Works and Honors

Books

[ Note: the language of each work is coded by color and font: black italics = Dutch; bold red = Japanese; bold blue = English; and regular green = other languages. ]

Nagelaten sonnetten. Antwerp: Manteau, 1999.
Het zwijgen van de dichter. Ghent: Druksel, 2001.
Blanke verzen. Tielt: Lannoo, 2001.
De boeke-kas. Waartoe zo veel?. Ghent: Druksel, 2002.
Buigzaamheden. Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 2002.
Monkey business. Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 2003.
Het bloembed van de werkelijkheid. Ghent: Druksel, 2004.
Tegenvoetig, tweebenig. Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 2004.
Splash. Nijmegen: Vantilt, 2005.
Anophelia! De mug leeft. Amsterdam: Meulenhoff|Manteau, 2007.
Ik, systeem, de werkelijkheid. (with Leo Vroman and visual work by Jus Juchtmans) Ghent: Druksel, 2007.
Vloeistof en welvaart. Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 2008.
Lied van het meer. (Radiobook) Brussel: DeBuren, 2008.
あたまがないへび (Addertje zonder kop) Ghent: Druksel, 2009.
Zwelgen wij denkend rond. (with Leo Vroman) Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 2009.
Three Poems. (with 27 + 3 drawings by Johan Velter) Reading: JOUGA, 2010.
Stemvork. (with Arnoud van Adrichem) Utrecht: IJzer, 2010.
Truths of Stone (Waarheden van steen) (with Michael Palmer and visual work by Nicolas Leus) Ghent: Druksel, 2010.
The Anatomy of Bias: How Neural Circuits Weigh the Options. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2010.
De smaak van het geluid van het hart. Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 2011.
Hemelsblauw. Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 2011.
馬を野に放つ (Een paard vrijlaten in het veld) (with Kiwao Nomura and visual work by Kris Martin) Ghent: Druksel, 2011.
Shoaling Things (Naar de ondiepte) (with Arkadii Dragomoshchenko and visual work by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven) Ghent: Druksel, 2011.
Baudelaise. (in French, with Shoichiro Iwakiri and visual work by Elly Strik). Ghent: Druksel, 2012.
De willekeur. Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 2012.
Brain and the Gaze: On the Active Boundaries of Vision. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2012.
Oorschelp. (with drawings by Bart Baele) Middelburg: Stichting CBK Zeeland (De Slibreeks nr. 144), 2013.
Theorie van de rondworm. Amsterdam: Koppernik, 2015.
Monkey Business. (translated to German by Helga van Beuningen) Frankfurt: Axel Dielmann Verlag, 2015.
Nouvelle. Amsterdam: Koppernik, 2015.
Het riool. (with Arnoud van Adrichem) Utrecht: IJzer, 2016.
Iets in ons boog diep. Amsterdam: Koppernik, 2016.
Rethinking the Three R's in Animal Research: Replacement, Reduction, Refinement. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
Zus. Antwerp: Polis, 2018.
Monkey business. (revised edition) Amsterdam: Koppernik, 2020.
Gehuwde rotsen. Amsterdam: Koppernik, 2021.
松. (Pijnboomheuvel) (with photographs by Tomohiro Hanada) Fukuoka: Casa Miki, 2022.
Zombie zoekt zielgeno(o)t. Amsterdam: Koppernik, 2023.

[ For a list of scientific research outputs, see here. ]

[ For more information on the main works, check the links below the book covers. ]

Brain and the Gaze

The Anatomy of Bias

Monkey business

Iets in ons boog diep ("Something Inside Us Bowed Low")

Gehuwde rotsen

(link in Dutch only)

Hemelsblauw
(book of poetry awarded the VSB Poetry Prize)

