Meridian180 Global Multilingual Forum
Ritsumeikan University and Meridian180
A commemorative picture taken in “International Symposium
of Meridian 180 on City,
Public Value, and Capitalism” (2022.07.23)
Ritsumeikan University is the Japanese partner of Meridian180, and the Asia-Japan Research Institute (AJI) serves as its executive office. Since 2018, Ritsumeikan has actively promoted participation in Meridian180 through a “Research Results Dissemination Program” based on a cooperative agreement with Cornell University. Furthermore, in 2019, Ritsumeikan signed an agreement for research exchange with Northwestern University, and since then, various meetings related to Meridian 180 have been held based on this agreement.
In August 2021, Ritsumeikan University launched a new “Research Results Dissemination Program” based on a cooperative agreement with Northwestern University, and this enabled the AJI to further strengthen cooperation with Northwestern University Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. Ritsumeikan disseminates and shares the research findings of Meridian180 Forum through five themes: 1) Smart and Shrinking Cities, 2) Gerontology and Social Technology, 3) Social Development and Science Technology for Food /Agriculture, 4) Gender Fair Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Urgent Challenges, 5) Promoting the Employment of Persons with Disabilities as a Social Responsibility by Utilizing Public Procurement.
《Record of past Meridian180 events》
| 2023.02.06 | Meridian180 Workshop: “Non-standard ‘Standard Language’: Language and Society in Contemporary China” |
| 2023.02.01 | Meridian180 Workshop: DX of Research and Multilingualism in the Post-COVID-19 Era” |
| 2023.01.26 | “Local Knowledge and Community Participation in Disaster Response” |
| 2022.07.23 | “International Symposium of Meridian 180 on City, Public Value, and Capitalism” E-book: City, Public Value, and Capitalism: New Urban Visions and Public Strategies |
| 2022.06.12 | International Symposium “Syrian Refugees in Their Calamities, Survival, and Future Lives: A Japanese Roundtable” |
| 2022.02.25 | The Core session of the 2022 International Symposium of Asia Japan Research, “Asia Japan Research Beyond Borders: Global Sharing of Local Wisdom towards Human Longevity” |
| 2022.01.28/02.18 | “Gendered Transformations under the Pandemic in East Asia” |
| 2018.02.23 | Pre-kickoff meeting with Cornell University (at Suzaku Campus, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto) |