Research
Available Now: 2025 Research Showcase (Nov 21 – Dec 15)
AIU’s Research Showcase is an annual opportunity for AIU faculty and students, as well as researchers from international partner universities, to share their ongoing research and results with the broader university community. It’s goal is to spread awareness of research initiatives and encourage collaboration with our internal, international, and local communities in areas of common interest.
This year’s Research Showcase features 12 presentations from AIU faculty and students and 21 presentations by researchers from our international partner universities, available from the links below.
Presentations are available from 10:00 am, Friday, November 21 until noon on Monday, December 15, 2025 (Japan Time).
Thank you to all of the Research Showcase presenters and to everyone who viewed the presentations! We hope this showcase can be the first step toward encouraging connections between researchers and further strengthening our relationships with our international partners and local community.
Academic Year 2025 Presentations
Fall 2025 Research Showcase: AIU Presenters
The Momentum of Taiwan-India Relations in the Era of US-China Competition
Presenters:
- Yu-Hua CHEN, Assistant Professor, Global Studies Program
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Eye-tracking Applications: Bringing Together Arts and Science.
Presenters:
- Kaeko CHIBA, Associate Professor, Global Connectivity Program
- Drew MORRIS, Associate Professor, Centre College, USA
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Design, Print, Code, Discover!: AI-assisted coding for automated exploration of phototropism
Presenters:
- Andy CROFTS, Professor, Global Connectivity Program
- Chizuru HONDA, Recent AIU Graduate
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A Study of the What and the How of Teaching in EMI Classrooms in a Japanese University Context
Presenters:
- Mark Antony DE BOER, Assistant Professor, English for Academic Purposes Program
- Natalia EVNITSKAYA, Assistant Professor, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
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Retrocomputing and the Future
Presenters:
- Attila EGRI-NAGY, Professor, Global Connectivity Program
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Computational Exploration of Finite Semigroupoids
Presenters:
- Attila EGRI-NAGY, Professor, Global Connectivity Program
- Chrystopher L. NEHANIV, Professor, University of Waterloo
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The effect of focusing on single kanji to learn opaque and transparent two-character compounds
Presenters:
- Akiko HAGIWARA, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Communication and Language, Japanese Language Teaching Practices Program
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A Graduate Research Project: Conversation Analysis as a Tool for Reflective Teaching Practice and Action Research
Presenters:
- Chris Carl HALE, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Communication and Language, English Language Teaching Practices Program
- Sakura HANAOKA, Graduate Student, Graduate School of Global Communication and Language, English Language Teaching Practices Program
- Saya TAKAHASHI, Graduate Student, Graduate School of Global Communication and Language, English Language Teaching Practices Program
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Collective Entrepreneurship as a Response to Complexity: Case Study of the Former Homeland QwaQwa, South Africa
Presenters:
- Shogo KUDO, Associate Professor, Global Studies Program
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Directional Asymmetry in Multi-Asset Heritage Circulation： Evidence from the Jomon Archaeological Sites
Presenters:
- Hideyuki NAKAGAWA, Professor, Global Business Program
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Sound Effects Cinema: Mid-1930s Japanese films and the surprising synthesis of silent and sound techniques
Presenters:
- Sean O’REILLY, Professor, Japan Studies Program
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Modelling Japanese firms’ dividend payout policies using new data
Presenters:
- Clinton WATKINS, Professor, Global Business Program
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Fall 2025 Research Showcase: Partner University Presenters
Impact of Hormonal Contraception on Vascular Function in Women
Presenters:
- Xenie BUDINSKA, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Masaryk University
- Zuzana NOVAKOVA, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Masaryk University
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Intratumoral heterogeneity of p53 and ATF4 activity in colon carcinomas
Presenters:
- Al?běta PUP?KOV?, Student at Department of Experimental biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, researcher at Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Zdeněk ANDRYSIK, Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University/Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado
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An investigation of the Factors affecting the Users’ Adoption of Social Media Technologies in Public Sector: Case of Egypt
Presenters:
- Safaa HUSSEIN, Associate Professor of Management, Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology
