Upcoming events
September 3rd: MIRAI STT Research Funding Support Lunch Webinar
🎓 Save the Date! Join us for the MIRAI STT Research Funding Support Lunch Webinar on September 3, 11:30–13:00.
Discover how to find small-scale private research funding in Sweden—perfect for researchers in the Social Sciences & Humanities as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering & Medicine
We’ll explore key databases and strategies to help you find these grants—typically under 100,000 SEK—to cover essential research costs such as materials and travel.
🔍 Whether you’re just starting out or looking to bridge a funding gap, this session is for you.
📅 Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:30–13:00 (Sweden)
📅 Mark your calendar and stay tuned for registration details!
September 4th: MIRAI Webinar―Connecting Academia and Industry
Join us for an inspiring webinar hosted by the MIRAI Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, one of the MIRAI Specific Task Teams (STTs), as we explore how academic research and industry can come together to drive innovation.
This session will feature two distinguished researchers from Sweden and Japan who will share real-world examples of successful academia-industry collaborations. Each speaker will deliver a 20-minute presentation, followed by a 10-minute Q&A session—an excellent opportunity to engage directly with experts in the field.
Don’t miss this chance to gain valuable insights into how academia and industry can collaborate to shape the future of innovation.
🎤 Speakers:
- Prof. Tomohiko Sakao
Department of Management and Engineering (IEI), Linköping University, Sweden - Prof. Yuichi Harada
Academic Research and Industrial Collaboration Management Office, Kyushu University, Japan
📅 Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025
⏰ Time: 09:00–10:00 (Sweden) / 16:00–17:00 (Japan)
Inquiry: Kyushu University / mirai-jp@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
September 26th: Building trust– an introduction to Cultural Intelligence
As part of the MIRAI STINT Work Package on Institutional Competence, we warmly invite MIRAI researchers to join an online training session on cultural intelligence led by Pia Moberg, PhD.
This training introduces cultural intelligence and explores how cultural factors shape interactions, discussions, and decision- making within cross-cultural research teams. You will get practical tools you can apply in your daily life, many examples and hopefully some insights too.
We welcome MIRAI researchers, doctoral students, project managers, university leadership, early career researchers involved in long-term mobility, and all others at MIRAI universities who are engaged in research collaboration between Sweden and Japan to join us.
🗓️ Date: Friday, September 26
⏰ Time: 09.00-11.00 CEST 🇸🇪 / 16.00-18.00 JST 🇯🇵
⏳ Registration deadline is September 22
👉 About Pia Moberg
Pia Moberg is a trainer and lecturer with a focus on CQ, cultural competence and how we create meaningful meetings. She is a certified business and leadership coach and has a PhD in Japanese Studies. She has written several books on intercultural communication and meeting management. Pia’s latest book Meeting Cookbook – Leading Meetings in a Global and Online World helps meeting leaders and meeting participants to effectively conduct their meetings in a sustainable way. Read more at https://japco.se
October 9: MIRAI Day at Osaka Expo
📍 Osaka, Japan
📅 October 9, 2025 (In-person event)
💡 Invitation only
November 16–21: Global Challenges Study Visit Program 2025
📍 Gothenburg, Sweden
📅 November 16–21, 2025 (In-person event)
See more at https://www.mirai.nu/short-courses-phd-and-postdocs/
December 3-5: Workshop in Sustainable Materials: From Technologies to Policies
📍 Linköping University, Sweden
📅 December 3–5, 2025 (In-person event)
Join us for a dynamic international workshop that brings together researchers and professionals from MIRAI member universities to explore the future of sustainable materials. From cutting-edge technologies to the policies that enable their implementation, this event offers a unique opportunity to exchange ideas and foster collaboration across disciplines.
Workshop Sub-themes
- Efficiency improvement for currently applied technologies and processes
- Upscaling of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) for fossil-based systems
- The need for Negative Emission Technologies (NETs), especially the commercialization potential and
challenges of BECCUS - Technological innovations and materials for energy conversion and storage
See more about the sub-themes:
Participation Format
- Primarily in-person: All workshops and discussions will be held on-site
- Limited online participation: Online attendees may share a brief self-introduction and a short overview of their research
Please note that travel expenses are self-funded. Linköping University will provide access to workshop facilities, lunches, and Swedish Fika.
Registration
A formal sign-up form will be available in September 2025.
We encourage you to mark your calendar and share this invitation with colleagues working in related fields.