Asia Pacific Childhoods Conference
"New Concepts and Networks for Asia-Pacific Child Researchers"
17-20 July 2006
National University of Singapore
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,
Asian MetaCentre for Population and Sustainable Development Analysis and
Asia Research Institute
The time is ripe for re-thinking child research.
The Asia-Pacific Region provides a wide range of social and cultural contexts for study, and potential for developing new concepts and frameworks, as well as proven academic excellence. Moreover, the study of childhood is particularly important countries experiencing rapid change, where new and emerging needs of children may be poorly-understood by adults and welfare agencies.
Although there have been many problem-oriented conferences on children in the region, concentrating for example on street children or child trafficking, the Asia-Pacific Childhoods Conference will be the first regional conference devoted to academic child research
The Conference will focus on developing concepts and problem-solving frameworks, at the same time promoting regional networks for teaching, research and publication on children and childhood. Plenary sessions on cross-cutting themes of particular regional importance – research methods, education and HIV/AIDS – will be combined with four specialist symposia:
Although there have been many problem-oriented conferences on children in the region, concentrating for example on street children or child trafficking, the Asia-Pacific Childhoods Conference will be the first regional conference devoted to academic child research
The Conference will focus on developing concepts and problem-solving frameworks, at the same time promoting regional networks for teaching, research and publication on children and childhood. Plenary sessions on cross-cutting themes of particular regional importance – research methods, education and HIV/AIDS – will be combined with four specialist symposia:
The central location and excellent facilities of the National University of Singapore make it an ideal institutional setting for the Conference as well as for longer-term follow up. The Conference fits one of the University's stated goals - to foster multi-disciplinary research - and children and childhood are of special interest to a number of Departments and Institutes, including the Department of Sociology and the Asia Research Institute, which jointly hosted a preparatory workshop in July 2004
The Conference will take place 17- 20 July 2006, on the campus of the National University of Singapore. Participation will be by invitation. No ‘call for papers' will be made, but Organising and Scientific Committees are actively seeking further young and established scholars carrying out research on children and childhood in Asian and Pacific countries. Participants will be researchers from any relevant academic discipline. Because one aim is to foster networking, activists, policymakers and representatives of donor agencies who have an interest in research on children and childhood, will be encouraged to attend in order to improve the interface between academics and practitioners.
Hosted by the National University of Singapore:
The Conference will take place 17- 20 July 2006, on the campus of the National University of Singapore. Participation will be by invitation. No ‘call for papers' will be made, but Organising and Scientific Committees are actively seeking further young and established scholars carrying out research on children and childhood in Asian and Pacific countries. Participants will be researchers from any relevant academic discipline. Because one aim is to foster networking, activists, policymakers and representatives of donor agencies who have an interest in research on children and childhood, will be encouraged to attend in order to improve the interface between academics and practitioners.
Hosted by the National University of Singapore: