VIETNAM ACADEMY OF
SOCIAL SCIENCESINSTITUTE

FOR FAMILY AND GENDERSTUDIESKYOTO UNIVERSITYASIAN STUDIES UNIT

UNIT OF KYOTO INITIATIVESFOR 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 20201
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 (seethe Annex for information of the annual topics of NGGWs since 2008 and key products) toprovide an opportunity for early-career scholars to present their research in English and toobtain 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 ofparticipating 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 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.

1 Dates of the workshop subject to change depending on Vietnam Government regulations ofCovid 19 coronavirus pandemic situation.

1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 in
the 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. Needless tosay, the societies in other parts of the world are facing the same challenges. This year, thecoronavirus pandemic challenges our resilience and ability to recovery at both the macroand 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 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.
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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

III. 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 whoare in early-career and non-permanent positions who are recommended by a professor oran expert who received this Call for Application directly from the Organizing Committeeof the 13th NGGW, whose name has to be provided as a “referee” in the application form.
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 some of overseas and domestic presenters. We will announce each of these
individually.
The travel award covers 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. The award does not include domestic transportation and other expenses.
No fee is required for registration, and travel to field work.
(2) Professors and Experts
Professors and Experts are welcome to submit their papers for the professor sessions and/or
to play the role of advisors (discussant) to provide comments for papers in the sessions of3the students and early career scholars. Professors and experts please cover airfare andaccommodation by yourself or other grants. The organizing committee will only coveraccommodation for three nights for the professors and experts who are selected as speakers
in professor sessions or as advisors in the sessions of the students and early career scholars.
Hotels will be arranged by our travel agent.
No fee is required for registration, and travel to field work.
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 in English): 31 October
2020 (for all, including professors and experts who are selected to present inprofessor sessions)•Workshop: 21-23 November 2020•

Deadline for submission of full paper for proceedings: 05 February 2021
(for all, including professors and experts who present in professorsessions)•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. Position (Professor, Associate professor, master’s student, Ph.D. student, etc.)
3. Affiliation
4. Postal Address, Telephone Number, and Email Address
5. Referee (Name and Affiliation of the professor or the expert who received thisCall for Application directly from the Organizing Committee of the 13th NGGW)
6. Paper Title (for all the applicants who intend to present their papers, including
professors and experts)
7. An abstract of 350-words maximum in English (for all the applicants who intend
to present their papers, including professors and experts)
8. Whether travel grant from the Organizing Committee is needed.
9. [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- Tran Thi Minh Thi (Director, IFGS), Trinh Thai Quang, Nguyen Ha Dong,Nguyen Huu Minh, Dang Thi Hoa, Tran Thi Hong, Phan Huyen Dan (Institutefor 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 (KyotoUniversity, Japan).
Email: kuasu.nextgenerationhanoi@vass.gov.vn
kuasu.nextgeneration@bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Annex: Annual Topics of the Next Generation Workshops since 2008
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NGGW 1: “Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres in 21st Century Asia”, from11-13/1/2009, in Kyoto, Japan Link
NGGW 2: “Is Family Alive?”, from 21-23/11/2009, in Kyoto, Japan Link
NGGW 3: “Migration” , from 11-13/12/2010, in Kyoto, Japan. Link
NGGW 4: “The Nation State and Beyond” , from 24-27/11/2011, in Seoul, Korea Link
NGGW 5: “Social Innovation and Sustainability for the Future” , from 6-10/11/2012 , inKyoto, Japan Link
NGGW 6: “Revisiting the Intimate and Public Spheres and the East-West Encounter”, from11-13/1/2013, in Kyoto, Japan Link
NGGW 7: “Care and Gender”, from 6-7/12/2014, in Kyoto, Japan Link
NGGW 8: “Demographic Challenges in the Era of Global Ageing and Migration”, from 13/8/2015, in Kyoto, Japan Link
NGGW 9: “Transculturality and its challenges”, from 20-22/9/2016, in Kyoto, Japan Link
NGGW 10: “Delineating Borders in a Borderless World”, from 28-29/9/2017 in Kyoto, JapanLink
NGGW 11: “Self, Others, and Community”, from 10-11/11/2018, in Kyoto, Japan Link
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) and thereafter
electronic versions have been published to promote wider dissemination and knowledge sharing via
the internet. Examples of the proceedings can be seen below:5