Speaker
Kazuya Masu
(The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Description
In Japanese universities—including in STEM fields—female representation among faculty and students remains low. During my presidency at Tokyo Institute of Technology (now Science Tokyo) from April 2018 to September 2024, I promoted diversity and gender balance by introducing women-only faculty recruitment and implementing a female student admissions quota. In this talk, I will share the outcomes and challenges of these initiatives, emphasizing that diversity is a key driver of innovation. I will also highlight the next challenge: fostering global inclusion and collaboration in academia.