Honors

Prizes

2nd Prize Germania's interuniversity poetry competition, Leuven, 1993 (250 euros). For: the poems 'Traumdeutung', 'Endjaarsfeesten' and 'Seniel sonnet'
3rd Prize WeL essay, Leuven, 1995. For: 'Als ik heksen kon hekste ik. Bij een gedicht van Chr. van Geel'
Nomination C. Buddingh' Prize for New Dutch Poetry, 1999. For: Nagelaten sonnetten
Laureate Hugues C. Pernath Prize, 2003 (4,000 euros). For: Buigzaamheden
Merit Award for Excellence in Research (NZ$ 3,500), Victoria University of Wellington, 2004
New Researcher’s Achievement Award (NZ$ 3,000), Victoria University of Wellington, 2004
Nomination of the triennial Flemish Culture Prize for Criticism and Essay, 2007. For: Splash. Lyrical suite on biology, ritual and poetry
Laureate VSB Poetry Prize, 2012 (25,000 euros). For: Hemelsblauw
Nomination Herman de Coninck Prize, 2012. For: Hemelsblauw
Longlist Libris Literature Prize, 2017. For: Iets in ons boog diep
Nomination LangZullenWeLezen Prize, 2018. For: Zus
Nomination Paul Snoek Prize, 2019. For: Zus
Nomination Karel van de Woestijne Prize, 2020. For: Zus

Grants

Graduate Fellowship (4 years, 60,000 Belgian francs per month), Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research, at University of Leuven, 1994 (Sponsor: Géry d’Ydewalle)
Research Fellowship (3 years, 360,000 yen per month), Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, at Juntendo University, 1998 (Sponsor: Okihide Hikosaka)
Publication premium in the poetry category (2,000 euros), Flemish Literature Fund, 2000
Stimulation grant in the poetry category (2,500 euros), Flemish Literature Fund, 2001
Work grant in the poetry category (10,750 euros), Flemish Literature Fund, 2002
Visiting Fellowship (2 years, 42,000 US dollars per year), U.S. National Institutes of Health, 2002 (Sponsor: Okihide Hikosaka)
Work grant in the poetry category (EUR 13,050), Flemish Literature Fund, 2003
Research Grant (3 years, NZ$ 43,630) from the Neurological Foundation of New Zealand, “A rodent model of reward-oriented response bias,” 2003 (Principal Investigator: Johan Lauwereyns; Co-Investigators: Susan Schenk, David N. Harper)
Travel grant (2,000 euro), Flemish Literature Fund, 2004. Belgian participant in 4th European First Novel Festival, in Budapest, Hungary
Work grant for literary authors, categories of prose and poetry (13,050 euros), Flemish Literature Fund, 2004
Research grant (2 years, NZ$ 140,000) from Marsden Fund, Royal Society of New Zealand, “Dopamine receptor contributions to the implementation of reward value during the control of action,” 2004 (Principal Investigator: Johan Lauwereyns)
Travel grant (600 euros), Flemish Literature Fund, 2004. Belgian participant in Brisbane Writers Festival and Queensland Poetry Festival – refused for personal reasons
Writing grant (5,000 euros) for Hersenkronkels, Children's Theatre, Flemish Community, 2004
Translation and travel support (15,000 NZ$) for The Revolver Project, Creative New Zealand, 2004
Project grant (2,600 NZ$) for Landscape with Rowers: Workshop Dutch Literature, Royal Embassy of The Netherlands, Wellington, New Zealand, 2006
Project grant (1,200 NZ$) for Landscape with Rowers: Workshop Dutch Literature, New Zealand Netherlands Foundation, Auckland/Wellington, New Zealand, 2006
Invitation Fellowship (3,980,000 yen), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2008 (Sponsor: Minoru Tsukada)
Research grant (3 years, US$ 1,200,000) from Human Frontier Science Program, “Deliberative decision-making in rats,” 2010 (Principal Investigator: A.D. Redish; Co-Investigators: Ichiro Tsuda, Emma Wood, Paul Dudchenko, Johan Lauwereyns)
Writing grant (3,500 euros) for De smaak van het geluid van het hart, Flemish Literature Fund, 2011
Travel grant (2,500 euros), Flemish Literature Fund, 2011
Research grant (2 years, 10,000,000 yen) from Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology) Japan (section Public Participation Research in “The study on the neural dynamics for understanding communication in terms of complex hetero systems,” managed by Tsuda, I.), “Hippocampal mechanisms in rats for spatial coding of self and others,” 2012 (Principal Investigator: Johan Lauwereyns)
Research grant (3 years, 16,500,000 yen) from Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, KAKENHI, Kiban-B, “The role of visual attention in evaluative decision-making,” 2016 (Principal Investigator: Johan Lauwereyns; co-investigators: Kobayashi, S., Matsuda, T., Takahashi, M.)
Research grant (2 years, 9,000,000 yen) from Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand, “Behavioral and neurophysiological methods to evaluate the living space design for elderly occupants,” 2017 (Principal Investigator: Satoshi Muraki; co-investigators: Lauwereyns, J.)
Research grant (2 years, 1,000,000 yen) from Japan Science and Technology Agency, hosted through Kyushu University, QFC-SP (Kyushu Future Creators in Science Program), on “cognitive mechanisms of evaluative decision-making,” 2018 (Principal Investigator: Johan Lauwereyns)
Invitation fellowship (5,000 Australian dollars) from the Faculty of Arts, Monash University, 2019 (Sponsor: A. Clulow)
Travel grant (800 euros), ArtsFlanders Japan, 2019
Research grant (1 year, 350,000 yen) from Japan Science and Technology Agency, hosted through Tamagawa University, Brain Science Institute, Social Neuroscience Research Center, for a collaborative project with Masamichi Sakagami on “the affective value of dopamine prediction error,” 2019 (Principal Investigator: Johan Lauwereyns)
Project grant (2 years, 4,800,000 yen) from Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO), “Collaborative Online Onsite Learning on Social and Environmental Sustainability,” 2024 (Principal Educator: Johan Lauwereyns)

