The Japanese team will take an initiative and conduct research abroad. The partner institutions for international collaborations are:

1. The Academy of Finland’s Center for Excellence, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki (with Sami Pihlström as the lead researcher);
2. Institute for Legal and Philosophical sciences, University, Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, Paris 1st University (with Sandra Laugier as the lead researcher);
3. UCL Institute of Education (with Paul Standish as lead researcher).

In relation to the theme of “religion and recognition,” the University of Helsinki will analyse issues in equity, disequilibrium and recognition and their implications for religious and political education (from the perspectives of the disciplines of philosophy, religious studies and literature).

In relation to the theme of “care ethics and curriculum for citizenship education,” Paris 1st University will examine the feminine voice as a source of transformation in political education, with practical implications for citizenship education (from the perspectives of the disciplines of philosophy, sociology, ethics of care, and feminist studies).

In relation to the theme of “the creation of space for aesthetic judgment in education,” UCL Institute of Education will explore concrete implications of an alternative education, with reference to:

1. the creation of space for aesthetic judgment in criteria and assessment;
2. an experimental curriculum for the cultivation of political sensibility;
3. language education for the recovery of political voice (from the perspectives of philosophy, philosophy of education and aesthetics).