERG (Stockholm School of Economics)
Intervention by Beatriz PEREZ DE LA FUENTE (EEAS)
Session 6: Topics in Japan-EU Comparative Research
10:00 h Session 7: Topics in Japan-EU Comparative Research
Chair: Dick STEGEWERNS (University of Oslo)
Care-led innovation : The case of elderly care in France and Japan
Sébastien LECHEVALIER (EHESS)
European and Japanese Approaches to Digital Development Assistance
Maaike OKANO-HEIJMANS (Clingendael Institute), paper is co-authored with Wilhelm VOSSE (International Christian University)
Discussion
11:00 h Coffee break
11:30 h Session 8: EJARN Business Meeting
Chair: Marie SÖDERBERG (Stockholm School of Economics)
13:00 End of Conference