東京大学公共政策大学院 | GraSPP / Graduate School of Public Policy | The university of Tokyo

Study Abroad: Call for Application “Sciences Po European Studies Program - 2021 Online Program” Sciences Po European Studies Program application guideline has been uploaded to the Go Global website. Those who wish to apply for this program should read the following website carefully and e-mail the necessary documents directly to the International Exchange Group. The application deadline is NOON on Monday, 9th November.

The deadline is approaching: UTokyo University-wide Graduate Education Program: Science, Technology, and Innovation Governance (STIG) Education Program 2020 Autumn Call for Registration Registration Form Deadline: Friday, 30 October, 2020 Contact: STIG@pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp (STIG OFFICE)

NOTICE: “Information Security Education” for students using the UTokyo computer services I.  All members of the university that use university-provided computer services, i.e. all members with UTokyo Accounts are required to take this program. Students All students who have been issued with an UTokyo Account by 22 September 2020, including researchers and auditing students, etc. must take this program.  Students currently taking leave of absence are not required to take this program. II.  The information security education program will be conducted during the following time periods. Students: October 1 to October 31, 2020 III.  Access to the UTokyo WiFi by your account will be suspended if you conduct actions prohibited by the “Terms of Use for the University of Tokyo Wireless Network (UTokyo WiFi)”. If you do not take or pass the “Information Security Education”, your UTokyo WiFi account will be suspended. As access to the UTokyo WiFi will be required for taking online classes while on campus, please be sure to take the course within the period.   To take the e-learning course, please follow the steps outlined below. 1.Login to ITC-LMS https://itc-lms.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ (also accessible from off-campus) 2. Select “Information Security Training” 3. Take the ten-question test about the contents of Information Security Education (2020) TEST *You must answer all ten questions correctly to pass and finish the course. Please retake the test until you get all ten answers right. 4. Complete the questionnaire "Questionnaire on Information Security Education　 (2020)"  

Application for Winter/Spring Internship, to be held in English, offered to GraSPP students is now open. Information on internship opportunities offered by our partner institutions  is available at the following links. ・Kansai Electric Power Corporation(KEPCO)  website ・Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)  website ・GR Japan  website ・Music Securities   website 1. Application Apply from here Please submit the following documents in PDF to <ppsupport.j[at]gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp> (replace [at] with @) with the subject line “Internship Application (Name)”. a) CV (with your portrait photo) b) Statement of Purpose (for each institution if multiply chosen) 2. Submission deadline Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 3. Important notice for scholarship recipients a) World Bank scholars are only allowed to apply for unpaid internship and need to notify to the World Bank by sending information on the internship to JJ/WBGSP email address. b) ADB scholars need to notify to the ADB by a letter with information on the internship through GraSPP Office before applying for the internship and obtain permission from the ADB first. c) IMF scholars are only allowed to apply for unpaid internship with approval both from their sponsoring agency and GraSPP before application. d) JDS scholars need to consult with JICE for the procedure before starting internship. 4. Selection interview Selection interview by faculty members will be arranged in the end of June. Each host institution will be notified only of applicants shortlisted after the interview as recommended candidates for final selection. The result will be notified individually by e-mail from GraSPP Office. 5. Others a) For your information, please check through the to-do list after you get shortlisted as recommended candidates. b) If you would like to know past internship cases, please look at the internship reports. c) Once you complete internship, you are required to submit a report (300-500 words). Some of the reports will be posted on GraSPP website with your permission, . 6. For inquiry Please e-mail to Ms. Manami Sato <ppsupport.j[at]gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp> (replace [at] with @)  

Please apply directly to the scholarship below. SWADEH DEROY Scholarship (PDF 188KB)

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東大－KTHオンライン文化交流プログラム（課外活動）参加者募集のお知らせ このプログラムは、東大とKTH（スウェーデン王立工科大学）の学生を対象とした、4～5週間のオンライン文化交流プログラムです。海外研修や留学に行きたいけれど現在のような状況で難しいと思っている皆さん、世界の大学生とオンラインでつながってみませんか？ プログラムでは，お互いに外国語としての英語を使って、お互いの背景である日本とスウェーデン両国の文化について、学び合います。KTHと東大の学生でグループを組み、グループテーマについて英語で話し合い、最後にパワーポイントに内容をまとめて、10分～15分で発表します。 プログラムのスケジュールは、以下の通りです。 参加申し込み：10月30日（金）まで 第1週：ガイダンス・自己紹介、11月3日（火）20時～21時 第2週～第4週：週に最低1回1時間程度は、グループで都合のよい日時を決めてディスカッション 第5週：グループ発表、12月1日（火）20時～21時30分 または 12月8日（火）20時～21時30分（グループによっていずれかの日程を指定） 参加申し込みは、オンラインで受け付けます。ECCSアカウントで以下にログインし、申し込みURLを確認してください。 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PpOuXpYO6ClztEAKPawVtlmUTh6xqYwczMtNuVlurUQ/edit?usp=sharing お問い合わせは、国際工学教育推進機構 国際教育部門（国際化教育チーム）までどうぞ（メール件名を「文化交流」としてください）。 メール：ees.seut@gmail.com ウェブサイト：http://gwp.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pages/olcep.ja

