Bridging Europe and Japan in Science and Technology
JEUPISTE — the Japan-EU Partnership in Innovation, Science and Technology — is a cooperation initiative connecting European and Japanese researchers, institutions and funders across shared scientific and societal priorities. It supports Horizon 2020 and equivalent Japanese programmes through workshops, information days, bilateral events and project-management training for research organisations on both sides.
Europe and Japan share common values and face comparable challenges. JEUPISTE focuses its work on a defined set of themes:
- ICT and advanced materials
- Biotechnology and health
- Clean energy and energy security
- Demographic change and well-being
- Innovation in SMEs
Two Research Strands in Focus
Climate and sustainable development. The EU-funded CD-LINKS project, active under the JEUPISTE umbrella, targets four goals: linking climate-change policy to sustainable-development objectives; presenting evidence on policy effectiveness through past and current case studies; building a cross-institutional European research network; and developing a pathway toward a low-carbon future. Cross-referencing results between European and Japanese partners strengthens findings and draws in Japanese stakeholders.
Soil science. PROTINUS — Providing New Insight into Interactions between Soil Functions and Structure — brings together a multidisciplinary team from universities and private companies in Europe, Japan, Mexico and New Zealand. Working in four stages (best-practice survey, stakeholder-role mapping, new-methodology formation, and outcome assessment), the project analyses soil structure and function through model testing, with direct implications for agricultural and land-management practice.
