Category: News
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Presentation at Sophia Symposium 2026 “Migration in the Age of AI: Work, Education and Belonging”
Lab member Clarise ONG Chia Yee will present at Sophia Symposium 2026 “Migration in the Age of AI: Work, Education and Belonging,” organised by Sophia University’s Institute of Comparative Culture
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Interview in Dentsu Soken magazine Societe
In August 2026, Yuko Itatsu’s interview was published in the Dentsu Soken online magazine Societe. 2026年8月、電通総研ソシエテで板津木綿子のインタビュー記事が掲載されました。
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APEC SOM3 Dalian: Itatsu, Yokoyama, Sheldrick Present Seven-Economy AI Workplace Survey
On August 23, 2026, Yuko Itatsu, alongside Professor Hiromi Yokoyama (UTokyo) and Susan Sheldrick (Melbourne U), shared their findings on an international survey on AI use and perception in the workplace at the APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 3) held at Dalian, China. This survey covered the following seven economies: China, Indonesia, Japan, Peru, the…
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Sophia University Faculty Development Talk
On July 15, 2026, Yuko Itatsu presented a talk entitled “Anchoring the AI age: Social, political and human questions for the current technosocial shift” for the Faculty Development Series of the Faculty of Liberal Arts Studies at Sophia University. 2026年7月15日、板津木綿子は上智大学国際教養学部FDイベントで、”Anchoring the AI age: Social, political and human questions for the current technosocial shift”と題した講演を行いました。
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Publication in the International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction
Yuko Itatsu worked with Drs. Shuo Wang, Yuko Ikkatai, Ai Hisano and Hiromi M Yokoyama to publish a paper comparing China and Japan on their public reception of facial recognition technology.
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Workshop Series by Visiting Research Fellow Dr Jacqueline Kucera and Itatsu Lab “AI & Leadership”
On Thursday, 7th May 2026 and Tuesday, 12th May 2026, the Itatsu Lab, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies (GSII), University of Tokyo (UTokyo), and Dr Jacqueline Kucera, Visiting Research Fellow at UTokyo and Lecturer at IDHEAP – Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, University of Lausanne, will be holding a series of workshops titled…
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ATLAS Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific In-Between Conference 2026
Jingzhi (Ginger) Huang presented a paper entitled Embodied Localized Knowledge as Mobility Infrastructure:Immigrant Mountaineering in Japan at the ATLAS Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific In-Between Conference 2026 held at Kyoto on March 10th and 11th.
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QUT-UTokyo Graduate Student Workshop “Dewesternizing digital cultures: gender, agency and resistance in Asia”
On Friday, November 14, 2025, the Itatsu Lab, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies (GSII), University of Tokyo (UTokyo) and Nguyen Do Doan Hanh, PhD Candidate at the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), will be organizing a graduate student workshop titled “Dewesternizing digital cultures: gender, agency and resistance in Asia“.…
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Presentation at the Men/Masculinity Research Society (男性/男性性研究会)
Lab member Amaël Cognacq will present at the 6th Open Seminar of the Japanese Men/Masculinity Research Society, to be held at Rikkyo University in Tokyo on Sunday, October 26, 2025.
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Book Launch Event
On September 2, 2025, Asuka Ando and Yuko Itatsu will speak at a book launch event for Exploring gender from different perspectives: Thirteen lectures at the University of Tokyo (University of Tokyo Press, 2025). This event will be held online and in Japanese. Details can be found here:
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Oral Presentation at the 33rd MELTA International Conference
Lab member Shuyi Li presented at the 33rd MELTA International Conference, which was held at Brickfields Asia College in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The theme of this year’s conference was “The agentive ELT professional: Driving innovation and impact.”
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Oral Presentation at the 11th Annual Conference of the Japan Society of English for Research
Lab member Shuyi Li delivered an oral presentation at the 11th Annual Conference of the Japan Society of English for Research (J-SER). The conference was held on September 13, 2025, at Toyo University (Hakusan Campus) in Tokyo, Japan.
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Talk at the Japanese Association for College English Teachers
On September 2, 2025, Yuko Itatsu spoke about AI and language education at the Japanese Association for College English Teachers (JACET) held at Waseda University.
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UNU Symposium
On August 28, Yuko Itatsu gave a presentation entitled “The acceleration and deceleration of social justice: Future-oriented thoughts on AI and higher ed” at the symposium “Human-Centered Approach to AI in Higher Education: Knowledge Exchange Between Asia and Japan” organized by the United Nations University Institute for Advanced Studies.
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Presentation at Leisure Studies Association (LSA) Annual Conference
Lab member Ginger Huang delivered an oral presentation at Leisure Studies Association (LSA) Annual Conference. The conference, themed “Leisure and social justice in changing and challenging times” was be held from July 8 to 10, 2025 by The York Business School in association with the Leisure Studies Association in York, UK.
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APEC Symposium
On August 5, 2025, Yuko Itatsu will speak about “the essentiality of women in digital transformation” at the APEC Economic Leader’s Meeting Commemorative Symposium “Sustainable Development and Women’s Economic Engagement.”
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Todai Week @Marunouchi
On July 31, 2025, Yuko Itatsu will speak about AI and cultural diversity at “Todai Week @Marunouchi 2025.”
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Presentation at JALTCALL 2025 Conference
Lab member Shuyi Li delivered a poster presentation at the 2025 JALTCALL Conference, which was held from July 18-20 at the Tokyo University of Science (Katsushika Campus).
YUKO ITATSU LABORATORY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO 