The International Scientific Seminar "JAPANESE SOCIETY: SOURCES - HISTORY – MODERN TIMES" (日本 社会: 起源 · 史学 · 現代) will be held on 17 May, 2018 at the Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University in Ukraine.
Organised by the Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University Institute of Philology, Department of Oriental Languages and Translation with information support of Embassy of Japan in Ukraine, the seminar will focus on sources and factors of Japanese society formation: worldview, morality, culture. More...

Nowadays, Social Innovation is an area where more and more academics and practitioners dedicate themselves and dedicate their interest. The development of the area has been such that it has moved on to a new phase of creation of Impact Communities, spaces where local people gather together to contribute to the territory development.
What are the strategies for creating, managing and disseminating knowledge in/of Impact Communities? What are the strategies of internal transfer of knowledge? How do territories benefit from this knowledge, by becoming Smart Territories as a result? What role for Media and Information and Communication Technologies. More...

The Council of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) representing a forward-looking, diverse, and open community of more than 2,000 employees and more than 10,000 students, is announcing a competition for the position of University Rector for a five-year term of office.
Electronically signed documents can be submitted by email to rektoriaus.rinkimai@ktu.lt; paper documents can be delivered in person or sent by registered mail to the Document Management and Administration Office of KTU at K. Donelaičio street 73, room 112, 44249 Kaunas.
Applicants must submit their applications in accordance with the Guidelines for the Rector Election of KTU. Applications are accepted until 30 march 2018, 15.45 p.m. More...