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Graduate student education is one of the primary aims of CICASP, and we accomplish this aim through a variety of educational activities and content, all conducted in English.

Our for-credit educational programs include our CICASP Seminar in Science Communication, which runs weekly through both the spring and fall semesters, and our Fundamental Lectures in Comparative Animal Behavior, which is an intensive 8-part course run over a two week period in either May or June each year.

In addition, we also host other Science Communication events, such as Inuyama Nerds, which is our in-house version of the global phenomenon Nerd Nite.

 

 

 


CICASP Seminar in Science Communication

 

CICASP SciCom Seminar

We conduct a weekly CICASP Seminar in Science Communication which aims to develop students’ skills in scientific communication and critical thinking. The goal is to enhance your ability to communicate your own results, discuss scientific topics in English and critically assess scientific literature. As well as learning essential skills for scientists, you will have the opportunity to practise what you learn and receive feedback in a supportive, English-speaking environment. The seminars are designed to be interactive; with the focus on active learning.

CICASP seminars typically run in blocks of 2-3 sessions, each block tackling a major component of scientific communication. For example, blocks might be about things such as building an academic profile and CV, or tackling the publication process, or designing an effective presentation. Each week will build toward the learning objectives of the entire block. Workshops are coordinated and run by Andrew MacIntosh and Susumu Tomiya, with input and support from Nahoko Tokuyama, Yuko Hattori, Mike Huffman and our various associates and teaching assistants.

CICASP seminars are based at our Inuyama Campus, but we try to make our seminars available to students in our Kyoto locations where possible, either by holding specific workshops in Kyoto or opening up the seminars to video conference or through Zoom. Announcements are made for each block concerning availability outside of Inuyama. As far as possible, we strongly encourage all graduate students to attend and improve their skills in scientific communication. 

 


Fundamental Lectures in Comparative Animal Behavior

 

Our Fundamental Lectures in Comparative Animal Behavior is CICASP's offering toward master's student education that exists alongside similar fundamental lectures offered by all departments at the Inuyama Campus. 

This 8-part lecture series is developed and offered by CICASP faculty. In the Academic Year beginning in April 2022, this includes Andrew MacIntosh, Yuko Hattori, Susumu Tomiya and Nahoko Tokuyama, each of whom contributes related content from the perspective of their own expertise. 

This course is designed to familiarize students with the field of comparative animal behavior and current wisdom about how and why animals behave the way they do. In the class, students learn multiple perspective on how to approach animal behavior and its evolution, which is a fundamental requirement for them to design their own research.

The course covers numerous topics of interest, including but not necessarily limited to: the science of animal behavior; mechanisms of behavior; cognition, learning and culture; communication; sex and sociality; cooperation and group living; evolution and the comparative approach; reconstructing behavior; conservation behavior.


 

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Communicating Hope

November 12th 2021

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Navigating a post-truth society

October 28th 2021

In our current social environment, information has been unleashed to unprecedented levels. With all the good that comes of that, so too does the bad.

One of the critical issues of our time is how can we ensure that truth prevails so that the public (or politicians!)...

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Your Research in 3 Minutes

July 21st 2021

If you were given just 3 minutes to describe your research to a group of non-scientists who want to support your research but know little about your field, how would you do it? HIRAKU 3 Minute-Thesis Competition is a national event that promotes doctoral research in Japan and...

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Q&A 101: staying afloat during one of Academia's most dreaded events

July 1st 2021

Do you dread arriving at the end of your academic talk, sure that someone in the audience is going to ask you that single question that demolishes everything you've just said? Are you one of those people that always asks "did I answer your question" after each of your...

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CICASP Seminar on Language Barriers in Science

June 1st 2021

If you have ever been frustrated by language barriers as an author, reviewer, editor, conference participant, job seeker, or a researcher working abroad, we’d like to hear your story! We will also share information on today’s multilingual movements in academia, such as...

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iNerds 6

March 31st 2021

Welcome to Inuyama Nerds #6: "Nerdemic! Virality, zombies and other tales from the end of the world." In this rendition of our popular event, organizers Sanjana Kadam and Kenneth Keuk tackle the great existential crisis of our time: zombification!

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Email: cicasp [at] mail2 [dot] adm [dot] kyoto-u [dot] ac [dot] jp

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