The International Academic Forum in conjunction with its global partners is proud to announce the Third Asian Conference on the Social Sciences, at the Ramada Hotel, Osaka, Japan to be held from May 3-6 2012.
Hear the latest research, publish before a global audience, present in a supportive environment, network, engage in new relationships, experience Japan, explore Osaka and Kyoto, join a global academic community...
Hear the latest research, publish before a global audience, present in a supportive environment, network, engage in new relationships, experience Japan, explore Osaka and Kyoto, join a global academic community...
Theme: "Working Together Towards a Sustainable World"
The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 2010 and 2011 hosted a combined total of more than 600 academics and thought leaders from around the globe in a celebration of interdisciplinary study in the social sciences. In 2012 we hope to build on the conversations and partnerships started in the previous two years, and to forge new relationships as we again encourage academics and scholars to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum encouraging respectful dialogue.
This year's conference will again include a variety of presenters representing a wide range of social science disciplines, expressing divergent views, searching for common ground, and creating the synergies that can inspire multidisciplinary collaborations. In developing these relationships among ourselves, the role of the social sciences is strengthened as we take our place at the table, along with scholars in the STEM disciplines (i.e., science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), in seeking solutions to the complex issues and problems of the 21st century. I sincerely hope that we will use this time together, not just for intellectual discovery and discourse, but to establish a common vision and to motivate each other to do our part in the creation of a better world.
We look forward to seeing you in Osaka!
Professor Stuart D. B. Picken
Chairman, IAFOR International Advisory Board
We look forward to seeing you in Osaka!
Professor Stuart D. B. Picken
Chairman, IAFOR International Advisory Board
The abstract submission deadline has been extended to April 1, 2012
To submit a paper through the online system, please click on the submissions tab above
To submit a paper through the online system, please click on the submissions tab above
Publishing
Opportunities:
Authors of Accepted Abstracts will have the opportunity of publishing their associated paper in the official conference proceedings, and a selection of papers will be considered for inclusion in the internationally reviewed IAFOR Journal of the Social Sciences or the IAFOR Journal of Sustainability, Energy and the Environment.
For more information about IAFOR journals, click here.
Keynote Speaker: Yozo Yokota
Yozo Yokota is President of The Center for Human Rights Affairs, Special Adviser to the Japanese Ministry of Justice, Chairman of the International Labor Organization Committee of Experts, Special Adviser to the Rector of the United National University, and a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists. He started his career as Legal Counsel to the World Bank in Washington before holding professorships in Law at ICU, the University of Tokyo and Cho University, Tokyo. An internationally respected jurist and proponent of human rights, he has extensively advised the United Nations, serving as the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar between 1992 and 1996. To read more about Professor Yokota and the ACSS/ACSEE programme, click here.
ACSS 2012 will be held alongside ACSEE 2012,
or the Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the
Environment, and registrants for either conference will be given the
opportunity to attend sessions in the parallel event at no extra charge.
Please click on the banner below to go to the ACSEE 2012 sister site.
For photos, videos and publications associated with the 2010 & 2011 conferences, click on the link below:
For an idea of what IAFOR events are like, see our 2011/2012 brochure:
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