Kicking off our first collaborative event for ECRs: Global Challenges Winter School successfully took place in Stockholm!
December 11-12: Sophia Symposium on Advanced Electrolyte Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion (Hybrid)
The 2024 Sophia Symposium on Advanced Electrolyte Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion will be held on December 11 and 12 at Sophia University, Tokyo. This is a hybrid event, so it is possible to participate both online and IRL. The co-chair of GCT Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage, Prof. Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita, is organizing this symposium with several […]
MIRAI Researchers Featured on IVA’s Annual 100 List!
We’re excited to share that researchers from MIRAI universities have been included in the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) annual 100 List of the most promising research projects in Sweden. This list showcases a wide range of research projects from Swedish higher education institutions, focusing on timely and impactful themes. The projects chosen have […]
A Full Report of the MIRAI Kick-off Available!
Finally we published a full report of the MIRAI Kick-off on September 4, 2024. You can see a brief summary of each presentation, statistics/data including the post-event feedback survey, way forward and appendix as a whole list of questions/comments during the event!
First MIRAI newsletter has been published
The November edition of the MIRAI newsletter has be sent out our community of researchers, posdocs, PhD students and university respresentatives in Sweden and Japan. This is the first of many newsletters to come with the latest news, events, funding opportunties and much more. If you have not received the November newsletter via email, please […]
Successful kickstart of MIRAI 2024-2026!
The MIRAI digital Kickoff on September 4, 2024, gathered over 200 participants from member universities in Japan and Sweden, as well as attendants from external parties such as private companies and funding organizations. See full texts at the below link.
Save the date! MIRAI Kick-off on 4 September
On September 4, 2024, MIRAI will organize a digital kick-off event to celebrate the start of MIRAI third phase between 2024-2026. This digital event is open to public and strongly welcome from all MIRAI member universities in Sweden and Japan as well as other universities, industry, research funding agencies, govermental sectors. See more at https://www.mirai.nu/mirai-2024-2026-kick-off/
Application Open! MIRAI Global Challenges Winter School 2024
MIRAI Global Challenges Winter School is an onsite program in the scope of the four global challenges and designed to attract early career researchers (ECRs) from diverse fields, including humanities and social sciences. This will be a platform where ECRs and various MIRAI stakeholders including universities and industry exchange ideas and thoughts, thereby linking participants […]
Summary from the General Assembly meeting in June
During MIRAI 2024-2026’s General Assembly held digitally on Tuesday, June 18th, 2024, several important decisions were made regarding the advancement of the main project’s objective, namely, to work collaboratively to contribute to solving Global Challenges. The General Assembly, serving as the central decision-making body for MIRAI and composed of representatives from all 17 member universities, […]
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Short-term)
STINT, The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education, in collaboration with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) award scholarships for research stays in Japan. The JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is open for research in all fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program […]
VINNOVA Call Open: International Staff Exchange in Emerging Technologies 2024
VINNOVA just opened their application for personnel exchange between Sweden and Japan, among other countries. Not only universities but also companies, municipalities, regions etc., are eligible to apply. Please reminde that the application needs to be made from the Swedish side. The investment applies to the following areas: Artificial intelligence Immersive technology Quantum technology Synthetic […]
MIRAI research collaboration leads to scholarly publications
MIRAI 2.0 successfully implemented many research activities during 2020-2023, both online and physically. A total of 51 seed funded research projects were established and they have shown promising results, such several joint scientific publications. Below are some examples of peer-reviewed journal articles published during the second phase (2020-2023) of MIRAI: Michael Annear, Sofi Fristedt, Teerapat […]
The MIRAI collaboration enters a new third phase
The MIRAI collaboration project between Swedish and Japanese universities has now entered a new three-year period for 2024-2026. Increased collaboration across disciplines and sectors will be in focus, to address societal challenges such as climate crises, pandemics, and an ageing population. During this new phase, the MIRAI collaboration aims to take a new direction with a […]
Swedish-Japanese research and innovation week in Umeå attracts strong interest
During 13-16 November, the MIRAI 2.0 Research and Innovation Week 2023 was held at Umeå University in Sweden with more than 240 researchers, students and university management representatives from Sweden and Japan in attendance. Participants were able to take part of each other’s research, compare experiences and networking to find ways for future collaborations and […]
Big delegation in Japan to discuss research and innovation
This week more than 300 representatives from universities, companies, ministries, foundations and research funding agencies have met in Fukuoka, Japan to participate in the MIRAI 2.0 Research and Innovation Week hosted by Kyushu University. The goal of the week is both to establish new and deepen existing research collaborations between Japan and Sweden. Hydrogen as […]