Reports - Topics - News | 2023
DFG Secretary General Dr. Heide Ahrens and Vice President Professor Dr. Peter Seeberger visit Japan
Secretary General Dr. Heide Ahrens at the FAPM
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(25.10.23) A DFG delegation with Secretary General Dr. Heide Ahrens and Vice President Professor Dr. Peter Seeberger travelled to Japan on the occasion of the 20th Science and Technology in Society forum in Kyoto. The delegation members met with policy makers, executives and researchers from over 120 countries and engaged in discussions with heads of 60 global funding agencies at the Funding Agency Presidents' Meeting. In Tokyo, they contributed to a podium discussion on “Converting the Chemical Industry into a Circular Economy” organised by the DFG, DWIH Tokyo and AHK Japan, and supported by RIKEN.
Funding opportunity for Japanese-German collaborations
funding program “ASPIRE” by AMED
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(15.06.23) The DFG joins the funding program “ASPIRE” by JST and AMED. // New call for “Joint Seminars” published by JSPS.
Human-Machine Interaction and Responsibility
MC Dr Celia Spoden
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(17.04.23) Together with the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), and the German Centre for Research and Innovation (DWIH) Tokyo the DFG held an interdisciplinary workshop with experts from Japan and Germany on aspects of responsibility in contexts where humans interact with machines or AI based technology. Drawing from perspectives from technological development, psychology, philosophy, social sciences, literature and art studies the panel discussed questions such as “who is accountable for failures”, “who will be credited for achievements”, “what does it mean to be a human.”