Assessment Report for the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies NIAS

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1 Assessment Report for the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies NIAS

2 Assessment Report for the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies NIAS NordForsk, 2015 Stensberggata 25 N 0170 Oslo Org.nr Cover Illustration: Stuart Jenner/Shutterstock Print: 20x by CopyCat MILJØMERKET 241 Trykksak 379

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4 Table of Contents Preface 5 1. About the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies NIAS 7 2. Assessment of the Panel of Experts Introductory remarks by the Panel of Experts 2.2. The significance and added value of the Nordic co-operation body in terms of scientific results in its field in the Nordic region and internationally Annex 1: Background and Framework of the Evaluation 15 Annex 2: Self-assessment of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies NIAS 21 Annex 3: Guidelines for reviewers 135 Annex 4: Agenda and participants of the review meeting 145 Annex 5: Response from NIAS on the assessment report 151 3

5 Preface The present report is one of the deliveries within a strategic analysis of Nordic university cooperation, which NordForsk is undertaking in The strategic analysis is performed in close dialogue with Nordic universities and funding agencies and aims to define relevance criteria, indicating Nordic added value, as well as funding mechanisms to be used when supporting Nordic university cooperation in research. As a separate part of this strategic analysis, NordForsk has in the spring of 2015 organised an assessment of the scientific quality and relevance of five Nordic co-operation bodies. These are the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA), hosted by the Royal Institute of Technology KTH and Stockholm University; the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), hosted by the University of Copenhagen; the Nordic Volcanological Centre (NORDVULK), hosted by the University of Iceland; the Nordic Institute for Maritime Law (NIfS), hosted by the University of Oslo; and the Nordic research programme of the Sámi University College in Kautokeino (the former Nordic Sami Institute). The inclusion of this assessment in the strategic analysis is due to the decision of the Nordic Council of Ministers to reallocate the Nordic funds of these co-operation bodies into the competitive research funding system of NordForsk. This decision is based on the overview of Nordic research cooperation and the report Vilja till Forskning? (2011), which recommended structural development measures within several major areas of Nordic research and research infrastructure cooperation. I wish to thank the distinguished international Panel of Experts for performing the scientific assessment and for contributing with their valuable expertise and time, and to Gaia Consulting for facilitating the assessment. Finally, I wish to thank the Special Advisory Group of NordForsk, which oversees the strategic analysis of Nordic university cooperation, for their ongoing work and valuable advice to NordForsk. Gunnel Gustafsson Director of NordForsk 5

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7 1. About the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies NIAS The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies NIAS is a Nordic research and resource center at the University of Copenhagen. NIAS focuses on modern Asia from a predominantly social sciences perspective. NIAS was established under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) in 1968 as a Nordic focal point for research on Asia. As a result of the nationalization of Nordic research institutions under the NCM, NIAS was in 2005 integrated in the University of Copenhagen and is today a Nordic centre under the Department of Political Science. Over the past decades, the agenda of NIAS has broadened and its focus gradually shifted towards being a modern area studies center focusing on Asia and in particular contemporary Asia in its relations with the West, i.e. the Nordic region and Europe. NIAS is today a research institute and a resource centre with a broad network of contacts connecting people and institutions with expertise on Asia. The staff of NIAS consists of a director, editor-inchief, chief librarian, research staff, and support staff (altogether 9 person years divided on 14 people). NIAS main activities are conferences and workshops; a student exchange programme; information resources; the NIAS Press which publishes Nordic scholarly works on Asia and NIAS LINC, a public library offering services to the whole Nordic community. NIAS has a Nordic Board, NIAS is jointly funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers, the University of Copenhagen and the members of the Nordic NIAS Council (NNC), a network of member universities today including 26 leading Nordic institutions in Asian studies. The budget 2014 amounted to approximately DKK 10 million. 2 7

8 2. Assessment of the Panel of Experts 2.1. Introductory remarks by the Panel of Experts The framework of this assessment is based on an assignment and terms of reference as provided by NordForsk (described in annexes 1 and 3): Accordingly, the Peer reviewers are expected to use their expertise to assess the scientific quality and relevance of the Nordic cooperation body within its own field of research, in a Nordic and international context. The main question is to find out how added value has been created through the co-operation and what the role and status of the Nordic co-operation bodies are in the Nordic region/internationally. The assessment is based on and limited to: The material made available to the reviewers, mainly a self-assessment prepared by NIAS Interviews conducted with key staff at the institute during a one-day meeting held in Copenhagen on 30 April 2015 (list of participants included) Within the context of these limitations the Panel of Experts have summarized below their jointly held views on the assessment questions: a) What is the significance of the Nordic co-operation body in terms of scientific results in its field in the Nordic region and internationally? b) How is added value created through the Nordic and international co-operation? The Panel of Experts emphasizes that reviewers were not asked to review the scientific output of the institute and that the assessment is focused on the current standing of NIAS in the scientific community as well as the sustainability of its institutional model. 3 8

9 2.2. The significance and added value of the Nordic co-operation body in terms of scientific results in its field in the Nordic region and internationally NIAS s profile NIAS is a regional transnational consortium-based entity, representing a unique academic network of 26 institutions in the Nordic countries. Over 47 years it has forged a remarkable reputation based on its exceptional track record across the Nordic region, in Asia and globally. This reputation is built on a range of outstanding services to the Nordic academic community, including facilitation of access to scholarly communities and institutions in Asia; a strong library and journal collection; a unique range of digital resources; research training for PhDs and MAs; NIAS Press, just to mention a few. These strengths as well as the extensive network of scholars that developed around them have made NIAS an outstanding, if at times underappreciated asset to the Nordic scholarly community. In many ways, NIAS is a great example of regional public service that have linked many smaller academic milieus across the Nordic countries affording them access to resources on a scale and of a quality unimaginable for the typical Nordic institution. Considering the growing importance of Asia in all fields of activity in the 21 st century, NIAS is simply indispensable to the academic community in the Nordic countries. In order to leverage and deepen this strong legacy, we recommend that NIAS takes a new strategic leap into becoming a globally leading academic hub in several significant research fields. These research fields should act as a catalyst by mobilising its extensive academic constituency and strengthening the diversity of NIAS s services. In short, we recommend that NIAS evolves into a research-led provider of high quality services to the Nordic academic community. Research priorities Until now, NIAS has facilitated a wide range of research projects and networks, often initiated by individual researchers or institutional partners. This legacy stands as a solid foundation for NIAS to undertake a strategic overhaul aiming at identifying a few (2-3) strategic research orientations that combine the strengths of Nordic research with emerging public debates and trends in Asian societies to be developed in a comparative perspective between Europe and Asia. Examples could be welfare and care, social cohesion, governance, culture and identity, gender, media and communication. These programmes should be broadly framed in order to include the diversity of expertise and disciplines that exist within NIAS s unique network. 4 9

10 We recommend that in the coming year, NIAS initiates a series of consultative interactive meetings involving key academic members across its 26 affiliated institutions together with leading global scholars within the chosen fields of priority. These meetings should be considered as strategic programmatic exercises that should result in a new 10-year research-led strategy for NIAS. This new strategy should serve as the cornerstone for a multi-year funding plan for NIAS. The new strategy should enable NIAS to emerge as a leading platform on a range of research areas pertaining to Asia and its interactions with Europe. NIAS should employ seed funding to enable Nordic scholars to develop substantive projects within these areas. From the inception to their implementation phase, these research-led initiatives should be coordinated and hosted by NIAS. This shift will enable NIAS to prioritise and strategize its connections and partnerships in Asia and beyond. NIAS should in the future rely on a tight network of carefully selected global partners. The partnership with Fudan University stands as a model, although future partnerships can take a variety of forms. NIAS s interaction with its wider (non-academic) environment should also be shaped and prioritized on the basis of its strategic plan. NIAS s new research priorities should be of contemporary relevance, while retaining their anchorage in a deep-seated historical, linguistic and cultural context. Rather than NIAS shifting from the humanities to the social sciences, we recommend that it uses its historical strength to bridge the humanities and the social sciences. Research output The research output is currently measured by heterogeneous standards encompassing core researchers, research affiliates, visiting scholars, SUPRA fellows, etc. The recommended strategic change of NIAS will facilitate a more cohesive, focused and accountable output. The various services provided by NIAS, including NIAS Press and the digital resources should also be guided by the strategic research priorities. Merits of key staff The key staff shows excellent academic merits, and has shown remarkable dedication and commitment to NIAS over many years. In the future, NIAS ought to support this dedication by channeling staff efforts into more defined fields. A deepening focus of NIAS will infuse the work environment with a new sense of synergy and co-ownership that is vital for the future of the institution. It is imperative that this new research-led NIAS strategy is overseen by a highly reputed academic with strong skills in cooperation and communication. In order to effect the changes described above, the Director needs a strong mandate from its Board as well as sufficient administrative support. Nordic profile / dimension NIAS strongly regards itself as a Nordic institution with a Nordic mandate, hosted at the University of Copenhagen. 5 10

11 The Nordic mandate and Nordicness of NIAS is defined by its interaction with its academic consortium. The consortium gives NIAS its core legitimacy and strength. By defining a Nordic academic strategy, NIAS will position itself and Nordic academia in the global environment. We propose that the NIAS Board evolves into an advisory body that reflects the academic ownership of NIAS and the diversity of its 26 Nordic members/stakeholders. In order to strengthen NIAS s institutional standing and autonomy, the institute s Board should include academic administrators as well as highly competent and reputed scholars., Nordic and international relevance NIAS s relevance falls into three categories: 1. Service to the academic community (through e.g. the SUPRA programme and PhD courses; through its infrastructure) 2. The ability to provide or facilitate access to high-level academic knowledge (to institutions in Asia, policy makers, journalists etc.) 3. A visible role for Nordic research community in European and international organisations and networks: development and strengthening of strategic partnerships and active participation to networks such as the European Alliance for Asian Studies or, through the Alliance, the International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS). In the future, NIAS s Nordic and international relevance should be distinctly defined by its unique research-led agenda and infrastructure services. How added value is created The members of the Nordic NIAS Council highlight the SUPRA programme, NIAS Press and the access to library services and Asian databases (which cannot be afforded by each individual university) as the main added value of NIAS today. The network of university libraries (NNC library group) is also highly valued by the members. The role of NIAS as an incubator for the younger generation of researcher is evident. Today, when there is an increasing need of universities to cooperate and in small/scattered research areas, NIAS could take an even stronger role as coordinator and organizer of PhD courses in Asian Studies. By energizing the network of active scholars at the partner institutions, cooperation on researcher training and Nordic tours by visiting researchers can be enhanced. The NNC conference is a good forum for network-building, harnessing new talent and exposing students to a wider academic community. In the future, summer schools and courses could also be organized with partner institutions in Europe and Asia. There is considerable added value in NIAS activities already today. By defining key strategic priorities, NIAS role as a Nordic hub can be further enhanced. 6 11

12 Future challenges NIAS s combination of resources and longstanding networks represent a determining asset for the future of Asian research in the Nordic countries. Generally, NIAS needs to define its activities of service based on its own research-led strategy. NIAS enjoys the resources of Copenhagen University as the main generalist university in the Nordic countries within the humanities and social sciences. NIAS should try to develop more defined relationships with regard to both research and teaching with the different academic units dealing with Asia (e.g., the Department of East Asian studies, the TORS, Political science, anthropology, global development studies, Asian Dynamics). NIAS s clear research-led agenda should facilitate such collaboration. The relationship between NIAS and the Department of Political Science should be streamlined and clearly defined in relation to NIAS s own priorities and limited resources. The division of tasks regarding both teaching and finances should be based on a mutual longer-term agreement. NIAS should seek to extend strategic partnerships with carefully selected institutions and scholars in Asia, Europe and beyond, thus extending its global network. These partnerships should be set up and developed in accordance with core Nordic values of cooperation, mutual respect, equality, and freedom of information. Work commissioned by member organisations or other stakeholders (such as private companies, ministries etc.) should only be performed in fields where this work will benefit NIAS s own strategy (and will not stretch its capacities). Such work should be based on clear contracts and reimbursement agreements. NIAS needs support to begin this new strategic leap. Although NIAS can generate income from project overheads and member organisations in the future, at present, it needs a substantial grant to turn itself into a research-led platform for Asian studies in the Nordic countries, while retaining and deepening its unique assets, networks and services. Time amounts to a considerable challenge for NIAS s capacity to implement the proposed strategic overhaul. A ten-year timeframe is what is being recommended by the external experts. 7 12

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16 Annex 1: Background and Framework of the Evaluation Background to the Assignment In December 2013, the Nordic Council of Ministers Committee for Senior Officials on Education and Research decided on changes in their funding allocations, meaning that Nord- Forsk will from 2017 onwards govern the research funds that were previously earmarked for the following five Nordic co-operation bodies: Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA), owned by KTH/Stockholm University Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), owned by the University of Copenhagen Former Nordic Sámi Institute (NSI), owned by the Sámi University College in Kautokeino Nordic Volcanological Centre (NORDVULK), owned by the University of Iceland Nordic Institute for Maritime Law (NIfS), owned by the University of Oslo In connection to this decision, NordForsk was tasked to perform an assessment of the scientific quality and relevance of these five Nordic co-operation bodies. Framework of the Assessment Aims The aim of the assessment was to assess the scientific quality and relevance of the Nordic cooperation body within its own field of research, in a Nordic and international context. The main assessment questions defined were: What is the significance of the Nordic co-operation body in terms of scientific results in its field in the Nordic region and internationally? How is added value created through the Nordic and international co-operation? The results of this assessment will be used to assess the quality and relevance of the five Nordic co-operation bodies within Nordic university co-operation today, while decisions on possible future funding will be made through a separate process. 8 16

17 Assessment Process The assessment was overseen by a Special Advisory Group appointed by the Board of Nord- Forsk and consisting of the following members: Chancellor emerita Krista Varantola, Finland (Chair), Dr. Agneta Bladh, Sweden (Vice Chair), Vice-Chancellor emeritus, prof. Jens Oddershede, Denmark, Pro-Rector Kenneth Ruud, Norway, and Director General Hallgrímur Jónasson, Iceland. The assessment included a self-assessment performed by the Nordic co-operation body as well as peer review performed by an international external Panel of Experts. The Panel of Experts for the assessment of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies NIAS included the following external and independent experts: Prof. Lena Rydholm, Department of Linguistics and Philology Uppsala University Prof. Thomas Blom Hansen, Reliance-Dhirubhai Ambani Professor in South Asian Studies and Professor in Anthropology; Director of Stanford s Center for South Asia. Dr. Philippe Peycam, Director of the International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden, the Netherlands Self-assessment The self-assessment of the Nordic co-operation body was issued in December 2014 and submitted by the end of February, The self-assessment consisted of A Fact Sheet, containing facts from the past five years ( ) on main research related activities (e.g., staff, publications, main research projects, researcher training, visiting researchers, infrastructure etc.) A Self-assessment report, with reflections about the research activities of the co-operation body; its Nordic added value; its stakeholder relations; Nordic university co-operation in general; and future perspectives of the Nordic co-operation body. The self-assessment of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) is enclosed in annex 2. Peer review The peer review of the Nordic co-operation body was performed by the external Panel of Experts named above, and according to detailed guidelines of NordForsk concerning the aim of the peer review, the role of the reviewers, the review process, and confidentiality and impartiality issues. The guidelines for reviewers are enclosed in annex 3. The peer review was based on the following written material made available to the reviewers in the beginning of March 2015: The fact sheet compiled by the Nordic co-operation body The self-assessment of the Nordic co-operation body Web page, central strategy documents, and annual reports ( ) of the Nordic co-operation body 9 17

18 Other recent evaluations of the Nordic co-operation body and/or its host institution, as well as recent evaluations of relevant scientific disciplines in the Nordic countries were consulted in the assessment as secondary material. The peer review culminated in an assessment meeting, including site visit, interviews and group discussions. The report of the Panel of Experts was finalized after the assessment meeting and is enclosed in chapter 2. Assessment meeting The assessment meeting was organized on 30 April 2015 at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies in Copenhagen, Denmark. During the meeting, the international Panel of Experts and the Nordic Special Advisory Group met representatives of the Nordic co-operation body and its host universities. Time was allocated for interviews and group discussions in order to clarify any issues of importance for the final assessment of the scientific quality and relevance of the Nordic cooperation body. The agenda and participants of the meeting are found in annex 4. Role of the Special Advisory Group The Special Advisory Group appointed by the Board of NordForsk carried the responsibility of overseeing the review process and the review meeting. The Special Advisory Group will summarize its recommendations to NordForsk concerning Nordic university co-operation, in a separate report to be finalized early

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22 SELF-ASSESSMENT OF THE NORDIC CO-OPERATION BODY: REPORTING PERIOD: PLACE AND DATE: Copenhagen, February 27, 2015 NAME AND TITLE OF RESPONSIBLE DIRECTOR OF THE CO-OPERATION BODY: Geir Helgesen, Director, Senior Researcher 22

23 1. RESEARCH AND RESEARCH RELATED ACTIVITIES How would you define your academic field and your position and impact in terms of Nordic, European and global contexts? NIAS operates in the field of cross-disciplinary area studies focusing on modern Asia and on the relations between Asia and Europe, predominantly from a social science perspective with solid links to Asian studies within the humanities. Globalization has immensely increased the importance of area studies, and in particular those studies focusing on East West relations. NIAS has been active since the late 1960s and has had the opportunity to develop strong academic links with Asia, both institutional links with universities and research centres and personal links to scholars in relevant fields. Especially during the last ten years the Nordic region has become more visible in Asia and for many in that part of the world our region stands out as a good model of development as it, with its universal welfare provisions, is considered more socially balanced than many other Western countries. This new Asian awareness of the Nordics has further strengthened our relations, and has stimulated their interest in conducting research with a focus on the Nordic region as well as comparative research. NIAS is thus a window to the Nordic region for scholars from Asia, and a window to Asia for Nordic scholars outside Asian studies as well as many within the field. Internationally it is a clear asset that Nordic research on Asian affairs is well integrated. Through the Nordic NIAS Council (NNC), a consortium of universities and research institutions dealing with Asia, we have contributed to create and maintain this interconnectedness. Currently we are taking part in the process of revitalizing the European collaboration in Asian studies, and here our voice is recognized as a traditional partner contributing with a Nordic perspective. This is also acknowledged in a global context. In 2013 Fudan University in Shanghai, ranking as the third best university in China, decided to place their second international centre for China studies at NIAS, having opened their first one in California the year before. This centre, the first such in Europe, is placed under NIAS leadership and is staffed by a Chinese associate professor and a research assistant, financed by Fudan University. NIAS was selected as the host due to our Nordic connectedness, our European relations and visions, and our global outreach despite strong competition from elsewhere in Europe. What are your main activities in your academic field? As a moderate-sized comprehensive research centre in the field of modern Asian studies we pursue five goals: 1) conducting basic and applied research and publishing the results; 2) organizing a major annual Asia-centred conference and PhD workshop, as well as co-organizing other conferences, seminars and workshops; 3) providing research infrastructure for the Nordic research community within Asian studies; Page 2 23

24 4) active engagement with the Asian representatives in the Nordic region; and 5) publishing academic work in Asian studies by Nordic and international scholars for a global audience. 1) The research conducted at NIAS is often carried out by in-house scholars in collaboration with Nordic and international research networks. The results are made known by international publishers including (in some instances) NIAS Press. 2) The annual Nordic Asia conference and PhD workshop are organized together with a host university among the NNC members, with the theme, form and practical matters decided in close cooperation with the host. In recent years the event has become known to the European Asian studies research environment, and an increasing number of participants from European universities are joining the conference and PhD workshop. Other academic meetings are frequently organized with Nordic, European and Asian counterparts. 3) We offer a platform for information sharing and a wide range of online information resources via the AsiaPortal ( as well as web-focused IT services to the Nordic research community within and outside of Asian studies. We also organize guest lectures, workshops and conferences, as well as maintaining a scholarship programme that hosts MA students and PhD candidates from the five Nordic countries, approximately 50 guests each year. 4) NIAS maintains a strong relationship with official Asian representatives in the Nordic region and works to support dialogue and understanding between public institutions, private enterprises, and civil society from the two regions. Asian ambassadors are in frequent contact with NIAS and we have an ongoing informal dialogue with diplomats from all over Asia. 5) NIAS Press publishes peer-reviewed quality research focusing on Asia within the humanities and the social sciences. Our Press has made Nordic research in Asian affairs, and the institute as such, well known internationally in the field of Asian studies. What do you consider to be your strengths and weaknesses in your own field? NIAS strength is our four pillars: research-information-publication, and our Nordic networks. It is a unique feature in the Nordic region and indeed worldwide that 26 universities and research institutions cooperate in the field of Asian studies across national borders. We also consider it a strength to be well integrated within our host university and its Department of Political Science, likewise to be recognized as an established centre of knowledge and insights within Asian affairs by Nordic ministries of foreign affairs, Nordic media and Nordic companies operating in Asia, and in the Nordic region by official Asian representatives and private enterprises. Page 3 24

25 The strength of being Nordic may also be a weakness, however, as research councils and private donors tend to support research institutions within their own national boundaries; as a multi-national institution, we are not always seen as belonging. Our main weakness, however, is linked to budget and size. The growing importance of Asia culturally, economically and politically is a massive challenge and a huge opportunity for the Nordic countries. Our research profile would be much strengthened if we could add researchers focusing on political economy, to cover a host of issues that are in high demand in our societies. We are now in a position to harvest what we have been sowing over the years, to increase cooperation with Asian counterparts and produce relevant knowledge and insights for public and private actors in the Nordic region. Our limited size makes this difficult, however. The growth of the Asian studies research field has been accompanied by an exponential increase in academic output and access to a large amount of online information resources. Access to these resources is of vital importance to researchers, and area-specific knowledge about the available information sources is needed to select and introduce the resources available. Furthermore NIAS LINC and NIAS Press respectively provide unique and highly valued services to the Nordic community by exposing Nordic research on Asia to the international scholarly community via respected established academic channels 2. NORDIC ADDED VALUE Please describe your Nordic profile? What makes you a Nordic institution instead of a national institution? What are the main benefits of being a Nordic institution in your field? The fact that we take our Nordic mandate seriously makes us Nordic. The activities described in this selfassessment are all developed and executed with a Nordic perspective in mind. This distinguishes NIAS from all other institutes or centres focusing on Asia in the Nordic region. The NNC and NNC Library Group, the SUPRA programme, our Nordic networks and more testify to this. The Nordic-ness is our raison d être. From the perspective of our many Asian partners we are the NORDIC institute of Asian studies, and we were Nordic before this name became a global brand that added authority to the trademark NIAS. The original reason for establishing this institution in a field considered of lesser importance to the countries in the region was to pool resources. Today Asia is in the headlines daily, its importance is huge and growing, and Asian studies have developed in all Nordic countries. Why then maintain a Nordic centre? There are several reasons why it makes perfectly good sense to maintain the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies: Page 4 25

26 1. When operating in Asia and with Asian colleagues it is important to have long-standing connections. This often implies an almost invaluable advantage. NIAS has a long-term solid relationship with Asian academic institutions, with scholars, and with other stakeholders. 2. To approach Asian giants piecemeal would be to misuse our particular strength: the solid Nordic cooperation. The fact that Nordic-ness stands in high esteem all over Asia, and is a currency that we should make better use of, is an important reason to maintain and strengthen NIAS. 3. As a Nordic institution, NIAS provides services such as area-specific information resources to students and scholars throughout the Nordic region. Without this common Nordic arrangement such access would only be available to students and scholars at the financially strongest universities. 4. By acting as a Nordic entity in Asia, we are much better positioned to attract the interest of Asian counterparts, including high-profile scholars who, by joining Nordic projects and research institutions, can contribute to develop knowledge to the benefit of Nordic and Asian societies alike, and the relations between us. 5. Last but not least, Nordic scholars and networks are increasingly using NIAS as a focal point in the Nordic region when conducting meetings, workshops and conferences due to our wellfunctioning facilities as well as the location; a central transportation hub easily accessible from all parts of the region. How would you describe your contribution to Nordic added value? (Please provide concrete examples and information about developments.) Being a pioneering Nordic institution in conducting research with a focus on modern Asia and, by this, establishing cooperative relations with Asian colleagues, we have trademarked the Nordic universities and the whole Nordic region before branding became an issue. Examples are: In the European cooperation within Asian studies, NIAS is acknowledged as representing the Nordic region. Our support programme for Nordic students in Asian studies (SUPRA) has over the years assisted and accommodated several hundred individuals, many of them pursuing a career in the field today, others pursuing professional careers boosted by their Asian contacts and insights. The Nordic NIAS Council consisting of 26 universities and research centres is a unique and innovative construction promoting synergy and cooperation between the Asian studies environments in the Nordic region. The AsiaPortal is a common Nordic platform for information resources and information sharing for Asian studies. Via the NNC Library Group, consisting of members from all the NNC libraries, joint decisions are taken on the acquisition of valuable and specialized e-resources for shared access via the AsiaPortal. The Nordic news and events announced on the AsiaPortal are gathered Page 5 26

27 into a bi-weekly newsletter, NIAS Update, which is the only Nordic newsletter with content covering all of the Nordic countries and most of Asia. NIAS LINC also provides website consulting and limited IT services to Nordic networks and institutions. NIAS LINC have been a strong promoter of Open Access (OA) publishing within the Nordic Asian studies community, for instance by the establishment of a Nordic Web publications OA database, and a blog with freely available articles from Nordic researchers and experts. This blog is now being transformed into an online OA journal for Nordic early-career researchers in Asian studies. The aim is to offer a first-time learning experience in academic publishing and an established academic platform for upcoming Nordic researchers. NIAS LINC staff has contributed with professional consultancy expertise to a number of Nordic projects in Asia funded by DANIDA, SIDA and others. In the annual NNC conference and PhD workshop, we have started to accept PhD candidates from European universities outside the Nordic region in order to improving the academic quality of the event and establish links between young Nordic and European scholars. By cooperating with the NNC network we are able to support and assist Asian scholars in Nordic and comparative studies who are searching for particular institutions or scholars in the region. Research networks initiated by NIAS have contributed in making Nordic perspectives known in Asia. Examples are the EurAsia Political Culture Research Network ( ), the Sino-Nordic Gender Studies Network (ongoing since 2002), the Gendering Asia Network (ongoing since 2005) and Mapping the Mental Landscapes of EurAsia (ongoing since 2010). NIAS Press has brand recognition in academic books on Asia worldwide and has promoted Nordic scholarship and the professional careers of many Asia specialists in our region. The visibility of Nordic scholars will be further enhanced in 2015 when the NIAS Press publications in DiVA (the NCM-led Open Access programme) go live. Over the years, NIAS has successfully completed reports on Asian affairs commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Nordic foreign ministries have commissioned reports on Asia and have supported track-ii initiatives in Asia carried out by NIAS. In recent years, NIAS has reached out beyond academia, the media and public institutions to embrace the business community and assisted Nordic enterprises with cross-cultural courses and advice on Asian affairs. How has your role and status as a Nordic institution evolved over the years? What have been the main turning points and critical factors affecting your development? At present NIAS can be seen as a hub for the Nordic Asian studies environment and a Nordic centre for the global scholarly community within Asia-related studies. It has been a major shift in our activities that we are not any more exclusively supporting Asian studies, but increasingly supporting and cooperating with scholars from other disciplines within the social sciences, humanities and the natural sciences. Our Page 6 27

28 role and status remain as a research and information centre, while some of our activities are similar to those of a think-tank. The current position is the result of a development that has taken place over a longer period of time. It started when NIAS changed perspective from being largely a humanities-focused institute to put an emphasis on modern Asia with a predominantly social science perspective. Focusing more on current societal developments though obviously maintaining the historical and cultural perspectives led to greater societal visibility for NIAS, and our knowledge became of interest to news media as well as public and private institutions and enterprises. The next change was triggered by a decision taken by the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) to nationalise their many research and knowledge-producing institutions. NIAS agreed with NCM to pursue a gradual change from full Nordic funding down to 50 per cent funding. According to the agreement, NIAS became integrated within its host institution, the University of Copenhagen, but was to maintain its Nordic mandate. The last main development has been in response to the rise of East Asia, the current situation coloured by the newly acquired importance of this region both to the Nordic countries and Europe as a whole. A related tendency is the positive image of the Nordic region in Asia. As Nordic-ness has become a positive brand in Asia, the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies has experienced a growing positive interest from counterparts in our focus areas of research. While losing financial backing from our main sponsor, we have remained Nordic and kept this perspective as our basic guideline. This has been done because we are convinced that there is a future for a Nordic research and information centre focusing on Asia and on Nordic Asian relations. 3. STAKEHOLDERS Please describe your degree of integration and way of co-operating with the host university. At the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), NIAS started out in 1968 as an independent Nordic institute (as per Danish University Law 31) directly under the rector s office. At the end of the 1980s, NIAS was restructured and our research focus changed from being humanities dominated to mainly social science based. In 2005, our formal relations with the university changed as described above, and we became a research institute under the Dean s office at Faculty of Social Sciences. Finally, at this faculty we became a centre at and part of the Department of Political Science; this is our current status. At this department we are integrated as a research centre with a particular focus (modern Asia) and with a Nordic mandate; there is recognition of the Nordic nature of our services the research infrastructure, digital library, SUPRA student programme and guest researcher programme, as well as research networks initiated and/or led by our researchers. All have a Nordic and an international outreach. Likewise NIAS Press actively engages with Nordic and international authors and is a global brand. Page 7 28

29 In 2010 UCPH decided to prioritise studies on modern Asia by establishing the Asian Dynamics Initiative (ADI) with a coordination secretariat. The idea of this initiative is to hire researchers with an Asia focus within fields of the social sciences and humanities, placing them at existing departments. The secretariat that coordinates this initiative is placed at NIAS, a practical arrangement that is mutually beneficial. The integration with the Asian studies community at UCPH has thus taken place without compromising our Nordic mission. What are the pros and cons of your way of working with the host university? (e.g., degree of integration, the strategic interest of the host university to continue with the cooperation etc.) NIAS is both Nordic and locally based and integrated. This arrangement has positive implications for both parties. It is quite clear that the strategic interest of our host university is informed by the growing awareness and focus on Asia. The University of Copenhagen is therefore the university in the Nordic region with arguably the clearest Asia strategy. We are contributing to that strategy and are thus developing a stronger Asia platform for our Nordic partners. With our Nordic NIAS Council, our European counterparts within Asian studies, and not least our strong relations in and with Asia, we bring added value to the Asia initiative of our host university. This initiative, however, obviously also means that our own environment is improved, and that our services and usefulness for the Nordic Asian studies community is enhanced, thus bringing added value to our Nordic partners. For instance, over and above the Nordic-wide resources made available by NIAS, by having access to our host university s research infrastructure with a significant amount of e-resources, journals and books, we are able to provide our SUPRA stipendiaries and other Nordic visitors with access to one of the largest university libraries in the Nordic region. The integration process with our host university has more or less matched the changes taking place with regards to our formal and institutional relations with the Nordic Council of Ministers, although the process has been more push than pull. At present our finances are administrated by the Department of Political Science according to the rules of University of Copenhagen; personnel administration is also integrated with the university. Even so, we continue to have our own board with Nordic representatives and in contractual terms our status remains as an independent entity according to 31 of the university law and with a Nordic mandate. I am convinced that our host university is interested in continuing the cooperation, and that they as well as we are interested in developing and improving the relationship and ongoing activities. I am equally convinced that our partnership depends on continued Nordic support. Who are your other a) academic and b) societal main stakeholders? Please address the following questions: 1) why do you see them as the main stakeholders? Page 8 29

30 2) what is their role in the co-operation? 3) how do you co-operate with them? Our other main stakeholders are: a) In academia, our main stakeholders are the Nordic universities and research institutions that are members of the Nordic NIAS Council (NNC). The 26 institutions now making up the group of NNC members have an interest in using our services and for that they pay a (modest) membership fee. Contractually, NNC members have a governing role, being represented on the NIAS board, and they make up our institutional relationship to relevant academic environments in all five Nordic countries and in Greenland. NNC institutions are our Nordic roots as well as antennas. They bring input from their local and national settings to NIAS through formal meetings (annually two board meetings and one NNC general meeting). Their almost equally important role is to convey information from NIAS back to their home environments. On an equal footing, our partnership is focused on a continuous exchange of ideas, practical suggestions, of engaging in common networks and projects, and when possible also making visiting international guest scholars available to partner universities by organizing Nordic tours for them. Apart from our key Nordic academic stakeholders, NIAS has significant international stakeholders among whom we will mention the Nordic Centre at Fudan University, Shanghai; the Nordic Centre, India with an office in New Delhi and several partners around India; the Institute of East and West Studies at Yonsei University, Seoul. Moreover we have strong links with organizations and permanent networks such as the Association for Asian Studies, European Association of Southeast Asian Studies, International Convention for Asian Studies and European Alliance for Asian Studies. Last but not least we have over the years drafted reports for the Nordic Council of Ministers and provided the NMR Secretariat with Asian contacts and insights. b) Our main societal stakeholders are the media, public institutions and private companies, NGOs and individual professionals in the wider Nordic society. Media: We are regularly approached by Nordic media on matters related to Asia. Often NIAS staff act as expert commentators. If we are unable to cover the particular issue raised, we refer the journalists to colleagues at other Nordic institutions. Public institutions: Among them we deal in particular with the Nordic foreign ministries and sometimes other ministries, and occasionally with the local administration in different parts of the Nordic region. Private companies: The relationship here is mostly to offer advice on a consultancy basis. NGOs and individual professionals: examples are the different national UN societies, human rights groups, and political youth organizations. Individual professionals may approach us for advice on Asian affairs, or to suggest cooperation. Page 9 30

31 The role of these stakeholders varies, being to seek information and comments (media); to engage with us and other academic institutions in dialogues on current Asian topics, or sponsor activities suggested by us (foreign ministries); to commission reports (other ministries); or to seek advice and cooperation (local governments). Private companies seek advice and NGOs seek information and may suggest common engagements in projects. Cooperation varies from case to case. That with public institutions and NGOs is usually on an equal basis and for mutual gain; private institutions usually pay for the services asked for. 4. NORDIC UNIVERSITY CO-OPERATION Please list your main university partners in the Nordic countries? What type of cooperation do you have with them? The list below of 26 universities and research centres that are members of the Nordic NIAS Council is divided according to where in the Nordic region they operate. Denmark: University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Business School ; Royal Danish Defence College; University of Aalborg; University of Aarhus; University of Southern Denmark. Greenland: University of Greenland. Finland: University of Helsinki; Aalto University School of Business; University of Jyväskylä; University of Tampere; University of Turku. Iceland: University of Iceland; University of Akureyri. Norway: University of Bergen; University of Oslo; Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration; Chr. Michelsen Institute; Peace Research Institute Oslo. Sweden: Stockholm University; Uppsala University; Lund University; Göteborg University; Royal Institute of Technology; FOI - Swedish Defence Research Agency. The type of cooperation for the NNC members has been explained above. In short, there is a number of services offered to the members, and the most important of those are the online services provided via the common AsiaPortal platform with access to Asian databases, and the SUPRA scholarship programme for MA students and PhD candidates. As a separate form of NNC cooperation, there is a Nordic Asian library network, the NNC library Group, with a yearly meeting and regular contacts between the relevant librarians. Beside the services that NIAS offers which more or less determine the form of cooperation, there are other types of cooperation that vary from institution to institution. With some institutions we have had long-standing partnerships with shared networks, with others we have ongoing research projects, and a third form of cooperation has been to offer Nordic lecture tours with international scholars in Asian studies, as well as publishing seminars by NIAS Press for Nordic scholars. Page 10 31

32 Finally, we have organized courses by NIAS staff and associates (as we have done in Nuuk, Greenland, where Asian insight is needed but is not available locally.) What has worked well and what has not worked so well in Nordic university co-operation in your field (strengths and weaknesses)? Please provide concrete examples. We are very satisfied that 26 universities and research institutions have joined our Nordic consortium in Asian studies. This impressive number of members from all five Nordic countries comprises institutions of higher learning in all the Nordic capitals and many located in smaller cities and far from the capital. This demonstrates that we have a working relationship both with institutions where the Asia studies environment is strong as well as with institutions where Asian studies involve only a few scholars and students or indeed, for the time being, none at all (Nuuk). In relation to the different types of academic environments, we have something to offer and something to gain. We see this as a concrete and solid example of Nordic added value. The research networks mentioned earlier in this document are examples of successful Nordic university cooperation, as they all have resulted in joint publications, teaching programmes, and research project applications that quite often have been accepted by funding agencies. SUPRA, our support programme for students and young researchers in Asian studies, is a concrete example of a solid success for Nordic university cooperation. The programme provides a two-week stay at NIAS for MA students and PhD candidates, and while at NIAS they are given access to the best Asian studies resources available in the Nordic region in a dynamic Asia research environment. From feedback we know that for many this has been the push they needed to finalize their theses. Very many Nordic scholars working on Asia have been on the NIAS premises once or more during their careers. Our digital library service is an example of a core activity where NIAS has been a pioneer in the Nordic region (and in Europe) by being able to negotiate deals with international database providers for all 26 NNC members. These are unique agreements and examples of how Nordic academic cooperation in this particular field is both pioneering and cost effective. The 20-per cent budget cut that hit NIAS in 2014 was a serious setback for these library services, which otherwise potentially could bring Nordic Asian studies international forefront with regards to the available research infrastructure. There are still challenges and hindrances that make it difficult to fully utilize existing potentials for Nordic cooperation in our field, however. Besides the well-known difficulty in creating practical cooperation across faculties and disciplines, which seems to be the same within and between countries, there is also the question of resources. NIAS has experienced shrinking budgets while the tasks have changed and in many cases increased in size and complexity. With a dedicated staff who can see potential improvements and want to meet the challenges with new initiatives, it is a weakness that our economy makes it difficult to set in motion what is needed and should be done. Page 11 32

33 Do you have any suggestions of how to develop Nordic university co-operation in your field? The potential assets of our unique form of Nordic cooperation could be increased and further developed, and would in that case comprise a major Western research and educational consortium within the field of Asian studies. Practical suggestions to achieve this goal are to: Expand the Nordic online research infrastructure in Asian studies by allocating the necessary resources to build a central digital library with subscriptions to relevant and crucial databases in studies in Asian affairs. Increased cooperation with our Asian counterparts could further enrich the Nordic information infrastructure with new and unique resources. This would offer strong, cost-effective support for research and education in this field in an increasingly competitive global market. Identify all existing Nordic scholarship in Asian studies, not only in the fields of social sciences and humanities, but also in the natural sciences and business studies, and make this information known and freely available to Asian studies environments and public and private stakeholders through different online platforms (often via open access). Identify ongoing research collaboration between Nordic and Asian scholars, collect research s and reports from such collaborative projects and make these materials freely available as above. Make Nordic educational opportunities known in Asia, and promote educational and scholarly exchange between Nordic and Asian academic institutions. In general, stimulate the Nordic Asian studies environment by helping link Nordic research communities with existing European and other international networks. An example would be to introduce a Nordic Asia Prize for the best Nordic PhD dissertation completed each year with a publication guarantee. By building on what has already been established and what has proved its worth over time, the Nordic region could occupy a central position in Europe with regards to Asia insights and competence. This would be an investment in a future already visible in many areas where Asia occupies a central position with regards to the economy and politics and hence also international relations. Page 12 33

34 5. FUTURE PLANS What kind of plans do you have for your activities and funding sources from 2017 onwards? What are your main strategic priorities? As a Nordic research and information centre within a growing local Asian studies environment at the University of Copenhagen, we will continue to provide services to and collaborate with Nordic scholars as well as to attract Asian scholars and develop our working relations with European sister institutions. Having stressed and promoted Nordic ways and approaches in Asia, and engaged in both research and information activities locally as well as internationally with a Nordic mandate in mind, NIAS future depends on a continued partial Nordic funding. With this funding as a basis, and with support from our local host university as well as NNC membership fees, NIAS will stand strong in the competition for external funding from research councils and from public and private foundations. Our strategic priorities are: To further develop our in-house research capacity in order to be able to deal with grand societal challenges relating to Asia and the Nordic region/europe, examples being the consequences of climate change; urbanization and green growth; common welfare challenges, such as an aging population; the incipient relations between Asia and the Arctic; the presence of Asia in the Nordic countries; and cross-cultural communication. To establish several country-focused sub-centres at NIAS such as the existing Fudan-European Centre for China Studies. At present such plans are under discussion with universities in South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and India. To provide a state-of-the-art research infrastructure for Asian studies institutions in the Nordic region, as well as for other Nordic stakeholders, and take the lead in establishing and managing joint Nordic/international research projects. Produce a series of quality publications on topical Asian issues for a broader informed Nordic readership within public administration, private enterprises and media. Establish an ongoing Nordic Asian dialogue forum engaging Asian and Nordic embassies, Asian and Nordic companies, the NNC and other Nordic academic partners, and the Nordic Council of Ministers. (This forum could have alternating meetings in each of the five Nordic capitals.) How do you assess your ability to attract competitive funding (strengths and weaknesses?) Page 13 34

35 By remaining Nordic and coordinating the cooperation in a large consortium of Asian studies institutions, NIAS will have a comparative advantage in attracting funding internationally, first and foremost in Asia, and probably also in Europe. Having successfully negotiated the contract with Fudan University in late 2013, I believe that it will be possible to attract the interest of other Asian universities to establish similar sub-centres. A weakness might be revealed when applying competitive funding in each of the five Nordic countries. Our experience is that while the research councils emphasise quality of the proposals, they also need to consider a certain geographical balance. Here we might fall outside the national boundaries. What type of funding instrument(s) (fixed-term, competitive) would be best suited for your purposes? The activities characterizing our centre need five-year fixed-term funding for the basic part of the activities augmented by additional competitive funding. Fixed-term funding is needed for what could be labelled the research infrastructure provided by NIAS. This covers the following tasks and services: a digital library and a database collection; a publication unit; a student support programme; a guest researcher programme; guest lectures; and an annual Nordic conference and Ph.D. workshop, all focusing on Asia from a Nordic perspective. Leadership and administration belongs to this part of the activities. As has been agreed upon at earlier junctures, to play the role as a relevant and dynamic Nordic research centre, a small group of scholars on longer-term contracts is also needed. It cannot be expected that researchers on short-term contracts will have an interest in and be able to operate from a Nordic perspective, or maintain our international relations built up over a long period of time. Furthermore, it is the interaction between the different functions at NIAS that is our trademark and makes NIAS useful and attractive from a Nordic as well as an Asian perspective. Competitive funding would be a possible solution for the support of research projects and networks, for attracting PhD candidates and post doc researchers. NIAS would then be financed through a combination of fixed and competitive funding, similar to what is normal for academic staff at the Nordic universities. While university lecturers and professors have teaching and administrative tasks besides their research, the research staff at NIAS have a Nordic mandate which implies engaging in activities to develop and maintain Nordic research networks; developing working relations with Asian counterparts; establishing closer links with sister institutions in Europe; advising Nordic students during their stay at NIAS; assisting visiting Asian scholars; and closely following relations between Asia and the Nordic region in order to gain insights useful for Nordic public and private institutions. Page 14 35

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37 FACT SHEET OF THE NORDIC CO-OPERATION BODY: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies REPORTING PERIOD: PLACE AND DATE: Copenhagen 25 February 2015 NAME AND TITLE OF RESPONSIBLE DIRECTOR OF THE CO-OPERATION BODY: Geir Helgesen, PhD Director 37

38 1. PERSONNEL OF THE NORDIC CO-OPERATION BODY List the name and position of current key staff members of the Nordic co-operation body (including permanent and fixed term research staff, administrative staff etc.) Add rows to the table, if needed. Please provide brief cv s (max 3 pages) for key staff members. Name of key staff Geir Helgesen Liu Chunrong Katrine Herold Inga-Lill Blomkvist Gerald Jackson Cecilia Milwertz Min Dongchao Aki Tonami Alexandra Kent Bernd Wunsch Freek Jonker Amanda Lybke Rasmussen Martin Lundqvist Viktor Münter Position Director Executive Vice Director Fudan-European Centre for China Studies Project Coordinator/Centre administrator Librarian/Webmaster Editor-in-Chief, NIAS Press Senior Researcher Professor Researcher Senior Researcher IT student assistant Publishing Assistant Student Assistant Student Assistant Student Assistant Please give the total number of personnel employed by and/or affiliated with the Nordic co-operation body. Please indicate the number of persons in each category as listed (number of persons, number of person years in total, and number of person years paid by the NCM funds). If you have had significant annual fluctuations, please indicate changes over the years. Number of persons Person years in total Person years paid by NCM funds Professors and associate professors Page 2

39 Senior researchers Postdoctoral researchers Postgraduate students 5 N/A 0 Other academic personnel 8 N/A 0 Auxiliary personnel (office, technical, other personnel) 2010: : : : : : : : RESEARCH AT THE NORDIC CO-OPERATION BODY Please describe briefly (max 1 page) the main areas of research of the Nordic co-operation body, main research aims, and how you work to achieve these. What are the main achievements of the Nordic co-operation body during the past 5 years? What scientific challenges should be addressed in the near future? Please enclose any relevant strategy documents. NIAS is a modern area studies center focusing on Asia and in particular contemporary Asia in its relations with the West, i.e. the Nordic region and Europe. The research practice is inter-disciplinary and often cross-cultural; as researchers at NIAS regularly involve Nordic and Asian colleagues in research networks and consortia, based on our empirically funded experience that our different background usually will be reflected in different research focuses and perspectives. When these differences are accepted and used in order to cross-fertilize the research process, area studies contributes with new knowledge and deeper understanding of issues at hand. With regard to establishing a clearer research focus in response to Nordic societal challenges our main research on relations between Asia and the Nordic falls in two areas. Firstly, NIAS has been engaged in research on Asia and the Arctic since 2012, and has thus been at the forefront in addressing this relationship long before it became a hot topic in the media. Secondly, NIAS is currently initiating research on Asian presence in the Nordic countries. These two focus areas of research builds upon research conducted during the period from 2010 to 2014 as well as earlier. This research includes for example the work of the Mapping the Human Landscapes of EurAsia project, where Nordic and Asian scholars together investigated the different modes of thought and perceptions in society and politics in Northeast Asia and in the Northern Europe, as well as other research undertaken in collaboration with colleagues in Asia, such as for instance NIAS participation in the Norwegian led Asia-Nordic research collaboration on project Re-visiting gender in development. 39 Page 3

40 To maintaining a dynamic research environment the center has been able to increase its international guest researcher program that attracts Nordic and international researchers to collaborate with NIAS. Moreover, from 2013 to 2015 NIAS is hosting an EU Marie Curie International Incoming guest professor from China, and last but not least, NIAS has attracted and established the Fudan-European Centre for China Studies in competition with several other European universities. The research infrastructure and training is an important part of our activities, why we will mention the maintenance of a well-functioning (and highly praised) student stipend program (SUPRA Scholarship); the transformation of a traditional library into an electronic one, equally accessible from every corner of the Nordic region; the sustenance and development of our academic press, a flagship activity at NIAS; our participation in the re-inventing of the European Alliance of Asian Studies; and the continued and even increased number of members in the unique Nordic NIAS Council (NNC). Our main achievement during the past five years has been to keep up a visible Asia research profile by establishing a clearer research focus in response to the Nordic societal challenges from a rising Asia. A main challenge is to make the best possible use of the achievements reached in the past, and identify the burning issues related to Asia and its relations with us. And then to invest our academic capital, our knowledge and skills, in conducting research in order to present possible solutions to such issues. Relevant to mention would be Asia-Nordic cooperation regarding climate change which includes the combating of greenhouse gas emissions and the promotion of sustainable energy solutions, projects that have a social science dimension often under-investigated or totally overlooked, with sad consequences. 3. RESEARCHER MOBILITY AT THE NORDIC CO-OPERATION BODY Please specify research stays at other institutions as well as visits by foreign researchers. Here mobility is defined as a stay abroad of at least 2 weeks duration. Add rows to the table, if needed. Name, job title, organisation Site of work Purpose of visit Duration of visit Comments, output of the visit Cecilia Milwertz, Senior Researcher, NIAS PRC Main purpose: Fieldwork hosted by the Institute of Sociology, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 18 June 8 July August to 4 Oct Nov to 16 Dec 2011 Publications PhD course held with Ålborg U and NTNU Additional purposes: Participation (2010) in UCPH -Peking U Oct Oct Peking U workshop facilitated by NIAS 40 Page 4

41 collaboratively held workshop at Peking U 2012 convening of PhD course Doing Gender Studies in Global Contexts by Sino-Nordic Gender Studies Network and held at the Nordic Centre Fudan, October January to 3 Feb September to 8 October 2014 Convening in 2014 of Fifth Sino-Nordic Women & Gender Studies in Beijing. Ida Nicolaisen, senior researcher, NIAS UNIMAS, Sarawak Research/ research seminar 13/3-18/ Wealth of new data collected Ida Nicolaisen, senior researcher, NIAS Rockefeller University, New York Proofreading book manuscript 6/4-4/ productive Ida Nicolaisen, senior researcher Rockefeller University, New York Analysing anthropological field data and writing 4-5 weeks each spring and autumn during the years productive Professor Bu Wei, Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences NIAS Research collaboration with Cecilia Milwertz Participation in Gendering Asia Network workshop 8-11 Nov at NIAS and the Forth Gendering Asia Network Nov at the UCPH 19 Aug 3 Sept Nov 3 December 2010 Joint publications research relations with Nordic researchers facilitated by NIAS Professor Bu Wei, Institute of Journalism NIAS Research collaboration with 5-28 October Page 5

42 and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Ålborg U Iceland U Cecilia Milwertz Participation in Fourth Sino-Nordic Women & Gender Studies, Ålborg U Participation on in Gendering Asia Network workshop, Island U, Oct Professor Bu Wei, Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences NIAS Ålborg U Iceland U Research collaboration with Cecilia Milwertz Participation in Fourth Sino-Nordic Women & Gender Studies, Ålborg U 5-28 October 2011 Professor Bu Wei, Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Participation on in Gendering Asia Network workshop, Island U, Oct Professor Zhao Yuezhi, Simon Fraser University, Canada NIAS and Nordic Tour to different universities Guest lecture at NIAS and Nordic Lecture Tour = lectures at Nordic universities 8-24 October 2011 Media coverage Great interest among Nordic universities in hosting the guest lecturer. Wang Fengxian, researcher Beijing Academy of Social Sciences NIAS Research collaboration with Cecilia Milwertz 21 May 21 June 2012 Joint publications Participation in NTNU research project workshop Re-visiting gender in development held at NIAS, June 2012 Engagement in NTNU research project workshop held at NIAS. 42 Page 6

43 Bu Wei, professor Chinese Academy of Social Sciences NIAS Trondheim Research collaboration with Cecilia Milwertz 8 August 8 Sept 2012 Joint publications Lecture in Summer course Gender Dynamics in the 21 st century held by Dr Hilda Rømer Christensen at the Deaptment of Sociology, the University of Copenhagen Lecture in PhD course at Department of Sociology, the UCPH Workshop participation NTNU Participation in Gendering Asia Network workshop held by NTNU, August 2012 Wang Fengxian, researcher Beijing Academy of Social Sciences NIAS Research collaboration with Cecilia Milwertz 29 July to 10 August 2013 Joint publications Bu Wei, professor Chinese Academy of Social Sciences NIAS Universty of Iceland Research collaboration with Cecilia Milwertz Participation in NIAS NNC, Iceland U October 2014 Initiation of Nordic research project Miikka Lehtonen PhD Fellow, Turku University, Finland Ellen Bangsbo, Anthropologist, Copenhagen Manuel Jesus Rocha- Pino, PhD Fellow, Institute of European Studies (IUEE) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain NIAS Research/networking 16 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS Working on book 4 weeks Book NIAS Research/library use 9 weeks 43 Page 7

44 Karl Jakob Krogness, Post Doc, University of Copenhagen NIAS Work on book and research proposal 19 weeks Book chapter and more Joakim Enwall, Professor in Chinese Language and Culture at Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, Sweden Zhang Xihua, professor, Beijing International Studies University, China Martin Bech Hansen, PhD DPU Aarhus, Denmark NIAS Research/library use 2 weeks NIAS Research 11 weeks NIAS Research/network 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis Elvira Khakimova, PhD IMT - Institute for Advanced Studies in Lucca, NIAS Research for PhD, use library, networking 17 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis Ding Yan, Assistant professor Fudan University, Shanghai, China Peter Johannes Braeunlein, Senior Research Fellow Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology Goettingen, Germany Maj Nygaard- Christensen, Post-Doc Aarhus University Chin-Shou Juju Wang, Professor of Environmental Sociology,National Tsing Hua University,Taiwan Santos Vinarso Dwiyogo, Secretary to the Vice President of NIAS Research 4 weeks NIAS Research and writing 9 weeks NIAS Research 2 weeks NIAS Research 12 weeks Fieldwork in Dk & interviews to research project NIAS PhD training 12 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis 44 Page 8

45 Indonesia Delsey Ronnie, Director, Social Office of the Presidential Council for the Reconstruction of Aceh and Nias Island, Indonesia Bo Ærenlund Sørensen, MA, University of Copenhagen NIAS PhD training 16 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS Writing PhD proposal 20 weeks Obtained PhD at Oxford Thao Thi Vu, PhD in Human Geography, University of Copenhagen NIAS Working research proposal 19 weeks Dr Catherine Earl, Lecturer in Sociology, School of Applied Media and Social Sciences, Monash University Gippsland Md. Raknuzzaman, Lecturer of Mathematics, Department of Arts and Sciences, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. NIAS Research 19 weeks NIAS Research/networking 9 weeks Sasikumar Shanmugasundaram, M.A. student at the Central European University, Budapest NIAS Research, library use, networking 2 weeks Stewart Watters, Research Fellow NIAS Research/project proposal 26 weeks Chanjittra Charn-orn, PhD Chiangmai, Thailand NIAS Co-supervision of PhD research 27 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis Kathinka Frøystad, Associate Professor, Bergen University Norway NIAS Research, writing 19 weeks 45 Page 9

46 Rune Bennike Associate Professor, Department of Regional and Cross-Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen NIAS Preparing PhD defense, writing project proposal 25 weeks Finished PhD thesis, Obtained Post Doc position Signe Overgaard, PhD Fellow, University of Southern Denmark Chen-Yu Chiu, Postdoctoral Researcher, Aalto University, Finland Shawn Bender, Associate Professor, Dickinson College, USA NIAS Research 8 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS Research 8 weeks Network NIAS Research, interviews 4 weeks New fieldwork and contacts Dr. Hongwei Bao, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University, UK NIAS Research collaboration 8 weeks Kristine Eck, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Visiting Lecturer, the Swedish National Defense College Henrik Kloppenborg Møller, PhD Student, University of Lund Edelblutte Emilie, PhD Student, University of Lyon, France Liwen Shih, Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Humanities in Medicine, Taipei Medical University Ülo Valk, professor of folkloristics, NIAS Research 16 weeks Research application NIAS Research 8 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS Research 11 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS Research, interviews 8 weeks New contacts NIAS Research, writing 3 weeks 46 Page 10

47 Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore, University of Tartu Valeriya Gazizova, PhD Student, University of Oslo Karin Zackari, PhD Student, Lund University Mayumi Takahashi, PhD Student, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Hermann Aubie, PhD Student, University of Turku Andrea Koebel, PhD Student, Oxford University Mariya Bikova, PhD Student, University of Bergen Karen Heikkilä, PhD Student, Helsinki University Ida Marie Lyså, PhD Student, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Changjuan Geng, PhD Student, Leiden University Sonja Salminen, PhD Student, School of History, Culture and Arts Studies, University of Turku Cao Guihong, PhD Student, KTH, Stockholm Minna Hakkarainen, PhD Student, NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 4 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to 47 Page 11

48 Department of Political and Economic Studies/East-Asian Studies, University of Helsinki Lu Yikun, PhD Student, Faculty of information technology, University of Jyväskylä Stefanie Probst, PhD Student, University of Hamburg Isabelle Cote, PhD Student, Department of Political Science, Lund University Xi Jin, PhD Student, Department of Political Science, Leiden University Annelise Ly, PhD Student, Department of Professional and Intercultural Communication, Norwegian School of Economics Reidun Faye, PhD Student, MC Venues Research Group, University of Bergen Ghanshyam Bishwakarma, PhD Student, University of Eastern Finland Henrik Hvenegaard Mikkelsen, PhD Student, Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, University of Aarhus Zhang Jaihua, PhD Student, University of Bergen PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis 48 Page 12

49 Wu Qi, PhD Student, Institute for Asian and African studies, University of Helsinki Sivasubramanian Narashima Boopathi, PhD Student, Department of Management, University of Vaasa Elenor Marcussen, PhD Student, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg Sanna Kopra, PhD Student, University of Tampere Dan Nie, PhD Student, School of Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä Wang Jingjing, PostDoc, University of Aarhus Seppo Mallenius, PhD Student, Aalto University, school of Economics Supriya Samanta, PhD Student, Aalborg University Yang Liu, PhD Student, University of Jyväskylä Suvi Mäkinen, PhD Student, University of Turku Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr, PhD Student, University of Bergen Emma Björner, PhD Student, University of Stockholm NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 4 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS Research 2 weeks NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis Anna-Klara Nilsson, PhD NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to 49 Page 13

50 Student, Uppsala University Teraphan Ornthammarath, PhD Student, University of Iceland Marie Bræmer, PhD Student, Aarhus University Leena Luckas, PhD Student, University of Jyväskylä Susanne Åsman, PhD Student, University of Gothenburg Wang Xinhong, PhD Student, University of Turku Munjur E. Moula, PhD Student, University of Helsinki Lodve A. Svare, PhD Student, University of Tromsø Joanna Baradziej, PhD Student, University of Bergen Supriya Samanta, PhD Student, Aalborg University Yang Liu, PhD Student, University of Jyväskylä Suvi Mäkinen, PhD Student, University of Turku Christina Näslund, PhD Student, Uppsala University Esmael Abdurehim, PhD Student, University Helsinki PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis 50 Page 14

51 Sungju Park-Kang, PhD Student, Gothenburg University Sajan Thomas, PhD Student, University of Bergen Thora Bojsen-Møller, PhD Student, Aarhus University Valeria Gazizova, PhD Student, University of Oslo Li Silfverberg, PhD Student, Stockholm University Margrethe Gaassand, PhD Student, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Leena Eerolainen, PhD Student, University of Helsinki Désirée Remmert, PhD Student, London School of Economics and Political Science Michael Hertzberg, PhD Student, Chr. Michelsen Institute/University of Bergen Anna-Leena Korpijärvi, PhD Student, University of Helsinki Guro Warhuus Samuelsen, PhD Student, University of Oslo Khaleda Gani Dutt, PhD Student, Stockholm University NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis Kristian Kungshøj, PhD NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to 51 Page 15

52 Student, Aalborg University Caroline Bennett, PhD Student, University of Kent PhD thesis NIAS SUPRA Scholarship 2 weeks Contribution to PhD thesis Number of: Visiting months 48,3 months Visiting researchers RESEARCHER TRAINING AND DOCTORAL EDUCATION AT THE NORDIC CO-OPERATION BODY Please list researcher training courses organised by the Nordic co-operation body. Specify the number of students participating (own students and other students) and number of ECTS points gained in the courses. Add rows to the table, if needed. Course (name of course, institution, person responsible) 2014 A Multitude of Encounters with Asia Gender Perspectives, at University of Iceland, co org. with University of Iceland, Cecilia Milwertz, Katrine Herold, Anna Karlsdottir 2014 Sustainable City Development: Theories, methods, challenges, and experiences in China and the Nordic countries, at Fudan University, Shanghai, co-org. by Nordic centre Fudan, NIAS & Urban Governance for Sustainable Cities Network, Outi Luova, Jørgen Delman 2014 Inter-disciplinary research workshop on South Asia: Culture, Technology and Development, in Höllviken, Sweden, co-org by NIAS, Nordic centre India & SASNet, Stig Toft Own Students Other students Number of ECTS points N/A 52 Page 16

53 Madsen, Anna Lindberg & Lars Eklund 2013 The Power of Knowledge: Asia and the world, at University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg Campus, Co-org, with University of Southern Denmark & International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS) Leiden, Katrine Herold, Qi Wang & Willem Vogelsang 2012 Regional and Global Implications of a growing Chinese Influence at Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki, Co-org by NIAS & CEMAT at Aalto University, Katrine Herold, Riitta Kosonen & Erja Kettunen-Matilainen 2012 Doing Gender Studies in Global Contexts at Nordic Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai, Co-org. by Nordic centre Fudan & NIAS, Cecilia Milwertz & Freya Gao 2011 China: transactions and transformations at University of Oslo, partly sponsored by NIAS, Heidi Østbø Haugen, Kristin Dalen, Ivo Spira Nordic Association of China Studies (NACS) rd Nordic on South Asian Studies for Young Scholars, in Falsterbo, Sweden, Co-org by NIAS & SASNet, Katrine Herold, Julia Velkova, Anna Lindberg 2011 Political Regimes, Growth Politics and Conflicts in Asia: responses to Changing Environmental, Economic and Socio-Cultural Conditions at University of Stockholm, co-org by NIAS & University of Stockholm, Katrine Herold & Eva Hansson 2010 "Globalizing South Asia" at University of Helsinki, Sirpa Tenhunen and Klaus Karttunen, co-sponsored by NIAS 2010 How can we Capture Specificities with our Approaches and Methods, at NIAS, co-org by NIAS & University of Copenhagen, Katrine Nordic 16 3/5 N/A N/A N/A 40 N/A ,5 18 N/A Page 17

54 Herold, Jørgen Delman Give the number of recruited PhD and Post Docs. Please specify how many PhDs and post docs are recruited nationally and how many are recruited internationally? Number of PhD students recruited nationally 2 Number of PhD students recruited internationally, how many of these are from other Nordic countries? 10/4 Nordic Number of Post Docs recruited nationally 0 Number of Post Docs recruited internationally, how many of these are from other Nordic countries? 1 Describe your contribution to PhD degrees awarded through the co-operation: How many PhD degrees have been awarded? By which university have they been awarded? Add rows to the table, if needed. PhD degrees awarded Where awarded? Contribution of the Nordic co-operation body Maj Nygaard- Christensen Santos Vinarso Dwiyogo University of Aarhus 2010 University of Helsinki 2012 Provide office space, networking, feedback, information services and research infrastructure Provide office space, networking, feedback, information services and research infrastructure Ronnie Delsey University of Helsinki 2012 Provide office space, networking, feedback, information services and research infrastructure Rune Bolding Bennike University of Copenhagen 2012 Provide office space, networking, feedback, information services and research infrastructure Gitte Hansen Cambridge University 2014 Provide office space, networking, feedback, information services and research infrastructure 54 Page 18

55 Miikka Lehtonen Aalto University 2014 Provide office space, networking, feedback, information services and research infrastructure Anders Riel Müller University of Roskilde 2015 Provide office space, networking, feedback, information services and research infrastructure Nicol Foulkes University of Tampere 2015 Provide office space, networking, feedback, information services and research infrastructure 5. MEETINGS AND EVENTS ORGANISED BY THE NORDIC CO- OPERATION BODY Please describe briefly any major meetings, conferences or other events organised by the Nordic co-operation body. 2010: The Ethnic Crises in Burma/Myanmar: 2010 and Beyond Dilemmas & Opportunities for the International Community, Seminar on the upcoming elections in Burma, with several Burmese dissidents in the panel, Co-organized by Transnational Institute, The Danish Foreign Ministry & NIAS. Gendering Asia Network workshop, Workshop gathering Nordic Asia researcher focusing on gender, at NIAS, co-organized by NIAS & NordForsk. The Fourth Gendering Asia Network, conference gathering Nordic Asia researcher focusing on gender. Myanmar in the run-up of the elections: Party Politics and the role of the military and opposition groups in the preparatory phase, Roundtable discussion with Khin Zaw Win (Program Coordinator at IDE), Ei EI Min (program Coordinator at Spectrum), Hsu Mon Aung (journalist and leader of Tadampadipa instituttet), U Maung Hla Thaung (Hope International Development Agency) and invited participants. 2011: Third Nordic on South Asian Studies for Young Scholars coorganized by NIAS & SASNET in Falsterbo, Sweden. Literature and Ideology Guest lecture by Gao Xingjian, Nobel Prize winner in literature in An East-West Dialogue on the Concept of Harmony, NordForsk sponsored conference, organized by NIAS, University of Iceland, Reykjavik. Forskningensdøgn: udforsk Asien Participation in the Danish Science Festival, in collaboration 55 Page 19

56 with Faculty Library of Social Sciences. Lectures given on current issues by NIAS Researches targeted at the general public with several participation school classes. The lectures where made available online and via itunes. Co-org with UCPH. Gendering Asia Network Workshop, Workshop bringing together Nordic Asia researchers working on gender, University of Iceland, Reykjavik. 4th Sino-Nordic Women & Gender Studies, bringing together Nordic and Chinese researchers on gender, Aalborg University. Fact Finding Mission on Urban Social Management System Reform, NIAS meeting with Chinese delegation from the National Development and Reform Commission of China, present Geir Helgesen, Director NIAS, Anja Møller Rasmussen, Chief Librarian NIAS, Lars Bo Kaspersen, Head of Department of Political Science, Marius Sylvester, Business Manager Climate Consortium Denmark, Kasper Brejnholt Bak, Senior Urban Planner Rambøll Denmark, Andrew T. Christensen, Discipline Lead Engineer COWI Denmark. Queer Theory and Activism in China, Workshop at NIAS, with presentations and film screening. Political Regimes, Growth Politics and Conflict in Asia: Responses to changing environmental, economic and socio-cultural conditions, 5th Annual Nordic NIAS Council and PhD course, co-organized with Forum for Asian Studies, Stockholm University Nitteian Kenkyukai, Seven workshops on Japanese issues. Re-visiting Gender in Development Projects, NTNU workshop at NIAS. Regional and Global Implications of a Growing Chinese Influence, The 6th Annual Nordic NIAS Council and PhD course, at Aalto University, School of Business, Helsinki, Co-org. with Aalto University. What's next for democracy in Myanmar?, Public debate on what the future holds for democracy in Myanmar, and what the past year's reforms may mean for the country's media. Panel debate with editor in chief of Democratic Voice of Burma and a high-ranking representative of the Myanmar government, co-organized with ADI and International Media Support (IMS) Creative Spaces: Seeking the Dynamics of China s Development, marking the opening of the Fudan-European Centre for China Studies, organized by NIAS and University of Copenhagen. Official Opening of the Fudan-European Centre for China Studies, Opening ceremony for the Fudan-European Centre for China Studies, org by NIAS and University of Copenhagen. Street Photography: China twenty years ago, Photo exhibition by the Danish photographer Kirstine Theilgaard. The photos captures central themes in a China transforming from a planned economy into a capitalistic market economy and provides an impression of what China looked like after some ten years of economic reforms. The Folk Memory Project: Making Independent Documentary Films in China, Talks and film screening with Wu Wenguang independent documentary filmmaker and co-founder of the Caochangdi Workstation in Beijing and others, co-organized with ADI and SASNET. Building a Highway to Indonesia: The Promising Role of Trade Investment and Higher Education 56 Page 20

57 Cooperation, Seminar organized by The Embassy of Indonesia with the Auspices of the Danish Parliament, The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NISN/NIAS, with prominent speakers from Indonesia and Denmark, including the Speakers of the Indonesian and Danish Parliaments, the Danish Minister for Trade and Investment and directors for the Indonesian Ministries of Trade and Education and Culture. Indonesia Rising as a Global Economic and Political Player - Prospects and Challenges, Seminar at Asia House, co-organized with Asia House and Nordic Indonesia Studies Network. Critical Currents in China, China Seminar Series Rediscovering China from Comparative Perspectives, Co-org by NIAS and Fudan-European Centre for China Studies at Asia House. The Power of Knowledge: Asia and the West, 7th Annual Nordic NIAS Council conference and PhD course, co-organized with University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg and International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden. Asia Insights, NIAS organized an international team giving presentations at a Asia Insights course on how to cooperate with Asian at Greenland University, Nuuk. How to win elections in Indonesia? Insights from the Campaign for Jakarta Governor 2012, Photo exhibition and presentation by Associated PhD Candidate Vera Altmeyer from NIAS at NIAS Linc, at the Faculty Library of Social Sciences. The fight for young minds - Chinese propaganda posters from the early part of Cultural Revolution, Poster Exhibition at NIAS Linc, at the Faculty Library of Social Sciences. 2014: Public Debate on Indonesia's National Elections 2014 and the Road to Democracy, Org. by The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Copenhagen, in cooperation with Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) and Nordic Indonesia Studies Network (NISN), Panelists: Prof. Dr. Azyumardi Azra, Professor of History and Director of Graduate School, Syarif Hidayatullah Islamic State University, Jakarta, Carlo Bonura, PhD, Senior Teaching Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vera Altmeyer, PhD Fellow Department of Society and Globalisation, Roskilde University, Mark Philip Stadler, PhD Fellow Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Moderator: Flemming Ytzen, Journalist, Politiken. Taiwan & Cross Strait Policies, Roundtable with ambassador Chen, Taiwan s former representative to the US & current advisor to the government, co-org. with ThinkChina (UCPH). The 5th Sino-Nordic Women and Gender Studies s "Gender and Communication: Representation, voice and empowerment in and through media, film and information and communication technologies (ICTs)" Series of conferences convened by NIAS and Nordic Centre Fudan, Host Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing and centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies Lund University. The 2014 General Elections in India: Results and Consequences, Seminar with Rasmus Fonnesbæk Andersen, PhD-student, Department of Political Science, Copenhagen University, Robert D Blackwill Former American Ambassador to India, Mrutyuanjai Mishra, blogger, Politiken and Times of India, Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Researcher, SUM Centre for Development and Environment, Oslo. A Multitude of Encounters with Asia Gender Perspectives, 8th Annual Nordic NIAS Council conference & PhD Course, held in Reykjavik, co-org with University of Iceland and the Gendering Asia Network. 57 Page 21

58 Cultural psychology for the social sciences, Roundtable with Jaan Valsiner, Professor, Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University and Nandita Chaudhary, PhD, Reader at the Department of Child Development, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, India. Please specify the number of workshops with invited speakers, conferences and other academic events organised by the institution: Workshops 10 s 12 Other academic events 321 Total INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE NORDIC CO-OPERATION BODY Please give a short description of your research infrastructure. NIAS is as a center a comprehensive infrastructure for research creation and research dissemination. All activities at the center are interdependent and interconnected. For the researchers NIAS is a work base and a point of departure for their outreach to the Nordic research environment and to Asia. It is thus also a place where to Nordic and Asian colleagues are invited and where research collaboration takes place in an informal atmosphere, conducive to international and intercultural collaboration. The Asia library is at hand, now managed by the Copenhagen University library, as well as a growing number of electronic resources, increasingly important for the research process in an ever changing world. NIAS Press is also clearly a part of the research infrastructure, as the publishing of research results is a main task for all within the field, from students to senior researchers. The press provides insights in the publication process and gives advice to students as well as scholars regarding how to proceed from idea to product. The Fudan-European Centre for China Studies as well as the Asian Dynamics Initiative (ADI) of University of Copenhagen, both hosted by NIAS, have become a very positive part of the overall research infrastructure at our centre, and they contribute in making NIAS a dynamic hub for Nordic 58 Page 22

59 researchers and research groups as well as for visiting international scholars. Selected Research infrastructures: NIASLINC Library Collection ( ): Featuring a monograph collection of over books, with direct loans (2011) (2011) Journals/periodicals available, with 494 active subscriptions. NIASLINC Online resources AsiaPortal (Current): Provide online Access to Journals and Databases for the NIAS Nordic Council Member Institutions. The Journals and databases have been selected in cooperation with the institutions to increase the selection of available material, as well as make it possible to give access to databases which could not be afforded by the individual institutions. Provide Access to NIASPress E-books for NIAS Nordic Council Member Institutions. Collection of Nordic web Open Access publications, made available through the AsiaPortal website. Selecting and indexing of high quality online resources for Asian Studies within the social sciences and humanities through the AsiaPortal. NIAS Press ( ) NIASPress has published 61 books, of which 27 have been from Nordic Authors, bringing these authors to a global international readership not possible via any other Nordic Publisher. 10 Publishing Seminars have been held, with five being held in the Nordic Countries. 26 of the 61 books Published, have been made available as free ebooks online for the Nordic Council Member Institutions. IT Support infrastructure: Websites for Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) and the NIAS based Gendering Asia Network. Development and maintaining the Danida (former Danish International Development Agency) Research Portal. 7. GOVERNANCE OF THE NORDIC CO-OPERATION BODY Please describe briefly the governance model of the Nordic co-operation body, including its formal status within the host university. Governance model and formal status within the host university NIAS formal status: NIAS is an independent centre, with a Nordic mandate, hosted by the University 59 Page 23

60 of Copenhagen (UCPH). This status is formalized through NIAS statute ( 3) and university law ( 31). NIAS was founded in 1968 as a Nordic Institution directly under the UCPH rector s office. Our relationship with both UCPH and the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) has evolved over the years. Currently, in relation to NCM we are a Nordic Co-operation Body, and within the UCPH Department of Political Science we are an independent centre. The NIAS staff is employed according to the UCPH rules and regulations. NIAS governance model: As an independent centre, NIAS has its own governing board comprised of five members, four observers and a secretary. The board is responsible for NIAS general development. The NIAS Director is responsible for the institution s daily management, with reference to the NIAS Board Chairperson and the rules and procedures of the host university. NIAS Board Chairperson: Head, Department of Political Science Deputy Chairperson: Nordic NIAS Council (NNC) chairperson Members: One UCPH representative One NNC representative One NIAS staff representative Observers: Three NNC representatives One Nordic Council of Ministers secretariat representative Secretary: NIAS Director 8. OUTPUT AND DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH Report the output of the research at the Nordic co-operation body, e.g. publications, reports and outreach activities. Also, report the number of Open Access publications. Please attach a complete publication list (template provided in Annex: Standard report format of academic output ) Outreach and Dissemination Peer reviewed Publications / of which Open Access 30 Non peer-reviewed Publications / of which Open Access 66 Reports 6 Invited conference presentations 74 presentations, oral / poster Page 24

61 Number of appearances in media 478 Outreach and dissemination to the public 112 In addition to the scientific achievements, please provide information on possible results that may open opportunities for important industrial, social or cultural dividends. Globalization, driven by technical and economic processes, has tightened and reshaped interactions among people, organizations and countries worldwide into a closer relationship. Technical innovation has simplified communication among partners around the world; economic and political opportunities have made such communication more important; yet cultural sensitivity, which makes communication meaningful, has lagged behind. NIAS fills this gap in a variety of ways. Building on our research findings regarding shifting sociocultural landscapes, we have developed and presented cross-cultural communication courses for Nordic companies dealing with Asia. We have also consulted for their Asian counterparts that operate in the Nordic region. Moreover, we have shared our insights on this issue to Nordic foreign ministries and academic institutions. This cycle of learning, consulting, teaching and then revising our ideas about cross-cultural relations between Asia and the Nordic region is now an established part of our routine. 9. BUDGET AND FINANCES OF THE NORDIC CO-OPERATION BODY Please describe briefly how the Nordic co-operation body is financed, including external funding. For details, please refer to your latest annual reports. Approximately half of the NIAS budget is allocated from the Nordic Council of Ministers. The remainder comes from, first, external research and project funding, and thereafter contributions from our host, the University of Copenhagen, membership fees to the Nordic NIAS Council, sale of publications, and finally income from sales of IT services to NGOs, libraries and their patrons. In 2014, NIAS combined income amounted to DKK 10,243,000 of which DKK 3,693,000 (or 36%) was externally financed (project grants, workload reimbursements, book sales, library income and 61 Page 25

62 overheads). Core funding from the NCM amounted to DKK 4,190,000. Further contributions were received from the University of Copenhagen (DKK 1,526,000) and NNC partner institutions (DKK 886,000) giving a combined base financing of DKK 6,602,000. An additional DKK 1,089,000 was received from the university earmarked for its Asian Dynamics Initiative. The operating account for 2014 shows a surplus of DKK 34,600. At the beginning of 2014, NIAS reserves amounted to DKK 1,380,208. At year-end, the operating surplus of DKK 34,600 increased these reserves to DKK 1,414,808. Of these reserves, DKK 923,776 are tagged to the university s Asian Dynamics Initiative. Untagged funds thus amount to DKK 491,032. ANNEX: STANDARD REPORT FORMAT OF ACADEMIC OUTPUT * The University of Copenhagen does not have an Open Access Requirement, nor has Open Access publications been systematically recorded in the CURIS system Title: Author(s) Journal//Publisher Publication type Between Fiction and Reality Women s Violence in Japan The Japanese Triple Disaster and Japanese People Abroad Hantera Nordkorea varsamt How to win elections in Indonesia? : insights from the campaigns for Jakarta Governor 2012 Freedom s Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose? West Papua Declares its Independence, Again The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake : Unmitigated Disaster Followed by a New Deal-type Reconstruction? A Female Serial Killer s Literary Roots: Murakami Haruki, 1Q84 and Aomame. Hansen, Gitte Marianne Hansen, Gitte Marianne Weissman, Mikael & Linus Hagström The Gates scholar, 7:1, 2010 The Gates scholar, 8:1, 2011 Göteborgs-Posten, 26 May 2010, p. 43 Altmeyer, Vera Blog in: InFocus, Asiaportal, 7 June2013 Myrttinen, Henri InFocus, AsiaPortal, 10 November 2011 Krogness, Karl Jakob Hansen, Gitte Marianne InFocus, Asiaportal, 13 March 2011 InFocus, AsiaPortal, 19 September 2011 Academic publication Academic publication Article Blog article Blog article Blog article Blog article Open Access *see note above Yes o/2013/06/07/how-to-winelections-in-indonesia-2/ Yes o/?s=myrttinen%2c+henri+ Yes o/2011/03/13/blogsinfocus2011marchthe-greateastern-japan-earthquakeunmitigated-disasterfollowed-a-new-dea/ Yes o/2011/09/19/a-femaleserial-killer%e2%80%99s- 62 Page 26

63 Tracing the local effects of the South China Sea dispute The (New) Korean Crisis : what can be Expected and what Should be done as a Response to the Sinking of the Cheonan Corvette Away From Home When Disaster Strikes : Diary From a UKbased Japanese Community After the Tohoku Catastrophe. --- A Tree of Intraactive Intentions Theories and Methods of Popular Organizing in New Frameworks of Thought. Women and Diabetes. Today Can Change Tomorrow ( The Promotion of Gender Equality in the Context of Globalization and Localization På Sporet; in: Glæden ved at gå her, man går. 80 hilsener til Hans Edvard Nørregaard- Nielsen Nærvær; in Hans Skov Christensen Festskrift China and Japan in the Arctic: Economic security and the role of foreign policy for the developmental state Japan s Arctic Policy: The sum of many parts Roszko, Edyta Weissman, Mikael & Linus Hagström Hansen, Gitte Marianne Wang Fengxian and Mi Xiaolin (Cecilia Milwertz) Nicolaisen, Ida & Anil Kapur (eds.) Zhao Jie and Wen Yichun with Cecilia Milwertz, Merete Lie and Birte Siim (eds). InFocus, AsiaPortal, 2 July 2012 InFocus, AsiaPortal, 25 May 2010 InFocus, Asiaportal, 29 March 2011 China Social Sciences Press, Beijing Novo Nordisk, 2011 Kunming: Yunnan renmin chubanshe (Yunnan People s Publishing House) Blog article Blog article Blog article Book Book Book Based on s from the 3rd Sino- Nordic Women & Gender Studies Nicolaisen, Ida Gyldendal 2010, pp Book chapter Nicolaisen, Ida Tonami, Aki Tonami, Aki Gyldendal Business 2010, pp Heininen, Lassi (Ed.), Future Securities of the Global Arctic: Defense, Sovereignty and Climate, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, forthcoming Heininen, Lassi (Ed.). Arctic Yearbook 2012, Akureyri, Iceland: Northern Research Forum, 2012 Book chapter Book chapter Book chapter literary-roots-murakamiharuki-1q84-andaomame/) Yes: o/2012/07/02/tracing-thelocal-effects-of-the-southchina-sea-dispute-byedyta-roszko/ Yes o/2010/05/25/blogsinfocus2010maythe-newnorth-korean-crisis-whatcan-be-expected-andwhat-should-be-done-a-r/ Yes o/2011/03/29/blogsinfocus2011marchawayhome-when-disasterstrikes/ yes No Yes Page 27