Titles

Undergraduate Student in the Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, October 1989 - July 1994; License degree (equivalent to Master's degree) received: July 1994, Thesis: “The efficiency of knowledge extraction via eye movement recording as a solution to the problem of implicit knowledge”, Supervisor: Géry d’Ydewalle
Research Intern, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 1993 – December 1993
Ph.D. Student in the Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Belgium; concurrently Aspirant, Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research, October 1994 – September 1998; Doctoral degree received: 23 February 1998, Thesis: “The intentionality of visual selective attention”, Supervisor: Géry d’Ydewalle
Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A., August 1996 – September 1997
Research Fellow, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, October 1998 – March 2001
Instructor, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, April 2001 – February 2002
Visiting Fellow, National Eye Institute, U.S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A., March 2002 – January 2003
Lecturer, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, February 2003 – December 2004
Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, January 2005 – December 2008
Member of the Animal Ethics Committee, Victoria University of Wellington, 2005 – 2007
Member of New Zealand Animal Ethics Approval Committee for Schools, through Royal Society of New Zealand, 2005 – 2007
Human Resources Manager for technical staff, School of Psychology, Victoria University Wellington, 2007 - 2010
Kernredactielid [Member of the Editorial Board], Dietsche Warande & Belfort, 2007 - 2012
Visiting Scholar, Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan, June 2008 – April 2009
Academic Editor, PLoS One, 2008 - 2013
Associate Professor (tenured), School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, January 2009 – January 2010
Professor (fixed term), Global 30 Project, International Education Center, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, January 2010 – June 2013
Adjunct Research Associate, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, January 2010 – January 2013
Section Editor for Psychology, PLoS One, 2010 - 2013
Director of the International Program, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, 2010 - 2017
Adjunct Research Associate, Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan, January 2011 – …
Professor (tenured), Faculty of Arts and Science, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, July 2013 – ...
Redactieraadslid [Member of the Advisory Board], Dietsche Warande & Belfort, 2013 - …
Section Chief, Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, 2015 - 2016, 2020 - 2021
Review Editor, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 2016 - …
Member of the Editorial Board, Cognitive Neurodynamics, 2017 - …
Professor, Faculty of Arts and Science, School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, April 2018 - …
Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, March 2019
Vice-Dean, School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation, Kyushu University, 2020 - …
Head of the International Office, School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation, Kyushu University, 2020 - …
Handling Editor, Cognitive Processing, 2020 - 2022
Vice-President, 副理事 (international affairs), Kyushu University, 2020 - 2022
Senior Vice-President, 副学長 (international affairs), Kyushu University, 2022 - …
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology: Eating Behavior, 2022 - …

