Obstacles to international Research in Japan: Working amidst academic dreams of isolationism, complexes and research de-funding - Return from 10 years experience

Christopher A Gomez

Presentation information

[E] Oral

U (Union ) » Union

[U-14] Geoscience across research and education: National priorities and international collaborations

Wed. May 27, 2026 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Exhibition Hall Special Setting (1) (Exhibition Hall 7&8, Makuhari Messe)

Chairperson:Tong Vincent(Kobe University), Hayakawa Yuichi S.(Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University), Oguchi T. Chiaki(Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental and Society, Institute of Science Tokyo), SHIMAMURA Michiyo(Osaka University), Wang Ting(Hokkaido University)

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

[U14-02] Obstacles to international Research in Japan: Working amidst academic dreams of isolationism, complexes and research de-funding - Return from 10 years experience

★Invited Papers

*Christopher A Gomez¹ (1. Kobe University Faculty of Maritime Sciences SABO Laboratory)

Keywords:academic colonialism, Japan, academic racism, adaministrative instrumentalization, control, Michel Foucault

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