64 Singapore: An emerging Arctic actor (Yi xiao zhi da Tantao minjian funü zuzhi fandui jiating baoli de xingdongzhuyi ji qi chuanbo zhanlüe) Making it big from the small A Discussion of Activism Against Domestic Violence by Nongovernmental Women s Organisations and Their Media Strategies (Suku yu yuyue Guanyu fandui xingbaoli xiju Yindao dubai de duihua) Speaking Bitterness and Pleasure A Dialogue on the Play The Vagina Monologues A Western NGO Goes East and Meets Up with Other Stories Speaking Bitterness and Pleasure The Vagina Monologues in the People s Republic of China Is it the people who serve the government : an interview with Ai Xiaoming Is it the people who serve the government : an interview with Ai Xiaoming Watters, Stewart, Tonami, Aki Bu Wei and Mi Xiaolin (Cecilia Milwertz) Bu Wei and Mi Xiaolin (Cecilia Milwertz) Milwertz, Cecilia and Wang Fengxian Milwertz, Cecilia and Bu Wei Milwertz, Cecilia Milwertz, Cecilia Heininen, Lassi (Ed.). Arctic Yearbook 2012, Akureyri, Iceland: Northern Research Forum, 2012 in Bu Wei and Zhang Qi (eds) 2011 (Xiaochu Jiating baoli yu meijie changdao: yanjiu, jianzheng yu shijian) Media Activism to End Domestic Violence: Research, Witness Reports and Practice. (Zhongguo shehuikexue chubanshe) China Social Sciences Publishing House, in Bu Wei and Zhang Qi (eds) 2011 (Xiaochu Jiating baoli yu meijie changdao: yanjiu, jianzheng yu shijian) Media Activism to End Domestic Violence: Research, Witness Reports and Practice. (Zhongguo shehuikexue chubanshe) China Social Sciences Publishing House, In Denise Gimpel, Bent Nielsen and Paul Bailey (eds) (2012 Creative Spaces. Seeking the Dynamics of Change in China. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, In Denise Gimple, Bent Nielsen and Paul Bailey (eds) (2012) Creative Spaces. Seeking the Dynamics of Change in China. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, in Pauline Stoltz, Marina Svensson, Zhongxin Sun and Qi Wang (eds) (2010) Gender Equality, Citizenship and Human Rights Controversiesand challenges in China and the Nordic Countries. London and New York: Routledge, in Pauline Stoltz, Marina Svensson, Zhongxin Sun and Qi Wang (eds) Gender Equality, Citizenship and Human Rights Controversiesand challenges in China and the Nordic Countries. London and New York: Routledge, Book chapter Book chapter Book chapter Book chapter Book chapter Book chapter Book chapter Yes Page 28

65 Book review of: Global panaceas, local realities : international agencies and the future of education / Jason Beech. Frankfurt : Peter Lang, 2011 Book review of: Tulasi Srinivas. Winged Faith : Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism Through the Sathya Sai Movement. New Delhi : Sage, 2009 Gul udenpå : Privilegeret svensker (Why individuals engage in group actions) Schulte, Barbara Kent, Alexandra Müller, Anders Riel Liu Chunrong & Tang Yanwen Comparative education, 48:3, 2012, pp Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 17:2, Modkraft.dk, 1 July (Public Administration Review), 6, 2014, pp Book review Book review Book review of: Gul udenpå : Et adoptivbarn s historie / Patrik Lundberg. Stockholm : Pocketförla get, Book review of: One for All: the Logic of Group Conflict / Russell Hardin. Princeton : Princeton Univ. Pr., Elusive Hunters Nicolaisen, Ida Aarhus University Press 2010 Book, (522pp) Showtime and Exposures in New India: The Revelations of Lucky Farmhouse Madsen, Stig Toft and Nicol Foulkes in Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Anne Waldrop (eds.), Women, Gender and Everyday Social Transformation in India, London, New York, and Delhi: Anthem Press, pp , Chapter in anthology Udupi Hotels: Entrepreneurship, Reform and Revival Ajit Singh S/O Charan Singh Madsen, Stig Toft and Geoffrey Gardella Madsen, Stig Toft In Krishnendu Ray and Tulasi Srinivas (eds.) Curried Cultures, Globalization, Food, and South Asia, Berkeley and Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, pp In Madsen, Nielsen and Skoda (eds.) Trysts with Democracy: Political Practice in South Asia, London and New York: Anthem, 2011 and later Indian edition, pp Chapter in anthology Chapter in anthology No No No 65 Page 29

66 Post Festum: The Bifurcation of the Karnataka State Farmers Association in the Wake of the Inter-Continental Caravan Hindutva and its Discontents in Denmark Columns of Life. In: A Laboraty for Performance. Robert Wilson Legacy. (eds.): José Enrique Masion, Sue Jane Stoker, Jörn Weissbrodt Guerrillas, gangsters and contractors : integrating former combatants and its impact on SSR and development in postconflict studies Encountering Difference : Nordic Privileged Migrants in Indian Mega-cities Shades of Gender and Security in Cambodia Madsen, Stig Toft Madsen, Stig Toft and Kenneth Bo Nielsen In N. Jayaram (ed.) Interrogating Ideas, Institutions, and Processes: Essays in Memory of Satish Saberwal, pp Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, In Migration and Religion in Europe: Comparative Perspectives on South Asian Experiences, Ester Gallo (ed.), Surrey and Burlington: Ashgate, pp , Chapter in anthology Chapter in anthology Ida Nicolaisen The Watermill Center, USA Chapter in book Myrttinen, Henri Foulkes, Nicol Kent, Alexandra Back to the roots : security sector reform and development / ed. by Albrecht Schnabel, Vanessa Farr. Berlin : Lit Verlag, 2012 Finns Abroad New Forms of Mobility and Migration / Elli Heikkilä, Saara Koikkalainen. Helsinki : Institute of Migration, 2011 Gendered Inequalities in Asia : Configuring, Contesting and Recognizing Women and Men / Helle Rydstrøm (ed.). Copenhagen : NIAS Press, Afterword Helgesen, Geir Ideas, society and politics in Northeast Asia and Northern Europe : world apart, learning from each other / ed. by Ras Tind Nielsen, Geir Helgesen. NIAS Press, 2012, pp Aiming for results : preconditions for a constructive dialogue between North Korea and the world What do you think the registry is? : changes in popular perceptions of household registers in 1950s and 1960s Japan South Korea : Food Security, Development, and the Developmental State Helgesen, Geir Krogness, Karl Jakob Müller, Anders Riel Ideas, society and politics in Northeast Asia and Northern Europe : world apart, learning from each other / ed. by Ras Tind Nielsen, Geir Helgesen. NIAS Press, 2012, pp Identification and registration practices in transnational perspective : people, s and practices / Ilsen About, James Brown, Gayle Lonergan (eds.). Houndmills, Basingstoke : Palgrave, 2013 New Challenges to Food Security: From Climate Change to Fragile States / Ian Christoplos, Adam Pain (eds).london : Routledge, Chapter in edited volume Chapter in edited volume Chapter in edited volume Chapter in edited volume Chapter in edited volume Chapter in edited volume Chapter in edited volume No No 66 Page 30

67 Joining forces to save the nation : corporate educational governance in republican China Gender and Corruption: insights from China Showtime and Exposures in New India : The Revelations of Lucky Farmhouse Theorizing NGOs in the PRC the yinyang of agential realism, Feminist China Studies personal reflections on research collaboration between scholars from China and Denmark Green growth and low carbon society from the perspectives of South Korea and Japan Gender and Corruption insights from China How to conduct research with expatriates and their domestic staff in India? Ethical and methodological reflections from a longitudinal qualitative field study Green Growth in Aid: from the perspectives of Japan and South Korea ICT for What Kind of Development? A Critical Synopsis of Chinese ICT Policies in Education Schulte, Barbara Min Dongchao, Wang Qi Foulkes, Nicol & Stig Madsen. Milwertz, Cecilia Milwertz, Cecilia Tonami, Aki Min, Dongchao Schliewe, Sanna Tonami, Aki presented together with Riel Müller, Anders Schulte, Barbara 2014 The Chinese corporatist state : adaptation, survival and resistance / Jennifer Y. J. Hsu, Reza Hasmath (eds.). Abingsdon : Routledge, 2012, pp The Quandaries of China s Domestic and Foreign Development / D. Mierejewski (ed.). - Press, 2014, pp (Contemporary Asian Studies Series ; 2014:1). Transforming Gender in India / Kenneth Nielsen, Anne Kristine Waldrop (eds.). - London : Anthem Press, 2014, pp conference Feminist Materialisms, Copenhagen University, April 2012 Gender Studies held by the Gender Studies Co-ordination, Institute of Sociology, Copenhagen University and the Institute of Sociology, Peking University, Beijing August 2012 Asia - from a Norm-Taker to a Norm-Maker?, Turku University, Aug 2013 Central Europe and East Asia conference, University of Lodz East, Ploand, 6-7 June 2013 Culture, Technology and Development, The SASNet interdisciplinary Workshop on South Asia, June 2014 Growth: Critical Perspectives from Asia, ADI conference, University of Copenhagen, June 2013 ICT for Development (ICT4D) in China: Digital Divides, Empowerment Strategies, and Development Discourses conference, Lund University, 3-4 Oct 2013 Chapter in edited volume Chapter in edited volume Chapter in edited volume comments to Karen Barad keynote speech keynote speech Modularizing Riel Müller, Intra-Asian Connections, 67 Page 31

68 Development: South Korea s Knowledge Sharing Program and the Geo-Political Economy of Development Expertise The Reception of a Danish Docudrama The Perils of Elite Mobility: Welfare, Citizenship and Temporary Migration from Northern Europe beyond the Borders of the EU Focusing on Quota, Transcending Numbers: Comparing Affirmative Policy in Women s Political Participation in China and India NIAS Database Presentation NIAS SUPRA and online resources for Chinese studies E-resources of Asian Studies: survey results and discussion. The Nordic Model : A Regional Digital Library for Asian Studies The Making of the Educational Consumer: Education as Commercial Entity in Urban China Non-government initiated organizing in China an example of how Western feminist theory travels into the construction of knowledge on China. Borders and border Problems for the World s 378 Million Indigenous People Anders. - (coauthored with Jamie Doucette, University of Manchester) Toft Madsen, Stig Asian Dynamics Initiative conference, University of Copenhagen, Oct 2014 Intra-Asian Connections, Asian Dynamics Initiative conference, University of Copenhagen, Oct 2014 Foulkes, Nicol State, Society & Citizenship Cross. And Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on welfare State Development, University of Southern Denmark, Aug 2010 Min, Dongchao Karhula, Pekka, Librarian, University of Helsinki/NNC Blomkvist, Inga- Lill Blomkvist, Inga- Lill Blomkvist,Inga- Lill Schulte, Barbara Milwertz, Cecilia and Wang Fengxian Nicolaisen, Ida 10 th annual conference of Lodz East Asia Meeting New Dynamics of Europe-East Asia Regional Cooperation, Lodz, 5-6 June th Annual of the Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, March, th Nordic Association of Chinese Studies conference: Responsible China, University of Turku, Turku, June, th Annual of the European Association of Sinological Librarians, France, 8-10 September International Seminar on Chinese Digital Publishing and Digital LibraryCDPDL), Kunming China, June, th GISFOH (German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities) Symposium: 'Imagination Ideas, Aesthetics, and Social, Potsdam, 9-12 Sept th Sino-Nordic Women and Gender Studies, Ålborg University, October th Annual International Humanity in action, Sønderborg Castle, Denmark, June 68 Page 32

69 2014 Danish and Japanese Aid in Asia From Thesis to Published Book: A Survivor s Guide The valorization of masculine coded knowledge building an NGO in the PRC. Indigenous Peoples a Neglected health Priority From Thesis to Published Book: A Survivor s Guide The Japanese databases at Resources@Asiaportal (NNC) From Thesis to Published Book: A Survivor s Guide E-resources for Japanese studies on the AsiaPortal 'The woman who nearly died making your ipad' - relations between Chinese workers and Nordic consumers The reception of a Danish docudrama about the high politics of transnational altruistic crime Religion and Education as Forms of Pre-emption: A Wild Comparison of Chinese Educational Crazes and Afro- Cuban religious Practices By the Rivers of Babylon.. Israel, Merkada and the Magic of the Tonami, Aki Jackson, Gerald Milwertz, Cecilia Nicolaisen, Ida Jackson, Gerald Magnussen, Naomi Yabe, University of Oslo Library/NNC Jackson, Gerald Blomkvist, Inga- Lill, NIAS LINC & Pedersen, Merete, Copenhagen University Library Milwertz, Cecilia and Bu Wei Madsen, Stig Toft Bregnbæk, Susanne Myrttinen, Henri 5th annual NNC conference Political Regimes, Growth Politics and Conflict in Asia: Responses to changing environmental, economic and socio-cultural conditions, Stockholm University, 21 Nov th Nordic NIAS Council, annual conference, Stockholm, November th annual NNC conference, University of Southern Denmark, 4-5 November th int. DIP Symposium Diabetes, Hypertension Met. Syndrome & Pregnancy, Florence, March th Nordic NIAS Council, annual conference, Sønderborg, November th Annual of the Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society, University of Gothenburg, March, th Nordic NIAS Council, annual conference, Reykjavik, Oct th Annual of the Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society, Aarhus University, Aarhus, March, 2013 A Multitude of Encounters with Asia gender perspectives. 8 th annual NNC conference, island U October 2014 ADI conference, Copenhagen University, October 22-24, 2014, pp. 23 American Anthropology Association s annual meeting, Montreal, Canada, Nov 2011 American Anthropology Association s annual meeting, Montreal, Canada, Nov 2011 No 69 Page 33

70 Promised Land in Papuan political Thought Constructing a Chinese International Relations Theory: A Sociological Approach to Intellectual Innovation Hindutava and its Discontent in Denmark Ghostly Doubles in the Chinese Higher Educational System Mobility, appearances and new notions of the family in contemporary Mongolia China s Role in the North Korean Nuclear Conflict: The Role of Inter-personal Networks Aiming at results. Preconditions for establishing a constructive dialogue with the DPRK From Q84 Marakami Haruki s Female Narrative Works Hindutva and its Discontent Why was my book proposal rejected? A workshop on academic publishing Tin Nielsen, Ras Toft Madsen, Stig together with Nielsen, Kenneth Bregnbæk, Susanne Benwell, Ann Fenger Weissmann, Mikael Helgesen, Geir Hansen, Gitte Madsen, Stig Toft and Kenneth Bo Nielsen Jackson, Gerald An East-West Dialogue on the Concept of Harmony, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Aug 2011 Asia Nettverkets annual, University of Oslo Dec 2011 Asian Diversity in a Global Context conference, University of Copenhagen, Nov 2010 Asian Diversity in a Global Context conference, University of Copenhagen, Nov 2010 Asian Diversity in a Global Context conference, University of Copenhagen, Nov 2010 Asian Diversity in a Global Context conference, University of Copenhagen, Nov 2010 Asian Studies Tokyo, 30 June 2011 Asianetverk konference december, 2011, Oslo, Norway Association for Asian Studies, annual meeting, Philadelphia, March 2011 Getting Published Jackson, Gerald Association of South-East Asian Studies in the United Kingdom, annual conference, Durham University, September 2012 Privatization à la Chinoise: Social Networks in the Interface of Education, Economy, and Politics in China Conflict Continues: The Battle for Property in Cambodia Schulte, Barbara Kent, Alexandra Border Crossings, German Educational Society, Osnabrück, March 2012 at Sussex University, September 2014 To Farm and to Rule: Toft Madsen, conference in Vilnius, 7-8 Oct No 70 Page 34

71 two tracts on Rural India Abroad Fighting for the Votes from Ethnic and Religious Communities. Insights from the Campaigns for Jakarta Governor 2012 Justice and Jihad from the East India Company to the Lashkar-e-Toiba To Farm and to Rule: Two Tracts on Rural India Abroad Stig 2013 Altmeyer, Vera Madsen, Stig Toft Madsen, Stig Toft on Elections and Peace Democratic Transitions in Ethnically Diverse Societies, Yangon, Myanmar, Sept 2013 on Interpreting the Rule of Law in Asia, Centre for East and South East Asian Studies, Lund University, March 30, 2010 Contemporary India: Challenges and Prospects, Mykolas Romeris University, LT Vilnius, Lithuania, October 7-8, 2013 Nordic and Global? Helgesen, Geir Cultural Diplomacy, The Danish Parliament, 8-9 Sept 2014 The Legacy of Lord Macaulay Japanese and South Korean Environmental Aid: What are their life stories? A Repressive Inheritance: Decolonization and Dissent in Malaya and Burma A non-arctic policy? A comparison between the EU and Japan Eating Disorders and Self harm in Japanese Cultural Expressions A Social and Literary Analysis The Japanese Orphans who Remained in China and Their Representation in two NHK Dramas from 1995 and 2009 Academic Publishing on (Southeast) Asian Studies Morality, Misogyny and Merit in Cambodia Today Aiming for the Long Term: The Prevention of Conflict and Building Peace in the Toft Madsen, Stig Tonami, Aki Eck, Kristine Tonami, Aki Hansen, Gitte Krogness, Karl Jakob Jackson, Gerald Kent, Alexandra Weissmann, Mikael Democracy as Idea and Practice, Oslo, January 2011 Earth System Governance Tokyo : complex architectures, multiple agents, UN Headquarters, Tokyo, Jan 2013 East Asian Peace (EAP) Program Annual, Beijing, China, 29 Oct 1Nov 2014 EJARN "Towards stronger and deeper relations between Japan and the EU", Paris, June 2013 European association for Japanese Studies, Tallinn, 25 Aug 2011 European Association for Japanese Studies conference, Tallinn, 26 Aug 2011 European Association of Southeast Asian Studies, triennial conference, Göteborg, September 2010 EUROSEAS, Göteborg University, Aug 2010 EUROSEAS, Göteborg University, Aug 2010 No No 71 Page 35

72 South China Sea Household registration in East Asia and its Gender Implications How to Win Elections in Indonesia? Insights from a field study on the elections for the Governor of Jakarta Global Influences in the Innovation of a Chinese International Relations Discipline Imagining America: The Double-binds of higher Education in China The Relational Becoming of Popular Organizing for Social Change in the PRC, Relations and Social Space: An Analysis of a Popular Organization PAKISTAN: A CONSOLIDATED DEMOCRACY? Nordic resources for China studies at NIAS Library Creative Space Seeking the Dynamics of China s Development Chinese Workers Vying for Media Attention Utviklingstrekk innen asiarettede bibliotek, inkludert samarbeidsformer med asiatiske institusjoner. Trends in Academic Publishing on Asia Toward an Alternative Traveling Theory Krogness, Karl Jakob Altmeyer, Vera Tin Nielsen, Ras Bregnbæk, Susanne Milwertz, Cecilia and Wang Fengxian Milwertz, Cecilia and Wang Fengxian Madsen, Stig Toft Blomkvist, Inga- Lill Milwertz, Cecilia Ærenlund Sørensen, Bo Blomkvist, Inga- Lill Jackson, Gerald Min, Dongchao Gendering Asia Network conference, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Oct 2011 Inaugural conference of Nordic Southeast Asia Studies Network Innovation and Invention: China and Global Influences,, Oxford University, 1-2 Sept 2011 International on Educational Migration, University of Copenhagen, Nov 2010 International Seminar Contextualizing Georgraphical Approaches to Studying Gender in Asia, New Delhi, 3-5 March 2010 international Symposium Chinese Women Organizing: Looking back, Looking forward, hosted by Beijing Foreign Studies and Oxford University, Beijing 5-6 July 2010 INTERVENTION AT CONFERENCE ARRANGED BY SOUTH ASIA DEMOCRATIC FORUM ON THE OCCASION OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL S PERIODIC REVIEW OF PAKISTAN, PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, OCTOBER 30, 2012 Kina i Norden Norden i Kina, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 9-10 June 2011 NIAS, the University of Copenhagen, 15 April 2013 NNC Regional and Global Implications of a Growing Chinese Influence, Helsinki, 29 Nov 2012 NORASIA VI Den sjette norske Asiakonferansen, Oslo University, December 2011 NorAsia, 6th annual conference, Oslo, December 2011 Nordic NIAS Council The Power of Knowledge: Asia and the West, University of Southern o/2012/11/20/pakistan-aconsolidated-democracy/ 72 Page 36

73 Getting published as a way of advancing your (academic) career The Great East Japan Earthquake: Japan as an Aid Recipient HASH-DRIVEN MODERNIZATION: TRANSITION IN WHITE AND DARK NETWORKS The Legacy of Lord Macaulay Mainstreaming India: Public Goods Delivery in Western Uttar Pradesh NIAS and the Nordic NIAS Council (NNC) Developing Indonesia Cultural and Historical Assessment of Religious Sites as National Heritage : Religious traditions and Nation-Building in Vietnam The Hybrid Khmer Rouge Tribunal and Social Justice in Cambodia Japanese and Korean resources on AsiaPortal by NIAS The Nordic Model : A Regional Digital Library for Asian and Chinese Studies Jackson, Gerald Tonami, Aki Madsen, Stig Toft Madsen, Stig Toft Madsen, Stig Toft Blomkvist, Inga- Lill Nygaard- Christensen, Maj Roszko, Edyta Kent, Alexandra Magnussen, Naomi Yabe, Humanities and Social Sciences Library,University of Oslo Library/NNC Blomkvist, Inga- Lill Denmark, Sønderborg, 4-5 Nov 2013 Nordic NIAS Council, 6 th annual conference, Helsinki, November 2012 One Year on: A Symposium Commemorating 311, the great East Japan earthquake of 2011, Copenhagen Business School, 8 March 2012 Paper for the 3rd Annual Contemporary India Seminar, University of Oslo, 22 November 2010 Paper for Workshop on Practices and Experiences of Democracy in Post-Colonial Localities. Directors: Pamela Gwynne Price and Arild Engelsen Ruud. The International on Democracy as Idea and Practice January 2011, University of Oslo, Norway Politics and Development in India What is the Connection? Workshop at NUPI, Oslo, August 20, Sandbjerg seminar, Center for Asian Studies at Aarhus University, September 15-16, 2011 Second annual Nordic Indonesia Studies Network, NIAS, April, 2010 South-East Asia: Art, Cultural Heritage and Artistic relationships with Europe/Poland, Krakow, Poland, 30 Sept 2011 Sveriges Antropologförbunds Årlige Konferens Antropologiska Engagement, Uppsala University, April 2013 The 25th Anniversary of the Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies, Bergen, 21 August 2013 The 8th Annual Czech and Slovak Sinological 2014, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 7-8 November 2014 No No No 73 Page 37

74 Does Translation Matter? Trailing Spouse or Self- Determinant Accompanying Partner? Work-life Choices of Northern European Expat Wives in India The Nexus of Extractive Industries, the Environment and Climate Change: An Arctic (Security) Paradox What Happens When Western NGOs go East and Meet Up with Other Stories? Building Advocacy to address the Burden of Diabetes amongst Indigenous Peoples A non-arctic policy? A comparison between the EU and Japan Green Growth in Aid: from the perspectives of Japan and South Korea The Great East Japan Earthquake: Japan as an Aid Recipient China in your pocket presentation in panel How can Asian Encounters help expose blind spots in sociological research? The Arctic and the Asian way: Asian Arctic engagement from the perspective of the developmental state Danish and Japanese Aid in Asia Min, Dongchao Foulkes Savinetti, Nicol Tonami, Aki Milwertz, Cecilia and Wang Fengxian Nicolaisen, Ida Tonami, Aki Tonami, Aki. Müller, Anders Riel Tonami, Aki Milwertz, Cecilia Tonami, Aki. Müller, Anders Riel Tonami, Aki the 8 th annual NNC conference A Multitude of Encounters with Asia Gender Perspectives, Reykjavik, Iceland, Oct 2014 the 8 th annual NNC conference A Multitude of Encounters with Asia Gender Perspectives, Reykjavik, Iceland, Oct 2014 The inaugural Arctic Cirle, Harpa, Reykjavik Oct 2013 Workshop Transcultural Metamorphoses, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, Copenhagen University, January 2010 World Diabetes Foundation 10th Anniversary Symposium, Madrid, Nov 2012 EJARN Annual : Towards stronger and deeper relations between Japan and the EU, Paris, France, 25 June Growth: Critical perspectives from Asia, Copenhagen, Denmark, 14 June One Year On: A Symposium Commemorating '311', the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, Copenhagen, 8 March 2012 Panel How can Asian Encounters help expose blind spots in sociological research? the 27th of the Nordic Sociological Association - Exploring Blind Spots, Lund University, August 2014 Panel on Arctic Security at the Arctic Circle, Reykjavik, Iceland, 12 October The 5th Annual Nordic NIA Council, Stockholm, Sweden, 22 presentation presentation presentation presentation presentation presentation No No No s/how-can-asianencounters-help-exposeblind-spots-sociologicalresearch No No 74 Page 38

75 November 2011 Japanese and South Korean Environmental Aid: What are their life stories? An Asian Arctic policy? A comparison between China and Japan Gender and Communication: Representation, voice and empowerment in and through media, film and information and communication technologies (ICTs) Tonami, Aki. Müller, Anders Riel Tonami, Aki Milwertz, Cecilia, Svensson, Marina (Lund U), Bu Wei (CASS, Beijing) and others the Earth System Governance Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 30 January 2013 The First China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium, Shanghai, China, 6 June 2013 The 5th Sino-Nordic Women and Gender Studies s Beijing September 2014 presentation presentation reports, Media profiling No No m.cn/content/ /30/b1 ws/ /22/content_ ht m Frygten forhindrer forandring I Kina er fremtiden en by i USA Atomfrygt : Nordkorea reagerer på omverdenen The NIAS Library and Information Centre at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen Orden i kaos Ideas, society and politics in Northeast Asia and Northern Europe : world apart, learning from each other Dialogue with North Korea? : preconditions for talking human rights with a hermit kingdom Helgesen, Geir Bregnbæk, Susanne Jyllandsposten, 8 February 2010, 1. sektion, p. 18 Politiken, 16 february 2011, p. 7 Helgesen, Geir Politiken, 17 March 2010, p. 8, Kultur, p. 8 Helgesen, Geir & Per Hansen Krogness, Karl Jakob Helgesen, Geir & Ras Tind Nielsen (eds.) Helgesen, Geir & Hatla Thelle Trends in overseas Korean studies libraries, 2012:8, pp Weekendavisen, 19 March 2011 NIAS Press, 2012 NIAS Press, 2013 Disseminatio n publication Disseminatio n publication Disseminatio n publication Disseminatio n publication Disseminatio n publication Edited volume Edited volume txt/ /22/content_ ht m Conceptualizing the Milwertz, Cecilia Center for Culture Studies, Guest 75 Page 39

