VIETNAM ACADEMY OF
SOCIAL SCIENCES(VASS)INSTITUTE

FOR FAMILY AND GENDERSTUDIESKYOTO UNIVERSITYASIAN STUDIES UNIT

UNIT OF KYOTO
INITIATIVES FOR THE
HUMANITIES AND SOCIALSCIENCES

Call for Application
The 13th Next-Generation Global Workshop

New Risks and Resilience in Asian Societies and the World
Date: 21 -23 November 2020
Venue: Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 1 Lieu Giai street, Ba Dinh, Hanoi,VietnamI.

PurposeThe Next-Generation Global Workshop (NGGW) has been held annually since 2008 toprovide 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 forparticipants 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 13th NGGW will expand the scope of participation, in which it does not only enableprofessors and early career researchers, but also policy makers to attend and discuss thearising risks and resilience in Asian societies and others, including European and North
American societies which are facing similar issues and challenges. Therefore, theworkshop 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 13th NGGW is also an opportunity to strengthen
the network of professionals working in the area of family and development.
II. 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 inthe world. Together with tremendous economic growth, our societies have faced a numberof 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 andindividuals 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 createdobstacles for families to perform traditional functions such as caring for the elderly andchildren. At the family and social level, women increasingly obtain higher education andparticipate 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 themacro and micro levels. In both East and West, the upheaval confronts our health caresystems, 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 frompreparation, consequences handling, and restoration. More specifically, resilience means
to minimize possible failures and then to reduce the consequences from failures (in termsof lives lost, damage, and negative economic and social consequences), and finally, tospeed 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 aninterdisciplinary viewpoint. Based on these ideas, this workshop will explore a wide rangeof 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.

III. 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
IV. Application Schedule of the Workshop
Eligibility for application
1. Master’s students, Ph.D. students, Ph.D. candidates, post-doctoral fellows, andthose who are in early-career and non-permanent positions (Please enclose thename of a professor who received the NGGW call for application message directlyfrom the KUASU office as your referee).
2. Professors and Experts are invited to submit their ongoing papers/studies in theprofessor 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. Flights and hotels will bearranged by our travel agent. The award does not include domestic transportation and otherexpenses.
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 bedecided at this time)•

Deadline for submission of full paper (4,000-6,000 words): 31 October2020•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 ifapplicable)

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 andkuasu.nextgenerationhanoi@vass.gov.vn

Email Subject Line should say: “Application for NGGW 2020”
Contact:
Organizing Committee of the 13th Next-Generation Global Workshop, KUASU-Tran Thi Minh Thi, Trinh Thai Quang, Nguyen Ha Dong, Nguyen Huu Minh,Tran Thi Hong, Phan Huyen Dan (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences,Vietnam)-Ochiai Emiko, Asato Wako, Mieno Fumiharu, Deguchi Yasuo, KawashimaTakashi, Steven Ivings, Lu Wanxue, Hisada Yurie (Kyoto University, Japan)

Email: kuasu.nextgenerationhanoi@vass.gov.vn
kuasu.nextgeneration@bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp