Approximately every two years, conferences of the Society take place alternating between Germany and Japan. Previous conferences are listed below.
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No. 17 – 2024
- German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo.
- Societies at the Crossroads – Germany and Japan in Comparison
- Organizer: Prof. Dr. Carmen Schmidt, Prof. Dr. Claudia Derichs
No. 16-2022
- Sophia University, Tôkyô (held as virtual conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
- Sustainable societies
- Organizer: Prof. Dr. Carola Hommerich, Prof. Dr. Masato Kimura
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No. 15-2019
- University of Hamburg/ GIGA Hamburg
- The digital challenge in Germany and Japan in comparison: Opportunities, risks and digital cooperation. Symposium to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the GJSSS in 1989
- Organizer: Prof. Dr. Carmen Schmidt
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No. 14-2018
- Universität Osnabrück, Deutschland
- Crisis of democracy? Chances, risks, and challenges – A comparison between Japan (Asia) and Germany (Europe)
- Organizer: Prof. Dr. Carmen Schmidt
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No. 13-2015
- German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tôkyô
- Trust and risk in changing societies
- Organizers: Prof. Dr. Kobayashi Makoto, Prof. Dr. Carola Hommerich, Prof. Dr. Gisela Trommsdorff
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No. 12-2013
- Werner Reimers Stiftung, Bad Homburg, Deutschland
- Interdisciplinary aspects of well-being in changing societies
- Organizer: Prof. Dr. Gisela Trommsdorff
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No. 11-2010
- Hôsei University, Tôkyô
- Life course and life style in comparison
- Organizers: Prof. Dr. Tokuyasu, Prof. Dr. Kobayashi Makoto, Prof. Dr. Mori Mototaka
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No. 10-2008
- Universität Osnabrueck and Volkshochschule Osnabrueck
- Quality of life and working life in comparison
- Organizer: Prof. Dr. Gyoergy Széll
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No. 9-2006
- University of Kanazawa
- Socio-cultural transformation in the 21st Century? Risks and challenges of social change
- Organizers: Prof. Dr. Kuzune Shigekazu, Prof. Dr. Nishijima Yoshinori, Prof. Dr. Adachi Hidehiko
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No. 8-2004
- University of Hildesheim
- Culture and development in Japan and Germany
- Organizer: Prof. Dr. Hede Helfrich-Hölter
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No. 7-2002
- Musashi Institute of Technology, Yokohama
- Environment in natural and socio-cultural context
- Organizer: Prof. Dr. Tominga Ken‘ichi
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No. 6-2000
- University of Kassel
- Meeting the challenges of the 21st century
- Organizer: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Teichler
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No. 5-1998
- Waseda University, Tôkyô
- Structure and change of social stratification in Japan and Germany: The last decade of the 20th century
- Organizer: Prof. Dr. Mori Mototaka
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No. 4-1996
- University of Konstanz
- 4th meeting of the GJSSS
- Organizer: Prof. Dr. Gisela Trommsdorff
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No. 3-1994
- Kansai University, Ôsaka
- 3rd meeting of the GJSSS
- Organizers: Prof. Dr. Nakajima Iwao, Prof. Dr. Kamiya Kunihiro
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No. 2-1992
- Saarland University
- 2nd meeting of the GJSSS
- Organizer: Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Kornadt
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No. 1-1990
- Keiô University, Tôkyô
- Der Beitrag Deutsch-Japanischer Kooperation zur Entwicklung der Sozialwissenschaften
- Organizer: Prof. Dr. Namiki Hiroshi