Invited lectures, talks, performances

"The role of perceptual organization in visual search." Invited talk, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, U.S.A., April 1996
"The role of perceptual organization in visual search." Invited talk, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A., April 1996
"Effects of real-world scenes on the control of visual-spatial attention." Invited talk, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A., December 1996
"Effects of real-world scenes on the control of visual-spatial attention." Invited talk, Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, U.S.A., February 1997
"Stroop-like interference in primate prefrontal neurons." Invited talk, School of Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, September 1999
Het Andere Boek, Zuiderpershuis, Antwerp, Belgium, September 1999
"Stimulus-response compatibility as a function of neural overlap." Invited talk, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, December 2001
"A neural correlate of response bias in primate caudate nucleus." Invited talk, Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan, February 2002
"Ways of Seeing." Invited lecture for Art Science Technology. Rinascimento/ Nascimento. Symposium. Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde. Ghent, Belgium, May 2002
"The dynamics of reward-oriented response bias in monkey caudate nucleus." Invited talk, VIIth Tamagawa Dynamic Brain Forum, Visegrad, Hungary, September 2002
"A neural mechanism of response bias." Invited talk, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, October 2002
Wildgroei. Perdu, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2003
Crosstalk between on- and off-line processing of visual features. Invited talk, Department of Psychology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, June 2003
Poetry International. Invited poet, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2003
Crosstalk between on- and off-line processing of visual features. Invited talk, Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan, June 2003
De Nachten, DeSingel, Antwerp, Belgium, January 2004
Reading with Remco Campert, Kasteel Walburg, Cultureel Centrum Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, February 2004
"De ziel van het dier," Literary salon with David Van Reybrouck, Het Beschrijf, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussels, Belgium, February 2004
"Neural mechanisms of goal-oriented behavior in humans, monkeys and rats." Invited talk, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, February 2004
Literary salon with Arjan Visser, Spinoza-huis, Budapest, Hungary, April 2004
European First Novel Festival, Budapest, Hungary, April 2004
"Dopamine contributions to reward-oriented behaviour." Invited talk, 56th Scientific Meeting of the Wellington Health and Biomedical Research Society, Keneperu, New Zealand, September 2004
"Hersenkronkels." Theater for children (> 10 years of age) with Inne Goris and Roel Verniers, based on a text by Jan Lauwereyns. Production: Villanella. Arenbergschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium, December 2004
Writers on Mondays, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, July 2005
"The role of NMDA versus dopamine receptors in reward-oriented spatial bias." Invited talk, IXth Tamagawa Dynamic Brain Forum, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2005
"Neural mechanisms of goal-oriented behaviour in elephants, humans, monkeys, rats and fruitflies." Invited talk, Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan, December 2005
Euro-Japan Poetry Festival. Invited poet, Italian Cultural Institute, Tokyo, Japan, December 2005
"Landscape with Rowers," Workshop Dutch Literature, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, March 2006
"Toward the Pacific Rim," Festival of Contemporary Poetry. Invited poet, Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo, Japan, April 2007
"Een snuifje oneindigheid. Lezing over poëzie en waanzin," Poetry International. Invited lecture, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2007
Homo Universalis, literary salon, De Buren, Brussels Belgium, June 2007
"The BACH-PICASSO project: Integrating multiple levels of research in neuroscience." Invited talk, Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan, July 2007
"A taste of infinity: Brain, rituals, and altered mind states." Invited talk, Faculty of Arts and Letters, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, April 2008
"On the emergence of semantic objects: Notes toward a scientific paradigm of creativity." Invited talk, the Hokudai-Tamagawa Workshop on Brain Dynamics, Sapporo, Japan, July 2008
Tokyo Poetry Festival 2008. Invited poet, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, November 2008
"Neural circuits for bias and sensitivity in decision-making." Invited talk, Research Institute for Electrical Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, January 2009
"On the emergence of semantic objects: Notes toward a scientific paradigm of creativity." Invited talk, Department of Letters, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, January 2009
"The Edge Special: Jan Lauwereyns," SkyPerfecTV (Japan), documentary directed by Ken Ito, February 2009
"Shi–Nō Live," Daikanamya Theater, Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan, March 2009
"On semantics and the orienting of attention." Invited talk, XIth Tamagawa Dynamic Brain Forum, Atami, Japan, March 2009
"Neural circuits for bias and sensitivity in decision-making." Invited talk, RIKEN, Wako City, Japan, March 2009
"A code for spatial alternation during fixation in hippocampal CA1 neurons." Invited talk, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, June 2009
"Neural mechanisms of bias and sensitivity." Invited talk, Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2009
"On the intrinsic attraction of information." Invited talk, Research Institute for Electrical Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, February 2010
"On the intrinsic attraction of information." The 21st KUSCO lecture, Department of Psychology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, December 2010
Literary salon, presenting "gedichtendagessay". PoeziëCentrum, Ghent, January 2011
Literary salon with Charlotte Mutsaers and Erik Spinoy, PassaPorta, Brussels, January 2011
"De kleuren van alles of niets: engagement, waarneming en betekenis in de literatuur". Invited lecture, CANON Cultuurcel, Letterenhuis, Antwerp, January 2011
"On the intrinsic attraction of information." Invited talk, Global COE colloquium series, Brain Science Center, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan, August 2011
"VSB Poëzieprijs op tournee," Het Paleis, Groningen; DeBalie, Amsterdam; Writers Unlimited, Den Haag; Nicolaïkerk, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Januari 2012
"Eye movements and the intrinsic attraction of information." Invited talk, Workshop on Gaze, Bias, Learning. Birkbeck College, London, U.K., January 2012
"Decision making: Neuroscience to the core." Invited talk, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, March 2012
"Decision making: Neuroscience to the core." Invited talk, Biological Engineering Program, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand, March 2012
Poetry International. Invited poet, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2012
Felix Poetry Festival. Invited poet, Felixpakhuis, Antwerp, Belgium, June 2012
"Convergent measures of abstract spatial coding in hippocampus." Invited talk, Dynamic Brain Forum, Carmona, Spain, September 2012
"Convergent measures of abstract spatial coding in hippocampus." Invited talk, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A., October 2012
"Gaze dynamics and the intrinsic attraction of information." Invited talk, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 2012
"Neural mechanisms of bias and sensivity in decision making." Invited talk, Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 2012
"Convergent measures of abstract spatial coding in hippocampus." Invited talk, Post GCOE Symposium on Cell-fate Decision, Singapore, March 2013
"Savoring the data: A challenge to accounts of the brain as a prediction machine." Workshop to celebrate Ichiro Tsuda’s 60th birthday, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, September 2013
"Internal switching in hippocampal area CA1 during memory-guided spatial alternation." Invited talk, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan, March 2014
"Convergent measures of abstract spatial coding." Invited talk, Institute of Cognitive Neurodynamics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, P. R. China, September 2014
"Convergent measures of abstract spatial coding." Keynote address, 7th Biomedical Engineering International Conference. Kyushu University, Japan, November 2014
"Convergent measures of abstract spatial coding in hippocampus." Invited talk, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Belgium, December 2014
"Gaze dynamics and the intrinsic attraction of information." Invited talk, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Belgium, December 2014
"Diminishing returns, increasing costs: Time for a paradigm shift?" Invited talk at the Symposium and Debate on Non-human Primates in Biomedical Research: Science versus Public Opinion? University of Leuven, Belgium, December 2014
"Neural mechanisms of internal switching." Invited talk, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, March 2015
"Savoring the data: A challenge to accounts of the brain as a prediction machine." Invited talk, Department of Philosophy, Kobe University, Japan, June 2015
"The principles of neuroeconomics: From neurophysiology to behavior." Invited lecture, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, August 2015
"The role of attention in evaluative decision making." Invited talk, Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan, September 2015
"Gedeeld bewustzijn." Invited lecture, Het Lezerscollectief, De Kluizerij, Affligem, Belgium, September 2015
"Transition dynamics toward an optimal choice in rats and humans." Invited talk, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, May 2016
Struga Poetry Evenings, Struga, Macedonia, August 2016
"The role of visual attention in evaluative decision-making." Invited talk, Workshop on Mathematical Modeling for Self-Organization with Constraints, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, November 2016
"A taste of infinity: The biology of madness and creativity." Dr. Guislain Lecture, City Library, Ghent, Belgium, December 2016
"On translation and multilingual poetics." Invited talk, Department of Literature, University of Ghent, Belgium, December 2016