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Evaluating Online Learning Performance and Satisfaction of University Students throughout COVID 19 Pandemic: Evidence from Egypt
Presenters:
- Safaa HUSSEIN, Associate Professor of Management, Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology
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I Deserve More: Psychological Entitlement Hinders Frugal Resource Consumption and How to Fight It
Presenters:
- Alexandra POLYAKOVA, Assistant Professor, Toulouse Business School
- Camilla BARBAROSSA, Toulouse Business School
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Investigating strategies of specialist knowledge dissemination for pedagogical, translational and informational purposes: case studies from several media and genres
Presenters:
- Daniela CESIRI, Associate Professor, “Ca’ Foscari” University of Venice
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A Framework for Assessing Effectiveness of Adult Language Courses
Presenters:
- Tatiana GINZBURG, Dr., University of Latvia
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Transforming waste into high value carbon nanotubes via catalytic pyrolysis: Importance of catalyst design and operational conditions
Presenters:
- Wen Da OH, Associate Professor, School of Chemicals Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Bridging the Gap Between Beliefs and Practices: ESL Teachers’ Strategies in Fostering Learner Autonomy for Industry 4.0
Presenters:
- SHARINA SAAD, Senior Lecturer, Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kedah Branch
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Cura Personalis: Transposing Care Ethics
Presenters:
- Rica ANCHETA, Part-time faculty, Ateneo de Manila University
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Urban Political Ecology and Informal City: Using the Capabilities Approach in Co-Designing with Slum Communities
Presenters:
- Patrick Vance NOGOY, Assistant Professor, Ateneo de Manila University
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Discovering the Mechanisms of the Real Through Scientific and Indigenous Rationalities
Presenters:
- Agustin Martin G. RODRIGUEZ, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University
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From Awareness to Action: Engaging Grade School Students in Community Solutions for Coexistence with Philippine Giant Honeybees through Science Education
Presenters:
- Louise Marie C. TULAYBA, Science Coordinator, Ateneo de Manila University Grade School Department
- Marlon C. MORALEJO, Ateneo de Manila University Grade School Department – Science Teacher
- Christian A. VIERNES, Ateneo de Manila University Grade School Department – Science Teacher
- Ma. Andrea L. SORIANO, Ateneo de Manila University Grade School Department – Science Teacher
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Filipino Teachers’ Grit and Organizational Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Presenters:
- Jyro TRIVI?O, Assistant Professor IV, Ateneo de Manila University
- Moses MANALANG, Department Chair, Far Eastern University Cavite
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HR Analytics and the (de)humanization of work – a literature review
Presenters:
- Lena GRZESIAK, Assistant Professor, University of Lodz, Faculty of Management, Department of Human Resources Management
- Ma?gorzata STRIKER, Associate Professor, University of Lodz, Faculty of Management, Department of Human Resources Management
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Horizon Europe Program: Cooperation and Competition
Presenters:
- Yinshi WU, Assistant Professor, Fu Jen Catholic University
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Paws and Predictions: Interpreting Intraspecific Cat Social Interactions through Facial Signals
Presenters:
- Levi NEAL, Department of Biology, Lyon College
- Lauren SCOTT, School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center
- Gosia ZOBEL, EthicoNZ, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Brittany FLORKIEWICZ, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Lyon College
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Evaluating How Socio-Ecological Variability Influences Facial Signaling Behavior in Non-Human Primates
Presenters:
- Brittany FLORKIEWICZ, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Lyon College
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Biomedical Research in a Liberal Arts Setting: Local Efforts, Global Lessons
Presenters:
- Irosha N NAWARATHNE, Professor of Chemistry and Director of Undergraduate Research, Lyon College
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Doing Well by Doing Good?: A Study of the Survival Rates of Startup Benefit Corporations
Presenters:
- Peter STAPLES, Assistant Professor of Business and Economics, Lyon College
- Sajani SHARMA, Student, Lyon College
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Do Investors Value Firms’ Application of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology?
Presenters:
- Shensi WANG, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Lyon College
- Waymond RODGERS, Professor of Accounting, University of Texas at El Paso
- Aaron NELSON, Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Texas at El Paso
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