VIETNAM ACADEMYOF SOCIALSCIENCES

INSTITUTE FOR
FAMILY AND
GENDER STUDIESINSTITUTE OF
HUMAN STUDIESVIETNAMWOMEN’S UNION

KYOTO UNIVERSITYASIAN STUDIES UNIT

UNIT OF KYOTO
INITIATIVES FOR THE
HUMANITIES AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES

Call for Application
The 13th Next-Generation Global Workshop

New Risks and Resilience in Asian Societies and the World
Date: 21 -23 November 2020
Onsite Venue: Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 1 Lieu Giai street, Ba Dinh,Hanoi, VietnamOnline venue: By participants of the workshop
I. Purpose
The Next-Generation Global Workshop (NGGW) has been held annually since 2008 (see theAnnex for information of the annual topics of NGGWs since 2008 and key products) to provide anopportunity for early-career scholars to present their research in English 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 aroundthe world. It has also served as an invaluable opportunity for participants to learn from one anotherand 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 enable professors
and early career researchers, but also policy makers to attend and discuss the arising risks andresilience in Asian societies and others, including European and North American societies which
are facing similar issues and challenges. The research results presented in this workshop willserve as important scientific evidences to contribute to the process of constructive reviewing,revising and/or developing policies by state agencies and organizations in those societies ingeneral, and in Viet Nam in particular, including the mass organization, ministries, anddepartments. 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 13th NGGW is also an opportunity tostrengthen 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. Theregion 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 migrationand 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. havebecome increasingly obvious prompting governments and individuals to make reforms andchanges to cope with new risks. Demographic transition, international migration (includingtransnational marriage) and so on, have led to changes in family structure and values, and theemergence 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 andsolutions. Needless to say, the societies in other parts of the world are facing the same challenges.
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 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 toanother.
This workshop will explore how individuals, families, societies perceive and adapt to risks in agiven socio-cultural setting, and explore alternative dimensions of resilience from aninterdisciplinary 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, human security and human rights in Asia
7. Pandemic, health and care models
8. Migration
9. Labor market flexibility and adaptability
10. Economic development patterns and trends
2Due to the current situation of the Covid 19 worldwide, and almost no commercial international
flights so far to Vietnam, the 13th NGGW will be held online for oversea participants/presentersand onsite for Vietnamese speakers and participants.

Provisional Program of the Workshop
Day 1: 21 November 2020
Opening addresses
Professors’ Workshop: By professors and experts from various universities
Student’s Sessions: Presentations by graduate students and early-career scholars with comments
and discussions by advisors (professors and experts from various universities)
Day 2: 22 November 2020Student’s Sessions: Presentations by students and early-career scholars with comments anddiscussions by advisors (professors and experts from various universities)
Wrap-up session
Day 3: 23 November 2020
International Consortium for Asian Studies meetingIII.

Application Schedule of the Workshop

Eligibility for application(1) Graduate students and early career researchers
Master students, Ph.D. students, Ph.D. candidates, post-doctoral fellows, and those who arein early-career and non-permanent positions who are recommended by a professor or an expert
who received this Call for Application directly from the Organizing Committee of the 13thNGGW.
The Organizing Committee will screen the applications based on candidates’ qualifications andabstracts. Good abstracts will be informed to present in the workshop. We plan to publish theworkshop proceeding.
The travel award is granted only for the participants from Vietnam and it covers domestic
airfare and accommodation for three nights (shared twin room) arranged by organizers
according to the rules and regulations of the institution which provides the grant.
No fee is required for registration.
(2) Professors and Experts
Professors and Experts are welcome to submit their papers for the professor sessions and/or toplay the role of advisors (discussant) to provide comments for papers in the sessions of thestudents and early career scholars.
No fee is required for registration
3Important Dates:Application deadline: 01 September 2020

Notification of screening result: 15 September 2020 (Provision of domestic travel grant
to be decided at this time).

Deadline for submission of full paper (4,000-6,000 words in English): 31 October 2020
(for all, including professors and experts who are selected to present in professor
sessions).

Onsite workshop in Vietnam and online workshop oversea: 21-23 November 2020.

Deadline for submission of full paper for e-proceeding in Kyoto Unversity website:
31 Jannuary 2021 (for all, including professors and experts who present in professorsessions).

Good papers will be selected for the publication in a special issue of a journal or abook.

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. Position (Professor, Associate professor, master’s student, Ph.D. student, etc.)
3. Affiliation
4. Postal Address, Telephone Number, and Email Address
5. Paper Title (for all the applicants who intend to present their papers, including

professors and experts)
6. An abstract of 350-words maximum in English (for all the applicants who intend topresent their papers, including professors and experts)
7. Whether travel grant from the Organizing Committee is needed.
8. [For the professors and experts] Whether you’d like to play the role of advisor(discussant) in the sessions of the students and early career scholars.
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”

4Contact:
Organizing Committee of the 13th Next-Generation Global Workshop- Ochiai Emiko (Director, KUASU), Asato Wako, Mieno Fumiharu, Deguchi Yasuo,Kawashima Takashi, Steven Ivings, Lu Wanxue, Hisada Yurie (Kyoto University,Japan).
- Tran Thi Minh Thi (Director, IFGS), Trinh Thai Quang, Nguyen Ha Dong, Nguyen
Huu Minh, Dang Thi Hoa, Phan Huyen Dan (Institute for Family and Gender Studies,
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam).
- Bui Thi Hoa (Vice President, Vietnam Women Union), Nguyen Thi Minh Huong, DaoThi Vi Phuong (Vietnam Women Union)- Nguyen Thi Hoai Le (Director, IHS), Nguyen Ngoc Trung (Institute of HumanStudies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam).

Annex: Annual Topics of the Next Generation Workshops since 2008
1.

NGGW 1: “Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres in 21st Century Asia”, from11-13/1/2009, in Kyoto, Japan Link
2. NGGW 2: “Is Family Alive?”, from 21-23/11/2009, in Kyoto, Japan Link
3. NGGW 3: “Migration”, from 11-13/12/2010, in Kyoto, Japan. Link
4. NGGW 4: “The Nation State and Beyond”, from 24-27/11/2011, in Seoul, Korea Link
5. NGGW 5: “Social Innovation and Sustainability for the Future” , from 6-10/11/2012 , inKyoto, Japan Link
6. NGGW 6: “Revisiting the Intimate and Public Spheres and the East-West Encounter”, from11-13/1/2013, in Kyoto, Japan Link
7. NGGW 7: “Care and Gender”, from 6-7/12/2014, in Kyoto, Japan Link
8. NGGW 8: “Demographic Challenges in the Era of Global Ageing and Migration”, from 13/8/2015, in Kyoto, Japan Link
9. NGGW 9: “Transculturality and its challenges”, from 20-22/9/2016, in Kyoto, Japan Link
10. NGGW 10: “Delineating Borders in a Borderless World”, from 28-29/9/2017 in Kyoto, JapanLink
11. NGGW 11: “Self, Others, and Community”, from 10-11/11/2018, in Kyoto, Japan Link
12. NGGW 12: “Inequalities”, from 25-26/10/2019, in Kyoto, JapanThe main output of the NGGW is the annual proceedings. Each volume includes 35 to 50
edited papers. Hardcopy versions were published for the first five workshops (2009 to 2012) andthereafter electronic versions have been published to promote wider dissemination andknowledge sharing via the internet. Examples of the proceedings can be seen below:5