Policy Diffusion, Institutional Transfers, Travelling Spatial Concepts and Their Limits ...  |  October 8–9, 2018, IN-EAST, University of Duisburg-Essen. … »mehr

Policy Diffusion, Institutional Transfers, Travelling Spatial Concepts and Their Limits ...  |  October 8–9, 2018, IN-EAST, University of Duisburg-Essen. Abstract deadline: August 10, 2018
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CrossAreaStudies – Wie lokal können Regionalstudien sein? Konferenz von IN-EAST, CrossArea e.V. und BMBF  |  1. und 2. November 2018  |  Duisburg
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CrossAreaStudies – Wie lokal können Regionalstudien sein? Konferenz von IN-EAST, CrossArea e.V. und BMBF  |  1. und 2. November 2018  |  Duisburg
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Singapore: Identity, Brand, Power (Tan)  |  Theoretical Evolution and Trend of Sustainable Urban Construction in China – From eco-city to eco-civilization … »mehr

Singapore: Identity, Brand, Power (Tan)  |  Theoretical Evolution and Trend of Sustainable Urban Construction in China – From eco-city to eco-civilization (Gao)  |  Tue, June 26, 2018, 14 h  |  Building SG, Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, 47057 Duisburg
The IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies is pleased to announce that Kenneth Paul Tan, Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, is currently visiting fellow at the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies (Hiroshi Kitamura fellow). At a joint event together with Lijie Gao, Institute of Urban Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, both are going to give a guest lecture to which we cordially invite you.

Abstract (Kenneth Tan)
It is useful to think of contemporary Singapore, for all its complexity, as having a dual nature: Singapore is simultaneously a small postcolonial multicultural nation-state and a cosmopolitan global city of the top rank. This duality has produced a dynamic variety of contradictions and tensions, which have made all the more challenging the task of keeping the authoritarian Singapore system stable, durable, and successful. For one thing, the state has had to exert continuous effort to contain, rather than resolve, these contradictions in a pragmatic (that is to say, adaptive and undogmatic) fashion, whilst directing the public narration of a coherent and persuasive story that is acceptably meaningful and even inspiring to Singaporeans and other countries looking for ideas, role models, and partners for development and governance. This balancing act partly involves an internal process of nation building, but it is also achieved through more commercially motivated and outward facing efforts at nation and city branding. Both sets of processes contribute to Singapore’s capacity to influence foreign affairs, if only for national self-preservation. For a small state with resource limitations, this will mainly be through the exercise of soft (persuasive and attractive) power, which – when strategically combined with hard (military and economic) power – gives Singapore what former Harvard Kennedy School dean Joseph Nye (2013) called ‘smart power’. In this lecture, I analyze the increasingly multivocal and contested nature of the Singapore narrative – undergirding its national identity, brand, and soft power – by adopting a critical-analytical approach, inspired by Antonio Gramsci, which is centred on the notion of ideological hegemony.

CV Kenneth Tan
Kenneth Paul Tan is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, where he has taught since 2007 and served as its fourth Vice Dean for Academic Affairs from 2013 to 2017. He has published in leading international journals such as Asian Studies Review, Critical Asian Studies, International Political Science Review, and positions: asia critique. His books include Governing Global-City Singapore: Legacies And Futures After Lee Kuan Yew (Routledge, 2017), Cinema and Television in Singapore: Resistance in One Dimension (Brill, 2008), and Renaissance Singapore? Economy, Culture, and Politics (NUS Press, 2007). His forthcoming book is titled Singapore: Identity, Brand, Power (Cambridge University Press).

Abstract (Lijie Gao)
Despite the significant environmental problems resulting from China’s rapid economic development, the country is actively seeking solutions. Since the 1980s, the theory and practice of modern ecology in China have developed rapidly (Ma and Wang, 1984). A relatively complete set of theory, methodologies and plans for the construction of ecological cities guided by the socio-economic-natural complex ecosystem theory has been formed, providing theoretical and practical foundation for ecologically oriented sustainable construction beginning from 1990s. In practical phases, demonstration projects such as the Ecological Cities Construction Demonstration Zones accrediting different level of cities, towns, districts and development zones are effective incentives to facilitate sustainable development at local level, often all translated as eco-cities in China. At the other hand, international cooperation projects with government support, and paired with foreign involvement, with planners, architects after 2000s also flourished. With the new concept of Ecocivilization put forth, political and cultural dimensions of development are addressed. Some regions, such as Karamay, Guiyang, and the Minhang Development Zone, have been leaders in the implementation of the Ecological Civilization development model, and their experience offers valuable lessons for other regions in China as well as for other developing countries. During these theoretical evolution and trend of sustainable urban construction, a series of financial and political support policies supports from home and abroad has generated positive results nationwide, lessons are also learned through the process of these innovative ecological exploration. In this lecture, based on introducing sustainable urban construction trials, I will try to give a picture of their processes, challenges, institutional structures, development modes and approaches.

CV Lijie Gao
Dr. Lijie Gao from the Institute of Urban Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who is currently on a DAAD PostDoc Fellowship at the Institute of City Planning and Urban Design at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Ms Lijie Gao has worked as a postdoctoral researcher with the focus on „Ecological-Sustainable Planning and Assessment” for several years with her main research interests in Sustainability; Low Carbon Development; IndustrialEcology; Urban Ecology. Her projects were awarded with several prestigious grants such as the National Natural Science Foundation China or the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Strategic Programme Fund (SPF). Her works has been publish in several peer-reviewed journals, monographs and edited volumes.

Download of this announcement as pdf:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/2018-06-26_guest_lecture_kenneth_tan_lijie_gao.pdf »weniger

Martin Hemmert ist vom 16.6. bis 15.7.2018 Hiroshi-Kitamura-Fellow an der IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies
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Martin Hemmert ist vom 16.6. bis 15.7.2018 Hiroshi-Kitamura-Fellow an der IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies
Bereits zum wiederholten Mal kommt der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Martin Hemmert von der Korea University in Seoul als Fellow an die IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies. Der Experte für Innovationsmanagement stellt seine Expertise den Post-doc Fellows zur Verfügung und berät sie bei der Durchführung ihrer Projekte. »weniger

Barbara Buchenau und Jens Martin Gurr sind vom 1.4. bis 30.9.2018 Hiroshi-Kitamura-Fellows an der IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies
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Barbara Buchenau und Jens Martin Gurr sind vom 1.4. bis 30.9.2018 Hiroshi-Kitamura-Fellows an der IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies
Prof. Dr. Barbara Buchenau und Prof. Dr. Jens Martin Gurr forschen im Sommersemester 2018 (April–September 2018) an der IN-EAST School. Beide Professoren der Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften der UDE beschäftigen sich mit industriellen Altregionen im Strukturwandel wie dem Ruhrgebiet und dem nordamerikanischen „rust belt“. Jens Gurr ist gleichzeitig Sprecher des Kompetenzfelds Metropolenforschung der Universitätsallianz Ruhr, und Barbara Buchenau Prorektorin für Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung, Diversität & Internationalität. Neben der Beratung der Postdocs der School arbeiten sie theoretisch an den Unterschieden und Gemeinsamkeiten des stärker geisteswissenschaftlich geprägten Konzepts der „Scripts“ und dem stärker sozialwissenschaftlich fundierten Konzepts der „institutional transplants“. Zudem sind sie zusammen mit der IN-EAST School, dem Kompetenzfeld Metropolenforschung und anderen Akteuren an einer Serie von internationalen Konferenzen beteiligt, auf denen die Entwicklungsperspektiven und -strategien industrieller Altregionen in den USA, Deutschland und Asien diskutiert werden sollen. »weniger

Prof. Kenneth Paul Andrew Sze-Sian Tan is Hiroshi Kitamura Fellow at the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies from June 9 to July 9, 2018
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Prof. Kenneth Paul Andrew Sze-Sian Tan is Hiroshi Kitamura Fellow at the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies from June 9 to July 9, 2018
Kenneth Paul TAN is Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, where he has taught since 2007. From 2000 to 2007, he taught at the NUS’s University Scholars Programme and Political Science Department. He has written widely on (1) principles of public policy and administration (focusing on meritocracy, pragmatism, and public engagement); (2) liberalization, democracy, and civil society; (3) Asian creative cities and the culture industry (focusing on film, television, popular culture, and theatre); (4) race, gender, and sexuality; (5) spatial justice in Asian cities; (6) nation branding, soft power, and nation building; and (7) politics, society, and culture in Singapore. He has published in leading international journals such as Asian Studies Review, Critical Asian Studies, International Political Science Review, and positions: asia critique. His books include Governing Global-City Singapore: Legacies and Futures after Lee Kuan Yew (Routledge, 2017), Cinema and Television in Singapore: Resistance in One Dimension (Brill, 2008), and Renaissance Singapore? Economy, Culture, and Politics (NUS Press, 2007). His forthcoming book is titled Singapore: Identity, Brand, Power (Cambridge University Press).

