Trauma Reporting Study Group Symposium Report:
“Toward Trauma‑Informed Journalism Practice”
2026.Mar.16
On 14 February 2026, the Trauma Reporting Research Group held a symposium titled “Toward Trauma‑Informed Journalism Practice” to mark the culmination of its five years of activities.
Report on the Trauma Reporting Study Group for 2025
2026.Mar.12
The Trauma Reporting Study Group concluded its five years of activity in the 2025 academic year, during which it held regular study sessions as well as a symposium. The Japanese translation of the first book we read, 'Trauma Reporting: A Journalist’s Guide to Covering Sensitive Stories' (UK) will be published by Iwanami Shoten in March 2026.
Report on the 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“Negotiating Masculinity in the Age of Algorithms”
2026.Mar.11
On March 9, 2026, the sixth BAIRAL research meeting for FY2025 was held online. Amanda Persson (Doctoral Student in Information Studies at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University, Sweden) gave a presentation titled “Negotiating Masculinity in the Age of Algorithms.”
Report on the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“Working with AI or AI-assisted? An experience of Frame analysis”
2026.Feb.10
On December 4, 2025, the fourth BAIRAL research meeting for FY2025 was held in a hybrid format. Dr. Hui-Wen Liu (Professor, Department of Communication, National Chengchi University, Taiwan) gave a presentation titled “Working with AI or AI-assisted? An experience of Frame analysis.”
Report on seminar series “Cross-Cultural Approaches to Desirable AI 2nd Edition”
2026.Feb.10
The seminar series "Cross-Cultural Approaches to Desirable AI 2nd Edition" was held over ten sessions from October 2025 to January 2026, as a collaborative initiative jointly organised by the B'AI Global Forum at the University of Tokyo, the University of Europe for Applied Sciences, the Center for Science and Thought at the University of Bonn, and the Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge.
Report on the 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“How We Judge Ations Toward Robots: Testing the Ethical Asymmetry Hypothesis”
2026.Jan.26
On January 8, 2026, the fifth BAIRAL research meeting for FY2025 was held online. Minyi Wang (PhD student, Human Interface Technology Lab, University of Canterbury) gave a presentation titled “How we judge actions toward robots: testing the ethical asymmetry hypothesis.”
B’AI Book Club Activity Updates for Fiscal Year 2025
2025.Sep.25
B’AI Global Forum hosts a book club where members read and discuss international works that critically examine AI, algorithms, and related information technologies.
Report on the 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“Reconsidering the Origin of AI in ‘Ethics by Design’”
2025.Sep.16
On September 2, 2025, the third BAIRAL research meeting for FY2025 was held online. Dr. H. Titilola OLOJEDE (Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the National Open University of Nigeria) gave a presentation titled "Reconsidering the Origin of AI in ‘Ethics by Design’."
Report on the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“AI Society Seen through Childhood Studies”
2025.Aug.15
On July 30, 2025, the second BAIRAL research meeting for FY2025 was held online. Dr. Xiao ZHOU (Assistant Professor, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba) gave a presentation titled “AI Society Seen through Childhood Studies.”