In recent years, faced with the emergence of global agendas and attempts by forces to unilaterally change the status quo, academic research has been increasingly called upon to demonstrate the significance of its variety of activities to society. At the same time, the impact of these international developments on research activities has been direct and significant, providing an opportunity for each individual to reconfirm the nature of their connection with the international community. Many early career researchers may be turning their attention to solving social issues through their research themes and/or reconsidering their careers. In this series, early career researchers who are active on the global arena will share their perspectives based on their own experiences as examples for the younger generation and discuss realistic strategies on how to look forward to their own careers and research issues between the whole and the individual, between competition and coexistence in daily life.

In this second session, an L-INSIGHT Fellow with overseas experience, a WPI affiliated international researcher, and a researcher who has returned to the home country from Kyoto University will speak and discuss their experiences and an expert on researchers’ event history will talk about an international flow analysis in the Part I. A workshop on interdisciplinary research will be held In the Part II. This will be an informative and learning opportunity for graduate students who want to challenge themselves in an international environment and early career researchers who are faced with the challenges of internationalization in their laboratories amidst a recovery in the international flow of people.