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Kyoto University management alumni welcome 11th doctoral cohort with AOM award-winning talk
The doctoral branch of Kyoto University's Graduate School of Management alumni association brought together 27 graduates and faculty on 26 September 2026 to welcome its 11th cohort.
Why it matters: Graduates and faculty of Kyoto University's Graduate School of Management, 27 in all, met to welcome the alumni association doctoral branch's 11th cohort.
Kyoto University said the doctoral programme branch of its Graduate School of Management alumni association held a welcome event and research exchange meeting for its 11th cohort on 26 September 2026 at the linkhub@ space in the International Science Innovation Building.
According to the university, 27 graduates and faculty members took part, including Tadashi Yamada, head of the management research division, and his predecessor Norio Sawabe.
The university said Ryoji Miyawaki, a ninth-cohort, third-year doctoral student, gave a talk on research that it reported had received a Best Paper award at the Academy of Management (AOM) 2026 Annual Meeting.
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Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
The 26 September gathering of 27 graduates and faculty marked the alumni doctoral branch's welcome of its 11th cohort and featured a talk by a current doctoral student on research the university reports won an AOM 2026 Best Paper award.
