EIJS News
The Recruitment of Ph.D Candidates for
Company sponsored Doctoral Program in Asian Economy and Business
The European Institute of Japanese Studies (EIJS) in cooperation with the China Economic Research Center (CERC) at Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) is now recruiting three Ph.D. candidates for the Doctoral Program in Asian Economy and Business. This is a new program in close cooperation with the business community.
We expect to appoint up to 10 Ph.D. candidates who will be accepted into the regular SSE Ph.D. Program in Business Administration, Economics or Finance. In addition to the regular entrance criteria (please see:
http://www.hhs.se/Education/PhD/Pages/default.aspx) the candidates should also be fluent in a major Asian language (i.e. Japanese, Chinese or Korean). This "Asian group" shall be clustered together in close vicinity to EIJS and CERC and in this way constitute part of the "Asian academic hub" at the School. Besides the regular curriculum, there will be a number of Asia related seminars and other activities in which the candidates are expected to take part. The Program is for five years and given in English.
What is special about this program is that we will be working very closely with the business community; various companies are “sponsors” of the Ph.D. candidates. We are now starting recruitment and at this moment are looking for two candidates working on Japan and one working on China. The deadline for applications is
February 1, 2012.
For more information:
About the application process see
http://www.hhs.se/Education/PhD/Pages/default.aspx
About the Program, please contact Professor Marie Söderberg (
Marie.Soderberg@hhs.se)
About CERC see
http://www.hhs.se/CERC/Pages/default.aspx
The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays was conferred upon Dr. Monica Braw, Associated researcher at EIJS, by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the promotion of understanding about Japan in Sweden.
The Order of the Rising Sun was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese Government and created in 1875.
The conferment ceremony will be held on the 27th of September.
Congratulations Monica!
New Research Fellow
From autumn 2011 Jakob Nobuoka begins as a postdoctoral fellow at the EIJS, Stockholm office. . His research has mainly discussed the role of consumers for creating innovation within Japanese cultural industries. The focus has been the understanding of people and places shaping contemporary Japanese popular culture.
The research is funded by Jacob Wallenbergs forskningsstiftelse.