HeKKSaGOn German-Japanese University Alliance

The HeKKSaGOn German-Japanese University Alliance, a Japan-Germany university consortium, was established at the recommendation of Germany, and its first meeting was held in Heidelberg in July 2010. Since then, the presidents of the member universities have met alternately every one and a half years to discuss student/researcher exchanges, joint programs, and more.

The consortium was named HeKKSaGOn, which is an acronym coined from the letters that make up the names of the member universities: Heidelberg University, Kyoto University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Tohoku University (in Sendai), the University of Göttingen, and Osaka University.

Website: http://www.hekksagon.net/

HeKKSaGOn Activities

Presidential Conferences

*For information on other events and workshops, visit the HeKKSaGOn website at: https://www.hekksagon.net/58.php

Research Projects (July 2024 to October 2027)

The following three priority areas were identified at the Presidential Conference in September 2023.

1. Transcultural Studies and the Transformation of Societies
2. Data Science, Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence
3. Life Science, Medicine and Changing Environments

HeKKSaGOn Joint Projects

Based on the priority areas, the following six projects were selected.

The following links will take you to the HeKKSaGOn website.

1. Innovative biostatistical methods for complex medical data
2. Math-Empowered Design of New Biomaterials Contributing to Life Science and Medicine
3. Novel Neural Network Architectures for Wearable Biosignals
4. Displacement and Detention in History and Historical Memory: Germany and Japan in Comparative and Transcultural Perspective
5. ECLIPSE – Edu-larp for Climate Learning and Innovative Practices in Sustainable Education
6. Digital Solutions for Aging Societies: Harnessing AI and Robotics for Personalized Assistance

OU researchers served as lead coordinators for Pojects 1 and 2.