Kenneth Tan will collaborate with the researchers of the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies on a project dedicated to the analysis of Singapore’s role as exporter of policies and sustainable urban development models to China. »weniger

Im Rahmen eines Aufstockungsantrags an das BMBF wurde die Laufzeit der IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies um 9 Monate bis Ende 2019 verlängert
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Im Rahmen eines Aufstockungsantrags an das BMBF wurde die Laufzeit der IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies um 9 Monate bis Ende 2019 verlängert
Für die Aufstockungsphase genehmigte das BMBF Mittel in Höhe von knapp € 250.000. Ziel der Aufstockung ist es, den Transfer der Forschungsergebnisse systematisch zu verstärken. So werden in dieser Zeit in einer Serie internationaler Konferenzen Forschungsergebnisse der IN-EAST School einer breiteren Fachöffentlichkeit vorgestellt und mit ihr diskutiert. Hierfür nutzt das IN-EAST in Kooperation mit dem Kompetenzfeld Metropolenforschung der Universitätsallianz Ruhr sogenannte travelling conferences. Der Fokus wird auf Strukturwandel in alten Industrieregionen liegen. Neben dem Ruhrgebiet werden diese Konferenzen auch in mehreren Ländern Ostasiens sowie im „rust belt“ Nordamerikas organisiert, um einen praxis- und theoriegestützten Erfahrungsaustausch mit Experten vor Ort zu innovativen Konzepten der strukturellen Wandels zu initiieren. »weniger

2 Postdocs der IN-EAST School in Förderprogramm für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs aufgenommen
Dr. Katharina Borgmann und Dr. Giulia Romano hatten … »mehr

2 Postdocs der IN-EAST School in Förderprogramm für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs aufgenommen
Dr. Katharina Borgmann und Dr. Giulia Romano hatten Erfolg mit ihrer Bewerbung für das Programm zur Förderung des exzellenten wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses an der UDE. Sie konnten die Forschungskommission und das Rektorat der Universität mit ihren Anträgen „The diffusion of ‘self-help’ policies in China: a focus on the ‘yi fang yang lao’ (housing for pension) policy“ (Romano) und „Cityscapes of Tomorrow: Contextualisation Process of Urban Sustainability Concepts“ (Borgmann) überzeugen und erhalten nun eine Anschubförderung der Universität, um ihre Forschungsideen zu eigenständigen Drittmittelanträgen weiterzuentwickeln. Wir gratulieren!

Mit Dr. Timo Heinrich und Dr. Momoyo Hüstebeck, die sich bereits in früheren Ausschreibungsrunden durchgesetzt hatten, wurden damit bereits vier Postdocs der IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies in das Programm zur Förderung des exzellenten wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses aufgenommen. »weniger

Mobility in Times of Change – Past, present, Future
IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies at Wissenschaftsforum Mobilität
For the tenth time Heike … »mehr

Mobility in Times of Change – Past, present, Future
IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies at Wissenschaftsforum Mobilität
For the tenth time Heike Proff, chair of General Business Administration and International Automotive Management and mentor at the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies, organizes the Wissenschaftsforum Mobilität. The conference takes place in Duisburg on June 7, 2018.
Once again, the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies is pleased to present research results at this conferences and to contribute to three tracks through it mentors and fellows.
The complete program can be downloaded here: https://www.uni-due.de/iam/wf_allge_info.php »weniger

China, the Global Order, and Two Ages of Rising Powers: Comparing and Contrasting the World of 1900 and the World of Today  |  Dec. 14, 2017, 18.30 … »mehr

China, the Global Order, and Two Ages of Rising Powers: Comparing and Contrasting the World of 1900 and the World of Today  |  Dec. 14, 2017, 18.30 h  |  University of Duisburg-Essen, SG Building, Geibelstr. 41, Room SG 183
This 28th Käte Hamburger Lecture in cooperation with the IN-EAST will take place at the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies.