Call for Application

 GraSPP Policy Challenge 2020: Global Innovative Public Policy Solutions 

Do you have a proposed solution to an important public policy problem? Can you apply your analytical skills to solve a policy issue? Do you want to showcase your idea during an international conference? Do you want to meet creative students from all around the world?

  Course Syllabus

GraSPP Policy Challenge (GPC) offers a unique opportunity to students from diverse background to collaborate and seek to improve their teambuilding and policy-making skills. Participants are tasked with responding to pressing real-world policy challenges as a group, and with designing policies and proposals in response to those challenges.

All students from GraSPP/STIG/GSDM are strongly encouraged to apply. Finalist groups will be ultimately invited to present at the GPPN Virtual Conference 2021* hosted by GraSPP in March 2021.

 

Theme: The Crisis of Globalization as We Know It Starting from the 2008-2009 financial crisis, and especially with the events of and after 2016 (Brexit, election of Donald Trump as US President, heightened US-China tensions), many commentators of international affairs have started to point to a crisis of globalization. The Covid-19 pandemic has massively contributed to this line of argument. International travel has been completely disrupted all over the planet, and globalized production chains are increasingly perceived as too risky. Despite the obvious global nature of the pandemic, the lack of international coordination has been all too evident. Indeed, while a voluminous literature has been accumulating over several decades concerning the necessity to go beyond the nation-state, and the considerable growth of multilateral diplomacy, regional integration, and International Organizations, the nation-state has re-emerged, in a time of acute crisis, as the most important reference framework for policy making, but also for political mobilisation. Borders have been shut everywhere, nationals have been repatriated, new economic policies, stimulus and rescue packages have been devised primarily on a national base. Even in the EU, where regional integration is extremely deep and fully institutionalised, the response to the pandemic was at the beginning almost completely developed at a national level by national governments. Furthermore, as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, it appears that international efforts for sustainable development grounded in multilateralism may have been derailed. With all probability, as announced by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the SDGs cannot be met by 2030, given the severe economic contraction of 2020 and the ensuing social and political problems of the next few years. On the other hand, however, the pandemic has also introduced habits such as telework, which may help the progress on some SDGs. Despite all this, one may argue that the need for an enhanced global governance remains strong, and it has been intensified by Covid-19. We invite students at all GPPN Schools to contribute to a discussion about the state of globalisation in the light of the risks it can harbour and the advantages it can offer. What kind of globalization is still possible? To the benefit of whom? Based on what economic, ethical and political principles? We also would like students to think about concrete proposals for the advancement of regional and international cooperation, for the strengthening of global governance mechanisms and institutions, in specific areas as well as in the more general domain of international relations.   The Challenge We are looking for student presentations on public policy/international relations proposals that demonstrate: A precise identification and analysis of an important and pressing problem; this precise analysis of the problem will need to be clear prior to discussion of any possible solutions A strong use of analytics and empirics and how these can be applied to inform a solution to the public policy problem identified An astute understanding of how policy solutions can be implemented given the interests of the policy actors in the chosen context A clear awareness of whether and when similar solutions have been tried in the past, why they were successful or how they can be amended in order to be successful in the future.

 

How to apply: Application Guideline Students should form teams of either 4 or 5 members and work together to develop their projects.

The group must consist of 4-5 Master’s students who are currently enrolled in GraSPP, STIG or/and GSDM and apply via the online form: https://forms.gle/SKeB1ovF7tqLhDTj7 by 20 October. You may also apply individually and leave GraSPP to find your teammates. Announcement of the groups and advisors will be made by 23 October.

- Your proposals and presentations will be assessed against the following criteria which will also be used at the conference: 25% Problem Analysis 25% Strength of Solution & Real-World Feasibility 15% Implementation Analysis (incl. Stakeholders) 15% Long-Term Sustainability 20% Quality of Presentation   All teams (who passed the internal presentation screening) selected to participate in the GPPN Virtual conference 2021 will each give a presentation online on the first or second day of the conference of up to 3 minutes with 6 minutes Q&A by jury members. Participating groups of GPPN Conference will post their videos in advance on a prepared online platform for a Pre-Video Screening   Schedule (TBC)

20 October: Application deadline

9:30-10:15, 23 October: Briefing Session - Announcement of the Advisors and groupings

23 November: Deadline for Research Proposals

24-30 November: Feedback on research proposals by professors

26 November – 2 December: A2 Course Registration

22 or 23 December or early January 2021: Presentation and selection of GPPN Conference participants & Announcement of Finalists

24 January 2021: Deadline for submission of PPT slides and a final policy proposal

Between 1-5 February: Presentation Rehearsal (*GPPN participants only)  

By 24 February: Deadline for final video submission

5-7 March: Attend the GPPN Virtual Conference 2021 

 

Credits

You can register this initiative as a Case Study course “GraSPP Policy Challenge – Global Innovative Public Policy Solutions” (5140735) in A2 term. Those who complete all the requirements will earn 2 credits. (Grades: Pass/fail) 

* Course registration for A2 term is required separately to earn credits. For more information, please check the course syllabus. This course can be taken repeatedly and counted as up to 4 credits.

 

*GPPN Virtual Conference 2021

5 – 7 March, 2021, hosted by Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo

GraSPP will host the Global Public Policy Network (GPPN) virtual conference on 4-6 March, 2021. GPPN’s mission is to address the most pressing public policy challenges of the 21st century, including public policy education and training. Students selected to participate will have the opportunity to present their projects to the deans and students of seven of the most prestigious public policy schools.

  ------ *What is the GPPN? Founded in 2005, the Global Public Policy Network is an international group of seven top public policy schools from around the world: School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; New York, U.S. Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), London School of Economics and Political Science; London, UK School of Public Affairs, Sciences Po; Paris, France Hertie School; Berlin, Germany Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS); Singapore Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP), University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo ; São Paulo, Brazil    Since its founding, members of the GPPN have organized annual conferences for the students and deans from member schools to meet and discuss pressing issues of global public policy. GPPN members have also established exchange and dual degrees programs, allowing students to benefit from this international network of the most prestigious public affairs schools in the world.

To learn more about the GPPN, you can find the past projects: https://www.gppnetwork.org/

 ------   Inquiry Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding the course. Coordinator: Aoi Ohno (intl_application@pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp)  

My one-year experience in Tokyo has nurtured me both academically and personally. In the autumn semester, I participated in the GraSPP Policy Challenge with CAMPUS Asia colleagues. I was grouped with two students from PKU and one student from UTokyo to tackle global social issues. Our group focused on the inequality of opportunities among low-skilled workers in Japan and took advantage by conducting a comparative analysis with cases in South Korea and China. We grasped a better understanding of each other's countries by discussing common social issues in CJK and could envision our future in East Asia by agonizing solutions together. In the spring semester, the CAMPUS Asia course was taught online due to the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. Although initial confusion was inevitable, kind guidance from the school and program was very helpful. Thanks to the program’s support and commitment, I could still learn from professors of three institutions on diverse topics and have meaningful discussions with colleagues and professors.

Another privilege during my study in Tokyo was the internship opportunity. I was lucky enough to be selected as an intern at the Asian Development Bank Institute to work under the capacity-building team. I assisted in projects and research while I could sense working experiences at a prestigious think tank and collaborating with international organizations and experts. Thus, it was a valuable experience to broaden my horizons and grow my international caliber.

Finally, yet importantly, I would like to thank all faculties and staffs who make this wonderful program possible amid uncertain times. This spring semester was especially a muddle due to an unexpected outbreak of the virus from China, in which courses were taught online and the field trip was canceled. Personally, I felt unfortunate to miss the opportunity to interact in person and to travel to many wonderful places. However, I am relieved to successfully completed the program and graduated under excellent management and commitment from Todai’s CAMPUS Asia program. In the end, I appreciate all the support and wish all the best to everyone.

The number of students tested positive for the novel coronavirus has been on the rise sincearly October. In some of the cases, students were involved in dining and drinking at offcampus establishments. Activities of such high risk not only enhance one’s chance of infection, but will also put others at risk. Please be reminded that, as a member of the university community, every student must be fully aware of the risk of infection and act responsibly. The university strongly requests every student to continue adhering to all the necessary preventive measures, as has been notified previously through “Guidelines to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19)”. October 19, 2020 Tatuya Okubo Exective Vice President (Education and Student Support) The university of Tokyo PDF(448KB)

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Scholarship: 公益財団法人イノアック国際教育振興財団第35期奨学生の募集について 本部国際交流課より「公益財団法人イノアック国際教育振興財団第35期奨学生の募集」について通知がありました。 希望者は東京大学海外留学・国際交流情報の「募集要項」等をよく読み、以下の期限までに必要書類を揃えて、公共政策大学院チーム（留学奨学金担当）へ提出してください。 提出期限： 2020年10月28日（水）正午 提出先： 公共政策大学院チーム留学奨学金担当 exchange.j [at] gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp