A Message from the Institute Director

A Welcome from the Institute Director
Hisanori Shinohara

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For Further progress of the Institute

The Institute for Advanced Research of Nagoya University was established in 2002 to promote academic studies as stipulated in the University Academic Charter. The fundamental objective of this institute is to produce academic results of a prominent, internationally recognized level. Such achievements are indispensable for the University not only to be widely recognized as a seat of learning but also to cultivate courageous intellectuals. All members of the University should strive for an unsurpassed level of academic research. The Institute for Advanced Research has been and will be a center for assembling and coordinating various fields of academic research in the University.

          For 10 years, the Institute has acted to help the University attain the goal stipulated in the Charter by seeking advice from the International Advisory Board, listening to the opinions of a number of scholars in the University, and exploring various new ways of finding a solution. Today, the Institute is a member of the Steering Committee of the University-Based Institutes for Advanced Study (UBIAS) and is leading international exchange activities in research and education. Within the University, the Institute is organizing lectures given at the University and the Institute, is developing research projects of the Institute, is assisting the Young Leaders Cultivation Tenure-track Program, and is supporting the Institute for Advanced Research as an academy of the University, and has contributed to converting the results of excellent studies in individual departments into the common property of all members of the University.

          The Institute will continue to act along these fundamental policies aiming for further progress and development. It is particularly demanded to enhance its COE functions in order to lead the international community. Focusing on the activities at UBIAS and being a center of international research exchange, the Institute will contribute to the development of Nagoya University by also activating academic exchange within the University and exploring and assisting academic research of an excellent level. We are fully aware that our goal is not easy to attain and that the active cooperation of all members of the University is indispensable. We sincerely ask for the cooperation of all members of the University.

Hisanori Shinohara

Director of Institute for Advanced Research