Jeffrey Wasserstrom will place China’s resurgence and the way it is altering the international order into historical perspective. Unlike what is often done, the lecture refrain from revisiting the era of the Silk Road or the late Ming or early Qing eras. Instead, Jeffrey Wasserstrom will compare and contrast the situation today with that at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century when China’s situation was at a low point and the powers on the rise included Japan, Germany, Russia and, above all, the United States.

Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor’s Professor at the History School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine (UCI).
Discussants: Prof. Flemming Christiansen, Political Sociology of China, IN-EAST; Dr. Yu Jie, Head of China Foresight, London School of Economics and Political Science

Please register by December 10, 2017 at
events@gcr21.uni-due.de


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Strategic Power without Normative Intentions: A New Paradigm in International Relations? The Case of China  |  December 14–15, 2017, 10 am  |  Geibelstr. … »mehr

Strategic Power without Normative Intentions: A New Paradigm in International Relations? The Case of China  |  December 14–15, 2017, 10 am  |  Geibelstr. 41, Room SG 183
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Brazil Exporting Social Policies: From Local Innovation to a Global Model  |  Mon, Oct. 23, 2017, 15–17 h  |  Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, Campus … »mehr

Brazil Exporting Social Policies: From Local Innovation to a Global Model  |  Mon, Oct. 23, 2017, 15–17 h  |  Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, Campus Duisburg
Importation of foreign models is part of Brazil’s institution building story, owing to Portuguese colonialism, the presence of European countries, and the dominance of the United States, until the past century. After the transition to democracy and the New Constitution of 1988, the scenario started to change. The country developed important social policy innovations that rose to a national scale when the Workers Party (PT) took office. These innovations started to spread globally, and international organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations began to recommend Brazilian social policies to developing countries. Examples of the “Brazilian way of social policy-making“ that have been transferred to different countries are Participatory Budgeting (PB), the Family Allowance Program (PBF) and the National School Feeding Program (PNAE). How did Brazil move from importing foreign institutions to becoming Southern countries’ reference on social policies?
The main argument of this article is that Brazil, while building itself as a rising power over the last two decades, developed new patterns of policy transfers that have so far been overlooked by the literature. By analyzing the engagement of the country on international diffusion of social policies, it was possible to identify different mechanisms that facilitate transfers. These involve a quest for international legitimacy, the role of “policy ambassadors“, the joint efforts of different national institutions, the reversal of relations with international organizations, the occupation of international positions in institutions, an policy transfer costs.
This article presents the results of research developed with qualitative methods, that gathered data from fieldwork that included 150 interviews, participant observation in more than 10 countries, and a set of official documents.

Osmany Porto de Oliveira is Professor of International Relations at the Federal University of São Paulo. »weniger

IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies at the International Conference on Policy Diffusion and Development Cooperation, 16–19th May 2018 – São Paulo, … »mehr

IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies at the International Conference on Policy Diffusion and Development Cooperation, 16–19th May 2018 – São Paulo, Brazil
The research group of the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies, together with Professor Markus Taube and Professor Tao Liu, will participate in the International Conference on Policy Diffusion and Development Cooperation that will be held in São Paulo (Brazil) in May next year. The group has organised a panel about the role of culture in policy and institutional transfers as drivers of (transnational) innovation processes. Researchers (Master and PhD students included) who wish to get information about the conference and about our panel can look at the following links:
About the conference: https://policydiffusion.com/
For our panel: https://policydiffusion.com/disentangling-the-role-of-culture-in-policy-and-institutional-transfers/
We welcome you to submit your research papers. The call for paper is officially opened. Abstracts are due by 15 November 2017. All applicants will be notified by 15 December 2017. Complete papers are due by 1st April 2018. See: https://policydiffusion.com/submission/
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The IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies invites applications for two postdoc positions starting in October 2017.

Die IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine/n SachbearbeiterIn im Bereich Veranstaltungsmanagement | Bewerbungsfrist: … »mehr

Die IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine/n SachbearbeiterIn im Bereich Veranstaltungsmanagement | Bewerbungsfrist: 13.08.2017
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The IN-EAST School is organizing a workshop on “Policy Process and Knowledge Transfer”. Date: July 28, 2017
This brainstorming workshop aims at … »mehr

The IN-EAST School is organizing a workshop on “Policy Process and Knowledge Transfer”. Date: July 28, 2017
This brainstorming workshop aims at discussing and exploring potential research questions and themes in the realm of ‘transfer studies’ with a focus on the East Asian region. It is meant to be a preparatory step for the organisation of a 2-days workshop on policy, knowledge and institutional transfers in East Asia, which aims at developing an area-based and multidisciplinary contribution to transfer studies, as well as connecting researchers working in this field of studies.

