The Global Negotiation Symposium is a chance for JUEMUN Faculty Advisors and other interested teachers and professors to share best practices and present on teaching skills needed for student success in Model United Nation conferences and related situations.
The 1st Global Negotiation Symposium with the theme of “Global Negotiation as a 21st Century Skill” was held during JUEMUN 2017 at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies and featured the following presentations:
- Lori Zenuk-Nishide, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies – What is JUEMUN?
- Andrea Paul, Monash University – Negotiation in Practice
- Michiko Kuroda, Mercy College – Successful Negotiation for Cooperation
- Jay Klaphake, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies – Ten Lessons for Being a Better Negotiator
- Barley Mak, Chinese University of Hong Kong – Developing negotiation and writing skills through wikis in Hong Kong
- Robert Joel Deacon, Nagoya University – The Evolving Argument: Academic Confrontation and Negotiation
- (Webinar) Letizia Cinganotto, Italian Research Institute for Innovation – Debate in the “Avanguardie Educative” Project
- Noriko Nakanishi, Shuet Ying Tam, Anthony Torbert, Yukie Kikukawa, Kobe Gakuin University – The challenges to overcoming the “inward tendencies” of Japanese through study abroad programs
- Donna Tatsuki, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies – Negotiating in ELF: The Case for Native-Speaker Training
- J. Barrie Roberts, Chapman University, Fowler School of Law – Getting to “Yes” as a Second Language
- David Kluge, Nanzan University – Non-confrontational Debate: Debate Skills for Collaborative Communication
- Tsuyoshi Kida, Tsukuba University – From Global Negotiation Skills to Earth Literacy
- Craig Smith, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Community Engagement Projects: Negotiating Staff-Student-Faculty Consensus
The 2nd Global Negotiation Symposium was held during JUEMUN 2018 at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies and featured the following presentations:
- Michiko Kuroda, Mercy College – MUNs for University Students: Merits and Challenges
- Mbilo Boliko, UNFAO Tokyo Office; Kazuhide Kuroda, Doshisha University; Takaaki Miyaguchi, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies; Laura-Anca Parepa, University of Tsukuba – Negotiating the UN SDG 2 throughout the Coming Years
- Thomas Weiler, University of Westphalia – Germany at the United Nations: Negotiating a Permanent Seat at Security Council
- Gavan Gray, Tsuda University – Negotiation and Simulation-Gaming in Curriculum Development
The 3rd Global Negotiation Symposium with the theme of “Best Practices in MUN Simulations” was held during JUEMUN 2019 at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies and featured the following presentations:
- Akiko Taguchi, Director for International Labour Organization, Tokyo Office – Q&A Roundtable
- Miwa Ueda, PhD Student, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies – Learner Autonomy in EFL: A MUN Perspective
- Lori Zenuk-Nishide, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies – KASA and Self-efficacy through JUEMUN
- Neil Cowie, Okayama University – The role of digital technology in MUN events
- Yuko Ikuta & Yuko Kitamura, Bunkyo University – Promoting the awareness towards English as a lingua franca and intercultural sensitivity through JUEMUN: A case of Bunkyo University students
- Fan Ran, PhD Student, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies – Presentations: Mediocre Made Great
- Donna Tatsuki, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies – A Taste of MUN: Mini-Workshops for Newcomers
- Brent Jones, Konan University – Project-Based Learning for EFL Learners
- Donna Tatsuki & Lori Zenuk-Nishide, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies – Flipped Classrooms and Model UN Simulations
- Tom Fast, Notre Dame Seishin University – Acquiring Global Competence via the Model UN
- Takako Yamane – Introducing Parliamentary Debate to High School Classes
The 4th Global Negotiation Symposium with the theme of “Engaging Ideas from the Model UN Community” was held during JUEMUN 2022 at Notre Dame Seishin University and featured the following presentations:
- Thomas Weiler, University of Applied Science for Police and Public Administration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia / University of Bonn – Russia and Ukraine – A Common Decisive Response?
- Tom Fast, Notre Dame Seishin University – UNESCO Story Circles for Building Intercultural Competencies
- Ryoichi Kontani, Notre Dame Seishin University – Excavating the Archaeological Site of Kültepe in Turkey
- Hitoshi Narikyo, Notre Dame Seishin University – Towards the Implementation of the Historic Urban Landscape Approach: A New Challenge in Kurashiki
- Neil Cowie, Okayama University – Technology trends in language education in Japan
- Brent Jones, Konan University – Engaging Students in Oral Histories Projects
- Yuko Ikuta, Bunkyo University / Keiji Fujimura, Aichi Institute of Technology / Naomi Fujishima, Okayama University / Brent Jones, Konan University – How an Intercollegiate Online Conference can Impact Student Learning
- Yumi Matsuda, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies – UNICEF and its Global Mission
- Donna Tatsuki & Lori Zenuk-Nishide, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies – Model United Nations Simulations and English as a Lingua Franca: New Perspectives on Best Practices
- Samuel Nfor, Seitoku University – Intra-linguistic Mediation within the Context of Model United Nations
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