EEAS: Euro-Asia Artificial Intelligence and Society

Aligning three nations to pioneer the framework for Ethical and Socially-Driven Tech!
International, Partnerships, Research
This Trilateral research initiative bridges Nation Taiwan University, Université Grenoble Alpes and University of Tsukuba to revolutionize social acceptance of digital technology. Their mission: studying the hurdles in the process of social acceptance of digital technology by comparing Japan, Taiwan, and France.
EAAS (Advancing European and East Asian humanistic-scientific cross-cutting research in AI and Society) is a strategic research collaboration between College of Social Sciences, H3S Faculty (Humanities, Health, Sport, Society), and Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences. Launched in 2025 as a laureate of the NTU-UGA-UT Trilateral Center, this project investigates the relationship between Artificial intelligence and society from multiple perspectives, with a fundamental perspective of the humanities and social sciences.

By pooling their expertise in Social sciences, they are conducting empirical research focusing on issues such as legal restrictions on the introduction of digital technology and the general public's sense of anxiety toward digital technology.

Together, they are not just conducting research; they are building the scalable frameworks needed for a more harmonious and human-centric digital future.

Tangible Results

The most tangible result of this program is that we have identified a double degree Ph.D. Candidate for UT/UGA. We have also been able to provide concrete exchange between students at the graduate level for academic cooperation, that have the potential to build new bridges between all universities involved. However as this is a first step, continuing building these opportunities is essential.

Testimonials from principal investigators 

Bennett FU
I have been able to bridge and bond with many graduate students and researchers from the University of Tsukuba and Université Grenoble Alpes and observe/understand the architecture of this program. As the director of the new master’s program in Leadership and Management at the School of Political Science and Economics, I will implement the cross-disciplinary research to the curriculum of this new program with students and faculty participating in the trilateral collaboration.

Bennett FU
Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the School of Political Science and Economics (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
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Florian Barrière
We are now preparing the way for the double degree Ph.D. Candidate from UT that has been facilitated through our project. We would like to think of this as a first step in our joint collaboration.

Florian BARRIERE
Professor, H3S Faculty (Humanities, Health, Sport, Society) / Litt&Arts Laboratory (Université Grenoble Alpes, France)
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Hidehiro Yamammoto
The success in identifying the double degree Ph.D. Candidate for UT/UGA has been most the most fruitful benefit from this endeavor.

Hidehiro YAMAMOTO
Professor, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (University of Tsukuba, Japan)




 
Updated on  April 28, 2026