WIAS - Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University (早稲田大学)

23/04/2026

🎊Congratulations!
Associate Professor SHIMAKAWA Rhythm has been awarded the 2026 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Young Scientists' Award).

Associate Professor SHIMAKAWA Rhythm has been awarded the 2026 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture...

03/04/2026

🌸WIAS has just welcomed new researchers for AY 2026! The welcoming ceremony was followed by a lunch gathering, where they enjoyed interdisciplinary interaction with other WIAS researchers. Glad to see them already fitting in so well!

▽Profiles
https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/en/research/researcher/

03/04/2026

WIAS is delighted to announce the recruitment call for AY2027 Researchers has opened!
https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/news-en/2026/03/31/21936/
早稲田大学高等研究所 2027年度研究者公募を開始しました。
詳細は当研究所Webサイトよりご覧ください。
https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/news/2026/03/31/21929/

Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS) was established in September 2006 to enable promising and talented researchers to focus on their ...

19/03/2026

📚《高等研究所紀要（第18号）刊行のお知らせ》
We have just published AY2025 WIAS Research Bulletin No.18.
English) https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/news-en/2026/03/17/21830/
日本語）https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/news/2026/03/17/21814/

AY2025 WIAS Research Bulletin No.18 Full Text AY2025 WIAS Research Bulletin No.18 (Chapters) COVER Cover Preface Contents ARTICL...

11/03/2026

🎊Congratulations!
尾上 匡房 講師が 第37回 ⽇本天⽂学会研究奨励賞（2025年度）受賞しました。
Assistant Professor ONOUE Masafusa has been awarded the ASJ Young Astronomer Award (2025).
「遠方超巨大ブラックホールの革新的な観測研究」
“Revealing diverse physical properties of distant galaxies by observations”

▽Details
日本語）https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/news/2026/03/09/21703/
English）https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/news-en/2026/03/09/21704/

尾上 匡房 講師が、「遠方超巨大ブラックホールの革新的な観測研究」により第37回 ⽇本天⽂学会研究奨励賞（2025年度）受賞しました。詳細は学会Webサイトをご覧ください。 参考リンク ⽇本天⽂学会研究奨励賞 受賞者 - 公...

27/02/2026

📢We have just published WIAS Newsletter Vol. 31 (Winter 2026)!
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・Exhibits at Waseda Open Innovation Forum 2025 (WOI’25)
・WIAS Homecoming Day
・Report on the bilateral staff exchange with Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz
and more
・Activities of the UBIAS ECR Working Group―The Current Landscape of Early Career Researcher Support
・Network Research Visits program with partner institution ZUKO
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早稲田大学高等研究所は、分野を限定せず、国際公募により広く世界から人材を募集し、将来的課題を掘り起こし、柔軟な発想で新しい領域を切り開く研究を行っています。

20/02/2026

☕Event report: WIAS Home Coming Day
The third WIAS Homecoming Day event was held on January 24, 2026.
去る1月24日に、早稲田大学高等研究所 3回目となるホームカミングデーを開催しました。カジュアルで和やかな雰囲気のもと、所員・所友が交流を深めました。
https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/news-en/2026/02/19/21404/

16/02/2026

◆WIAS Symposium◆
“Transcendental Philosophy – 超越論哲学”

📅March 28-29, 2026 (Sat.-Sun.) 🏫Room 232, Bldg. 33, Toyama Campus, Waseda University
Host: Associate Professor CHENG Tony
Detail:

WIAS Symposium:

09/02/2026

◆WIAS Seminar◆
“Special Seminar on Discrete Integrable Systems and Discrete Painlevé Equations”

📅February 19, 2026 (Thu.) 14:30-18:00　🏫Waseda Campus
Speakers:
DZHAMAY Anton (Associate Professor, BIMSA)
WILLOX Ralph (Professor, The University of Tokyo)
KIM Wookyung (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Tokyo)

Host: STOKES Alexander (WIAS)
Detail:

Special Seminar on Discrete Integrable Systems and Discrete Painlevé Equations（Feb. 19） Abstract This seminar will use the presence of Prof....

30/01/2026

◆WIAS Top Runners’ Lecture Collections◆
“Investing in AI: Clinical Trial Efficiency and Market Reaction”
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📅February 18 (Wed) 13:10–15:10 🏫Room 710, 7th Floor, Building 19, Waseda Campus
Speaker: Dr. Sean Cao (University of Maryland)
Detail: https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/news-en/2026/02/12/21262/

WIAS Top Runners' Lecture Collections AIとファイナンスワークショップ

29/01/2026

📝ZUKO and WIAS Network Research Visits program report
Assistant Professor LI Jialong, the third WIAS researcher to utilize the program and visit ZUKO, presents his motivation for this program, research activities and daily experiences there so far.

WIAS and our partner institute, ZUKO (Zukunftskolleg at the University of Konstanz, Germany), have been implementing a bilateral exchange pr...

09/12/2025

WIAS has started the recruitment of Visiting Scholar 2025 (second call)
Details: https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/news-en/2025/12/01/20598/
早稲田大学高等研究所 2025年度 第2回目 訪問学者の公募を開始しました。
詳細は当研究所Webサイトよりご覧ください。
https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/news/2025/12/01/20592/

The Waseda Institute for Advanced Study is committed to promoting the university-wide acceptance of leading researchers from other countries...