ASC Annual Conference 2021
Tensions and Conflicts
November 26-27, 2021
Freie Universität Berlin (online)
Hosts: Genia Kostka und Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla
Conference agenda
AGENDA November 26, 2021
13:45-14:00 p.m.
Registration/ Welcome
14:00-15:30 p.m.
Panel 1: International Relations
Chair: Sarah Eaton
Norm-maker SCO? The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as a platform promoting China’s vision of a changed international order
Eva Seiwert
Discussant: Franziska Plümmer
African Song and Dance: Racial Scandals and the Role of African Studies Experts in China
Cheryl M. Schmitz
Discussant: Bettina Gransow
15:45-16:00 p.m.
Break
16:00-17:30 p.m.
Roundtable: Mitigating threats to academic freedom in Germany: the role of the state, universities, learned societies and China
Chair: Elena Meyer-Clement
Discussants: Andreas Fulda and David Missal — Björn Alpermann
AGENDA November 27, 2021
09:00-10:30 a.m.
Panel 3: Chinese domestic politics
Chair: Anna Ahlers
Elder care service development across China’s urban-rural divide – The case of Hangzhou
Christina Maags
Discussant: Doris Fischer
Digital engagement and environmental governance in China
Maria Bondes, Genia Kostka and Wiebke Rabe
Discussant: Christian Göbel
10.30-11.00 a.m.
Break
11.00-12.45 a.m.
Panel 4: Skill Formation and Economic Upgrading
Chair: Tobias ten Brink
China’s Quest for Talent
Isabelle Harbrecht
Discussant: Boy Lüthje
Chinese blue-collar workers – moving on to decent work? A psychological contract perspective of current HR practices
Marina Schmitz
Discussant: Hannes Gohli
The Cooperation of Schools and Enterprises Collective Action Problems in China’s Skill Formation Systems in the 21st century
Armin Müller
Discussant: Julia Marinaccio
12.45-13.15 p.m.
Break
13.15-14.45 p.m.
Annual meeting of ASC-members