Japan Foundation Fellow Seminar: Young Social Entrepreneurs' Communities in the UK and Japan: On the Role of Hubs, Intermediaries and University Courses
“The age of the so-called “hero social entrepreneur” is over: we have entered the era of Internet-powered, collaborative innovation and change making.” - Dr. Tuukka Toivonen, 2011 Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellow and Director of MA in Social Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London, will give a lecture on latest social innovation communities in the UK and Japan.
| Date & Time | Thursday, April 3, 2014 6:30 p.m. ~ 8:00 p.m. |
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| Venue | JFIC Space “KEYAKI” The Japan Foundation 2F Address: 4-4-1 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Access Tel. +81-(0)3-5369-6071 |
| Speaker | Tuukka Toivonen （Ph. D.) Director, MA in Social Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London Research fellow, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford 2011 Japan Foundation Fellow Publications: Toivonen, Tuukka (2013). Japan’s Emerging Youth Policy: Getting Young Adults Back to Work. Abingdon: Routledge. Goodman, Roger, Imoto, Yuki & Toivonen, Tuukka, eds. (2012). A Sociology of Japanese Youth: From Returnees to NEETs. Abingdon: Routledge. Toivonen, Tuukka (2012). Wochi Kochi Magazine. “Japanese Youth after 3.11: From Underdogs to Change-makers? ”. The Japan Foundation. |
| Language | The presentation will be given in English, but questions in a Q&A session can be either in English or Japanese. |
| Registration | To sign up, please E-mail (oca＠jpf.go.jp) us. Admission free. (When sending an e-mail, please enter a half-width character "@" instead of a full-width character "＠."). |
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