"Savoring the data: A challenge to accounts of the brain as a prediction machine." Invited talk, Flemish Society for Psychiatry, University of Ghent, Belgium, December 2016
"Effects of expectation on evaluative decision-making." Invited talk, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, May 2017
"A mismatch between micro-motives and macro-behavior: Problems with the three R’s in animal research." Invited talk, Kyushu-Monash Bioethics Forum, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, May 2018
"Scientific Investigation of Decision Making." Invited talk, Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, Vietnam, October 2018
"The science and art of the perfect conference presentation." Invited talk, Fukuoka City Science Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, November 2018
"Perspectives from cognitive science on bioethics." Invited talk, Section of Discourse Psychology, Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology, Tokyo, Japan, February 2019
"Scientific investigation of decision making." Invited talk, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, February 2019
"Animal research: From 'human technique' to reasonable inquiry." Invited talk, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, March 2019
"The projective mind: savoring the data and tweaking the predictions." Invited talk, School of English, Film, and Theatre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, March 2019
"Meta-decision making and the adaptive framing of answer space." Invited talk, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, May 2019
Literary salon with Yasuhiro Yotsumoto, Ajiro Books, Fukuoka, Japan, July 2019
"Perspectives from cognitive science on decision making for future earth." Invited talk, Decision Science Forum, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, August 2019
"Perspectives from cognitive science on bioethics and biomedical engineering." Keynote talk, Life Engineering 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, August 2019
"Poetics as bioethics: A few rambling notes on the use of doubt." Poetics as Bioethics Workshop, Lecture Series, School of Interdisciplinary Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, October 2019
European Literature Festival. Invited writer, Tokyo, Japan, November 2019
"Meta-decision-making: The science of how we make decisions." Invited talk, Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar nr.6, Kyushu University, online, May 2021
"What are the challenges for building and maintaining university reputation?" Panel speaker, Times Higher Education Asia Universities Summit, Fujita Health University, online, June 2021
"Future rebalance: Emerging trends and workforce in the Asia Pacific." Panel speaker, QS APPLE 2021, Hong Kong Baptist University, online, November 2021
"University of Glasgow: Future of internationalization. Session 4: Internationalization and reputation." Panel speaker, University of Glasgow, online, May 2022
"A Carbon Neutral Society Action Month. Session 5: Social innovation." APRU Webinar Series, panel speaker, Kyushu University, online, June 2022
"What You Can Do for the Environment." Kyushu U CONNECT, Vision Expo, Convenor. Nishijin Plaza, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, July 2022
"Current trends in bioethics: Toward integrative and data-driven approaches with global standards." Invited talk, The Research, Innovation, and Partnerships Office, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, online, August 2022
"Don't Look (But Of Course You Do)." Invited talk, NerdNite Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan, Dancing Penguin Craft Beer Pub, August 2022
"Thoughts on 間 for Natural-Born Cyborgs." UN/REAL Workshop, Lecture Series, School of Interdisciplinary Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, November 2022
"The Meta-Cognitive Control of Decision Making." Invited talk, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, February 2023
"The Doubt Function." Invited talk, Culture and Creativity Seminar Series, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia, February 2023
"Revisiting the definition of diversity." Panel speaker, Transcend-Learning.org, online, March 2023
Poetry International. Invited poet, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2023
"Zombie zoekt zielgeno(o)t." Book presentation and literary salon with Lotte Dodion, De Krook, Ghent, Belgium, June 2023
"Why Should You Care About Space." Kyushu U CONNECT, Vision Expo, Convenor. Nishijin Plaza, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, July 2023
"The Earmouse", reading with Nanami Sakurai, illustrations by Nathalie Lauwereyns, live improvised piano music by Daryl Jamieson, at the 1st VA+M+P@IR*E festival, Ito Cultural Hall, Itoshima, Japan, October 2023
"Calculator" and "Rockcress", songs by Snowapple, with lyrics based on poems by JL, at the 1st VA+M+P@IR*E festival, Ito Cultural Hall, Itoshima, Japan, October 2023
"Animal Research: Ethics, 3Rs, and Validity." Invited talk, Q+ Program, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, November 2023
"Building a Bilingual Curriculum at Kyushu University: The School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation." Invited talk, D-School, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, December 2023