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Creating Synergies, Strengthening Interactions and Supporting Networks
The Young Academics Workshop Series
This new series was established to support the creation of a critical mass of next generation European studies academics, particularly those from Asia, by providing a sustainable platform for networking and information exchange on relevant topics. The inaugural workshop “How is the EU Perceived in Asia? Media, Public and Elite Perceptions” was held at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, on 1-4 September 2008, with 20 young academics at masters and PhD level taking part from across Asia and Europe. The Workshop has given many of the young scholars the opportunity to develop professionally with the dissemination of the top papers from the workshop in an upcoming publication. The workshop also offers the opportunity for the top two young scholars to travel to Singapore and New Zealand for a three month fellowship. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Young Academics Fellowship winners Blog
Young Academic Fellowship winner, Li Zhang (China), during her visit to ASEF
The Young Academics Fellowship winners have begun there 3 month fellowship with the NCRE and the EU Centre in Singapore. Li Zhang has already completed her two weeks at the EU Centre and is now at the NCRE, where she has just been joined by Alessandra Brovelli, who flew from Geneva to join up with the NCRE team.
This exciting opportunity will be tracked and documented in a series of online Blog entries available for download below. Li Zhang Campus life at NCRE and the arrival of Alessandra Li Zhang Arriving Back in England and looking towards the future….
Alessandra Brovelli NCRE - Arriving in New Zealand Alessandra Brovelli Leaving the NCRE…direction Singapore Allesandra Brovelli Singapore and Back Home _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Announcements of Young Academic Fellowship RecipientsThe Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE) are very proud to announce that the recipients of the 1st ESiA Young Academics Workshop Fellowship are Ms. Li Zhang (China) and Ms. Alessandra Brovelli (Italy). The competition for the Fellowships was very intense as we received very high quality papers on some very interesting and prevalent issues related to EU-Asia relations. Both fellows will spend up to three months working at the NCRE with a two week stopover in Singapore to link up with ASEF and the new EU Centre. We are also delighted to announce that a select few of the papers have been chosen to feature in an upcoming publication, please see below for those papers chosen and the titles of the papers. Political Visions and Stakeholders’ Perception: Ideals, Truths and Challenges of the ASEM process Too Small To Be Seen? Assessing “Developed-Developing Divide” in Asia’s Media Coverage on European Union in Environmental Issues Asia through the Eyes of Spain: Spanish Youth Perceptions on Asia-Pacific It takes how many to Tango: Who dances on ASEM stage? Capability-Expectation Gap or Knowledge Deficit?: Appraising the External Image of the EU in India The European Union, Human Rights and Burma/ Myanmar: Elite Perceptions in Thailand and Singapore Religion and News Media in a Globalized World: A Comparative Study of Asian Media’s Response to the Cartoon Issue in Europe Chinese perceptions: an exploration into the non-material underpinning of Sino-EU trade relations What shapes the perceptions of the EU in China? Discrepancies between the media perception and the public perception We thank everyone of the participants and supporters of this very important programme and we hope to make the next Young Academics Workshop as successful as the last. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ESIA 1st YOUNG ACADEMICS WORKSHOP!
How is the EU Perceived in Asia? Media, Public and Elite Perceptions, 1-5 September 2008.Dr. Natalia Chaban, NCRE, addresses the participants during the workshop
1-5 September 2008 The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), the National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE) and the College of Europe brought together 20 young academics from across Asia and Europe for the European Studies in Asia (ESiA) 1 st Young Academics' Workshop "How is the EU Perceived in Asia: Media, Public and Elite Perceptions", which took place in Bruges, Belgium, from The five-day event trained a select number of young European studies academics (at the Masters and Doctoral levels) on how they may be able to analyse and utilise the unique dataset that has been generated from "EU through the Eyes of Asia" project in their own research work. The inaugral workshop brought together 20 (10 Asian and 10 European) young academics from the two regions. The participants cames from a very broad academic background, which added great value to the multi-disciplinary nature of the workshop. Each workshop participant will produce an 8000 word paper, the best of which will be published in a special publication tentatively titled "Branding of the EU in Asia: Critical Insights into EU Images and Perceptions". The two candidates who present the best papers, as selected by the ESiA selection panel will be rewarded with a three month fellowship to the National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE), University of Canterbury. "This was a great and memorable learning experience for me because of the truly hands-on nature of the workshop and the research skills we acquired. Not only did we learn from the trainers, Martin and Natalia, we also learned a lot from one another and have made contacts that will help us later in our academic careers. I especially enjoyed the various innovative activities Martin and Natalia had us do from day one!" Bruce Avasdanond (Thailand)
Clara Portela (Spain) Lecturer Singapore Management University
Participants and Co-organisers of the ESiA 1st Young Academic Workshop held at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium. September 1-5 2008
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