Waseda Institute for Advanced Studies (WIAS) hosted an event entitled “University-Based Institutes for Advanced Studies (UBIAS) Intercontinental Academia Waseda Workshop In Search of Interdisciplinary Dialogue” on March 14. UBIAS is an organization which was established for the purpose of promoting international research exchange. From 36 institutions worldwide, 13 young up-and-coming researchers came to Waseda, and with researchers from WIAS, participants engaged in a discussion regarding the concept of time from an interdisciplinary perspective. 
Following the lectures by WIAS’ Assistant Professors Yu Tahara, Ryota Akiyoshi, and Masashi Abe and a luncheon, the participants folded and flew paper planes to form random discussion groups. This was an experimental approach to understand how international research topics develop through serendipitous coincidence and the value of sharing ideas globally. Participants couldn’t help but smile at this fun experiment, bringing them back to their childhood.
For researchers with different specializations to collaborate on research involving multiple discussions requires enough accumulated time. We hope this event will trigger a new international research cooperative.
