Ruralia Institute has a cooperation agreement with Hirosaki University situated in Aomori prefecture in the most northern part of Japanese main island Honsu. Our Japanese colleagues have visited us more than ten times. Researchers of Ruralia Institute have also been in Hirosaki numerous times. We have participated in conferences and seminars together and published some joint papers now and then. In the spring of 2014, I was made an interesting offer by Professors Carpenter and Koyata. They would like to see me teaching an intensive course on European integration at the Faculty of Humanities in the department of international society. Continue reading →