Academic and public

Public lectures and talks

05/2019

Presentation “Ageing population: Trends and challenges in Germany and Japan”, Annual meeting of the Japanese-German Business Association, Nuremberg, Germany (in English)

09/2018

Presentation “Sponsorship and journalism in today’s sport business: between cynicism and hope” (Patrocinio y periodismo en el deporte de hoy: entre cinismo y esperanza) at the International Congress of Sport Science, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico (in Spanish)

09/2018

01/2018

Presentation on how to work as a freelance foreign correspondent, at the annual meeting of Journalists Network, Berlin, Germany (in German)

09/2017

Reading from my book “Einsame Klasse”, at the Asia Meeting of the German National Academic Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan (in German)

Teaching

09-10/2018

Course “Creative writing in German”, University of Tokyo, Law Faculty, Tokyo, Japan (in Japanese and German)

09/2018

Course “Intergenerational solidarity and challenges of demographic ageing worldwide”, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Sports Faculty (in Spanish)

Conference presentations

06/2018

“The elderly in ageing societies: Cost factor or safety net? Family regimes, JSTAR and SHARE data in Japan and Germany.” 2018 European Population Conference, Brussels, Belgium

11/2017

”Older people in ageing societies: Cost factor or safety net? A comparison of NTA, JSTAR and SHARE data in Japan and Germany.” Together with Rikiya Matsukura. 2017 International Population Conference, Cape Town, South Africa

08/2017

“The elderly in ageing societies: Cost factor or safety net? Family regimes, NTA and JSTAR data in Japan.” 15th International conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies, Lisbon, Portugal

09/2017

“The elderly in ageing societies: Cost factor or safety net? Family regimes, JSTAR and SHARE data in Japan and Germany.” Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Demographie, Rostock, Germany

09/2016

“Do the elderly get more than their fair share? A comparison of attitudes in Germany and Japan.” European Population Conference, Mainz, Germany

Further engagements

Peer reviewer for Contemporary Japan, academic journal published by the German Institute for Japanese Studies

Mentor of entry-level freelance journalists, under the umbrella of the European Journalism Centre

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