This research group aims to reimagine the field of International Educational Development by bridging theory and practice. It intends to do two main activities: 1) facilitating a series of dialogue between next generation scholars and practitioners in this field to better understand each other; and 2) proposing new image of the field through collaborative explorations of the past and current experiences. The research team has already launched an informal study group last year, where we learned that scholars (or theories) and practitioners (or their practices) have somehow “passed” each other without really engaging in dialogue. For example, scholars tended to perceive JICA as a monolithic actor rather than paying attention to individual feelings and struggles inside the organization, whereas practitioners tended not to utilize researchers’ perspectives and critiques fully in their daily business. The proposed research group, therefore, tries to have continuous dialogue between scholars (or theories) and practitioners (or their practices) so that we could deepen our understanding about how and why there has been such a distance between them as well as whether we ought to bridge the gap or not, what it means, and how. Unpacking these questions in collaboration with the two parties may help reimagine the field of International Educational Development.

This study group will focus on how people in developing countries with low incomes, such as those in Africa and Asia, are involved in manufacturing in a broad sense, acquire skills, utilize them, and fabricate their lives.

This study is aimed at exploring these issues based on empirical cases as much as possible, while taking into account the theoretical backgrounds or labor and educational studies.

In the past, Japanese academic research in particular have not paid sufficient attention to the work or labor of people, their lifestyles, and the environment surrounding them in manufacturing and other industries in developing countries such as Africa.

However, in not only Asia but also Africa, the manufacturing sector, including informal and micro Asia but also Africa, the manufacturing sector, including informal and micro manufacturing, is deeply embedded in societies, manufacturing, is deeply embedded in societies, and in African cities, and in African cities, informal and micro manufacturing plays an indispensable role in pr informal and micro manufacturing plays an indispensable role in product supply, employment, and skill development and dissemination/transmission.

The development of the manufacturing sector in a broad sense, including The development of the manufacturing sector in a broad sense, including agro–industry, is essential to shift away from dependence on primary industry, is essential to shift away from dependence on primary commodities, create more sustainable commodities, create more sustainable and widespread employment, and e and widespread employment, and advance technology, knowledge, and economic opportunities, and there are advance technology, knowledge, and economic opportunities, and there are slight signs of industrialization in Africa as well as in Asia.

In addition, as slight signs of industrialization in Africa as well as in Asia.

In addition, as “work/life balance” has “work/life balance” has widely widely become a social issue, it is important become a social issue, it is important to take a to take a closer look at the current state of people’s manufacturing and labor.

Based on closer look at the current state of people’s manufacturing and labor.

Based on the above, we would like to provide a forum for JASID members who are the above, we would like to provide a forum for JASID members who are interested in manufacturing by people in developing countries to gather and interested in manufacturing by people in developing countries to gather and discuss the issue.

We will publicize discussion of the group through the website to be newly opened, Sessions at JASID conferences, and publications of books be newly opened, Sessions at JASID conferences, and publications of books and articles.

Through them, we can contribute to broadening the horizons of international development study.

The former research division named JASID-SDGs has finished its activity in success to examine “Transformation of the world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development”, including sustainable development and “sustainable development targets (SDGs)” based on multi-disciplinary academic perspectives, as a leading academic society for international development and cooperation.

The newly formed research group will inherit the result and network of JASID-SDGs and additionally, it will consider the concept of resilience as the significance topic of world development in the coming future. Resilience holds the meaning of stability or security of the society and will complement sustainability. Sometimes, the concept shows the possibility to take over the concept sustainability as discussed in the academia.

We will name our new research group as “Resilience of Development and SDGs” and try hard to adapt our discussion on SDGs and on world development to the everchanging situation worldwide. The expected outputs/outcomes of our activities are as follows.

1. To promote multi-disciplinary study on resilient development of economy, society an environment and human security by both academic and practical perspectives.
2. To contribute to policy making, implementation and evaluation of SDGs and human security in resilient collaboration with multi-stakeholders such as central and local government, business, and civil society.
3. To study and support the sustainable and resilient development efforts worldwide, not only in developing countries but also in developed countries so as to create the world where “no one left behind”.
4. To promote Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) to various actors in the society so as to diffuse broad understanding on sustainable and resilient development or human security.
5. To promote empowerment and human resource development of students and youth as key actors of sustainable and resilient development in the next generation.
6. To create an academic and practical platform for the sustainable and resilient world development.

The research group aims to analyze the impacts of migration on the economic and human development in their home countries and destinations. Migration, both within and beyond national borders, is a broad concept that encompasses refugees or internally displaced persons of conflicts and natural disasters as well as those who move to seek opportunities of employment, education, or marriage at their own will.

The impacts of migration have been discussed mostly in terms of economic development, particularly its contribution to poverty alleviation through the migrants’ foreign remittance to their home countries. However, the on-going discussion is not sufficient to analyze both the negative and the positive aspects of the migration.

Its negative impacts may include the so-called brain drain, the excessive dependency of households and national economies on the foreign remittance, the disintegration of families, and the underdevelopment of local industries in their home countries. In the present era of global migration, it is no longer realistic or feasible to “develop a community to prevent its members from migration.”

This research group instead starts with accepting migration as an inevitable reality and attempts to seek the potential of migration that contribute to the development of people and societies both in their home countries and destinations.

The purpose of this study group is to define “internal internationalization” in terms of employment, education, health-care and community. We aim to achieve this via field work, public lectures and symposium, in a collaborative effort throughout the industry-academia-government network. This network consists of private companies, research institutions, schools, the public sector, and civil societies.  In addition, we intend to disseminate our research and insights to the general public, not only to JASID members.

“Internal internationalization” has often come up in discussions about multicultural coexistence, international exchange and cooperation, and International Covenants on Human Rights in the fields of sociology, anthropology and political science.  Based on prior research, we focused on changes in the labor environment that came as a result of rapid changes in Japan’s demographic composition due to the ultra-aging issue.  In particular, we can contribute to a multicultural society flourish by evaluating the status of foreign workers from different angles. We would form our evaluation based on acts such as the September 1, 2017 “Partial Revision of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act” and the November 1, 2017 “Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees.”

To that end, this study group will carry out research and analyze “internal internationalization” by sharing data throughout the industry-academia-government network in regular study group sessions.  Additionally, research results will be disseminated by publications, lectures and symposiums.

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【The 2nd Announcement】

We received many applications for our conference this year. All the applications were reviewed at the Conference Organization Committee on March. 27, and all the decisions were sent to the applicants. We would like to ask the applicants to confirm it.

Seventeen sessions (community, education, children, development, NGO, SDGs, disaster, environment, society/economy etc.) will be held at the 23rd JASID Spring Conference: three organized sessions, seven roundtables, seven oral presentation sessions, together with a poster session and book talk.

Submission of papers, registration, and the others are as follows.

How to proceed

Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website, Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.), The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available
3. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available.
5. Pre-preparation (ZOOM), Participation at the Conference on the day
6. Participation at the Conference on the day

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website, Online registration and submission of your video directly to the Conference Executive Committee
2. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
3. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available, Pre-preparation (ZOOM), Participation at the Conference on the day
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available.
5. Participation at the Conference on the day

Organizers (organized sessions / roundtables)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website, Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.), The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available
3. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available.
5. Rehearsal (an option if you are not a chair), Participation at the Conference on the day
6. Participation at the Conference on the day

Chairs, facilitators, commentators, and the other participants

1. Online registration via the registration form on the Conference website
2. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
3. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available.
4. Pre-preparation (ZOOM)(It is necessary for you to participate in a rehearsal if you are not a chair.)
5. Participation at the Conference on the day

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NOTE

*The following is the same as what has been sent to the presenters.

＊Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

Your presentation should be 20 minutes. When utilizing ZOOM, you are required to share your presentation with other participants (e.g. microsoft powerpoint). We do not provide proofreading services, therefore, you need to edit your paper by yourself.

＊Poster presenters (poster sessions)

Please send the following two materials directly to the Spring Conference Executive Committee.

(i) Abstract

One A4 page Please use the template (MS-Word) of Organized Session and Roundtable, which is available on the conference website. (No problem even if the content is the same as one of the applications).

(ii) 10 minutes narrated video

Please turn your PowerPoint presentation to a video.

• Format: MP4 　
• Duration: not more than 10 minutes (about 10 slides)

＊Registration and Payment of the participation fee

The participation fee is JPY 3,000, which can be paid only with a credit card. Paper receipts issued by the Secretariat are not available because the Conference is held online. Please refer to statements or the receipts issued when you make a payment online.

Chairs, and commentators have to register and make the payments by 23:59, Mon. May 16th, 2022.

Other participants have to register and make the payments by 18:00, Fri. June 17th, 2022.

Once you make the payment, the contents of the spring conference website will be available. That is why you cannot get a refund after you make the payment.

＊Program pages of the Conference website

The program pages include the final version of the conference program, proceedings, poster presentations, and ZOOM URL etc. After you register and make a payment of the participation fee, the links and the passwords are sent. Please make sure that the password is kept at hand. The final version of the conference program and the proceedings will be uploaded in mid/late May. ZOOM URL, ID, and password will be uploaded in the middle of early/mid June.

＊Online exhibition pages

The online exhibition pages will be provided. Some publishers open their website, where participants can purchase books at special discount prices. You can confirm order forms, contacts, and books. The online exhibition pages will be available in the middle of June. (Delivery services are available only in Japan.)

＊Video recording of sessions

All sessions will be recorded since there might be some possibilities that the network connection has some problems. After the conference, the movies will be provided on the conference website for a certain period (about two weeks are assumed after the movies are available online).

Those who can turn on their video are chairs, commentators, and presenters. Other participants cannot turn on their video. Please confirm portrait rights, copyrights, personal information protection on the registration form.

＊Time allocation of sessions

All the sessions have one chairperson, two commentators, and two to four presenters in principle. The sessions are limited to 120 minutes. A single presenter has 20 minutes for her presentation, the comment 5 minutes, the presenter 3 minutes, and the remaining time for discussion. Chairpersons / facilitators are expected to formulate Q&A.

＊Plenary session

The special session will be held in the afternoon on June 18th , 2022. The theme of the plenary session is “Do you know, we have already been doing SDGs.” In the plenary session, we invite the resident doers struggling to achieve the rebirth of Tagawa. Discussing together in a blunt and frank way, it would enable us to envisage development and global cooperation for the next generation.

All the sessions are held online.

For details, please see the conference website ().

We look forward to your participation.

 

• Contact: jasid2022spring [at] (replace [at] with @)

The 23rd JASID Spring Conference Executive Committee
Mayuko SANO (Executive Committee Chairperson, Professor, Fukuoka Prefectural University)
Yutaka HAYASHI (Secretariat, Associate Professor, Fukuoka University)

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Realizing International Cooperation and Interactive Co-creation in Local
Context; Global & Glocal Human Resource Development

We are excited to announce the 25th Spring Conference of the Japan Society for International Development (JASID), scheduled to be held at Utsunomiya University in Tochigi Prefecture. The theme is “Realizing International Cooperation and Interactive Co-creation in Local Context Global & Glocal Human Resource Development.”

This event will focus on the practical aspects of international cooperation
and co-creation, with an emphasis on both global and local (glocal) human resource development. The outline for the conference is presented below:

• Date and time:
  Conference: Saturday, June 15, 2024, and
  Excursion: Sunday, June 16, 2024
• Location: Utsunomiya University Mine Campus, Ashio/ Utsunomiya.
• Method: Face-to-face (partially online)

At Utsunomiya University, we are practicing global and glocal human
resource development related to international cooperation and co-creation both domestically and internationally by organically utilizing education, research, and community contributions, and we will introduce some of these in the plenary.

Additionally, the conference will feature an excursion to the Ashio Copper
Mine in Tochigi Prefecture, historically significant as a site of
environmental impact. This location offers a unique opportunity to learn
about pollution management, an important aspect of Japan’s contribution to the field of international development. Participants are also invited to
experience the local culture and attractions, including Utsunomiya’s Light
Rail Transit (LRT) and the famous gyoza. You may want to combine your
sightseeing opportunities, such as visiting Nikko and Nasu in Tochigi
Prefecture,

(Proposed schedule)

• February 1st: Homepage scheduled to be released
• Mid February: Presentation applications scheduled to begin
  [Late February: Application deadline for society membership; for those who want to present. *]
• March 18th: Deadline for presentation applications
• Early April: Conference participation registration begins
• Late April: Notification of acceptance/rejection results
• May 15: Deadline for conference participation registration
• May　22: Deadline for submitting papers.

(Presentation application requirements)

1. Oral presentation/poster presentation (Japanese, English)

• Presenters must be a JASID member.
  membership application fee payment site:
• Up to 1 paper / 1 presentation per person (as first author)
• If you are not the first author and will not be presenting, you may
  submit two papers.
• Co-researchers and co-authors are preferably JASID members.
• Student members need a letter of recommendation from their supervisor when applying.
• The abstract should be prepared on one A4 page in Japanese (400-800
  characters) if the presentation is in Japanese, or in English (200-300
  words) if the presentation is in English.

* The presenter must be a member at the time of application and must not have unpaid membership fees. Please note that it takes two weeks for the Society to deliberate on the acceptance or rejection of a new membership application, so please complete your membership application at least two weeks before the application deadline.

* If you have not yet paid your membership fee, please complete the payment as soon as possible if you plan to give a presentation.

2. Special session/roundtable (Japanese, English)

• Both representatives must be members.
• Representatives must obtain prior approval from the moderator,
  commentator, reporter, and speaker.
• Non-members other than the representative may take the stage, but
  membership in the society is strongly recommended.
• Special session: In addition to the presentation summary of each
  presenter, the title of the entire project, purpose, moderator,
  commentator, reporter, etc. should be combined with the summary into one file, and the representative should apply.
• Roundtable: Similar to the planning session, the title, purpose, and
  speakers of the entire project are compiled into one file, and the
  representative applies.

(Presentation application)

• Application period: Mid February, 2024 to March 18th, 2024 (scheduled)
• How to apply: Tournament homepage (application page will be released soon)

*On our campus, we have the Utsunomiya University Manabinomori Nursery School, which offers daycare for children ranging from ages 0 to 6th grade. Further details regarding this service will be provided in due course.

JASID 25th Spring Conference Executive Committee

Executive Committee Chair:

• Sakamoto Kumiko (Professor, School of International Studies, Utsunomiya University)

Executive Directors:

• Fujii Hiroshige (Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Utsunomiya University)
• Iizuka Akiko (Associate Professor, Utsunomiya University International
  Exchange Center)

Executive Committee:

• Arjon Sugit (Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Utsunomiya University)
• Shigeta Yasuhiro (Visiting Professor, School of International Studies,
  Utsunomiya University)
• Matsuo Masaki (Professor, School of International Studies, Utsunomiya
  University)
• Takahashi Wakana (Professor, School of International Studies, Utsunomiya University)
• Kurihara Shunsuke (Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Utsunomiya University)
• Maruyama Tsuyoshi (Professor, School of Education, Utsunomiya University)
• Omori Reiko (Professor, School of Regional Design, Utsunomiya University)

Student executive committee:

• Sagisaka Hiroe (Graduate School of International Studies, Utsunomiya University, doctor’s course)
• Kikuchi Kakeru (Graduate School of Regional Development and Creativity, Utsunomiya University, master’s course)
• Fukuhara Reona (Graduate School of Regional Development and Creativity, Utsunomiya University, master’s course)
• Frimpong Andrew Charles (Graduate School of Regional Development and Creativity, Utsunomiya University, doctor’s course)
• Polgahagedara Don Pubudu Sanjeewa (Graduate School of Regional Development and Creativity, Utsunomiya University, doctor’s course)

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Contact

JASID 25th Spring Conference Executive Committee

• jasid2024spring [at] (replace [at] with @)

JASID Kansai Branch will host the following seminar. We welcome everyone to participate, and feel free to contact us for the Zoom link.

Summary

• Date/Time: November 22, 2023, 14:00 to 16:00
• Language: English
• Venue: Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation
  Studies (GSICS), 4th Floor Presentation Room & Zoom

Topic 1:

Recent Reforms in Teacher Development in Cambodia

Speaker 1:

Dr. Sam Sideth Dy, Secretary-General of the National Committee for
Life-Long Learning/ Deputy Director-General for Education, Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sport (MOEYS), Cambodia

Topic 2:

EGRA/EGMA as an Initiative to Realize SDG 4.2: A Cambodian Case

Speaker 2:

Dr. Sam Sideth Dy, Secretary-General of the National Committee for
Life-Long Learning/ Deputy Director-General for Education, Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sport (MOEYS), Cambodia

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Contact

JASID Kansai Branch Secretariate

• [at] 　(replace [at] with @)

Scholars from Beijing Normal University, The University of Hong Kong and The University of Tokyo will introduce their experiences in transforming teaching and learning in higher education for a just and sustainable world.

Please find the concept note and registration information below.
Look forward to your participation!

International Webinar Series 2022
Reframing A New Social Contract for Education in Asia-Pacific Region

Higher Education for A Just and Sustainable World 1
Transforming teaching and learning

• November 26, 2022, 14:00-16:00 (Japan Standard Time)
• Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Concept Note

Background

Global society is facing unprecedented crises caused by digital technology, climate change, democratic regression, social disparities, and their impact on education and our societies. To address these crises, in 2021 UNESCO released a report entitled Reimagining Our Futures Together. The report stated that education itself needs to be transformed in order to build a peaceful, just, and sustainable future. The report also stated that in order to solve global challenges, including education, we need to ask three essential questions about education as a social contract as we move toward 2050 It is suggested that we reexamine the process of deciding what to continue, what to stop, and what to rebuild. The search for answers to these questions led to this year’s international webinar series.

With a rapid economic and social change in the Asia-Pacific region, many universities have actively promoted the SDGs. According to the 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) impact ranking (THE, 2022), 534 out of 1,410 reported universities were located in the Asia-Pacific region. One third of them were in a top 100 university ranking position. Furthermore, these universities have achieved highly performed engagement in promoting the SDGs. Although a vast amount of research in the Asia-Pacific region covers the topic of higher education, studies unveiling the transformation of HES remain dispersed and scarce. How have Asia-Pacific higher education institutions responded to challenges outlined in the SDGs? In what ways do Asia-Pacific universities transform their structures and practices of teaching and learning? How have higher education institutions addressed demands for sustainability unde r social, economic, cultural, and environmental pressures? This webinar provides three case studies promoting sustainability in higher education institutions through transforming teaching and learning in China, Hong Kong SAR (China), and Japan.

Objectives

• Enhance understanding of progress and challenges for higher education to innovate teaching and learning for sustainability in Asia-Pacific.
• Share experiences of efforts for transforming teaching and learning for sustainability through higher education in Asia-Pacific
• Exchange insights of the role of universities in achieving SDGs.
Expected outputs
• Scholars from Asia-Pacific Region share their institutions’ experiences of transforming teaching and learning to promote higher education for sustainability.
• Find new opportunities and approach to collaborate for promoting higher education for sustainability.

Agenda

14:00 Opening
14:10 Case studies
The Way to Sustainability: Education for Sustainable Development in China
Dr. Zhiyong Zhu College of Educational Administration Faculty of Education
Beijing Normal University

Preparing Our Students to Become Future-Ready through University-Wide Transdisciplinary General Education: Experience of the Common Core at the University of Hong Kong
Mr. Adrian Man Ho Lam Research Group Member, Guest Lecturer, and Course Tutor for the Common Core at the University of Hong Kong

Exploring the transformative potential of design thinking pedagogy in hybrid setting: a case study of field exercise course, Japan
Dr. Sadaf Taimer Global Leadership Initiative (GPSS-GLI), University of Tokyo

15:10 Break

15:20 Discussion
Discussants:
Dr. Zhou Zhong Institute of Education, Tsinghua University; Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University
Dr. Roger Yap Chao Jr. Assistant Director, Education, Youth & Sport Division, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Department

15:50 Q & A

16:00 Closing

Registration Link

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Contact

Dr. Jing Liu, Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University

• Email: [at] (replace [at] with @)

 

We received many applications for our conference this year. All the applications were reviewed at the Conference Organization Committee on March. 27, and all the decisions were sent to the applicants.

We would like to ask the applicants to confirm it. Seventeen sessions (community, education, children, development, NGO, SDGs, disaster, environment, society/economy etc.) will be held at the 23rd JASID Spring Conference: three organized sessions, seven roundtables, seven oral presentation sessions, together with a poster session and book talk. Submission of papers, registration, and the others are as follows.

How to proceed

Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website
3. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration）
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available
5. Pre-preparation (ZOOM)
6. Participation at the Conference on the day

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your video directly to the Conference Executive Committee
3. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration)
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available
5. Pre-preparation (ZOOM)
6. Participation at the Conference on the day

Organizers (organized sessions / roundtables)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website
3. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration)
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available
5. Rehearsal (an option if you are not a chair)
6. Participation at the Conference on the day

Chairs, facilitators, commentators, and the other participants

1. Online registration via the registration form on the Conference website
2. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration)
3. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available.
4. Pre-preparation (ZOOM) *It is necessary for you to participate in a rehearsal if you are not a chair.
5. Participation at the Conference on the day

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<Note>

*The following is the same as what has been sent to the presenters.

* Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

Your paper should be written in English. Using the template and making your paper (either a short version = four A4 pages, or a long version = not more than sixteen A4 pages), you have to submit your paper via the registration form of the Conference Website, by 23:59, March 30 (Sat). If you do not submit your paper by the deadline, your presentation might be canceled. (The template and registration form are available on the conference website.) Your presentation should be 20 minutes. When utilizing ZOOM, you are required to share your presentation with other participants (e.g. microsoft powerpoint). We do not provide proofreading services, therefore, you need to edit your paper by yourself.

＊Poster presenters (poster sessions)

Please send the following two materials directly to the Spring Conference Executive Committee. (i) Abstract, one A4 page Please use the template (MS-Word) of Organized Session and Roundtable, which is available on the conference website. (No problem even if the content is the same as one of the applications). (ii) 10 minutes narrated video Please turn your PowerPoint presentation to a video. 　Format: MP4 　Duration: not more than 10 minutes (about 10 slides)

＊Registration and Payment of the participation fee

The participation fee is JPY 3,000, which can be paid only with a credit card. Paper receipts issued by the Secretariat are not available because the Conference is held online. Please refer to statements or the receipts issued when you make a payment online.

• Oral presenters, poster presenters, organizers of organized sessions and roundtables, chairs, and commentators have to register and make the payments by 23:59, Mon. May 15th, 2022.
• Other participants have to register and make the payments by 18:00, Fri. June 17th, 2022.

Once you make the payment, the contents of the spring conference website will be available. That is why you cannot get a refund after you make the payment.

＊Program pages of the Conference website

The program pages include the final version of the conference program, proceedings, poster presentations, and ZOOM URL etc. After you register and make a payment of the participation fee, the links and the passwords are sent.

Please make sure that the password is kept at hand. The final version of the conference program and the proceedings will be uploaded in mid/late May. ZOOM URL, ID, and password will be uploaded in the middle of early/mid June.

