LSE Southeast Asia Forum 2023
9-12 May
https://www.lse.ac.uk/seac/seaf
How do past and current trends inform the future of Southeast Asia? What can we learn from Political, Economic, and Urban approaches about how Southeast Asia is changing? In 2023 the Southeast Asia Forum will focus on Southeast Asia Futures, considering the questions from a variety of approaches and lenses. The events will offer a unique opportunity to learn from cutting-edge research and gain insight from experts working in and on Southeast Asia. You can find full details on all events here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/seac/seaf
Southeast Asia Economic Futures: Climbing up global value chains: leveraging FDI for economic development in Asia
https://www.lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2023/Climbing-up-global-value-chains-leveraging-FDI-for-economic-development-in-Asia
Tuesday 9 May, 12:00 - 1:30pm
How can policymakers leverage global value chains to advance regional economic dynamism? What are the specific strategies that national and local policymakers can adopt to attract FDI and foster participation in GVCs? How to move Asian local economies into higher value-added parts of a value chain, or ‘upgrade’? The panel will address these questions and further engage with the audience in a discussion on the future of sustainable development at the local level in Asia. Particularly of interest is what can and should be targeted with the available policy tools when harnessing GVCs for regional development.
The Future of Sand: the Comparative Geopolitics of Land Reclamation, the Environment, and Social Change
https://www.lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2023/The-Future-of-Sand-the-Comparative-Geopolitics-of-Land-Reclamation-the-Environment-and-Social-Change
Tuesday 9 May, 4:00pm - 5:45pm
The Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre is pleased to host the screening of two insightful documentaries: Flow of Sands which showcases the life of people and the disruption to the environment caused by land reclamation projects in Malacca, Malaysia; and City of Sand which captures the lives of sand in the city of Accra, providing an intimate insight into the environmental and social changes underway in the expanding metropolis. The screening will be followed by conversations with the documentary producers, Dr Monika Arnez and Dr Kate Dawson, to broadly discuss the socio-ecological changes and the complexities of urbanisation the flow of sand symbolises.
Southeast Asia Urban Futures
https://www.lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2023/Southeast-Asia-Urban-Futures
Wednesday 10 May, 10:00 - 11:30am
Southeast Asia has been known for its rapid urbanisation. One of the emergent critical urban questions that call for urgent attention in Southeast Asia is how cities are planned and governed in climate emergencies and if the current pace of urbanisation can be sustained without endangering the lives of urban inhabitants. Against this backdrop, the panellists bring diverse perspectives to consider the urban futures of Southeast Asia, especially concerning the urban-nature nexus in light of the mounting pressure of climate change-induced urban challenges.
Southeast Asia Research Futures: In Country Experiences
https://www.lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2023/Southeast-Asia-Research-Futures-In-Country-Experiences
Wednesday 10 May, 12:00 - 1:30pm
This roundtable discussion organised in collaboration with ASEAS(UK) will focus on the in-country research climate and future of research in Indonesia and the Philippines. An Early Career Researcher focused session, it will feature researchers sharing their experiences of operating within changing political climates, and creating and sustaining local partnerships amongst other issues.
Southeast Asia’s Political Futures
https://www.lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2023/Southeast-Asias-Political-Futures
Thursday 11 May, 10:00 - 11:30am
Southeast Asia is notable for the diversity of its political regimes, its political problems, and its patterns of political change. Today Southeast Asia faces uncertainty as to its political future(s) amidst heightened tensions between the United States and China, with democracy and human rights seemingly in decline in some countries and authoritarianism apparently entrenched in others, but popular struggles and violent conflicts remaining largely unresolved across the region, and young Southeast Asians demonstrating strong appetites for political change.
Southeast Asia Research: Challenges and Opportunities
https://www.lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2023/Southeast-Asia-Research-Challenges-and-Opportunities
Thursday 11 May, 2:00 - 3:30pm
This roundtable discussion will feature PhD Students and ECRs who focus on a mix of countries across Southeast Asia who will share their different experiences and observations of Southeast Asia research. Discussions will include: challenges (and opportunities) of the pandemic; geopolitical conditions; and the realities of research and fieldwork in Southeast Asia.
How People Compare: Cross Disciplinary Discussions
https://www.lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2023/How-people-compare-cross-disciplinary-discussions
Friday 12 May, 11:00am - 12:30pm
This discussion will bring together SEAC Associates for a cross-disciplinary discussion harnessing insights from across Urban Studies, Anthropology, and Geography. The event is inspired by the recent publication of How People Compare and will discuss comparative practice: how we understand uneven power relations; how, why and with what consequences diversely situated groups of people make comparisons with and between each other.
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