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Prepared for an invited talk in Kyoto (27 Aug 2013): エアロゾル学会・若手会,Topic:つながり

物質・エネルギーの多くを海外に依存する日本にとって、グローバルな視点を持った人材が重要です。研究型大学のミッションにおいても、世界規模の物質移動に対応できる教員や研究室が果たす役割は大きいです。

エアロゾル研究は、役立つ物と邪魔物の両者を扱う珍しい学問です。他分野との連携によって、さらなるユニークな発展も考えられます。

このユニークな領域が確立された時、海外から魅力的な人材が来日し、日本国内に居ながらも高度な交流の場が形成されます。海外で活躍できる日本人と日本で活躍できる外国人が増えることを望んでいます。

Japan relies heavily on foreign countries for the supply of many materials and energy. In order to “overcome” this dependence, it is important to have human resources with a global perspective. This is also true for research-intensive universities, which need to have faculty and research groups (labs) that can deal with global-scale material flows.

Aerosol research is a unique field that deals with both beneficial and harmful materials. By collaborating with other fields, it is possible to further develop this unique field.

When this unique field is established, it will attract talented people from overseas, and a high-level exchange will be formed even within Japan. I hope that this will lead to an increase in the number of Japanese people who can work overseas and the number of foreigners who can work in Japan.