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Euan McKay is Project Associate Professor in the Strategic Planning Office at Kobe University, where he develops and manages communications strategy for the university. Prior to joining Kobe University in April 2022, he was in a similar role at the University of Tokyo for 11 years. He regularly consults on university public relations. After undergraduate study in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge in the UK, he studied international relations and history at Waseda University and then the University of Tokyo. His current research focuses on the challenges faced by university student minorities and women’s underrepresentation in STEM fields. With colleagues, he is a co-founder of the University of Tokyo LGBTQ+ Staff Association and the University Diversity Alliance. Originally from South Africa and the UK, Euan has lived in Japan since 1999.