76 encounter between foreign development aid agencies and Chinese popular organizations The Path of Bliss A Hawkish View Kontrastfyldte Kina Stig Toft Madsen on Indian Standard Time and Wang Fengxian Madsen, Stig Toft Madsen, Stig Toft Christa Leve Poulsen Madsen, Stig Toft Shanghai University Høring om konflikten I Kashmir, 4. maj 2011 KVINFOs Webmagasin Who owns the Arctic? Tonami, Aki "Arctic 2014: Who Gets a Voice and Why It Matters, The Wilson Center, Washington DC, May 2014 World Culture Recontextualized: Alternative Approaches to the Global/Local Nexus Being on and being in: exposure and influence of academic experts in contemporary Denmark Metttre en pièces les violences conjugales Der Dritte Papua- Kongress und seine Folgen : Ende der Hoffnung oder ein neuer Aufbruch? Liebe, Gewalt, Versöhnung : Osttimors erste Telenovela Suku Hali Mehr Gold? Mehr Kohle? Streik bei Freeport Antropologens visioner og vilkår : dengang og nu. In: Jordens folk, 48:1, 2013, pp Schulte, Barbara Madsen, Stig Toft Milwertz, Cecilia and Bu Wei World Congress of Comparative Education Societies New Times, New Voices, Buenos Aires, June 2013 In Livia Holden (ed.) Cultural Expertise and Litigation: Patterns, Conflicts, Narratives, London: Routledge, 2011, pp Alternatives economiques, 51, , 2011 lecture at Center for Culture Studies, Shanghai University In Focus, NIAS, April 23, 2010 Intervention at hearing, Christiansbo rg interview with Cecilia Milwertz Interview with Jyoti Malhotra on Rajya Sabha TV, April 2014 Invited speaker Invited speaker Journal article Journal Article Myrttinen, Henri Suara, 2011:3 Journal Article Myrttinen, Henri Suara, 2011:3 Journal Article Myrttinen, Henri Suara, 2011:3 Journal Article Ida Nicolaisen Etnografisk Forening, 2013 Journal article (reviewed) studies.com/ barha.asiaportal.info/blogs /admin/2010/april/thepath-bliss-stig-toft-madsen 101/uru/H2.aspx?from= &to= &selectedMeetingTyp e=&committee=&as=1#pla yer dk/artikler/kontrastfyldtekina Available on YouTube at The Relational and Milwertz, Cecilia Gender, Technology and Journal No Yes 76 Page 40

77 Intra-active Becoming of Nongovernmentinitiated Organizing in the People s Republic of China. (Travelling theory reappraisal). Intimidation versus Inclusion: New Strategies in Indonesian Election Campaigning Hvorfor er der ingen faglig organisering blandt Kinas arbejdere? Future-Proofing Japan s Interests in the Arctic: Scientific Collaboration and a Search for Balance The South China Sea Conflict and Sino- ASEAN Relations : A Study in Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Between admiration and transformation : paths of Western education into early twentieth century China World culture with Chinese characteristics : when global models go native Unwelcome stranger to the system : vocational education in early twentiethcentury China Eating Disorders and Self-harm in Japanese Cultural Expression From Spiritual Houses to National Shrines : Religious Traditions and Nation-building in Vietnam From spiritual houses to national traditions and nation-building in Vietnam Europe refracted : Western education and knowledge in China and Wang Fengxian Min Dongchao Altmeyer, Vera Sørensen, Bo Ærenlund Development 15 (3) , 2011 (Zhejiang Academic Journal), 4, 2014, pp A S E A S: Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 7:1, 2014, pp Arbejderhistorie, 2012:3 article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Tonami, Aki Asia Policy, 2014, 18 Journal article (reviewed) Weissman, Mikael Asian perspective, 34:3, 2010 Schulte, Barbara Comparativ education, 22:1, 2012, pp Schulte, Barbara Schulte, Barbara Hansen, Gitte Marianne Roszko, Edyta Roszko, Edyta Comparative education, 48:4, 2012, pp Comparative education, 49:2, 2013, pp Contemporary Japan, 23:1, 2011, pp East Asia : an international quarterly, special issue, December East Asia: an international quarterly, 29:1, 2012, pp Schulte, Barbara European education, 44:4, 2013, pp Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) ontent/15/3/457.full.pdf+ht ml No 77 Page 41

78 Global Change and Moral Uncertainty in Cambodia : Why Do Women Seek Refuge in Buddhism? From the revolutionary family to the materialistic family : key words for a contemporary social history of China Murakami Haruki s Female Narratives Ignored Works Show Awareness of Women s Issues The Perils of Highly- Skilled Mobility. Welfare Risk and Temporary Migration from the Nordic Region to India. Sheltered by Dhamma : Reflecting on Gender, Security and Religion in Cambodia The Ankara consensus : Islamists, Kemalists, and why Turkey s nationalism remains overlooked The suspension of equality : a reflection on the problem of gender equality between man and women since the 1990s Toward an Alternative Traveling Theory. Guds vilje eller globalt ansvar. Trajectories of Japanese and South Korean Environmental Aid: A comparative historical analysis The Arctic policy of China and Japan: Multi-layered economic and strategic motivations Japan og Singapore i Arktis: Overvejelser for Grønland (The Politics of Kent, Alexandra Min Dongchao Hansen, Gitte Marianne Foulkes, Nicol Kent, Alexandra Sørensen, Bo Ærenlund Min Dongchao Global change, peace and security, 23:3, India journal of gender studies, 3, 2013, pp Japan Studies Association journal, 8, 2010, pp Journal of Finnish Studies, 17:1/2, 2014, pp Journal of Southeast Asian studies, 42:2, 2011, Middle Eastern studies, 48:4, pp Nankai journal, 4, 2014, pp Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Min Dongchao Signs, 39: 3, 2014, pp Journal article (reviewed) Müller, Anders Riel Tonami, Aki. Müller, Anders Riel Social kritik: tidsskrift for social analyse og debat, 137, The Journal of Environment and Development, 2014, 23(2) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Tonami, Aki The Polar Journal, 2014, 4(1) Journal article (reviewed) Watters, Stewart. Tonami, Aki Liu Chunrong Tidsskriftet Grønland, 2013, 2013(1) (Fudan Political Science Review), 13, 2014, pp Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) No No No 78 Page 42

79 Social Protection : Welfare Provision and the Reconstruction of Social Contract in China) : (Gender and Corruption : Based on the Cases of China) Masculine Modernity Trumps Feminine Tradition. A Gendered Capacity- Building Operation in China Non-Governmental organizing in the People s Republic of China a Reading Inspired by Agential Realism Legal Monism and white violence in South Asia Min Dongchao, Wang Qi. Milwertz, Cecilia and Wang Fengxian Milwertz, Cecilia and Wang Fengxian Madsen, Stig Toft (Collection of Women s Studies), 4, 2014, pp Gender, Technology and Development, 17 (3), 2013 Kvinder, Køn og Forskning (Women, Gender and Research), Number 1-2, , 2012 The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law 45: 1, 24-41, 2013 Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed) Journal article (reviewed). Whole issue also published as book by Routledge: London and New York, Death and my Ipad Milwertz, Cecilia Kvinder, Køn & Forskning Journal essay Making an Alternative Traveling Theory Min, Dongchao Women in Contemporary China: facing the Challenges of Agency, Helsinki University, 4-5 Dec 2013 Keynote speech A User s Manual to North Korea International Expert Meeting on Indigenous Peoples, Diabetes and Development Methodological Reflections on Studying Women in China Forældede ideer bremser kvinders karriere. Mettre en pièce les violences conjugales Dødsensfarligt at være pige Kvinner Rikets største mangelvare Nye Normer for Kinas Kvinder og Mænd Helgesen, Geir Nicolaisen, Ida Milwertz, Cecilia Ida Nicolaisen The 2012 Annual Asia Lecture at the International Institute of Asian Studies, IIAS, Leiden, 19 Sept 2012 The World Diabetes Foundation, Copenhagen, 1-2 March 2012 Women in Contemporary China project seminar, Helsinki University, 3-4 December 2013 Kronik, Politiken, June 6th, 2013 Milwertz, Cecilia Alternatives Internationales, and Bu Wei No 46, March, Milwertz, Cecilia Dagbladet Information 3 November 2011 p 17 Milwertz, Cecilia Kina & Vi, No 1B, Volume 42, Milwertz Cecilia Kinabladet, 52, Vinter, 3, 2011 and Singbjerg, Keynote Speech Keynote speech Keynote speech Media Media profiling Media profiling Media profiling Media profiling ontent/17/3/259.full.pdf+ht ml No yes ase/lzwu 79 Page 43

80 Theme issue on gender in the PRC Hvordan håndhæves Kinas eet-barns politik Små forskningsmiljøer bliver store comment on documentary film by Ai Weiwei shown at Copenhagen DOX festival Of Lions and Men: Pakistani Elections and Feline Symbolism At the high table Introduction Spirited Dialogues : Contestations over the Religious Landscape in Central Vietnam s Littoral Society Navigating contradiction: female characters, normative femininity and self-directed violence in contemporary Japanese narrative and visual culture. Evidence to the Select Committee on the Arctic Why Asia? Japanese and South Korean Environmental Aid: What are their life Pia Milwertz Cecilia and Singbjerg, Pia eds) Milwertz, Cecilia Milwertz, Cecilia Madsen, Stig Toft Madsen, Stig Toft Madsen, Stig Toft, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Uwe Skoda Roszko, Edyta Hansen, Gitte Marianne Tonami, Aki Helgesen, Geir. Tonami, Aki. Heilman, Nik Bæk Kinabladet, 52, Vinter, 6-29, 2011 National Geographic Denmark/Nordic, Nr 5 23/5-26/ NordForsk Magasin 2010: 5- year jubilee issue, page 36 Interview with Cecilia Milwertz about the gendering asia network TV2 News (Denmark), week 46, 2013 Media profiling Media profiling Media profiling Media profiling NIAS Infocus blog 4 June 2012 NIAS InFocus, AsiaPortal In Madsen, Nielsen and Skoda (eds.) Trysts with Democracy: Political Practice in South Asia, London and New York: Anthem, 2011 and later Indian edition, pp Halle : Martin-Luther- Universität, 2011 University of Cambridge, 2013 A policy recommendation to the UK House of Lords, 29 October Asia s demand for raw materials as the background for the joint committee on how best Greenland s mineral resources can benefit the country Tonami, Aki DIIS Working Paper 2013:08, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 2013 Our edited volume PhD dissertation PhD dissertation Report Report Report ase/lzwu n/publications/publications _container/nordforskmagasin yearjubilee-issue/view o/2013/05/24/of-lions-andmen-pakistani-electionsand-feline-symbolism/ o/2012/06/04/at-the-hightable/ No Yes writtenevidence/committe eevidence.svc/evidenced ocument/arcticcommittee/arctic/written/ html Yes d-naturalresources/rapportandback grounds/why_asia.p df No (removed to be published as an academic article) 80 Page 44

81 stories? Arctic Newcomers: The View from Japan, South Korea and Singapore Nordic Colloboration in Research and Higher Education with China and India Singapore: The arctic newcomer Looking Towards Asia : China as a Partner for Nordic Collaboration in Research, Higher Education, and Innovation Demokrati i Indien ligner demokratiet i Norden - men det føles nogle gange anderledes. Apollon, Forskningsmagasin fra Universitetet i Oslo, 3-4, 2010, side 55. Jacob Graves Sørensen og Tom Sig Jessen, Indien den nye stormagt, København: Columbus, Nagaraj, R (ed.), Growth, Inequality and Social Development in India, Is Inclusive Growth Possible? UNRISD and Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, 2012 Review of Siddique, Osama, Pakistan s Experience with Formal Law: An Alien Justice, Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2014 A Western NGO Goes East and Meets Up With Other Stories EU-India Relations: An Expanded Interpretative Framework Scaling up or remaining rooted?: Tonami, Aki Helgesen, Geir & Ras Tind Nielsen Watters, Stewart. Tonami, Aki Helgesen, Geir & Ras Tind Nielsen Madsen, Stig Toft Madsen, Stig Toft Madsen, Stig Toft Madsen, Stig Toft Milwertz, Cecilia Madsen, Stig Toft Madsen, Stig Toft Global Asia, 2013, 8 (4, Winter 2013). NIAS, 2010 Report Report The Circle WWF, 2013, 19(1) Report Yes g/downloads/the_circle_20 13_1_web.pdf NIAS, 2011 Report to NCM Review of Ruud, Arild Engelsen and Geir Heierstad (eds.), Demokrati på indisk, Unipub, 2010 Reviewed in Økonomi og Politik 87: 4: 91-3, The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies 30, 2: , 2012 To be published, I hope, in Journal of Law and Social Research. NIAS research seminar, the University of Copenhagen, 23 April 2012 Jean Monnet Lectures, Spring Term 2010, European Integration and Denmark s Participation. History and Politics, Organised by the Jean Monnet Centre, University of Aarhus Review Review Review Review Seminar presentation Talk Talk at Nehru No Maybe No No No No en/55-lectures-audios/62-81 Page 45

82 The Karnataka Farmers Movement in 1999 The Udupi way of eating out Managing External Complexities: India as a Soft Power Afghanistans historie og relationerne til Pakistan og Indien Japanese and South Korean environmental aid : what are their life stories? The Relational and Intra-active Becoming of Nongovernmentinitiated Organizing in the People s Republic of China Applying Karen Barad s Notion of Agential Realism to the Analysis of the Creation of NGOs in the PRC Initial musings on methodological action Creating a modern NGO the gendered case of a capacity building operation The Gender Coding of Modernity. A process of creating a modern gender and development NGO in the PRC Rethinking Chinese Gender and Development NGOs Søren Kierkegaard den nye udgave In: Magasin fra Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 26:3, 2013, pp Der lange Schatten des langen Kampfes ein Vorblick auf die Wahlen in Osttimor Madsen, Stig Toft Madsen, Stig Toft Madsen, Stig Toft Müller, Anders Riel & Aki Tonami Milwertz, Cecilia and Wang Fengxian Milwertz, Cecilia Milwertz, Cecilia Milwertz, Cecilia and Wang Fengxian Milwertz, Cecilia and Wang Fengxian Milwertz, Cecilia and Wang Fengxian Talk at University of Copenhagen, November 20, 2012 Talk at Seminar on Managing Diversity: The Indian experience, SASNET, Lund, April 14, 2011 Museum and Library on April 25, 2014, 43 minutes, Talk with video Talk, seminar/detail/ dr- stig-toft-madsen html?tmpl=compone nt DR2 Danskernes Akademi TV s+akademi/filosofi_tro_hist orie/afghanistans_historie_ og_relationerne_til_pakista n_og_indien.htm Copenhagen : DIIS, (DIIS working ; 2013:8) Gender Studies workshop held at Shanghai University, 23 October 2012 Gendering Asia Network workshop, Island University,10-13 October 2011 NTNU Research project Revisiting gender in development workshop held at NIAS June 2012 NTNU Research project Revisiting gender in development workshop held at NIAS June 2012 Workshop GENDER DYNAMICS IN THE 21 st CENTURY: Gender, Class, Culture in a Globalizing World Workshop: Re-visiting Gender in Development: Complex Inequalities in a Changing Asia, NTNU May 2011 Working Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop Ida Nicolaisen Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 2013 Yes Myrttinen, Henri DOTG newsletter, 2011 No 82 Page 46

83 2012 Bildingswesen und Erziehung A Gendered Capacity Building Operation After the Great East Japan Earthquake: Political and Policy Change in Post- Fukushima Japan All Religions Merge in Tranquebar: Religious Coexistence and Social Cohesion in South India Ancestors in Borneo Societies: Death, Transformation, and Social Immortality Asian Cities: Globalization, Urbanization and Nation-Building Being Malay in Indonesia: Histories, Hopes and Citizenship in the Riau Archipelago Between Frontiers: Nation and Identity in a Southeast Asian Border Zone Beyond the Singapore Girl: Discourses of Gender and Nation in Singapore Burma/Myanmar Where Now? Cambodia s Economic Transformation Cambodians and Their Doctors: A Medical Anthropology of Colonial and Post- Colonial Cambodia Catalogue of Chinese Manuscripts and Rare Books Schulte, Barbara Länderbericht China / Doris Fischer, Christoph Müller- Hofstede (eds.). Bonn : Bundeszentrale für Politische Bilding, 2013 Milwertz, Cecilia NTNU Research project Revisiting gender in and Wang Fengxian development workshop held at AIT, workshop Bangkok, March 2013 Books published by NIASPress Al-Badri, Dominic; Berends, Gijs (eds) Schönbeck, Oluf; Andersen, Peter Couderc, Pascal; Sillander, Kenneth (eds) McKinnon, Malcolm Long, Nicholas J. Ishikawa, Noburu Hudson, Chris Gravers, Mikael; Ytzen, Flemming (eds) Hughes, Caroline; Un, Kheang (eds) Ovesen, Jan; Trankell, Ing-Britt Pedersen, Bent Lerbæk NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2012 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2012 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2011 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2010 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2011 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2010 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book No No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No No No No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No 83 Page 47

84 Catalogue of Japanese Manuscripts and Rare Books Catalogue of Korean Manuscripts and Rare Books Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts: Codices Persici Arthur Christenseniani, Codices Simonseniani Persici, Codices Persici Additamenta Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Early Acquisitions and the Nepal Collection Creative Spaces: Seeking the Dynamics of Change in China Development Professionals in Northern Thailand: Hope, Politics and Power Dialogue with North Korea? Preconditions for Talking Human Rights With a Hermit Kingdom Dictionary of Kammu Yùan Language and Culture Digital Atlas of Indonesian History Fengshui in China: Geomantic Divination between State Orthodoxy and Popular Religion Folk Tales of the Maldives Gendered Inequalities in Asia: Configuring, Contesting and Recognizing Women and Men Going Indochinese: Contesting Concepts of Space and Place in French Indochina Governing Civil Service Pay in China Heritage Tourism in Southeast Asia Pedersen, Merete Pedersen, Bent Lerbæk Perho, Irmeli Buescher, Hartmut Gimpel, Denise; Nielsen, Bent; Bailey, Paul (eds) McKinnon, Katharine Helgesen, Geir; Thelle, Hatla Svantesson, Jan- Olof; Ráw, Kám; Lindell, Kristina; Lundström, Håkan Cribb, Robert Bruun, Ole Romero-Frias, Xavier Rydstrøm, Helle (ed.) Goscha, Christopher E. Wu, Alfred Hitchcock, Michael; King, Victor T.; Parnwell, NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2011 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2012 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2010 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2011 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2012 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2010 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2012 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2010 Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book No No No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No No No No No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks 84 Page 48

85 Michael (eds) Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War ( ): An International and Interdisciplinary Approach Hot Science, High Water: Assembling Nature, Society and Environmental Policy in Contemporary Vietnam Hunting and Fishing in a Kammu Village: Revisiting a Classic Study in Southeast Asian Ethnography I Will Send My Song: Kammu Vocal Genres in the Singing of Kam Raw ichina: The Rise of the Individual in Modern Chinese Society Ideas, Society and Politics in Northeast Asia and Northern Europe: Worlds Apart, Learning From Each Other Isan Writers, Thai Literature: Writing and Regionalism in Modern Thailand Mapping National Anxieties: Thailand s Southern Conflict Modern China- Myanmar Relations: Dilemmas of Mutual Dependence Modern Muslim Identities: Negotiating Religion and Ethnicity in Malaysia Money, Power and Ideology: Political Parties in Post- Authoritarian Indonesia Monks and Magic: Revisiting a Classic Study of Religious Ceremonies in Thailand Negotiating Autonomy in Greater China: Hong Kong Goscha, Christopher E. Zink, Eren Tayanin, Damrong; Lindell, Kristina Lundström, Håkan Hansen, Mette Halskov; Svarverud, Rune (eds) Nielsen, Ras Tind; Helgesen, Geir (eds) Platt, Martin B. McCargo, Duncan Steinberg, David I.; Fan, Hongwei Hoffstaedter, Gerhard Mietzner, Marcus Terwiel, Barend Jan Yep, Ray (ed.) NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2011 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2010 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2010 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2012 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2011 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2012 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2011 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2012 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No 85 Page 49

86 and Its Sovereign Before and After 1997 On the Fringes of the Harmonious Society: Tibetans and Uyghurs in Socialist China Pattern and Loom: A Practical Study of the Development of Weaving Techniques in China, Western Asia and Europe Performing the Divine: Mediums, Markets and Modernity in Urban Vietnam Plaited Arts from the Borneo Rainforest Politicized Society: The Long Shadow of Taiwan s One-Party Legacy Power and Dissent in Imperial Japan: Three Forms of Political Engagement Red Stamps and Gold Stars: Fieldwork Dilemmas in Upland Socialist Asia Saying the Unsayable: Monarchy and Democracy in Thailand Squatters into Citizens: The 1961 Bukit Ho Swee Fire and the Making of Modern Singapore Surabaya, : Neighbourhood, State and Economy in Indonesia s City of Struggle The Authority of Influence: Women and Power in Burmese History The Contours of Mass Violence in Indonesia, The Interplay of the Oral and the Written in Chinese Popular Literature The Khmer Lands of Vietnam: Environment, Cosmology and Sovereignty Brox, Trine; Bellér-Hann, Ildikó (eds) Becker, John; Wagner, Donald B. Endres, Kirsten W. Sellato, Bernard (ed.) Mattlin, Mikael Sasamoto- Collins, Hiromi Turner, Sarah (ed.) Ivarsson, Søren; Isager, Lotte (eds) Loh, Kah Seng Peters, Robbie Harriden, Jessica Kammen, Douglas; McGregor, Katharine (eds) Børdahl, Vibeke; Wan, Margaret (eds) Taylor, Philip NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2011 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2012 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2011 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2010 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2012 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2012 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2010 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book Book No No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No 86 Page 50

87 The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Eurasian Geopolitics: New Directions, Perspectives, and Challenges The Social Dynamics of Deforestation in the Philippines: Actions, Options and Motivations Tuked Rini, Cosmic Traveller: Life and Legend in the Heart of Borneo Vietnam s New Middle Classes: Gender, Career, City Walking a Tightrope: Defending Human Rights in China Wu Song Fights the Tiger: The Interaction of Oral and Written Traditions in the Chinese Novel, Drama and Storytelling Fredholm, Michael (ed.) van den Top, Gerhard Janowski, Monica Earl, Catherine Nielsen, Gert Holmgaard Børdahl, Vibeke NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2012 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2010 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2014 NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2013 Book Book Book Book Book Book Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks Yes, ources.asiaportal.info/book s/ebooks No No No No Title: full title of the publication, conference presentation, report, book chapter or book Authors(s): Full list of author(s) in the format of Last, First, Middle name Journal//Publisher: Name of the journal publication, year, issue and volume name, place and date Publications as books or book chapters: Name of publisher, place and publication year, in case of editors this information should be included too Publication type: Journal article (reviewed), proceeding, presentation, report and media profiling Open Access: Yes / No, www address of an Open Access publication 87 Page 51

88 Strategy for NIAS Approved by the NIAS Board, November 29,

89 WHY A TWO YEAR STRATEGY 4 VISION 5 1. ACTIVITIES 5 Research 5 Research Support and Nordic outreach through AsiaPortal 5 SUPRA Support Programme for Asian Studies 6 NIAS Press electronic production, dissemination, and marketing project 6 2. RESEARCH STRATEGY Considerations behind the Research Strategy Mapping the Mental Landscapes of EurAsia: A new Research Program Quality of research 7 3. RESEARCH SUPPORT NIAS LINC AsiaPortal Library Collections NIAS Press SUPRA, student workplaces and ACERS Asian Century Research School Network (ACERS) s and Networks Barha a Nordic platform for networking NIAS System COMMUNICATION, DISSEMINATION AND NORDIC OUTREACH Research Communication Communication and media

90 4.2 NIAS Web Platforms NIAS Yearbook Newsletters Internal communication ORGANIZATION, RESOURCES AND FUNDING Staff NIAS Funding and NNC Collaboration with Copenhagen University 14 APPENDIX Asian politics, ideology and governance 15 2 Gender Politics in Asia 15 3 Moral Horizons in Asia 16 4 Violence, security needs and regional cooperation in Asia

91 Why a two year strategy We are entering the last two years of the original five years contract with the Nordic Council of Ministers (NMR) and Copenhagen University (CU). We expect that a new contract will be agreed on and signed in Our present strategy takes the above as its point of departure, as we will do our best to prove the worth of our work and by this strive to secure our future existence. With NIAS' legal incorporation into Copenhagen University in 2005, there is an interest from both sides to pursue closer collaboration. Copenhagen University launched an Asian Dynamics Initiative in 2008 which has a strong focus on building additional research capacity at the university. Our collaboration with this initiative helps promoting our Nordic mandate as it incorporates NIAS into a comprehensive research environment. The present year has been difficult for NIAS. A main issue has been our economy, and the board as well as the Faculty of Social Science where we administratively belong, have stressed that NIAS had to downsize some activities to meet the requirement of producing a balanced budget. This has been one reason why vacant positions have not been filled. Another reason is that as a part of Copenhagen University we have been subject to a qualified stop in appointing new staff, which has meant that appointments have to pass the deans table. The dean has required that NIAS documented available funds to cover the appointment period before he could accept any appointments. The task of reaching a balanced budget has had first priority. From having an imbalance of about one million, a so called structural deficit meaning that our yearly expenditure has been one million more than our income, we are now down to a deficit of below half a million, or possible even less than that. The 2011 budget will be further improved. For the coming two years we will nevertheless increase our activities and expand the expenditure. The reason is that as our contract expire in two years time, and due to our independent status at the university as a paragraph 31 institution, we are allowed to use funds from our saving. Thus, the final note in this background introduction to the strategy can be positive: we are in a position to upgrade, expand and consolidate our operations for the coming two years. 4 91

92 Vision NIAS generates and communicates Asia insights. In a consortium with Nordic universities and research institutions, we enhance and promote the position of Norden as a leading European region for the study of modern Asia. Our vision is to generate innovative research, research support and research training on the transformation of modern Asia as well as to give policy advice and disseminate research results to the wider public. 1. Activities NIAS will through a combination of partnering with relevant National, Nordic and International institutions and networks ensure the relevant research and research support capacity needed to fulfill our strategic priorities. NIAS' challenge is to contribute in developing and maintaining a Nordic research base in Asian studies in close collaboration with our Nordic partners. Our common aim is to enhance a better mutual understanding and through this contribute in bringing the Nordic countries and Asia closer together. As a research and service institute working to meet the needs and promote the interests of the Nordic Asia research and other relevant Nordic communities, the research strategy outlined below relates both to the work of NIAS' current researchers and to the vision and mandate of the institute as a whole. Research The research focus remains on the role and impact of Asia in a globalizing world, in particular in relation to the increasing role of Asia for the Nordic region. With NordForsk support, Nordic Networks are being created and new comparative research projects on Asia and the Nordic regions are underway. Research Support and Nordic outreach through AsiaPortal NIAS Library and Information Center NIAS LINC will continue the running of the library, the Nordic AsiaPortal and the social network Barha. Emphasizing on bringing new services to users in their own information environment and enhancing NIAS outreach to user communities, including special services like access to fee based academic resources to the members of the Nordic NIAS Council. Support to Nordic networks will we sustained through Barha. 5 92

93 SUPRA Support Programme for Asian Studies Trough the integration of NIAS SUPRA with the Asian Century Research School Network (ACERS), the activities and services to students will be combined. This will ensure a clear focus on Master and PhD students as the primary target group. Under the research school network, a regular course on problems relating to theory and methods in combining disciplinary and Asian studies will be offered to students from relevant disciplines. NIAS Press electronic production, dissemination, and marketing project This is a major effort of marketing and selling NIAS publications in electronic form. The project is aimed to ensure that NIAS Press keeps up with modern trends in scholarly dissemination and enhances the impact of Nordic Asia research in the international environment. 2. Research strategy 2.1 Considerations behind the Research Strategy The focus of NIAS Research is on societal developments in modern Asia, seen in their cultural and historical context. NIAS works with all of Asia and undertakes basic and applied research to understand and explain continuity as well as change. We focus on aspects and dimensions that characterize particular Asian ways while maintaining a comparative approach. NIAS favours empirical research with clear theoretical ambitions. The development of new or the contributions to existing theory based on empirical research is important to advance our understanding not only of Asia, but also of the rest of the world, no matter which discipline or theory is at work. Culture is seen as an important development parameter, as it is linked with tradition and encompasses values, norms, ideas, emotions and practices that characterize groups of people in particular places. Awareness of culture and of the modern challenges to Asian cultures is thus necessarily an essential aspect of our overall cross-cultural research approach. Country- or region-specific knowledge in all fields is essential to interpret and understand change in Asia. Whenever possible, NIAS research projects should contribute to other Nordic and international projects in the field. It is being done by joining networks and projects with Nordic collaborators or associates. NIAS also contributes to the development of a new generation of researchers through training of MA students and PhD candidates, by participating in research education, and joint supervision with national supervisors of thesis projects. NIAS in-house research capacity includes researchers on NIAS' payroll, externally funded researchers, affiliated researchers preparing or involved in external projects and visiting scholars. Senior researchers are assigned responsibility for developing research themes of NIAS and take charge of their implementation. 6 93

94 In the present world, research collaboration with other research institutes and scholars is imperative and it is perceived to have a high intrinsic value. Hence, cooperation, primarily with Nordic, Asian, and European partners, but also with partners elsewhere, has priority over more solitary endeavors. NIAS maintain a program for association of senior researchers and experts in Asian affairs who can make special contributions to our output and promote our networks and reputation around the world. 2.2 Mapping the Mental Landscapes of EurAsia: A new Research Program A research program launched in 2010 strives to integrate the different activities at the institute under a common frame so as to utilize and promote synergy between research, information and knowledge dissemination. The program Mapping the Mental Landscapes of EurAsia includes the following key research themes at the institute: Asian politics, ideology and governance Gender Politics in Asia Moral Horizons in Asia Violence, security needs and regional cooperation in Asia A description of the four key research themes is included as Appendix Quality of research NIAS will encourage its researchers to publish internationally in recognized journals and publishing houses. 3. Research support 3.1 NIAS LINC NIAS LINC will continue to strengthen its status as a virtual and physical focal point for information and knowledge on Asian studies. NIAS LINC will continue its efforts to create access to Asian and English language electronic resources i.e. databases and electronic books and journals at the Furthermore, NIAS LINC will continue the development of the WEB 2.0 based social networking tool Barha and strengthen the networking efforts with Nordic Centres in Asian countries. NIAS LINC works in a rapidly changing information environment: 7 94

95 User demand context: There is a growing demand for putting search results in a wider context by linking to other relevant resources New forms of publication and communication are constantly developed; open source resources and use of Internet tools are common Users demand tools for co-operation and communication Advances in science are increasingly cross-disciplinary and users demand cross-disciplinary search facilities Networks become more and more important There is an increase in self-service needs Open Access is increasingly becoming an important part of research publication and dissemination. NIAS LINC will address these issues by providing value adding activities and services integrating supply of literature and information with reference, guidance and instructions, thereby becoming an integrated part of NIAS and NNC s learning and research systems AsiaPortal NIAS LINC will continue the development of the AsiaPortal.info in order to facilitate access to all relevant resources on Asia for NNC members as well as companies, journalists, governmental officials, and the public. The Portal continues to facilitate access to news, events, researchers, institutions, and publications from all Nordic NIAS Council members. Furthermore, the Portal will give prioritized access to feebased academic resources for NNC member institutions. The AsiaPortal continues to be a valuable outlet for Nordic research and scholarly communication Library Collections NIAS LINC will maintain and develop the virtual and printed collection of journals and documents in Asian studies. E-book subscriptions will be included in the collection and acquisition of electronic material will be increased. The electronic journal collection is together with Asian newss accessible through the AsiaPortal.info s academic resource part. E-book subscriptions will be included in the collection and acquisition of electronic material will be increased. NIAS LINC faces major challenges if /when we move to smaller premises; in order to protect and keep the collections accessible we need to develop new search facilities integrating RFID marking of printed material with advanced searching technology. 3.2 NIAS Press NIAS Press was launched to handle the NIAS publications programme in 2002 and it is now a fully-fledged academic publisher with a reputation for publishing innovative, high-quality research by authors from all parts of the world (though with a focus on the Nordic countries). It is a leading European publisher on Southeast Asia, publishing also on East and South Asia. Its international sales and distribution network means that NIAS Press books are found all over the world, also in Asia. NIAS Press has responded to the worldwide decline of the academic library market by expanding into new markets in Asia and by publishing a broader mix of titles, including textbooks and reference works. This direction is beginning to show positive 8 95

96 results. Our current strategy aims to build on these achievements while responding to the triple challenge of rapid technological change, global economic turbulence and chronic funding shortfalls common to academic presses. The thrust of this strategy is to: Work to bring quality Nordic scholarship on Asia to a global readership. Ensure that we maintain our reputation for quality and innovative publications. Focus on new titles that are not only academically sound but also financially viable. Broaden the scope of our offering with electronic content but add greater focus by putting more emphasis on books commissioned within specific book series. Maximize our limited resources by streamlining work processes, outsourcing work to freelancers and collaborating with other publishers to achieve common goals. Respond to the decline of the Western academic library market by expanding into new markets, especially in Asia, and by strengthening our marketing activities. Harness the opportunities of the printing revolution by globally distributed printing to cut distribution costs and print on demand to reduce stock investments. Respond cautiously to developments in e-publishing with the steady digitization of our list so that if/when the e-book revolution takes off, we will be able to respond quickly and effectively. Utilize new Web 2.0 technologies that encourage authors and readers to interact with the Press and with each other, not least by increased collaboration with NIAS LINC regarding the Nordic Asia portal, Barha, etc. 3.3 SUPRA, student workplaces and ACERS The scholarships are a central part of the SUPRA programme. They are offered to PhD and Master Students at NNC member institutions, and allow the students to visit and work at NIAS for a period of two weeks. All costs relating to the visit are covered by NIAS included travel, accommodation and meals at the Nordisk Kollegium ( At NIAS all SUPRA students and scholars are offered: Comprehensive introduction to NIAS and the NIAS library (NIAS LINC) Suitably equipped work place Interaction with and advice from NIAS researchers Opportunities to participate in seminars, workshops and lunch talks at NIAS Book discounts with NIAS Press Registration of students and supervisors The Barha is an on-line community where students and scholars can meet others involved in Nordic Asia Research and discuss and blog around issues that are important for them. It is offering the newest internet technologies within social networking and these will be used to develop an online community for students with 9 96

97 information available on potential supervisors. All SUPRA students and scholars will be asked to register in and use Barha during their stay at NIAS Promoting the SUPRA programme Visibility in the Nordic region and at the NNC institutions is extremely important in order for SUPRA to be able to sustain and develop the quality of its services. The following initiatives aim at helping to increase the visibility and awareness of the SUPRA programme generally in the Nordic region and primarily at the NNC member institutions: NIAS SUPRA go-cards and posters Welcome package to all visiting students containing information about NIAS, the benefits of the programme, NIAS poster and go-cards, etc. Student reports in NIAS Update Ones a year (+ ad hoc): Supplying NNC supervisors with up-to-date information and promotion material about the NIAS SUPRA programme Student work place MA-students, who are presently carrying out thesis work in research fields that fall within the research framework of NIAS, and who are interested in joining the NIAS researcher community for a period of time, can apply for a workplace ("studieplads") at NIAS. The student will be given workspace at NIAS and access to the Institute's research facilities. In return the student is required to work five hours a week for a NIAS researcher Asian Century Research School Network (ACERS) Vision: The goal of ACERS is to ensure the highest quality of research training on Asia in the Nordic region. The tool to do this is a model based on Nordic and crossdisciplinary collaboration between universities and research institutions as well as networks in Asia. ACRSN focus on: 1. Organizing the annual NNC conference and PhD course in collaboration with existing conferences within the Nordic Asian Studies environment 2. Establish closer contact to Nordic research schools and cooperate with them to organize Asia courses open to Nordic students and/or to include Asia dimensions in their regular courses 3. Approach existing Asia networks to enquire if they would be interested in including research training in their activities 4. Engage in more thorough mapping of Nordic PhD students and supervisors working on Asia at the NNC institutions 5. Set up a new website at including a blog for PhD students use finances to buy assistance from NIAS LINC 6. Funding: Continue to rely on NIAS allocation to ACRSN, however, complementary funds have to be located 7. Call for proposals : supply financial support (seed money) for PhD courses on Asia at NNC institutions and/or new cluster activities 10 97

98 8. Clusters: Only the active clusters should be continued for the time being. In the future, ACERS will have a working group with core members and with the possibility of adding ad hoc members involved in ongoing activities. There will be one face-to-face meeting a year (September), and one telephone meeting during each semester. 3.4 s and Networks Through many years, NIAS has been involved with and/or supported a number of Nordic conferences, including conferences and workshops by Nordic networks. NIAS will continue to do so, but will focus its financial support on events that are closely related to our on-going activities and include a PhD training/supervision component and to a lesser extent master classes. In addition, NIAS will support other relevant Nordic events materially and institutionally to the extent possible, e.g. through participation in planning, advertising and provision of our conference service program Barha a Nordic platform for networking Barha was created as an extension to AsiaPortal and is building on existing social networking and authentication web tools (WAYF). Barha provides an interactive forum for NIAS Networks to network, share, publish and communicate with colleagues NIAS System. NIAS existing conference system will continue to be used for all NIAS hosted conferences; however it will be migrated to an open source platform allowing for more flexibility. NIAS is using Copenhagen University s Web based video streaming systems for broadcasting of meetings and conferences. 4. Communication, dissemination and Nordic outreach Communication and dissemination of research outcome is of vital importance in the effort to make NIAS visible in the best possible way and to ensure Nordisk Nytte. NIAS communicates Nordic Asia Research in a reliable, relevant and targeted fashion. NIAS fulfills its communication obligations by developing and using a huge range of communication tools aimed at finding the best media for different target groups and areas. Communication must be offensive, proactive and timely focusing on both NIAS and its partner s activities and research

99 Through AsiaPortal and Barha, research-communication contributes and qualifies the public debate with research-based knowledge concerning issues that are relevant for Nordic Asia Research. 4.1 Research Communication Research communication with peers via academic conferences, workshops, networks and partners is of outmost important and NIAS will encourage its staff members to participate actively in such activities. NIAS will investigate possibilities for introducing Open Access for Nordic Asia researcher s publications using AsiaPortal as repository in LINC s electronic system for harvesting and dissemination Nordic Asia research. 4.2 Communication and media NIAS researchers are still highly sought after especially by the news media from their countries of origin as well as Danish news media. Therefore, there will be no specially coordinated effort to increase the number of media interventions. However, NIAS will continue to make ad hoc press releases and roundtable discussions with invited journalists when activities and events justify it. AsiaPortal, NIAS Press and Barha will continue to be important outlets for NIAS and its Nordic Partners. 4.2 NIAS Web Platforms The development of NIAS websites according to NIAS communication strategy and design programme continues with extensive use of new internet tools such as researcher blogs, pod casting of meetings, lunch talks and round table discussions, and RSS feed possibilities for NIAS s different electronic newsletters. Communication through the websites is still considered an important part of NIAS Communication Strategy. A migration to a new open source platform is in progress allowing for a more flexible updating to match user demands. 4.3 NIAS Yearbook The current format of the NIAS Yearbook continues. However, a change is considered where the content will focus more on different results of the activities at the institute, both research findings and ongoing projects as well as interesting achievements in the information, dissemination and publication areas. 4.4 Newsletters NIAS many different newsletters will be coordinated into two different ones: NIASUpdate with information from the different web platforms and NIAS Newsletter: a monthly published window for Nordic Asia Research and NIAS

100 4.5 Internal communication The Intranet shall function as an comprehensive archive, which in addition to minutes of meetings also contains important documents, staff relevant information and How to and what if lists. Common files will increasingly be established for projects/information relevant to more than one person. Web 2.0 tools like blogs, Wikis / open notebooks and tagging will be presented and available for collaborative use. NIAS staff will be encouraged to use Skype for overseas and conference calls. 5. Organization, Resources and Funding 5.1 Staff In order to maintain a strategic and innovative approach to NIAS strategic priorities, NIAS is organized in flexible structure based on research units, research support, library and Press. 5.2 NIAS Funding and NNC The core financing comes from the following sources: Nordic Council of Ministers University of Copenhagen Member institutions of the Nordic NIAS Council External financing The Nordic Council of Ministers and the partners in The NIAS Consortium contribute financially to NIAS and will have priority access to NIAS resources, activities, and services. NIAS works with a Nordic Consortium (The NIAS Consortium) comprising Copenhagen University and the Nordic NIAS Council with Nordic universities, research institutes, and networks representing all five Nordic countries as members. The Consortium will continue to strive for synergy and coordination of activities and is conceived as a win-win partnership that will enhance the quality as well as the quantity of resources and outputs. NIAS works closely with Asian partners in its activities. In its work, NIAS and The NIAS Consortium will maintain a focus on the potential benefits of the Nordic Council of Ministers, which can avail of NIAS and the consortium as a resource base on Asia. The contracts with the Nordic Council of Ministers and between the Nordic partners respectively cover the period

101 5.3 Collaboration with Copenhagen University With NIAS legal incorporation into Copenhagen University in 2005, there is an expressed interest from both sides to pursue more collaboration. Copenhagen University launched an Asian Dynamics Initiative in 2008 which has a strong focus on building additional research and educational capacity at the university, especially at the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Humanities. The Secretariat of this initiative has been placed at NIAS and the Director is a member of the Steering Committee. The initiative has proved to be an opportunity for NIAS to create an even stronger platform with a broader basis of researchers to draw on for the benefit of our Nordic partner community. There is no doubt that the closer collaboration with the Asia focused research at Copenhagen University is strengthening our capacity also from a broader Nordic perspective. NIAS is incorporated into the Faculty of Social Sciences at Copenhagen University and has asked to be moved to its campus. This has not materialized as planned due to factors outside the control of the Faculty and NIAS. However, the request stands, and NIAS expects to move if not sooner then in 2013, when the address in Leifsgade has to be vacated

102 Appendix 1 1 Asian politics, ideology and governance Aim: Research in Asian politics, ideology and governance aims at understanding political continuity and change in Asia in a historical and comparative perspective, seeing politics as a broad concept comprising most human interaction where powerrelations are included. This approach invites interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research, and thus presumes international collaboration and networking. Background: The increasing global acceptance of democracy and human rights as guiding principles for the governance of nations implies that the monopoly of the West as their chief interpreter and propagator may be challenged. In the early phase democratization meant efforts of copying if not implementing Western models. This tendency has been strongly supported by important international institutions such as IMF and the World Bank, in their assisting and guiding transitional systems towards a particular form of development and modernization, where a free market was, and is, a fundamental prerequisite. On the other hand there are forces in Asia as elsewhere seeking to indigenize democratization and democratic practices, which may be leading to new patterns and processes of government and governed relations. Focus: While political developments obviously depend on the existing socio-economic level, there are particular forces that constitute the dynamics of political development, forces that are shaping both form and content of the political process. Currently the conflicting relationship between global and local approaches and needs are dominant. The global forces, manifest through the above mentioned international institutions, as well as through mass-media and electronic communication channels, promote an agenda where politics and economy becomes disconnected, and a free economy is prioritized. The local forces on the other side tend to emphasize local needs, to maintain that politics should be in command, and, their ideologies are often rooted in local cultures, spelled out as religion, tradition and basic values and norms, which remains strong in this part of the world. When the past, the present and the future are constructed as an inter-dependent ideology and becomes the basis of a world-outlook, it may make up a force of tremendous strength, whether it is invested in nationalistic or democratic projects. In the contemporary world this obviously clashes with global forces based on free market logic. With a focus on these contemporary conflicts in an Asian context the theme Asian politics, ideology and governance attempts, through practical fieldwork combined with theoretical and empirical studies, to contribute in producing insights as well as relevant studies and reports of more practical use in the political and business fields 2 Gender Politics in Asia Aims: Research and other activities under this theme focus on multiple, fluid and complex constructions of gender in Asian societies. The aims are to explore, analyze and understand: the gendered effects of social, political and economic changes

103 change, continuity and contestations of gender relations and gender discourses the gendered processes involved in the construction of societies and cultures Focus: Gender concerns everyday life ideas and practices of masculinities and femininities and gender shapes understandings of sex and sexuality. Moreover, there are links between broad economic and political trends and notions of gender. Gender politics: People are constructed as gendered beings and gender is a key dimension of personal life, social relations and culture. Gender is political in the sense that societies are ordered according to certain patterns of appropriate gendered behavior and gendered power relations. Gender politics comprises the ongoing construction of the social gender relations within which individuals and groups act in all spheres of societies. Many actors are engaged in gender politics. Among these are social movements that challenge the dominant gender order, and also the routine functioning of established institutions in which male dominance is embedded in many societies. Effects of gendered Asian societies: Social change influences gender relations and the lives of men and women in various ways according to the way in which their gendered positions intersect with a range of other factors, such as ethnicity, age, education, class, and urban/rural location. Research and other activities in the theme document and explore the processes and impact of social change, including gendered inequalities, in Asian societies. Gendered processes constructing Asian societies: Increasingly studies of gender in Asia are looking beyond the effects and impacts of various developments on women and men and gender relations. Focus is now shifting towards the questions of the nature of gendered processes within Asian societies and the reasons and ways in which these are incorporated into a globalizing world. 3 Moral Horizons in Asia Aims: This research theme aims to explore the way in which moral order conceptual schemes concerning the limits of what is right/good or wrong/evil is conceived and contested in various Asian settings. The theoretical ambition of this research theme is to abstract from different empirical examples the moral bases upon which relations between people as well as between society and the environment are established. Background: Perceptions of the moral underpinnings of relations may be put under great strain by rapid political, economic or cultural change. Responses to major shifts in politico-economic relations include, for instance, religious revitalization, indigenous activism and nationalism. Understanding the way in which morality is differentially conceived and wielded by various stake-holders and in various Asian settings during times of stability as well as instability is crucial for analyzing the genesis as well as resolution of tensions and conflicts. Focus: Focus will be upon the way in which support of and resistance to politicoeconomic dynamics are formulated in moral terms by variously positioned actors. Of major interest are the cosmological schemes of ideal order and integrity propagated particularly by those who feel their security and wellbeing are under threat

104 Religious intensification: Moral horizons and cosmological order envisioned from a religious viewpoint may nourish notions of moral community and shape its relations with other communities. In the shadow of the war on terror and religious fundamentalism, this is a highly relevant area of research interest. Cultural reorientation: The research theme explores expressions of cultural awareness and identity and alternative visions of a secure and moral world promoted by minorities, indigenous peoples and movements in East, Southeast and South Asia. A current research project, Visible and Invisible Realities combines an analysis of a unique set of historical data on cosmologies, rituals and sexuality from an indigenous people, the Punan Bah of Central Borneo with data from an ongoing study of perceptions of religion and sexuality among Punan Bah youth to enhance our understanding of cultural construction of self, body, gender, time and identity in a globalizing world. The project Sexuality and embodiment among the Punan Bah examines ways in which indigenous youth redefine gender and sexuality in the wake of rapid social and cultural transformation in Central Borneo. The project is a derivative of the three year research project Visible and Invisible Realities. Non-governmental organizing: Non-governmental organizations focus attention on the specific interests of certain groups of people or on broad and general issues, such as gender equality or environmental sustainability, that affect all citizens in a given society. Their aim is often to maintain, rectify or challenge longstanding or newly emerging moral orders. NGOs in Asia are often supported by foreign governmental and non-governmental organizations and they have links to and interact transnationally with NGOs in other parts of the world to promote their causes. Both types of interaction involve encounters between differing understandings and interpretations of the issues that are being addressed. A current research project on gender and development NGOs in China analyzes how three entities Chinese activists, foreign NGOs and party-state institutions intraact to construct the core knowledges and practices for organizing. Focus is on both the overlaps and clashes between the experiences and interests of all three parties, their power relations and the organizing that evolves from the encounter. 4 Violence, security needs and regional cooperation in Asia Aims: The aim is both to contribute to general conflict theory and empirical conflictrelated generalizations by offering analysis on Asian experiences and to contribute to Asia-specific scholarship by offering conflict-related generalizations and theories from comparative scholarship. On the one hand, this requires a focus on Asian specificities, at the same time as it implies a focus that systematically compares Asian conflicts and security with security and conflict globally and in other regions. Background: The theme is institutionally tied to international research platforms, some of which are based at NIAS or in other Nordic institutions and some which are just supported by the NIAS theme. One of the main platforms is the ASEM Education Hub, and its network on Peace and Conflict Studies ( and which is lead from NIAS

105 Another platform is the Sigtuna Network on East Asia, which is jointly lead by the Swedish School of Advanced Asia Studies (SSAAPS) and NIAS. Finally, the theme supports a major Nordic Research program on East Asian Peace, whose institutional base in 2010 was transferred from NIAS to the Institute of Political Science at Uppsala University. Focus: The research theme focuses on Asian violence on various levels (inter-state relations, intra-state relations intra family relations, etc.). It aims at analyzing Asian security and violence and answering questions related to Asia-specific as well as global dynamics of security and conflict in Asia. of whether there is an Asian pattern of security and violence. Furthermore, the scholarship in this theme focuses on Asia-specific security and conflict issues by looking at the regional development of peace on its own merit. One of the main tendencies in the region, especially in East Asia is the sudden decline in battle deaths since The averages of annual battle deaths in East Asian countries have dropped after 1979 to less than one tenth of their level before The explanation of this is an important focus on this research theme. Finally, the theme has a focus on the trends in peace-making in East Asia and in the possible cooperation Europe can give in the reduction of conflict in Asia. This part of the theme is tightly connected to and serve the more policy oriented efforts of many Nordic governments, the EU and such conflict prevention organizations as the CMI Crisis Management Initiatives, and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

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107 About NIAS NIAS is an academically independent Nordic research and resource centre, focusing on modern Asia from a predominantly social sciences perspective. The institute is an integrated part of the University of Copenhagen, with the status of a centre under the Department of Political Science, and it collaborates closely with the wider Nordic Asia community. NIAS works to encourage and support the study of Asia in the Nordic countries as well as actively participating in the international scholarly community in its own right. NIAS Nordic Institute of Asian Studies at Department of Political Science University of Copenhagen Øster Farimagsgade 5 DK-1353 Copenhagen K Denmark Tel: Fax: Mail: info@nias.ku.dk Web: 107

108 NIAS Strategy and beyond Mission Asia insights for the Nordic community The welfare of the Nordic countries is increasingly linked to developments in Asia due to a growing economic interconnectedness between us. NIAS has a valuable role to play here, being a distinctive Nordic knowledge centre focusing on modern Asia and the relations between Asia, the Nordic countries and Europe. A key aim is to provide insights in Asian affairs to the Nordic community, thus supporting informed decision-making by our public and private institutions. Vision Bridging the Nordic region, Europe and Asia In response to the developing East West interaction, the role of NIAS as a Nordic hub is of vital importance to research on Asia. Currently scholars in all academic affairs, and many Asian scholars are turning their interests towards the Nordic region. By maintaining a stimulating research environment and providing a high-quality research infrastructure, NIAS vision is to become a central meeting place for scholars from the Nordic region, the wider Europe and from Asia

109 The local setting University of Copenhagen versity of Copenhagen, the programmes coordinated by the university s Asian Dynamics Initiative. By being part of one of Europe s more substantial Asian studies environments and contributing to its development, it is our ambition to ensure that this positive development becomes advantageous locally and also stakeholders. A special NIAS contribution is our engagement with the growing interest in Asia among students and scholars from The Institute s Nordic-ness A unique Nordic consortium The Nordic NIAS Council (NNC), consisting of 26 universities and research insti- unique consortium and our main Nordic base. As a platform and an open channel for cooperation between Asian studies environments in the Nordic region, the activities include: a scholarship programme, annually receiving 50 Nordic students and young scholars; an annual Asian studies conference alternating between universities in all ing international participants; and a digital library providing strategically important access to information sources on Asia for all members. Besides working to strengthen Nordic Asia scholarship, we also aim to foster new East West partnerships by conveying knowledge about the Nordic countries in Asia

110 Further International Outreach Nordic, European, global Nordic cooperation in Asian studies is unique and has attracted international attention, in Europe as well as in Asia. Currently, together with IIAS, the International Institute of Asian Studies in the Netherlands, and GIGA, the German Institute of Global Affairs, we are recreating and enlarging the European Alliance for Asian Studies. Moreover, due to our Nordic consortium, Fudan University in Shanghai decided by Fudan. We aim to negotiate similar agreements with other Asian partners to realize our national, cross-cultural Asian studies hub. Reflecting the Best of Nordic and International Asia Research An internationally recognized player NIAS Press publishes quality Nordic and international research on Asian affairs, also providing a gateway for especially young Nordic scholars to gain international recognition. Having published almost 500 academic books on Asia from different disciplines is an unparalleled achievement and has made the Press an internationally recognized and respected In recent years the Press has adapted to the digital revolution and the transformation of the academic library world. important, its future strategy aims to: stay focused on its core scholarly readership but reach out to a broad group of non-academic professionals; develop new ways of connecting with our readership and delivering its publications to them in an optimal way; and increase its scholarly output with research-based publications targeted to the needs of scholars and professionals

111 A Nordic Electronic Library in Asian Studies At the forefront of the research infrastructure The NIAS Library has long been one of Europe s leading repositories of Asian Studies material. Recently, this became a primarily digital library that: focuses on contemporary Asia with an emphasis on the social sciences but offering services across the spectrum of Nordic Asia scholarship; provides online information and learning resources for Nordic researchers and students; hosts and is developing the Asia Portal, the Nordic region s common platform for e-resources on Asia; works with the community of Nordic librarians to provide researchers and students in the region with access to world-class information on Asia; and delivers privileged services for Nordic NIAS Council member institutions. Access to these resources is imperative for researchers aiming to be competitive within the international research community. By becoming fully digitalized, the NIAS Library is now able to provide access to strategically important information and learning resources for studies and research on Asia to all our Nordic members. The Asia Portal will be further developed with access to a growing number of Nordic Open Access publications and the launching of a new Open Access online journal particularly serving early career researchers working on Asian affairs. By providing new and needed services to our Nordic stakeholders, the overall aim for the Digital Library is to remain at the forefront of the research infrastructure in the Nordic region

112 Why NIAS? Asia focus, Nordic value There is currently strong international competition for access to Asia. NIAS strength is that: over the years we have developed solid links with Asian colleagues and institutions, and today we are their trusted partners; we always operate with a Nordic perspective in mind and include Nordic interests whenever possible; our approach to Asia is based on crosscultural sensitivity, mutual respect, and promotion of mutual learning; while concentrating on scholarly work, we also engage in community activities and support the work of private and public organizations; and NIAS actively engages with Asian representatives in the Nordic region and works to support dialogue and understanding between public institutions, private enterprises and civil society. Together we are better 5 112

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114 CV Geir Helgesen: Born: November 18, 1950 in Skien, Norway Address: Dronningens Tværgade 46, Copenhagen K. Phone: Present positions: Director of NIAS Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Phone: , mobile , Fax: Director of Fudan European Center for China Studies, at NIAS Oster Farimagsgade 5, 1353 Copenhagen K. Denmark Education: 1974: Educationalist, Montessori Collage of Education, Copenhagen. 1989: MA in Cultural Sociology, Copenhagen University. 1993: Ph.D. in Cultural Sociology, Copenhagen University. Memberships: Danish Association of Foreign Policy European Alliance of Asian Studies Advisory appointments: Editorial Board, Asian Politics & Policy. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers. Recent academically relevant experience: : Consultant to Nordic companies with activities in East Asia : Consultant to DR, Danish Radio on Korean affairs : Elected staff member of the NIAS board. Invited Guest Lectures: 2002/07: Yearly at Turku University, Turku, Finland. (On Korean affairs) 2005/09: Yearly at Center for East and South East Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden. (On Korean affairs) 2007: University of Iceland, Reykjavik: Understanding North Korea? 2008: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo: North Korea: Assisting Change 2008: Gothenburg University: Cross-cultural perspectives on the Korean conflict. 2007/10: University of Georgia, USA, Center for Global Studies: (Yearly on Demystifying North Korea.) 2011: Trondheim University (NTNU): East Asian and Nordic values and norms. How to cope. 2012: Leiden University: The Annual Asian lecture at IIAS, North Korea in the Global Media. 2012: Istanbul, the Swedish Research Institute: Cross-cultural issues in East-West relations. 2013: Yonsei University, Korea: A Nordic approach to the Korean conflict. 2014: University of Iceland, Reykjavik: North Korea in the media, - and outside Papers Read at International s: 2005: Stockholm, Swedish Inst. of Foreign Affairs: Concerning Korean unification. 114

115 2005: Honolulu, University of Hawaii & East-West Center, USA: Education or Indoctrination? East-West perspectives. 2005: Seoul, The Uri Party, Korea, Perspectives on Korean unification: Lessons from afar: a Nordic Perspective. 2008: London, Chatham House, Dialogue on Human Rights with North Korea?: Preconditions 2009: The Como, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Cooperation with the DPRK: obstacles, preconditions, cross-cultural aspects and the human dimension. 2009: Brussels, The European Commission: Europe and East Asia. New perspectives on Europe s approach to North Korea: 2010: Reykjavik, Iceland: East Asia and the Nordic Region, comparative perspectives. 2011: University of Copenhagen, Asian Dynamic Initiative : North Korea contextualized. 2012: Danish Parliament, Christiansborg: Personal reflections after a visit to Taiwan. 2013: Seoul, Aspen Atlantic Group: An Alternative Western Approach to North Korea? 2014: Oslo, Voksenaasen, Swedish-Norwegian Center. Time for Peace in Korea: On the Nordic countries legacy in Korea, the possibilities and their duty to promote peace. 2014: Danish Parliament, Christiansborg: Cool Nordic conference: The Basics of Nordic culture as soft power? Rethinking Nordic-ness in a globalized world. 2 Academic Publications: 1998: Democracy and Authority in Korea. The Cultural Dimension in Korean Politics, Curzon Press, Richmond & St. Martin s Press, New York. 2002: Imported Democracy: the South Korean Experience in Kinnvall & Jönsson: Globalization and Democracy in Asia. Routledge, London and New York. 2002: Democracy, Human Rights, and the Sunshine Policy: Psychological, Political, and Cultural Prospects for Korean Reunification. Eds: H.S. Aasen, U. Kim and G. Helgesen. The Rafto Foundation, Bergen. 2002: Good Government, Nordic and East Asian Perspectives. G. Helgesen and Uichol Kim. NIAS Press and DUPI, Copenhagen. 2003: The Role of Culture in the Korean Crisis (in Danish) Kontakt/International Magasin, No.4, Copenhagen. 2003: Korea Insights Special issue of NIAS Nytt/Asia Insights No.1, 2003 (G.H. editor) 2003: The Need for a New Moral Education. Basic Challenges in the Era of Globalization in: Bell, Daniel and Chaibong Hahm: Confucianism for the Modern World. Cambridge University Press, New York. 2004: Nordic and East Asian Values Compared. In Search of a balance between Isolation and Globalization in Norlund and Than (eds.) Asian Values and Vietnam s Development in Comparative Perspectives, Copenhagen: NIAS Press. 2006: Politics, Culture and Self. East Asian and North European Attitudes, ed. with S.R. Thomsen, NIAS Press: Copenhagen. 2012: Idea, Society and Politics in North East Asian and Northern Europe: Worlds Appart, learning from Each other. Eds. Ras Tind Nielsen & Geir Helgesen, NIAS Press. 2012: North Korea and Good Governance, in North Korea Demystified eds. Han S Park, Regan Damron and Jonathan Polk. Cambria Press, Amherst, New York 2012: North Korea and the Western World, in North Korea Demystified eds. Han S Park, Regan Damron and Jonathan Polk. Cambria Press, Amherst, New York 2013 Dialogue with North Korea? Preconditions for Talking Human Rights With a Hermit Kingdom, with Hatla Thelle, NIAS Press, Copenhagen. Commissioned Government Consultancies and Reports: 2003/4: Team leader of a project focusing on the current situation in North Korea with special 2 115

116 emphasis on areas were Danish and European aid would be effective. (Task commissioned by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Report available at: ) 2005/6 Member of the evaluation team for the East Asian institutes in Sweden. Task commissioned by the Swedish Ministry of Education. (Report: see Högskolevärkets web-page: ) 2005: Carried out an evaluation of the Nordic cooperation at the 2005 EXPO in Aichi, Japan. (Report: The Joint Nordic Participation at EXPO 2005 issued by the Nordic Council of Ministers. 2006: Initiated and organized a one week seminar called Nordic Inspirations for 15 North Korean academics and officials in Shanghai, China supported by the Nordic Foreign Ministries. 2006/7: Team leader of a project focusing on recent developments in North Korea: Report delivered to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Assisting Development and Change. 2008: Hosting a North Korean sustainable energy delegation, and bringing the delegation to relevant energy facilities in three Nordic countries, and chairing a conference on the topic at the premises of the Danish government. Sponsored by the foreign ministries in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark 2013: Member of the Danish-Greenland commission investigating the possible benefits of minerals extractions in Greenland. Special task: to present a background report on Asian interests in the Arctic/Greenland Consultancy for public institutions and private organizations: : Course instructor for the Confederation of Danish Industries (DI) concerning Korea, East Asia and cross-cultural business matters. 2003: The Financial Sector, Denmark Educational Unit: How to understand East Asian cultures? 2005/8 Senior Advisor to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on North Korean matters. 2007/8: Evaluator on developments in North Korea for Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2007: Towards Democracy and a Market Economy. 2006/9 Senior Advisor to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on North Korean matters. 2012/13: Cultural consultant for Dong Energy in a French/Korean project taking place in Paris. 2013: Invited expert to Aspen Ministers Forum, Nov in Seoul, Korea, headed by Madeleine Albright. 2013: Organized a Chatham House rules meeting with representatives of the Nordic Foreign Ministries, the EU commission, the EU parliament and the European Institute of Asian Studies, Brussels, on the present situation in North Korea at the NIAS premises. 2013: Initiating and organizing a course in Asia Insights together with Greenland University for government officials of the Greenlandic self-rule administration, as well as private companies and academics, held in Nuuk on December 10 and : Initiating and co-organizing an ongoing course in cross-cultural communication and understanding with The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Korea Institute of Science and Technology, (KIST), Seoul, Korea. General Public Information: 1989/2013: Articles about the development in East Asia in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish as well as Foreign Press. Numerous interviews and participation in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Icelandic, as well as North American TV and Radio programs covering the situation in Korea, South and North, from a political culture perspective

117 CURRICULUM VITAE Cecilia Nathansen MILWERTZ EDUCATION 1995 PhD in China Studies, Institute of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen Five-month Diploma Course, School of Journalism, Aarhus, Denmark 1988 MA in Cultural Sociology (Institute of Cultural Sociology) and China Studies (Institute of Asian Studies), University of Copenhagen Language studies, Beijing Languages Institute, Beijing MAIN APPOINTMENTS Senior Researcher, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen Research Fellow, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen European Science Foundation Research Fellow, Institute for Chinese Studies, University of Oxford Associated Fellow, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen Research Fellow, Center for East and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen RESEARCH FIELD Cecilia Milwertz research on the People s Republic of China (PRC) started with a study of the population control policy. This work was published in 1997 as Accepting Population Control - the Perspective of Urban Chinese Women on the One-child Family Policy. Richmond Surrey: Curzon Press. Since then her work has continued to focus on micro-level studies of how segments of the general population cope with or aim to actively shape macro-level policies. She has thus studied the emergence of civil society in the form of the first women s NGOs in Beijing, non-governmental activism against domestic violence in the PRC and Chinese NGO relations with domestic party-state institutions and non- Chinese development aid entities. This work has led to her current theoretical and empirical focus on encounters between China and the Nordic countries, and the presence of China in the Nordic countries. Cecilia Milwertz works closely with colleagues in China and publishes in both English and Chinese. Her most recent book on non-governmental organizing in the PRC, based on work undertaken together with philosopher and sociologist Wang Fengxian, was published by China Social Sciences Press in The authors were part of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Nordic Asian research project Revisiting Gender in Development. Due to participation in this research project as well as her work with the Gendering Asia Network, the Sino-Nordic Gender Studies Network and the Gendering Asia book series Cecilia Milwertz has a broad network of contacts especially in China and the Nordic countries, but also more broadly in Asia, Europe and other places. Her most recent research project conducted with communications studies scholar Professor Bu Wei, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, with whom she has worked together previously, addresses the presence of China in the Nordic countries

118 CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT Chinese Workers - Global Consumers This project asks how consumers in the Nordic countries and in urban China conceive of the relationship they have with workers in China to whom they are connected by the products they consume. How do global consumers perceive of their responsibility for the well-being of workers in the PRC? The research asks how consumer perceptions may shape consumer behaviour in ways that either promote or obstruct social change towards a reduction in global exploitative relations. This project will enhance understanding of individual and collective consumer behaviour and this is of relevance for Nordic policy and practice. The overarching aim is to contribute to ongoing debate about and solution finding regarding globally shared responsibility for environmental sustainability and social equality. The project is led by Cecilia Milwertz and Professor Bu Wei, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Research groups are currently being established in Denmark and China, while the intention is to expand the project to include research groups in all five Nordic countries. In 2015 applications for research funding will be submitted to the Danish Research Council and to the EU (Marie Curie Actions). The first project publication is: Cecilia Milwertz (in press) Death and my Ipad, Kvinder, Køn & Forskning. (Women, Gender and Research), Number 1, SELECTED PUBLICATIONS and earlier Research on gender and development NGOs This work was part of the NTNU research project Re-visiting gender in development ( ): Milwertz, Cecilia and Wang Fengxian (in press) The Gender Coding of Modernity - reflections on creating a modern gender and development NGO in the PRC. In Ragnhild Lund, Philippe Doneys and Babette Resurreccion (eds) Re-visiting Gender in Development: Complex Inequalities in a Changing Asia. Copenhagen: NIAS Press Cecilia Milwertz and Wang Fengxian (2013) Masculine Modernity Trumps Feminine Tradition. A Gendered Capacity-Building Operation in China Gender, Technology and Development, 17 (3) Cecilia Milwertz and Wang Fengxian (2012) Non-Governmental organizing in the People s Republic of China a Reading Inspired by Agential Realism, Kvinder, Køn og Forskning (Women, Gender and Research), Number 1-2, Cecilia Milwertz and Wang Fengxian (2011) The Relational and Intra-active Becoming of Nongovernment-initiated Organizing in the People s Republic of China. Gender, Technology and Development 15 (3) Research on activism against domestic violence: Milwertz, Cecilia Is it the people who serve the government : an interview with Ai Xiaoming in Pauline Stoltz, Marina Svensson, Zhongxin Sun and Qi Wang (eds) 2 118

119 Gender Equality, Citizenship and Human Rights Controversies and challenges in China and the Nordic Countries. London and New York: Routledge, Milwertz, Cecilia and Bu Wei Non-governmental feminist organizing in the People s Republic of China communicating oppositional gender equality knowledge, in Gilles Guiheux and Khun-Eng Kuah-Pierce (eds) Emerging Social Movements in China. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, Milwertz, Cecilia and Bu Wei Non-governmental Organizing for Gender Equality in China Joining a Global Emancipatory Epistemic Community, International Journal of Human Rights, Volume 11, Numbers 1&2, March, Cecilia Milwertz Activism Against Domestic Violence in the People s Republic of China. Violence Against Women. Volume 9. Issue 6. June, NORDIC NETWORK ACTIVITIES The Sino-Nordic Gender Studies Network Since 2002 the network has convened five conferences in the series of Sino-Nordic Women & Gender Studies s and has held two PhD copurses at the Nordic Centre Fudan. The series serves as an important window to gender studies contacts and collaboration in China for Nordic gender studies scholars. The conferences have resulted in two Nordic-Chinese collaborative publications. The latest outcome in English is the book Queer/Tongzhi to be published by NIAS Press The book is based on a panel held at the fourth conference. Cecilia Milwertz co-initiated the network in 2002 and has served as network and conference coordinator since The Gendering Asia Network The Gendering Asia Network was established in 2005 in order to strengthen the combined field of gender and Asia studies in the Nordic countries. Cecilia Milwertz co-initiated the network, and she has acted as project leader of the NordForsk funded network activities The Gendering Asia Book Series Published by NIAS Press, the book series is linked to the Gendering Asia Network and publishes the work of both Nordic and international scholars. Cecilia Milwertz co-initiated the series and serves as co-editor. EXTERNAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND POSITIONS OF TRUST Academic Council member U. of Copenhagen, Faculty of Social Sciences Member of board - Nordic Institute of Asian Studies March Co-initiator and member of steering group WAGNet - Women and Gender in Chinese Studies Network Member of board European Association for Chinese Studies Member of editorial board Violence Against Women See CV with full list of publications at

120 January DR. AKI TONAMI CURRENT APPOINTMENT Researcher, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen CONTACT ADDRESS NIAS Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen Oester Farimagsgade 5, 1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark HOME ADDRESS Oester Farimagsgade 26A 3. th Copenhagen O, Denmark TELEPHONE aki.tonami@nias.ku.dk EDUCATION (expected) The Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Programme, University of Copenhagen. The compulsory teacher training programme for assistant professors and postdocs Ph.D. in Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University. Thesis Title: Public Participation and Environmental Aid: Evaluating Projects in Thailand M.A. in Economics, Kyoto University B.Sc. in Commerce, Santa Clara University (magna cum laude). SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Books Asian Foreign Policy in a Changing Arctic The Diplomacy of Economy and Science at New Frontiers. Under contract with Palgrave Macmillan, projected publication Referred Journal Articles: 2014 The Arctic policy of China and Japan: Multi-layered economic and strategic motivations, The Polar Journal, Vol.4, No.1, pp Future-Proofing Japan s Interests in the Arctic: Scientific Collaboration and a Search for Balance, Asia Policy, No.18, pp Trajectories of Japanese and South Korean Environmental Aid: A comparative historical analysis, The Journal of Environment and Development, Vol. 23, No.2, pp (co-authored with Anders Riel Müller, 2013 Impact Factor: 1.606) Japan and Singapore in the Arctic: Considerations for Greenland. Tidsskriftet Grønland, 2013(1), 2-17 (in Danish, co-authored with Stewart Watters) 'Evaluating Local Participation in Environmental Aid: The Environmental Fund Project in Thailand', Journal of International Development Studies, Vol. 18, No.1, pp (in Japanese). Edited Book Chapters: 2015 China and Japan in the Arctic: Economic security and the role of foreign policy for the developmental state, in Heininen, Lassi (Ed.), Future Securities of the Global Arctic: Defense, Sovereignty and Climate, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan (forthcoming) China, Japan and the Arctic in 2013, in Heininen, Lassi (Ed.), Arctic Yearbook 2013, Akureyri, Iceland: Northern Research Forum, pp Japan s Arctic Policy: The sum of many parts, in Heininen, Lassi (Ed.), Arctic Yearbook 2012, Akureyri, Iceland: Northern Research Forum, pp (co-authored with Stewart Watters, 3 citations). Singapore: An emerging Arctic actor, in Heininen, Lassi (Ed.), Arctic Yearbook 2012, Akureyri, Iceland: Northern Research Forum, pp (co-authored with Stewart Watters, 2 citations). Other: 2014 Evidence to the Select Committee on the Arctic as a policy recommendation to the UK House of Lords. Why Asia? as the background for the joint committee on how best Greenland s mineral resources can benefit the country (co-authored with Geir Helgesen and Nik Bæk Heilmann). Arctic newcomers: Japan, South Korea and Singapore, East Asia Forum, 15 February. ( Arctic Newcomers: The View from Japan, South Korea and Singapore, Global Asia, 8 (4, Winter 2013), Singapore: The arctic newcomer, The Circle WWF, 19(1), (co-authored with Stewart Watters). Japanese and South Korean Environmental Aid: What are their life stories? DIIS Working Paper 2013:08, 120

121 January Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (co-authored with Anders Riel Müller). Review: Arctic Governance and Japan's Foreign Strategy, The Arctic Institute Center for Circumpolar Security Studies, 26 April. ( One Year On: A Symposium Commemorating 311, the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, Asia Portal, 29 March. ( EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY 2012-present Researcher, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen Postdoc, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen Paternity Leave Research Advisor to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Posted to Political Section, Embassy of Japan in The Netherlands, The Hague. Ran Japan-Netherlands exchange programs and reported on Dutch and European affairs Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University Research Assistant, Environmental and Sustainable Development Team, UNDP Regional Centre, Bangkok, Thailand System Engineer, Logica Japan, KK Application Support Engineer, Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. SELECTED FUNDING 2014 Co-applicant of international, inter-university team with Hokkaido University (Japan), Korea University (South Korea), National Bureau of Asia Research (USA), National Maritime Foundation (India) and Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (China) applying to the International Network Programme, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and innovation, for 288,000 DKK. Applicant of postdoc stipend to the Carlsbergfondet for research Development narratives of Greenland and Okinawa: Self-governance, indigenous islands and military presence, for 1,214, DKK. Part of inter-university team applying to the foundation VELUX FONDEN. 10,000 DKK, Travel Grant, the Asian Dynamics Initiative, University of Copenhagen. 10,000 DKK, Research Grant, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation, with Geir Helgesen ,000 DKK, Travel Grant, the Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation, with Stewart Watters. Part of Resesarch/Education cooperation program with the University of Tromsø (Norway), Fridtjof Nansen Institute (Norway) and Waseda University (Japan) to the Norway s High North Programme ,000 DKK, Research Grant, Nordic Council of Ministers for research Asia in a Changing Arctic, with Geir Helgesen and Stewart Watters. 400,000 JPY (20,500 DKK), Research Grant, the Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation for personal research A comparative analysis of Nordic and Japanese development aid policy: from a perspective of Sustainable Development. 12,000 DKK, Travel Grant, the Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation, with Stewart Watters. TEACHING 2015 Lecturer, Politics and Economy of Aid (Graduate), University of Copenhagen Course Leader, Images of Asia (Undergraduate/Graduate), University of Copenhagen Lecturer, Asia Insight (Undergraduate), University of Greenland. Completed the 2-day University Teaching Course, University of Copenhagen Seminar Leading, Nitteian Workshop (a network research forum on Denmark and/or Japan), University of Copenhagen Academic advising to graduate students on an exchange program to Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Teaching Assistant to Prof. Hisako Inaba in Readings on Organizational Behaviors, Kyoto University. FELLOWSHIPS 2014 Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy International Fellowship, The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington D.C., 6-10 October Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Global Ecological Economics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto Visiting Researcher, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije University Amsterdam, Amsterdam 121

122 January SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Guest lectures: 2014 Invited speaker on Arctic policies of Asian states at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 2 December. Invited speaker on economic & science diplomacy of Asian states at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan, 1 December. Invited speaker on theories and practices of international environmental policy at Fukuoka Women s University, Fukuoka, Japan, 20 November. Invited speaker on Arctic policies of Asian states at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology in Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 11 November. Invited speaker on Arctic policies of Japan, South Korea and Singapore at the Wilson Center, Washington DC, the United States, May Invited speaker on Japan s foreign policy at the University of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland, 11 December. Invited speaker on South Korea s Green Growth concept at the Danish Institute of International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen, 3 December. Invited speaker on a career in research at Doshisha University, Kyoto, 15 November. Invited speaker on Japan and South Korea s concepts of green growth at Tezukayama University, Nara, Japan, 14 November. Invited speaker on Japan and China s Arctic policies at Kyoto Unviersity, Kyoto, Japan, 13 November. Invited speaker at the Panel on Arctic Security at the Arctic Circle, Reykjavik, Iceland, 12 October. Invited speaker on Japan and South Korea s concepts of green growth at the University of Turku, Finland, 14 August. Invited panelist on China s Arctic Aspirations with keynote speaker Dr. Linda Jakobson, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 17 April. Invited speaker on Japan s Arctic policy at Stockholm Arctic Seminar: Asian Arctic expansion? Non-Arctic states and the Arctic Council, KTH, Stockholm, 19 February. Invited speaker on Japan s Arctic policy at Stockholm Seminar on Japan, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, 17 January Invited speaker on Japan s foreign policy at the Radikal Ungdom (the Social Liberal Youth of Denmark), Copenhagen, 20 September. Participation & Organization 2014 Organizer of The 1 st International Workshop Asian Strategies towards the Northern Sea Route (NSR), Turku, Finland, December. With Christopher Dent (University of Leeds, UK) and other scholars from China, Finland, India, Japan, Norway, South Korea, Singapore and the United States. Organizer of panel Asian Concepts of Development, Intra-Asia Connections: Interactions, flows, landscapes, Copenhagen, October. Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society (NAJS) 2013, Helsinki, 21 March. Paper Title: Japan s Polar Policy and Economic Diplomacy Discussant on Japanese Sake culture Organizer of presentation by Dr. Otsuka Natsuhiko on Will the Northern Sea Route see a bright tomorrow? at University of Copenhagen, 27 January, Copenhagen The Arctic Circle, the Panel on Arctic Security, Reykjavik, Iceland, 12 October. Paper Title: The Arctic and the Asian way: Asian Arctic engagement from the perspective of the developmental state EJARN Annual 2013: Towards stronger and deeper relations between Japan and the EU, Paris, 25 June. Paper Title: A non-arctic policy? A comparison between the EU and Japan Growth: Critical perspectives from Asia, Copenhagen, 14 June. Paper Title: Green Growth in Aid: from the perspectives of Japan and South Korea (co-authored with Anders Riel Müller) China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium 2013, Shanghai, 6 June. Paper Title: An Asian Arctic policy? A comparison between China and Japan Invited discussant at presentation by Dr. Linda Jakobson and Syong-Hong Lee on The North East Asian States' Interests in the Arctic and Possible Cooperation with the Kingdom of Denmark, at Asia House, Copenhagen, 17 April. Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society (NAJS) 2013, Aarhus, 15 March. 122

123 January Discussant on on Japanese aid Earth System Governance Tokyo 2013, Tokyo, 30 January. Paper Title: Japanese and South Korean Environmental Aid: What are their life stories? (co-authored with Anders Riel Müller) Arctic Frontiers, Trømso, Norway, January. Panel Presentation on Japan and Singapore s Arctic policies (with Stewart Watters) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Administration: Member of International Political Economy group of the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Member of International Relations group of the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Member of the Research Group on Arctic Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Member of the Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security of the University of Arctic and the Northern Research Forum, Founder Member of Nitteian Workshop (a network research forum on Denmark and/or Japan), University of Copenhagen, Article Reviewer for: The Journal of Environment and Development Media Work: Background and on-the-record briefings for journalists on Japanese foreign policy and Arctic affairs for outlets including: DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation), The Asahi Shimbun, The Mainichi Shimbun, Kyodo News, The Greenland National Radio. Memberships of Professional Associations: ISA International Political Economy section, Foreign Policy Analysis section The Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies Beta Gamma Sigma (US National Honor Society for Business) LANGUAGES Japanese native English speak, read and write fluently Mandarin Chinese speak with basic competence, read/write with proficiency French and Danish speak, read and write with basic competence 123

