Programme

Asia and Africa in Transition

28-30 June 2021 │ University of Copenhagen

For more information about the panels and the programme for each session, click on the panel titles.

28 June
11:00-11:10	Room: 23.0.50 Welcome - Rector Henrik Wegener, University of Copenhagen
11:10-11:25	Opening remarks - Kirsten Busch Nielsen, Dean of Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen
11:30-12:30	Inaugural keynote address by Professor Ching Kwan Lee, Sociology Department, UCLA Global China and its Discontents: Lessons from Zambia and Hong Kong (virtual presentation) Introduction by Duncan McCargo
12:30-13:30	Lunch
13:30-15:30	Panel sessions
	Track A Room: 27.0.09	Track B Room: 22.0.11	Track C Room: 27.0.17	Track D Room: 23.0.49
	Ayo Wahlberg, Tyler Zoanni Situated natalisms – familial and filial forms in Africa and Asia	Rikke B. Broegaard, Helle M. Ravnborg Foreign agricultural investments as driver of rural transformation?	John Rand Doing Business in Difficult Times: The Myanmar Case	Julie Chen The making of Belt and Road Initiative projects in African states: Local actors, interests and policy link-ups
15:30-15:45	Break
15:45-17:45	Panel sessions
	Ayo Wahlberg, Tyler Zoanni Situated natalisms – familial and filial forms in Africa and Asia	Rikke B. Broegaard, Helle M. Ravnborg Foreign agricultural investments as driver of rural transformation?	Stig Jensen, Shiling Xu From recipients to donors: New engagement of Asian countries in humanitarian aid in Africa (until 18:00)	Andreas Egelund Christensen, Khatharya Um, Patricia Heuberger IARU Roundtable on Global Transformation: Strengthening institutional capacities within African or Asian research and education hubs
17:45-18:00	Break
18:00-19:00	Keynote address by Professor Uché Ewelukwa Ofodile, School of Law, University of Arkansas China-Africa Trade and Investment Relations and Sustainable Development: Problems, Promise, Progress, and Possibilities (virtual presentation) Introduction by Wen Xiang

29 June
9:00-11:00	Panel sessions
	Track A 27.0.09	Track B 22.0.11	Track C 27.0.17	Track D 23.0.49
	Wen Xiang, Olubayo Oluduro, Joanna Lam Sustainability strategy and Asian investments in energy in Africa – Regulatory governance and dispute resolution (9:30-11:30)	Annette Skovsted Hansen Asian partners in the transition of ports in Africa	Andreas B Forsby, Peter M Kristensen The geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific	Eye on Global Health Shifting the approach: decolonising academia in Africa and beyond
11:00-11:15	Break
11:15-12:15	Keynote address by Reiner Klingholz, Former Director of Berlin Institute for Population and Development Demographic challenges and opportunities in Asia and Africa (in person presentation) Introduction by Flemming Konradsen
12:15-13:15	Lunch
13:15-15:15	Panel sessions
	Track A 27.0.09	Track B 22.0.11	Track C 27.0.17	Track D 23.0.49
	Wen Xiang, Olubayo Oluduro, Joanna Lam Sustainability strategy and Asian investments in energy in Africa – Regulatory governance and dispute resolution (begins at 13:00)	Frauke Mennes, Asmus Rungby Banal democracies: Beyond electoral temporality	Duncan McCargo Independent papers	Flemming Konradsen, Morten M. Nørulf Population policies, family planning and changing fertility rates in Asia and Africa
15:15-15:30	Break
15:30-17:30	Panel sessions
	Wen Xiang, Olubayo Oluduro, Joanna Lam Sustainability strategy and Asian investments in energy in Africa – Regulatory governance and dispute resolution	Frauke Mennes, Asmus Rungby Banal democracies: Beyond electoral temporality	Andreas B Forsby, Peter M Kristensen The geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific	Bjørg Elvekjær, Flemming Konradsen Research capacity development - What is the deal?

30 June
9:00-11:00	Panel sessions
	Track A 27.0.09	Track B 22.0.11	Track C 27.0.17	Track D 23.0.49	Track E 23.0.50
	Wen Xiang, Olubayo Oluduro, Joanna Lam Sustainability strategy and Asian investments in energy in Africa – Regulatory governance and dispute resolution (9:00-12:30)	Torben Birch-Thomsen, Jytte Agergaard Urbanization in rural regions of Africa and Asia	Jun Liu China going global: Historical trajectories, current debates, and future prospects	Lauraine Vivian Engendering humanity in Africa and Asia	Bertel Heurlin Geopolitics, regional multilateralism, and economic cooperation in Asia
11:00-11:15	Break
11:15-12:15	Keynote address by Professor Jonathan Rigg, Chair in Human Geography, University of Bristol Deciphering the meantime in an era of climate change (virtual presentation) Introduction by Oscar Salemink
12:15-13:15	Lunch
13:15-15:15	Panel sessions
	Track A 27.0.09	Track B 22.0.11	Track C 27.0.17	Track D 23.0.49
	Yosef K. Ibssa The geopolitics of China’s rise in Africa: Implications and challenges for democratisation and human rights	Torben Birch-Thomsen, Jytte Agergaard Urbanization in rural regions of Africa and Asia	Jun Liu China going global: Historical trajectories, current debates, and future prospects	Bishal Gyawali, Tania Dræbel Health systems in transition: Human health resources as agents of change (until 16:10)
15:15-15:30	Break
15:30-17:30	Panel sessions
	Ravinder Kaur Brand New Nation	Torben Birch-Thomsen, Jytte Agergaard Urbanization in rural regions of Africa and Asia	Jun Liu China going global: Historical trajectories, current debates, and future prospects	Bishal Gyawali, Tania Dræbel Health systems in transition: Human health resources as agents of change (until 16:10)

International Conference

Rooms

South Campus, University of Copenhagen

All plenary sessions
(opening and keynotes)
23.0.50

Track A sessions
27.0.09

Track B sessions
22.0.11

Track C sessions
27.0.17

Track D sessions
23.0.49

Track E sessions
23.0.50

South Campus

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Asia and Africa in Transition

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