Recruitment Information for AY2027 Researchers

Fields within the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences

* WIAS seeks widely to recruit researchers who will undertake highly creative research projects that has the potential to identify issues for future investigation, and who will carve out new fields of study within the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences.

Researchers who satisfy either of the qualifications below (a. or b.) will be considered.

• a. Persons with a doctorate, preferably granted after April 1, 2017.
• b. Persons expecting to be granted their Doctorate by the time of their appointment.

Note: If you are unable to provide an official letter no later than one month prior to the date of your appointment, stating that your doctorate will be granted by the time of your appointment, your appointment will be revoked.

Waseda University is committed to enhancing diversity and inclusion. In all matters related to faculty recruitment and promotion, the University prohibits any form of discrimination on the basis of sex, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity, nationality, ethnicity, creed, and age.

Waseda University has been selected for one of the Top Global University Projects (TGU) instituted by the MEXT*, and is working on a project entitled: Waseda Goes Global—A Plan to Build a Worldwide Academic Network that is Open, Dynamic and Diverse. This project is aimed at accelerating efforts to realize the goals set forth in Waseda’s mid-to-long-term strategic plan called Waseda Vision 150. Efforts are being made to strengthen the model units in the TGU project and initiatives in the area of Carbon Neutrality, Life Science, and Data Science at Waseda University. These are highly valued internationally and form the core of this project. If your research theme covers aspects that are relevant to these areas, select the relevant model unit or discipline in the application form. Model units and fields of science are listed below. Research themes that are related to any of the model units or to the designated fields of science will be positively considered.

As a general rule, employment commences April 1, 2027.
For researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences, the employment period is three years from the starting date of employment, and is non-renewable (i.e., From April 1, 2027, to March 31, 2030, as a general rule).
Exception: For researchers in Natural Sciences, one-year reappointments are allowed up to a maximum extension of one year, if their research activities and achievements up to the end of their third year have been highly evaluated and are considered adequate. The maximum total period of employment at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, including the period of reappointment, is four years.

Note: There is an upper limit on the total length of fixed-term employment at Waseda University. This limit applies to those who have been working under fixed-term employment contracts concluded with Waseda University on or after April 1, 2013 (regardless of title or position) and with no lapse of employment for six months or longer at Waseda University before the time of appointment to WIAS. Therefore, the actual contract period may not be identical to the period of employment indicated above.