Digital capitalism, disability & inclusion, recruitment, ‘akiya’ problem: find these & many more topics in the spring issue of our #DIJNewsletter www.dijtokyo.org/publication/... @cj-jrnl.bsky.social @celiaspoden.bsky.social @barbtokyo.bsky.social @daneuhaus.bsky.social @nicolemmueller.bsky.social

Thank you to the University of Tokyo & organizers of the "Toward New Science with AI and Beyond" symposium for fascinating insights into AI in physics, brain research & society incl. panel discussion “AI and Society: Imagination and responsibility for the future” with DIJ's @celiaspoden.bsky.social

DIJ's @celiaspoden.bsky.social will present her research on avatar robots, work & disability in a panel on the past and present of technology in Japan’s engineering of the future at the #AAS2026 in Vancouver, March 13, 3:30-5:00 PM PDT @shawnbender.bsky.social @otsuki3c.bsky.social @asianstudies.org

NEW #OA article "REALIGN Toolkit" @wellcometrust.bsky.social, co-authored by @celiaspoden.bsky.social, discusses how to make research and innovation more ethically responsible for societal needs. It includes a discussion of Celia's research at Tokyo's Avatar Robot Café DAWN ▶️ doi.org/10.12688/wel...

📣📰 Die neue Ausgabe unseres Magazins #WeltweitVorOrt ist da! Im neuen Heft blicken wir auf aktuelle Diskurse zur Künstlichen Intelligenz in den Geisteswissenschaften. 🔗 Hier geht's zum ePaper: www.maxweberstiftung...#WeltweitVorOrt @dhiparis.wisskomm.social.ap.brid.gy @dijtokyo.org @ghiwashington.bsky.social

Friendship with AI: join DIJ researchers @celiaspoden.bsky.social & Nicole M. Mueller on Friday 30May at the #Expo2025 Swiss Pavilion for insights into “Avatar robots for people with disability” & “Japanese Metaverse Imaginaries”. Keynote speech by @hiroosa.bsky.social vitality.swiss/en/calendar/...

I am very honored that the Anthropology of Japan in Japan association awarded this year’s Mark Bookman prize to my presentation about avatar robots as working opportunity for people with disabilities www.ajj-online.net/2025/04/09/a...