Doshisha Week 2025： Challenges for Next-Generation Researchers！
～Aiming for further innovation and collaboration through research exchange between Doshisha University and the University of Tübingen～

On October 29 and 30, 2025, we will hold the Doshisha Week 2025 event at the Great Senate, Neue Aula, University of Tübingen, Germany.
‘Doshisha Week’ is an exchange event hosted by Doshisha University and Doshisha EU Campus (at the University of Tübingen). It is held regularly with the cooperation of the University of Tübingen.

The following six doctoral students (in red) from Support Project for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation in Doshisha University (SPRING) will participate in AY2025. They will present their research to doctoral students at the University of Tübingen and have research exchanges with the researchers there.

Main Programs

Wednesday, October 29, 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM (CEST)

＜keynote presentation＞
Prof. Masaya IKEGAWA, M.D., Ph.D.（Graduate School of Life and Medical Sciences）
Implementation of Multimodal Imaging for Alzheimer's Disease Research:
Approaching beyond Plaques and Tangles

＜PhD Student Presentations＞
Maiko OKAMURA (Graduate School of Life and Medical Sciences・D1)
Spatial Multi-omics Study for Dilated Cardiomyopathy Delineates Possible Link 
between Macrophage Driven Inflammation and Copper Dyshomeostasis

Julia ALBER（Tübingen/ NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute）
Using marker-independent imaging approaches for the observation of tumor-immune interactions

＜PhD Student Presentations＞
Nicola SARTORATO（Tübingen/ Institute of Neurobiology）
Behavioral Modulation of Hippocampal Dynamics during Immobility

Yutaka KOBAYASHI (Graduate School of Life and Medical Sciences・D2)
Imaging and Manipulation of Nuclear cAMP Dynamics Underlying Late Phase LTP Induction

＜PhD Student Presentations＞
Maksym YAROSHENKO (Graduate School of Global Studies・D3)
Hacktivism as a Tool to Conduct Cyber and Information Operations

＜Discussion＞
Dr. Dmytro YAGUNOV （Tübingen）
Dr. Tetjana MIDJANA （Tübingen）

Thursday, October 30, 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM (CEST)

＜keynote presentation＞
Prof. Dr. Susanne MARSCHALL (Tübingen/Institute of Media Studies)
Moving Pictures – Touching Sounds
Past, Present and Future of Film and Cinema

＜PhD Student Presentations＞
Junji ADACHI (Graduate School of Culture and Information Science・D1）
Quantitative Analysis on Objectivity of Personal Color Classification

Susanne SCHULTE (Tübingen/Institute of Media Studies)
The Oceanic Other in Animated Aquatic Eco-Cinema (AAEC): 
A Feminist and Decolonial Analysis

＜PhD Student Presentations＞
Jan-Felix KLUMPP (Tübingen / English Studies)
Reproduction of Rhyme and Metre in LLM-Generated Translations of Poetry

Wenjing GUO (Graduate School of Social Studies・D3)
Problems and Dilemmas of Introducing AI Translation in the Translation
Industry: Case Studies of Translation Companies in 2024

＜PhD Student Presentations＞
Nehal KHAN（Graduate School of Global Studies・D3）
Populism and Islamization, in Post-Colonial Pakistan: Struggle for National Identity

Ronja HERRSCHNER (Tübingen/ Institute for Political Science)
Justifications of Backsliding

Making an article open access means making the research result available to anyone for free, without restrictions imposed by publishers. Open access has a huge significance in the perspective that the research result will return to the public.
Recently, only a few people can read published articles. By making an article open access, everyone can read the article without restrictions, which will increase the citation score of the article.
Therefore, we support research activities that draw attention to the university’s research achievements and contribute to the academic community and the public, by encouraging researchers to submit articles to internationally renowned journals and to make the articles publicly available through open access.

We opened the call on Monday, May 8, 2023, and the budget for this academic year is decreasing. Please remember to apply if you have published an Open Access article that meets the following conditions.

1. Eligible Articles

Any article written by a full-time faculty member of the university as first author or corresponding author^*1) and submitted to a high-impact (top 10%) open access journal^*2).

2. Support Details

The lower amount between the article processing fee actually paid by the applicant or the upper amount of the suitable category below will be subsidized as research incentive expense^*3).
[Category A] Top 5% journals: up to 500 thousand yen
[Category B] Top 10% journals: up to 250 thousand yen

3. How to Apply

Please apply via the form below within 3 months from the date of publication of the open access journal in which your article is published.
*There may be the case in which we can support publications of more than 3 months ago.
If you would like to apply with such an article, please contact the Department of Research Planning.
Application Form for the Research Incentive Expense of Open Access Publication

*Note:
- A researcher can apply for the grant once per academic year.
- The application will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis within the budget, so it may not be possible to support you if the total support at the time of your application has exceeded the budget.
- If you have any inquiries regarding the remaining budget, please contact us at the bottom of this page.

This academic year only, we will support separately the articles posted on OA journals during the period stated below.The conditions for the support are the same as the above, except for the intended period.
Please apply at your earliest convenience, as this support is on a first-come, first-served basis.
[Intended period: From January 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023]
*There is still some room for applications for AY2022. Please check again if you have eligible publications.