• Overview of the event
• About application
• Entry deadline: noon on Friday, August 4, 2023
• Paper Submission Deadline: October 24, 2023 (Thursday) noon
• Flow after submission
• Main schedule (updated from time to time)

Overview of the 19th Policy Research Exchange Conference from Kyoto

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　In the 19th competition, the number of breakout sessions will be increased by one to hold 10 breakout sessions, in order to increase the opportunities for applicants to make presentations and to further enliven the competition and lead to more active activities.

The theme of the presentation was “urban policy in general.” Research presentations will be made on policies to solve the issues faced by cities from the perspective of a wide range of fields, including the environment, economy, culture, community, and welfare.

Going beyond the boundaries of universities and departments and seeing various presentations may be a good stimulus for future research. On the day of the competition, in addition to presentations, the student executive committee of this competition will also carry out a project that students can enjoy.

Also, after the competition, all presenters will be sent a grade report with their scores and comments from the judges, as well as a comment sheet from the attendees of the subcommittee. Furthermore, after the competition, the winners of the top prizes will be able to deepen their research by setting up a forum for exchanging opinions with administrative officials related to the content of their presentations.

Would you like to present the results of your daily research and learning at this conference?

We are looking forward to your application!

Presentation format on the day: Oral presentation

After submitting a thesis in advance and undergoing the presenter qualification screening and thesis screening, you will be asked to make an oral presentation on the day of the conference.
　Presentation time is 25 minutes, including 15 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for Q&A.

■Awards

Papers and oral presentations will be comprehensively reviewed, and excellent presenters will be awarded Research Encouragement Awards.

*Examination guidelines will be posted in late September.

About application

◆ Please be sure to check the application guidelines before applying.

Application Guidelines (PDF)

■Eligibility

Undergraduate/junior college students

from member schools of the Consortium of Universities Kyoto (both individuals and groups are acceptable) .

*Please make sure that the above qualifications perform the administrative procedures related to the competition, such as entries and submission of papers.

■ Application method

Step 1 Entry　(deadline: noon on Friday, August 4, 2023)

Please enter using the form below.

Step 2 Submission of thesis　(deadline: 12:00 noon, Tuesday, October 24, 2023)

Enter the reference number and necessary information given in step 1, and upload the thesis converted to a PDF file and the thesis format checklist (the dedicated form for thesis submission will be released in early July). Submission by email is not allowed.

For those who are considering applying, a briefing video will be released at the end of June.

In this video, you can see an overview of this competition, as well as research surveys and how to write papers from the competition judges. In addition, we will post the presentations of the groups that won both the University Consortium Chairman’s Award and the Japan Society for Policy Studies Award last year, so please refer to them.

Step 1 Entry By 12:00 noon on Friday, August 4, 2023

Please click the button below to proceed to the entry form.

*After the entry is completed, we will inform you of the reference number necessary for submitting the paper in step 2 by an automatic reply email. If you do not receive an email, please check your spam folder and contact us.
*Entries will not be accepted after the deadline, so please apply well in advance of the deadline.

Step 2 Submission of thesis By 12:00 noon on Thursday, October 24, 2023

A special form for submitting papers will be released in early July.
Please be sure to create it according to the following specifications and submit the two types after converting to a PDF file.

Presentation paper preparation guidelines (PDF)
Presentation paper template (Word)
Paper format checklist (Excel)

Flow after submission

Submitted papers will be screened for presenter eligibility, and in mid-November, we will notify you of your eligibility to present to the email address you entered in the application form.

◇◇About thesis◇◇

• If the manuscript is not prepared in the format specified, it may be judged as unqualified in the presenter qualification screening or may be subject to deduction of points in the thesis screening.
• Submitted thesis will be subject to thesis review.
• Please note that oral presenters’ papers will be published as data on this website as a collection of papers.
• The papers presented by the winners of the Research Encouragement Award (excluding the Best Question Award) and the PowerPoint data used in the oral presentations on the day will be posted on this website and the “Gakumachi Station” portal site for university/regional collaboration after the competition. (We will confirm the posting individually).

Reference: Click here for the paper and oral presentation PowerPoint of the 18th Annual Conference Research Encouragement Award

Main schedule (updated from time to time)