124 Curriculum Vitea Name: Min Dongchao, Date of birth: 05/11/1953, Dept. of Culture Studies School of Humanity, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Baoshan, Shanghai, , China. Tel: (0086) , (O) Fax: (0086) Education PhD in Women s Studies, University of Manchester, UK. PhD thesis: Travelling Theory, Translation and the In-Between: Women s Studies in China 1980s- 1990s MA in Social Science Research, University of Manchester, UK. MA dissertation: The Continuing Process: Translation of the Words Feminism and Gender into Chinese MA in History, Tianjin Normal University, People s Republic of China. MA dissertation: A Comparison between the Governments of Zhou Dynasty China and Ancient Greece BA in Philosophy, Tianjin Normal University, People s Republic of China. Work experience March Guest Professor, the Nordic Institute of Asia Studies, University of Copenhagen Dec. Professor, the Department of Culture Studies, School of Humanity and Director, the Centre for Gender and Culture Studies, Shanghai University Professor, School of Social Science, Shanghai University Courses taught include: Introduction to Women/Gender Studies, Feminist philosophy, Methodology and methods for Social Science research, Reading philosophy in English 2003, Aug-Dec Post-doctor at the Department of Women s Studies, University of Hawaii, United States of America Freelance researcher Part time teacher at the Department of East Asia Studies, University of Leeds, UK. 1992, Nov-1993, April Visiting Scholar at the School of Culture and Community Studies, University of Sussex, UK. 1993, May-1993, Aug Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK. 1993,Sept-1994, Feb Visiting Scholar at the Department of East Asia Studies, University of Leeds, UK Associate Professor of History, Tianjin Normal University, PRC

125 Co-director of the Women's Studies Group at Tianjin Normal University, PRC Lecturer of History, Tianjin Normal University, PRC. Courses taught included: Ancient World History; Works on History of Marx and Engels; Women's Studies; International Women s Movement Teaching administrator, Tianjin University of Technology and Science, PRC Worker, Tianjin Machinery and Tool Factory, PRC Externally funded research projects Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship within the 7 th European Community Framework Programme. The project title: Cross-cultural Encounters- the Travels of Gender Theory and Practice to China and the Nordic Countries. (Head of the project) Reversing the Travelling - gender from China to the world, funded by the Ford Foundation. (heads of the project) Research focus areas The globalization, the cross cultural studies and feminist philosophy. Publications (2013 to 2015) Translation Books: Wendy Parkins and Geoffrey Craig, Slow living, BERO Oxford and New York, Shanghai: Shanghai People s Publishing House, Merete Lie, Ragnhild Lund, Gard Hopsdal Hansen,Making It in China, Hoyskoleforlaget, 2008.Trans.by Zhu Shanjie, Revised by Min Dongchao. Shanghai: Shanghai People s Publishing House, Santos, Boaventura de Sousa, The Rise of the Global Left: The World Social Forum and Beyond, London: Zed Books,2006. Trans. By Peng Xuenong, Revised by Min Dongchao, Shanghai: Shanghai People s Publishing House, Articles: Qi Wang, Dongchao Min, Gender and Corruption insights from China, in Dominik Mierejewski (ed.) The Quandiries of China s Domestic and Foreign Development, :, 2014, WANG Qi MIN Dongchao, Gender and CorruptionBased on the Cases of China, Trans. CHEN Mi, in Collection of Women s Studies, 2014, No. 4, pp (in Chinese). Travelling Theory Re-appraisal in Zhejiang Academic Journal, 2014,4, (in Chinese). Toward an Alternative Traveling Theory, in Signs, Spring 2014, 39,3, Toward an Alternative Traveling Theory, in Signs, in Chinese. Questions, Challenges and Restructure: From Equality between Men and Women to Gender Justice:, in Lectures on European History and World Civilizations, edited by Su zhiliang and Chen Heng, Beijing, The Commercial Press, 2013, (in Chinese). From the Revolutionary Family to the Materialistic FamilyKey Words for a Contemporary Social History of China, In India Journal of Gender Studies, 2013,3,

126 The Suspension of Equality: A Reflection on the Problem of Gender Equality between Men and Women Since the 1990s, in Nankai Journal, 2013, 4, (In Chinese). Invited participation at conferences: Oct Organised Special session on Travelling Theory and Cultural Translation at the 8th Annual NNC conference A Multitude of Encounters with Asia Gender Perspectives Reykjavik,Iceland. Presented on Does Translation Matter? Question of the translation and transnational knowledge production 5-6 June 2014 Presented on Focusing on Quota, Transcending Numbers: Comparing Affirmative Policy in Women s Political Participation in China and India in the the 10 th annual conference of the Lodz East Asia Meeting New Dynamics of Europe-East Asia Regional Cooperation 2013, Dec., 4-5 Keynote speaker at the on Women in Contemporary China: Facing the Challenges of Agency. Presented on Making an Alternative Traveling Theory. University of Helsinki, Finland. 2013,Nov., 4-6 Presented a on Toward an Alternative Traveling Theory in the The Power of Knowledge: Asia and the West. It is the 7 th annual conference of the NIAS at the University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg. 2013, Oct., 21 Presented a on Reversing the Travelling Transnational Feminism from China to the World on the Participate in the Beijing + 20 Project Workshop. It has been hold at the Ford Foundation office in Beijing. 2013, June 6-7 Presented a on Gender and Corruption insights from China. The 9 th annual conference of the Lodz East Asia Meeting 'Central Europe and East Asia' has been hold on 6-7 June 2013 at the University of Lodz

127 Gerald Jackson Key points Education Work experience Publications Getting Published: A Companion for the Humanities and Social Sciences Skills and experience and Personal details - Contact details Professional Private Interests Memberships 127

128 CV Name Inga-Lill Maria Blomkvist Address Östra Kristinelundsvägen 9B SE Malmö Sweden Phone (home) (mobile) (work) Born 09 September 1957 PROFILE I have more than 19 years of working experience from an Asian studies library and a BA degree majoring in Chinese as well as a University degree in Librarianship. I have studied and then worked in China under a period of more than three years and have also studied three months in Taiwan. WORK EXPERIENCE Present position NIAS Library & Information Centre (NIAS LINC) Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) Copenhagen, Denmark. Full time employment of which 75% as librarian, Responsible for the evaluation, negotiations, licensing agreements, acquisition and the day to day contacts with vendors of Chinese and Japanese language e-resources for the Nordic NIAS Council (NNC) members consisting of 22 Nordic universities and research institutions Development of guides and information courses on how to use the Chinese and Japanese language e-resources Coordinator and administrator of the NNC Library Group and editor of the NNC Library Group newsletter Development of new web services for our Nordic users and maintenance and updating of existing services in cooperation with colleagues, e.g. the NNC online information platform AsiaPortal.info 128

129 Editing, marketing and development of an academic blog site on up-todate issues in Asia, including regular contacts with Nordic researchers and experts on Asia Development of the new online journal Asia in Focus A Nordic journal on Asia by Early Career Researchers together with the editorial committee Creation and design of information material on NIAS LINC s services Information searches on request by NIAS researchers and guest researchers Presentations at Nordic and international conferences and seminars Temporary consultancy assignment: Development plan for the library of the Nordic Centre at Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China in % as web coordinator for the Institute s websites Project manager for the planning, design and development of NIAS website, including managing the work of the IT staff Introduction and instruction to staff on editing on the website Temporary consultancy work for Central Institute for Economic Management, Hanoi, Vietnam, on the development of a new website of the institute in 2007 Previous work experience Asia Library, Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden. Cataloguing of Chinese material in the national catalogue Libris. Part time while studying for a Master degree and continuing my position at NIAS Library with reduced hours Library of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden. Library assistant (temporary post 3 months), worked with cataloguing of Chinese material, both in the card catalogue and in the CJK library database Stockholm University Library, Sweden. Nov 1994 Dec 1995 as librarian in the undergraduate students section of the library, 1989 Aug Nov 1994 as library assistant in the circulation department Sweden-China Trade Council, Swedish Trade Council, Stockholm, Sweden. 129

130 Secretary/assistant, worked with programmes for visiting Chinese delegations, service to member companies, information inquiries on China, proof-reading and some editing of newsletter for member companies, etc Stockholm Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden. Book maintenance department Chinese Consulting in Scandinavia, Beijing Representative Office, Beijing, P. R. of China. Secretary/assistant, ordinary secretarial duties, contacts with Chinese organizations, simple translations, etc. EDUCATION 2014 CSS-based Web Design, 7,5 credits, Umeå University, Sweden 2013 Japanese II: Written and Oral Proficiency, 30 credits, Dalarna University, Sweden 2012 Japanese: Introductory course, 30 credits, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 2012 Intellectual Property and Digital Information : Law, Politics and Culture, 7,5 credits, Lund University, Sweden 2008 Scientific Communication and Digital Libraries, 7,5 credits, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Language studies at Mandarin Training Centre, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan (3 months scholarship) Studies for a Master degree in Chinese (unfinished): Courses in Chinese literature, modern and classic and Classical Chinese, 30 credits, Lund University, Sweden 1995 University Diploma in Librarianship, 80 credits (2 years full time studies) University College of Borås, Sweden Bachelor of Arts in Chinese language (major), English language and literature, and History of literature, 160 credits, Stockholm University, Sweden (Based on studies conducted , , 1992) Studies at the Faculty of Linguistics and Literature, Beijing University, P.R. of China. 130

131 TRAINING As librarian and web coordinator at NIAS I have attended a number of one-day training classes in aspects of web design such as Layout and design of webpages, Programming for the web, Usability design, Persuasive design, How to write for the web, as well as training in specific software programmes such as Adobe InDesign and Flash. I have also attended one-day training classes in Project management, Selection and registration of internet documents, Licenses and their negotiation as well as Copyright law. 131

132 Curriculum Vitae Personal Data Name Katrine Skovdal Herold Adress Ny Carlsbergvej 11, 4.th 1760 København V Telephone kherold@hotmail.com Born 17th of April 1974 Frederiksberg, Copenhagen Education University of Copenhagen Department of Asian Studies M.A. Chinese/East Asian Studies Bachelor-degree Chinese/East Asian Studies Department of Anthropology 1998 Sichuan Union University, Chengdu, China Professional Experience NIAS Nordic Institute for Asian Studies, Copenhagen Project Coordinator and Centre Administrator Main areas of responsibilities: The centre s Nordic scholarship programme which accepts app. 45 students a year, planning guest researcher stays and support to various Nordic networks Compile the NIAS newsletter, information material, annual reports & assessments, general internal and external communication Organize and facilitate conferences, PhD courses, workshops and guest lectures Administration of and contact with the Nordic NIAS Council (26 Nordic institutions) and the NIAS board, contact and co-operation with the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) including communication and information staff at the many different NCM institutions Overall centre administration, including the daily cooperation with our host Department of Political Science, supervising the student assistants at NIAS, assisting the director in the day-to-day work at NIAS Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade Council of Denmark, Copenhagen Export Secretary Administer the Export Start- and Export Preparation and Programme in the Customer Relations Office and the Innovation Office 132

133 2003 Viewpoint Communications, Copenhagen One term trainee service as part of a Master s Degree in a company which is which is engaged in China and Japan The Danish National Centre for Social Research Survey assistant, archiving, data processing, administration, distribution of materials Skills Language and computer English (fluent), Chinese (elementary), Swedish (fluent), Italian, German and French (elementary) Various Microsoft applications, Deta, Blaise and Eyes and Hands, InDesign, Photoshop etc. I have continuously attend different courses, primarily within the field of IT and communication, relevant for my current work. Katrine Skovdal Herold Copenhagen Februar

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136 Guidelines for the assessment of the Nordic co-operation bodies (peer review) to be used by the Panel of Experts 1. BACKGROUND AND FRAMEWORK OF THE ASSESSMENT NordForsk ( is an organisation under the Nordic Council of Ministers ( the formal body for co-operation between the governments of the five Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. NordForsk works with funding of research and research infrastructure co-operation (including researcher education), within areas of specific importance to the Nordic countries. In spring 2015, NordForsk is organising an assessment of the scientific quality and relevance of the following five research institutes (called Nordic co-operation bodies ): Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA), located at KTH/Stockholm University Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), located at the University of Copenhage Former Nordic Sámi Institute (NSI), located at the Sámi University College in Kautokeino Nordic Volcanological Centre (NORDVULK), located at the University of Iceland Nordic Institute for Maritime Law (NIfS), located at the University of Oslo The assessment is part of a broader strategic analysis of Nordic university co-operation, which will include identifying appropriate mechanisms for co-operation between universities in the Nordic countries and redistribution of competitive Nordic research funds. The results of the assessment will be used to assess the quality and relevance of the five co-operation bodies within Nordic university co-operation. Decisions on possible future funding will be made through a separate process. The process is overseen by a special advisory group, consisting of members from all the Nordic countries. Members of the group will participate at the assessment meetings and report back to NordForsk and the Nordic Council of Ministers on the process and main conclusions of the assessment. Secretariat and facilitating services during the assessment will be provided by Gaia Consulting Oy ( 2. THE ROLE OF THE PEER REVIEWERS The assessment of scientific quality and relevance is performed by international and multidisciplinary panels of peer reviewers, one for each co-operation body, and each panel consisting of three reviewers. Peer reviewers have been selected among esteemed international experts within the fields of research of each of the five Nordic co-operation bodies

137 Peer reviewers are expected to use their expertise to assess the scientific quality and relevance of the Nordic co-operation body within its own field of research, in a Nordic and international context. The main question is to find out how added value has been created through the co-operation and what the role and status of the Nordic co-operation bodies are in the Nordic region/internationally. Peer reviewers are requested to elaborate on the questions listed in the annex to these guidelines (annex 1). The final assessment report for each of the five Nordic co-operation bodies will be published, including the names of the peer reviewers. 3. THE ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE The assessment will be made during spring 2015 and finalized by June The assessment consists of the following three steps: assessing written material attending a review meeting at the site of research (site visit) together with the other reviewers, compiling a joint peer review report about the research activities of the Nordic co-operation body 3.1.MATERIAL FOR THE ASSESSMENT The following material will be available for peer reviewers: A Fact Sheet compiled by the Nordic co-operation body, containing facts from the past five years on main research related activities (staff, publications, main research projects, researcher training, visiting researchers, infrastructure etc.) Self-assessment of the Nordic co-operation body with reflections on their role and status as a Nordic co-operation body and internationally, their stakeholder relations, etc. General information (web page), central strategy documents, and latest annual reports (past five years) of the Nordic co-operation body Other recent evaluations (if any) of the Nordic co-operation body and/or its host institution, or evaluations of the scientific disciplines represented by the co-operation body in the Nordic countries, may be consulted in the assessment, where relevant Reviewers will be provided with the complete set of written material in the beginning of March REVIEW MEETING A whole-day review meeting, including site visit, will be held between the peer reviewers, the Nordic co-operation body and members of the special advisory group, which oversees the 2 137

138 process. At the meeting, the panel is expected to discuss and form a joint opinion on the main assessment questions (annex 1). The meeting dates will be agreed separately with each Nordic co-operation body COMPILING THE ASSESSMENT REPORT After the meeting, the panel will finalise a brief joint report (approx. 5 pages) summarizing their views on each of the main assessment questions given (annex 1). If possible, the report should be finalised on the site after the meeting (e.g., the following morning), or alternatively by e- mail within two weeks after the meeting. The secretariat of the special advisory group and expert consultants from Gaia Consulting will participate at the meeting, facilitate the process and aid the reviewers in compiling the report during the meeting, if needed. 4. CONFIDENTIALITY By accepting to partake in the assessment, reviewers consent to the general confidentiality principles, used by NordForsk: No information received during the assessment process will be made public. Documents should therefore be handled and stored with due care and confidentiality. Reviewers are not allowed to disclose any information concerning the assessment to outsiders, nor to use the confidential information to own benefit or anyone else s benefit or disadvantage. If you are contacted by anyone who has questions about the assessment, please advise them to contact NordForsk. Once the evaluation has been completed, you are required to destroy all documents and any copies made of them, or return them to NordForsk. Confidentiality must also be maintained after the assessment process has been completed. The final joint report of the peer reviewers including the names of the peer reviewers - will be published as part of the final assessment report. 5. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST NordForsk follows the Norwegian guidelines for impartiality and conflicts of interest. According to these guidelines, experts should abstain from assessing a case a) if he himself or she herself is party to the case b) if he or she is related by blood or by marriage to a party in direct line of ascent or descent, or collaterally as close as a sibling 3 138

139 c) if he or she is or has been married or engaged to, cohabitant with or the registered partner or a party, or is the foster parent of foster child of a party d) if he or she is the guardian or agent of a party to the case or has been the guardian or agent of a party after the case began e) if he or she is the head of, or holds a senior position in, or is a member of the executive board or the corporate assembly of a public or private institution that is a party to the case f) if he or she is, within the last three years has served as, the doctorate-level advisor for a party to the case g) if he himself or her herself is a party to the case in direct competition with the case being processed. If you have had recent close co-operation or joint publications with any of the parties being assessed, you are kindly requested to contact the secretariat immediately so that we can assess whether you should abstain from the evaluation. All experts are requested to sign a Declaration concerning impartiality and confidentiality (annex 2). Kindly sign the declaration and return it to the address below, or bring it to the panel meeting. 6. REIMBURSEMENT Travel and meeting costs of experts will be reimbursed (travel costs should be kept within reasonable limits). Peer reviewers will receive a honorarium approximating to 1200 EUR for the work, to cover for any additional costs directly related to the work. No additional per diems are paid. CONTACT PERSONS All enquiries of reviewers should be directed to: Susanna Sepponen susanna.sepponen@gaia.fi Enclosed documents: Annex 1 Annex 2 Questions for peer reviewers Declaration concerning impartiality and confidentiality 4 139

140 ANNEX 1 QUESTIONS FOR THE PEER REVIEWERS Main questions: 1. What is the significance of the Nordic co-operation body in terms of scientific results in its field in the Nordic region and internationally? Can the Nordic co-operation body be seen as a Nordic hub in its field? 2. How is added value created through the Nordic and international co-operation? What has worked well / less well? Under the two main questions, please elaborate among other things on the following aspects: How would you define the academic field of the Nordic co-operation body? How would you describe the major developments that have taken place in the field over the years? What are the main activities of the Nordic co-operation body? Which are its strengths and weaknesses? Which are the main achievements of the Nordic co-operation body (ref. to the fact sheet for research results, merits, training, infrastructure etc.) What is the international position and impact of the Nordic co-operation body today within its field (in terms of Nordic, European and global contexts)? Are the contributions made by the Nordic co-operation body unique for the field? From a future point of view, how relevant are the current research foci (as defined by itself) of the Nordic co-operation body for the field? o Has the research focus of the Nordic co-operation body developed/changed during the past years and in what directions? o Do the strategies of the institute focus on future research challenges? o Are there other contemporary developments in the field that are equally interesting/more interesting than the topics the Nordic co-operation body is focusing on? What is the Nordic profile of the Nordic co-operation body today: o What makes it a Nordic institution (as opposed to being a national institution). What are the benefits of being a Nordic co-operation body? o How does the way in which the co-operation is organised (relations with the host institution, main partners and stakeholders) support the scientific role of the Nordic co-operation body in Nordic, European, and global contexts? o Does the co-operation cover the relevant scientific partners? How would you describe the potential of the Nordic co-operation body to further increase its role in Nordic, European and global contexts? o How do the strategic priorities for the following years reflect the ambitions of the Nordic co-operation body o Is there documented ability to attract external funding and what are the future perspectives in this respect? 5 140

141 Guidelines on Impartiality in NordForsk 1.0 Purpose These guidelines are made to ensure that NordForsk employees, experts and members of the institutions governing and advisory bodies remain impartial and are perceived as being impartial. Furthermore, these guidelines are designed to promote confidence in decisions made by NordForsk. The Norwegian Public Administration Act, chapter II Concerning disqualification applies to all employees, experts and members of the governing and advisory bodies of NordForsk. These rules have been adapted to the needs of NordForsk, and are as follows: 2.0 Disqualification based on discretionary assessment An employee, expert or member of governing and advisory bodies of NordForsk shall be disqualified from preparing the basis for a decision or from making any decision in a case if there are any special circumstances which are apt to impair confidence in his or her impartiality. Any of the abovementioned individuals shall be well aware of the fact that nationality shall not influence on their decisions concerning applications. 3.0 Automatic disqualification An employee, expert or member of governing and advisory bodies of NordForsk shall automatically be disqualified from preparing the basis for a decision or from making any decision in a case a) if he himself or she herself is party to the case b) if he or she is related by blood or by marriage to a party in direct line of ascent or descent, or collaterally as close as a sibling c) if he or she is or has been married or engaged to, cohabitant with or the registered partner or a party, or is the foster parent of foster child of a party d) if he or she is the guardian or agent of a party to the case or has been the guardian or agent of a party after the case began e) if he or she is the head of, or holds a senior position in, or is a member of the executive board or the corporate assembly of a public or private institution that is a party to the case f) if he or she is, within the last three years has served as, the doctorate-level advisor for a party to the case g) if he himself or her herself is a party to the case in direct competition with the case being processed. Opprettet :33:00 141

142 Comment to disqualification due to competition: A key criterion in the concrete assessment of disqualification due to competition will be whether the rejection of one or a small number of competing grant applications would substantially improve the likelihood of approval of the application that is the object of the impartiality discussion, i.e. whether the member involved has any special interest in the rejection of certain other applications. The degree to which the disqualification will apply in relation to the entire group of applications must be clearly specified. If a NordForsk employee is disqualified, the case may not be decided by any employee directly subordinate to the disqualified individual. If the Director is disqualified, the case shall be decided by a group of employees among the Senior Advisors. In special circumstances the case shall be decided by the Chair of the Board or whom she or he delegates. Every effort should be made to assess impartiality on a discretionary basis. Such assessment should primarily be focused on whether special circumstances exist that could impair confidence in a member s impartiality. In other words, the crucial element here is not whether there is reason to believe that an individual will act in a non-impartial manner, but whether confidence in this individual is likely to be diminished. It is on the basis of how this will be perceived by the parties involved, as well as by the public at large, that the assessment must be carried out. The Norwegian Research Council has made a List of topics/examples to illustrate relevant problems regarding impartiality, which might be helpful in efforts to assess matters relating to impartiality. This list can be found on Declaration on impartiality and confidentiality NordForsk s employees, experts and members of governing and advisory bodies must sign a declaration concerning impartiality and confidentiality. 5.0 Administrative proceedings The individual employee, expert referee and member of NordForsk s governing and advisory bodies shall give notice to NordForsk of any circumstances that render or may render him/her disqualified. With regards to the question of disqualification of any of the abovementioned, the decision will be determined by the Director of NordForsk in dialogue with the person involved. The Director may delegate this decision to other employees at NordForsk. The agenda for all relevant meetings shall include a discussion of matters relating to members impartiality. The minutes from the meeting shall indicate in brief that the question of disqualification appeared on the agenda, which issues have been discussed and the final decisions taken. 142

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146 Agenda for the assessment meeting at the Nordic Institute for Asian Studies (NIAS) Time: 30 April 2015 at 09:00-16:30 Venue: NIAS, University of Copenhagen, City Campus, Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building 18.1, (Entrance E on Campus Map) Morning session: 9:00-09:30 Welcome and Joint briefing: Director of NIAS; University representative(s) (if available); The Panel of Experts, members of the Special Advisory Group to NordForsk, Gaia Consulting 9:30 12:00 Interviews and group discussions Two parallel sessions (one for the Panel of Experts, one for the Special Advisory Group to NordForsk) Panel of Experts NordForsk Special Advisory Group 9:30-10:45 Geir Helgesen, Director Troels Østergaard Sørensen, Dean of the Faculty for Social Sciences Lars Bo Kaspersen, Head of Department of Political Science 10:45-11:00 Coffee break Coffee break 11:00-12:00 Chunrong Liu, Executive Vice Director Fudan-European Centre for China Studies Cecilia Milwertz, Senior researcher Ida Nicolaisen, Senior Researcher Geir Helgesen, Director Natalie Wheeler, (substitute for Katrine Herold), Center Administrator Lunch Special Advisory Group in co-operation with Gaia Consulting Ltd Strategic analysis on Nordic university co-operation 146

147 Afternoon session: Panel of Experts 13:00-13:30 Gerald Jackson, Editor-in-Chief, NIAS Press Inga-Lill Blomkvist, Librarian and Webmaster Natalie Wheeler, (substitute for Katrine Herold), Center Administrator 13:30-14:30 Possibility for additional questions to Geir Helgesen and senior research staff (except from Cecilia Milwertz) NordForsk Special Advisory Group Possibility for additional questions to Director Chunrong Liu, Executive Vice Director Fudan-European Centre for China Studies Gerald Jackson, Editor-in-Chief, NIAS Press Inga-Lill Blomkvist, Librarian and Webmaster 14:30-15:00 Internal discussion of Panel of Experts Possibility for additional questions to Director and key staff 15:00-15:30 Coffee break; Final briefing with NIAS 15:30 16:30 Internal meeting between Panel of Experts and NordForsk Special Advisory Group (Panel of Experts gives their recommendations to the NordForsk Special Advisory Group) The Panel of Experts finalizes their report after the meeting. Special Advisory Group in co-operation with Gaia Consulting Ltd Strategic analysis on Nordic university co-operation 147

148 Participants: From NIAS: Geir Helgesen, Director Chunrong Liu, Executive Vice Director Fudan-European Centre for China Studies Cecilia Milwertz, Senior researcher (available until lunch) Ida Nicolaisen, Senior Researcher (on external funding) Gerald Jackson, Editor-in-Chief, NIAS Press Inga-Lill Blomkvist, Librarian and Webmaster Natalie Wheeler, (substitute for Katrine Herold), Center Administrator University of Copenhagen: Troels Østergaard Sørensen, Dean of the Faculty for Social Sciences (09:00-09:30 and later as requested) Lars Bo Kaspersen, Head of Department of Political Science (09:00-09:30 and later as requested) Panel of Experts: Prof. Lena Rydholm, Department of Linguistics and Philology Uppsala University Prof. Thomas Blom Hansen, Reliance-Dhirubhai Ambani Professor in South Asian Studies and Professor in Anthropology; Director of Stanford s Center for South Asia. Dr. Philippe Peycam, Director of the International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden, the Netherlands Special Advisory Group to NordForsk: Krista Varantola, Chair Hallgrímur Jónasson Gaia Consulting: Marika Bröckl Susanna Sepponen Special Advisory Group in co-operation with Gaia Consulting Ltd Strategic analysis on Nordic university co-operation 148

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