＊Online exhibition pages

The online exhibition pages will be provided. Some publishers open their website, where participants can purchase books at special discount prices. You can confirm order forms, contacts, and books. The online exhibition pages will be available in the middle of June. (Delivery services are available only in Japan.)

＊Video recording of sessions

All sessions will be recorded since there might be some possibilities that the network connection has some problems. After the conference, the movies will be provided on the conference website for a certain period (about two weeks are assumed after the movies are available online).

Those who can turn on their video are chairs, commentators, and presenters. Other participants cannot turn on their video. Please confirm portrait rights, copyrights, personal information protection on the registration form.

＊Time allocation of sessions

All the sessions have one chairperson, two commentators, and two to four presenters in principle. The sessions are limited to 120 minutes. A single presenter has 20 minutes for her presentation, the comment 5 minutes, the presenter 3 minutes, and the remaining time for discussion. Chairpersons / facilitators are expected to formulate Q&A.

＊Plenary session

The special session will be held in the afternoon on June 18th, 2022. The theme of the plenary session is “Do you know, we have already been doing SDGs.”

In the plenary session, we invite the resident doers struggling to achieve the rebirth of Tagawa. Discussing together in a blunt and frank way, it would enable us to envisage development and global cooperation for the next generation. All the sessions are held online.

For details, please see the conference website (). We look forward to your participation.

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Contact

The 23rd JASID Spring Conference Executive Committee

Mayuko SANO (Executive Committee Chairperson, Professor, Fukuoka Prefectural University)
Yutaka HAYASHI (Secretariat, Associate Professor, Fukuoka University)

•  jasid2022spring [at] (replace [at] with @)

GSID 30th Anniversary Commemorative International Symposium “Development Research and Teaching in the Post-COVID-19 Era: New Opportunities and Challenges”

• Date: February 10, 2022 (Thursday) 13:00-18:10
• Platform: Online (Zoom Webinar)
• Language: English
• Organizer: Graduate School of International Development (GSID), Nagoya University

13:00-13:10 Welcome Address
– Dr. Seiichi Matsuo, President, Nagoya University

13:10-14:10 Keynote Address 1
– Dr. Bishwapriya Sanyal, Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Development: Which Way Now?”

14:10-14:45 Guest Addresses
– Mr. Takashi Yanagi, Senior Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
– Ms. Keiko Okada, Deputy Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
– Dr. Shinichi Kitaoka, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) & Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo and Rikkyo University
– Mr. Kazushige Endo, Director, United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)

14:45-15:15 Introduction to the GSID Video Presentation GSID’s 30-Year Journey
– Dr. Aya Okada, Dean & Professor, GSID, Nagoya University

15:15-15:45 Video Messages from GSID Alumni

15:45-16:00 Break

16:00-17:00 Keynote Address 2
– Dr. Melissa Leach, Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
“Post-pandemic Transformations: Re-casting Development in an Uncertain World”

17:00-18:00 Panel Discussion: Development Research and Teaching in the Post-COVID-19 Era
– Dr. Melissa Leach, Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
– Dr. Mbuli Charles Boliko, Representative, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles
– Dr. Rizal Affandi Lukman, Senior Advisor to the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Indonesia
– Dr. Norbert Palanovics, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary in Japan
– Dr. Sanae Ito, Professor, GSID, Nagoya University
– Dr. Isamu Okada, Associate Professor, GSID, Nagoya University

18:00-18:10 Closing Session
– Dr. Naoshi Sugiyama, Provost (Supervision and Research), Nagoya University

Registration

Link:

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Contact

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We received many applications for our conference this year. All the applications were reviewed at the Conference Organization Committee on Sep. 22, and all the decisions were sent to the applicants. We would like to ask the applicants to confirm it.

Twenty-nine sessions (education, medicine, health, agriculture, disaster reconstruction, COVID-19, civil society, and peace etc.) will be held at the 32nd JASID Annual Conference: six organized sessions, nine roundtables, fourteen oral presentation sessions, and a poster session.

Submission of papers, registration, and the others are as follows.

How to proceed

Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website
3. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available
5. Pre-preparation (ZOOM)
6. Participation at the Conference on the day

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your video directly to the Conference Executive Committee
3. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available
5. Pre-preparation (ZOOM)
6. Participation at the Conference on the day

Organizers (organized sessions / roundtables)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website
3. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available
5. Pre-preparation (ZOOM) (an option if you are not a chair)
6. Participation at the Conference on the day

Chairs, facilitators, commentators, and the other participants

1. Online registration via the registration form on the Conference website
2. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
3. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available.
4. Pre-preparation (ZOOM)(It is necessary for you to participate in a rehearsal if you are not a chair.)
5. Participation at the Conference on the day

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※The following is the same as what has been sent to the presenters.

＊Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

Your paper should be written in English. Using the template and making your paper (either a short version = four A4 pages, or a long version = not more than sixteen A4 pages), you have to submit your paper via the registration form of the Conference Website, by 11:59PM, October 31 (Sun). If you do not submit your paper by the deadline, your presentation might be canceled.

(The template and registration form are available on the conference website.)

Your presentation should be 20 minutes. When utilizing ZOOM, you are required to share your presentation with other participants (e.g. microsoft powerpoint). We do not provide proofreading services, therefore, you need to edit your paper by yourself.

＊Poster presenters (poster sessions)

Please send the following two materials directly to the Annual Conference Executive Committee.

(i) Abstract, one A4 page

Please use the template (MS-Word) of Organized Session and Roundtable, which is available on the conference website. (No problem even if the content is the same as one of the application).

(ii) 10 minutes narrated video

Please turn your PowerPoint presentation to a video.
Format: MP4
Duration: not more than 10 minutes (about 10 slides)

＊Registration and Payment of the participation fee

The participation fee is JPY 3,000, which can be paid only with a credit card. Receipts are not available because the Conference is held online. Please refer to statements or the receipts issued when you make a payment.

Oral presenters, poster presenters, organizers of organized sessions and roundtables, chairs, and commentators have to register and make the payments by 23:59, Sun. October 31st, 2021.

Other participants have to register and make the payments by 18:00, Fri. November. 19th, 2021.

Once you make the payment, the contents of the annual conference website will be available. That is why you cannot get a refund after you make the payment.

＊Program pages of the Conference website

The program pages include the final version of the conference program, proceedings, poster presentations, and ZOOM URL etc. After you register and make a payment of the participation fee, the links and the passwords are sent. Please make sure that the password is kept at hand. The final version of the conference program and the proceedings will be uploaded in early November. ZOOM URL, ID, and password will be uploaded in the middle of November.

＊Online exhibition pages

The online exhibition pages will be provided. Some publishers open their website, where participants can purchase books at special discount prices. You can confirm order forms, contacts, and books. The online exhibition pages will be available in the middle of November. (Delivery services are available only in Japan.)

＊Video recording of sessions

All sessions will be recorded since there might be some possibilities that the network connection has some problems. After the conference, the movies will be provided on the conference website for a certain period (about two weeks are assumed after the movies are available online). Those who can turn on their video are chairs, commentators, and presenters. Other participants cannot turn on their video. Please confirm portrait rights, copyrights, personal information protection on the registration form.

＊Time allocation of sessions

All the sessions have one chairperson, two commentators, and four presenters in principle. The sessions are limited to 120 minutes. A single presenter has 20 minutes for her presentation, the comment 5 minutes, the presenter 3 minutes, and the remaining time for discussion. Chairpersons / facilitators are expected to formulate Q&A.

＊Plenary session

The special session will be held in the afternoon on November 19, 2021. The theme of the plenary session is “Creation, Inclusion, and Development from Ishikawa, Japan.” Two keynote speeches are provided by Koji Nakamura and Yoshihide Endo. In addition, a panel discussion, which consists of staffs belonging to international organizations, NGO, and universities, is also held.

All the sessions are held online. For details, please see the conference website ().
We look forward to your participation.

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The 32nd JASID Annual Conference Executive Committee