The 13th Next-Generation Global Workshop: New Risks and Resilience in Asian Societies and the World”

Call for Application

The 13^th Next-Generation Global Workshop

New Risks and Resilience in Asian Societies and the World

Date: 21 -23 November 2020[1]

Venue: Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 1 Lieu Giai street, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam

1. Purpose

The Next-Generation Global Workshop (NGGW) has been held annually since 2008 (see the Annex for information of the annual topics of NGGWs since 2008 and key products) to provide an opportunity for early-career scholars to present their research and to obtain feedback from an international audience. It has proved to be a pleasant and effective way for capacity building through the mentorship provided by the professors of participating universities around the world. It has also served as an invaluable opportunity for participants to learn from one another and deepen their understanding of various social phenomena in the world, particularly in Asia. Ultimately, the NGGW has acted as a forum for scholars of different generations and from various regions to build a common academic foundation by redefining Asia in a global context.

The 13^th NGGW will expand the scope of participation, in which it does not only enable professors and early career researchers, but also policy makers to attend and discuss the arising risks and resilience in Asian societies and others, including European and North American societies which are facing similar issues and challenges. Therefore, the workshop plays the role as a meaningful bridge between academic forum and policy advocacy. The workshop’s outcomes will be published in order that it might influence academic debate and policy direction. The 13^th NGGW is also an opportunity to strengthen the network of professionals working in the area of family and development.

2. Workshop Theme: New Risks and Resilience in Asian Societies and the World

Recent decades have witnessed a surprisingly fast progression in the economies of Asia. The region has not only become the largest manufacturer, but also the biggest market in the world. Together with tremendous economic growth, our societies have faced a number of economic, cultural, and social challenges. Rapid population aging, strongly increased rural-urban migration and international migration create or accentuate social issues related to care, policy, social services and adaption. At the same time, the effects of inequality, climate change, etc. have become increasingly obvious prompting governments and individuals to make reforms and changes to cope with new risks. Demographic transition, international migration (including transnational marriage) and so on, have led to changes in family structure and values, and the emergence of new family patterns has created obstacles for families to perform traditional functions such as caring for the elderly and children. At the family and social level, women increasingly obtain higher education and participate widely in the labour market, yet continue to experience inequality in politics, health care, wage payment, and the quality of employment and social services etc. These facts contribute to the rise of new risks that challenge family life in particular and society in general and multifaceted way that requires suitable resilience and solutions. This year, the coronavirus pandemic challenges our resilience and ability to recovery at both the macro and micro levels. In both East and West, the upheaval confronts our health care systems, economy resilience, governance and international relationships around the world.

Resilience has been understood as the ability to reduce the chances of a shock or to absorb it when it happens. The concept also refers to the ability of a system to recover quickly after a shock. In other words, a resilient system should cover the whole process from preparation, consequences handling, and restoration. More specifically, resilience means to minimize possible failures and then to reduce the consequences from failures (in terms of lives lost, damage, and negative economic and social consequences), and finally, to speed up the recovery towards normality. Resilience may differ from one society to another, and from a certain risk to another.

This workshop will explore how individuals, families, societies perceive and adapt to risks in a given socio-cultural setting, and explore alternative dimensions of resilience from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. Based on these ideas, this workshop will explore a wide range of topics in Asian countries as follows (though not excluding others):

1. The impact of climate change and resilience in the face thereof

2. Population aging and social issues

3. Transformation of marriage and families

4. Gender (in)equality

5. Value changes

6. Social security

7. Pandemic, health and care models

8. Migration

9. Labor market flexibility and adaptability

10. Economic development patterns and trends.

Provisional Program of the Workshop

Day 1: 21 November 2020

Opening addresses

Professors’ sessions: By professors and experts from various universities

Sessions: Presentations by students and early-career scholars with comments and discussions by advisors (professors and experts from various universities)

DAY 2: 22 November 2020

Sessions: Presentations by students and early-career scholars with comments and discussions by advisors (professors and experts from various universities)

Wrap-up session

Professors’ workshop: By professors and experts from various universities

KICAS (Kyoto International Consortium for Asian Studies) meeting

DAY 3: 23 November 2020

Fieldwork and Hand-over Meeting

3. Application Schedule of the Workshop

Eligibility for application

1. Master’s students, Ph.D. students, Ph.D. candidates, post-doctoral fellows, and those who are in early-career and non-permanent positions (Please enclose the name of a professor who received the NGGW call for application message directly from the KUASU office as your referee).
2. Professors and Experts are invited to submit their ongoing papers/studies in the professor sessions.

Selection

The Organizing Committee will screen the applications based on candidates’ qualifications and abstracts. Based on the quality of the abstracts, the Organizing Committee will provide travel grants for overseas and domestic presenters. We will announce each of these individually.

The travel award covers airfare and accommodation for three nights (shared twin room) according to the rules and regulations of the host institution, the Institute for Family and Gender Studies (IFGS), Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. Flights and hotels will be arranged by our travel agent. The award does not include domestic transportation and other expenses.

Fee for registration, meals and travel to field work: No fee are required.

Important Dates:

• Application deadline: 01 September 2020
• Notification of screening result: 15 September 2020 (Provision of travel grant to be decided at this time)
• Deadline for submission of full paper (4,000-6,000 words): 31 October 2020
• Workshop: 21-23 November 2020
• Deadline for submission of full paper for proceedings: 05 February 2021
• Publication of proceedings: around March 2021

Application guidelines

Applicants should provide the following information in the text of the application email:

1. Name (please capitalize your surname and provide Chinese characters if applicable)
2. Paper Title
3. Position (Professor, Associate professor, master’s student, Ph.D. student, etc.)
4. Affiliation
5. Postal Address, Telephone Number, and Email Address
6. Referee (Name and Affiliation)
7. Whether travel grant from KUASU office or the Organizing Committee is needed.
8. An abstract of 350-words maximum in English

The application should be sent to:      kuasu.nextgeneration@bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp AND

kuasu.nextgenerationhanoi@vass.gov.vn

Email Subject Line should say: “Application for NGGW 2020”

The NGGW is in English.

Contact:

Organizing Committee of the 13th Next-Generation Global Workshop, KUASU

• Tran Thi Minh Thi (Director, IFGS), Trinh Thai Quang, Nguyen Ha Dong, Nguyen Huu Minh, Dang Thi Hoa, Tran Thi Hong, Phan Huyen Dan (Institute for Family and Gender Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam).
• Ochiai Emiko (Director, KUASU), Asato Wako, Mieno Fumiharu, Deguchi Yasuo, Kawashima Takashi, Steven Ivings, Lu Wanxue, Hisada Yurie (Kyoto University, Japan).

Email: kuasu.nextgenerationhanoi@vass.gov.vn

            kuasu.nextgeneration@bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp     

Annex: Annual Topics of the Next Generation Workshops since 2008

1. NGGW 1: “Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres in 21st Century Asia”, from 11-13/1/2009, in Kyoto, Japan

Link: http://gcoe-intimacy.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/article.php/2008next_ja.html

2. NGGW 2: “Is Family Alive?”, from 21-23/11/2009, in Kyoto, Japan

Link: http://gcoe-intimacy.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/images/library/File/Next-Generation%20Global%20Workshop/ApplicationGuidelineNextGWS2009_fromJapan.pdf

        3.NGGW 3: “Migration” , from 11-13/12/2010, in Kyoto, Japan.  

Link: http://gcoe-intimacy.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/article.php/2010061802293310_ja.html

4. NGGW 4: “The Nation State and Beyond” , from 24-27/11/2011, in Seoul, Korea

Link: http://gcoe-intimacy.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/article.php/20110624234308123_en

5. NGGW 5: “Social Innovation and Sustainability for the Future” , from 6-10/11/2012 , in Kyoto, Japan

Link: http://gcoe-intimacy.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/images/library/File/Next-Generation%20Global%20Workshop/ApplicationGuidelineNextGWS2009_fromJapan.pdf

6. NGGW 6: “Revisiting the Intimate and Public Spheres and the East-West Encounter”, from 11-13/1/2013, in Kyoto, Japan Link: http://www.kuasu.cpier.kyoto-u.ac.jp/blog/2013/12/11/20140111-13nggw/
7. NGGW 7: “Care and Gender”, from 6-7/12/2014, in Kyoto, Japan

Link: http://www.kuasu.cpier.kyoto-u.ac.jp/blog/2014/09/16/7thngw/

8. NGGW 8: “Demographic Challenges in the Era of Global Ageing and Migration”, from 1-3/8/2015, in Kyoto, Japan

Link: http://www.kuasu.cpier.kyoto-u.ac.jp/blog/2015/05/28/8thngw/

9. NGGW 9: “Transculturality and its challenges”, from 20-22/9/2016, in Kyoto, Japan

Link: http://www.kuasu.cpier.kyoto-u.ac.jp/program-enterprise/proceedings_9thnggw/

10. NGGW 10: “Delineating Borders in a Borderless World”, from 28-29/9/2017 in Kyoto, Japan

Link: http://www.kuasu.cpier.kyoto-u.ac.jp/program-enterprise/reports/proceedings10th/

11. NGGW 11: “Self, Others, and Community”, from 10-11/11/2018, in Kyoto, Japan

Link: http://www.kuasu.cpier.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news/the-11th-next-generation-global-workshop/

12. NGGW 12: “Inequalities”, from 25-26/10/2019, in Kyoto, Japan

The main output of the workshops is the annual proceeding. Each proceeding includes 35 to 50 edited papers. Hardcopy versions were published in the first five workshops from 2009 to 2012, since then, electronic versions have been published to promote the knowledge sharing through internet. Hereunder is example of proceedings: