Looking for a postdoc opportunity outside the UK/US? I'm happy to support up to two JSPS postdoc applicants for the coming round for two-year posts starting from Sep./Oct. 2026 onwards at UTokyo. The application to be submitted before the end of March. 1/n
If you haven't lived or worked in Japan I'd encourage you to get in touch with them as well as it was their first jobs in Japan.
You'll be able to apply for funds for visiting conferences and archives.
We have a lively lab culture with a host of activities. You are expected to contribute actively to this communities. Please see our lab website for more:
www.kyamamoto.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/news/
Finally, as a host, I have to be able to demonstrate a strong synergy between incoming postdocs and the lab I lead. So it'd be great if you have suggestions on this count. Due to weaker Japanese Yen, the salary will look rather small, but it is good enough to cover basic cost of living in Tokyo, and
you'll be able to apply for a room in UT international lodges dedicated to international researchers and postgrads. Tom and Christy can tell you more on these.
Each year, our postdocs have been organising a conference at the cross section of their research topic and the lab's priority. You will receive logistic help from the lab and the faculty of economics where I am based. You might also be able to get some internal funding too.
Yesterday I participated at a workshop in a traditional teahouse in the Edo-era Hama-rikyū gardens with scholars from UTokyo & KyotoU. Brilliant range of talks - from 17thC naval contracting & confessional co-existence to a 20thC asylum in Peking & the 1999 introduction of the pill in Japan.
If interested, please drop me a line with your CV and a paragraph on your research plan. I'll be busy during the first half of March, so please reach out to me sooner rather than later.
