Asia and Africa in Transition
In 2021, the annual ADI conference and the annual NNC conference will join forces with a number of globally oriented networks and centres at the University of Copenhagen.
The organisers are:
- Asian Dynamics Initiative
- NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
- School of Global Health
- Sustainability Science Centre
- ThinkChina
- UCPH Global Development
About the conference
Asia and Africa, with a population of 4.6 billion and 1.3 billion respectively, represent about 80 percent of the world’s population. Major changes have taken place both within and between the two continents in areas ranging from economic development, trade, health care, demography and climate to politics and entertainment, with impacts that reach out in many cases across the globe. The conference will focus on the multiple forms of linkages occurring between Asia and Africa in an increasingly multi-polar world. It will feature keynote speeches and a range of panels and roundtables across disciplines, temporalities and themes in the study of Asian and African dynamics.
The conference will be mainly virtual with limited possibilities for physical attendance.
Keynote speakers
- Ching Kwan Lee, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles
- Uché Ewelukwa Ofodile, Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Jonathan Rigg, Professor and Chair in Human Geography at the University of Bristol
- Reiner Klingholz, Former Director of Berlin Institute for Population and Development
Visit the conference website for more information, programme and registration (please register by 25 June).