Due to limited places registration is necessary. If you would like to explore these questions and contribute to our future workshop and collaborate with us in its preparation and in development of researches please register at shuanping.dai@uni-due.de by July 15th.

Downloads
- Program: https://imperia.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/events/workshop_school_2017_07_programm_final.pdf
- Schedule: https://imperia.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/events/workshop_school_2017_07_schedule_final.pdf
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The 2017 Tianjin Forum has been held under the motto of "Innovation and Cooperation" on July 7–8 in Tianjin. The IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies participated
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The 2017 Tianjin Forum has been held under the motto of "Innovation and Cooperation" on July 7–8 in Tianjin. The IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies participated
in the two-day international conference on the latest developments in innovation, new forms of mobility and smart city development with a delegation comprising Professors Shuanping Dai, Dieter Schramm, Markus Taube as well as Postdoc Mira Schüller. Shuanping Dai presented at the conference his latest work on the "Emergence of New Products and Agile Innovation in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from the Low-speed Electric Vehicle Industry in Shandong Province, China". Dieter Schramm gave insights in "Current and Future Trends in Automotive Development with a Special Focus on E-Mobility and Autonomous Driving", while Markus Taube titled his contribution to the discussions "Smarter Industries, Smarter Mobility, Smarter Cities – Reflections on the Dynamics and Hazards of Co-evolution".

Nankai University, Tianjin has in recent years become an important cooperation partner for the Advanced School. The research interests of both partners converge on the study of innovation in new forms of mobility as well as the evolution of smart city structures. »weniger

Regional Culture, Entrepreneurial Talent, and Institutional Change: Evidence from private firm allocation in China  |  Mon, June 19, 2017, 14.00 h  |  Room … »mehr

Regional Culture, Entrepreneurial Talent, and Institutional Change: Evidence from private firm allocation in China  |  Mon, June 19, 2017, 14.00 h  |  Room SG 183, Geibelstraße 41, 47057 Duisburg
This study explores the long-term stability of regional entrepreneurial cultures over extended periods. We employ provincial panel data from China documenting the regional distribution of entrepreneurial activities during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) and private firm activities in 1992–2012. The estimations confirm a significant association between the regional distribution of historical and current measures of entrepreneurship, supporting: 1) the long-term stability of distinct cultures, even with disruptive political changes; and 2) the adaptability of entrepreneurial activities to changing institutional arrangements and relative payoff structures. These results are robust to numerous alternative explanations, including geography, agglomeration advantages, education, and technology.

Sonja Opper is Gad Rausing Professor of International Economics at the School of Economics and Management at Lund University.
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Markus Taube ist in die Expertengruppe der Deutsch-Chinesischen Plattform Innovation des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) berufen worden.
Das … »mehr

Markus Taube ist in die Expertengruppe der Deutsch-Chinesischen Plattform Innovation des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) berufen worden.
Das Gremium berät das Ministerium bei der Gestaltung der Innovationskooperation mit der VR China auf der politischen, infrastrukturellen und anwendungsbezogenen Ebene. Mit der Berufung von Professor Taube in die Expertengruppe wird nicht zuletzt der auf das Thema Innovation fokussierenden Arbeit der IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies eine neue Dimension der Politikberatung erschlossen. »weniger

Markus Taube ist von der Economics School der Jilin University, Changchun, VR China, zum Gastprofessor (Mai 2017–Mai 2022) ernannt worden.
Die Ökonomen … »mehr

Markus Taube ist von der Economics School der Jilin University, Changchun, VR China, zum Gastprofessor (Mai 2017–Mai 2022) ernannt worden.
Die Ökonomen der Jilin University und der Mercator School of Management sowie das IN-EAST der Universität Duisburg-Essen unterhalten seit Jahren einen engen Austausch im Bereich der Innovationsforschung und der Analyse institutioneller Wandlungsprozesse. In seinem Antrittsvortrag in Changchun fokussierte Professor Taube auf die Möglichkeiten und Limitationen institutioneller Innovationen im Rahmen der "Belt and Road Initiative" – einem Bereich, in dem Changchun und Duisburg in den kommenden Jahren enger zusammen arbeiten wollen. »weniger