Publish before a global audience. Present in a supportive environment. Hear the latest research. Network and create new relationships. Experience Japan. Join a global academic community.
Does this sound appealing? Are you in the process of completing or have you just completed an undergraduate research project? Come to Kobe, Japan, and join students from across the globe at an international and interdisciplinary undergraduate symposium. You can present your research and develop your presentation skills. As with all IAFOR events, AURS2018 will provide the opportunity for making new contacts and networking with students and professors.
This is a special event at which you can:
- learn presentation skills in a workshop environment;
- learn to interact across national and cultural borders;
- learn to communicate with peers and professors from different universities;
- learn what it means to be engaged in an international environment or to be an academic.
The Asian Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held in conjunction with The Asian Conference on Education (ACE), providing a unique opportunity for undergraduates to gain experience at an academic event and also have the chance to present their research.
Registration for AURS will allow students to attend any presentation sessions in ACE.
About The Asian Conference on Education
Over the years, The Asian Conference on Education (ACE) has brought together thousands of passionate scholars and educators from around the globe to discuss ideas critical to the development of education in Asia and beyond, making it one of the most respected, and longest running annual conferences focused on all levels of education in Asia.
ACE was the first conference organised by The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) in Osaka in 2009, when the organisation was founded. By the time the tenth Asian Conference on Education is held, some 20,000 academics will have presented at an IAFOR conference, whether in Asia, the Middle East, Europe or North America.
Founded in Japan at a time when academic conferences held in English did not exist (outside those organised by professional associations dedicated to English language teaching), IAFOR quickly found support among a growing number of scholars in Japan, Asia and beyond who came together to make friends, network, and, at a time of rapid globalisation and technological advances, explore the latest ideas and search for research synergies in the pursuit of addressing and finding solutions to many of the myriad and complex challenges presented by the modern world.
IAFOR now has university partners across the globe, counts some of the world’s foremost intellectuals as advisers, and boasts an interdisciplinary research centre in Osaka University’s School of International Public Policy. The organisation also has a conference program that spans three continents, and in a divided world, IAFOR’s founding principles of nurturing ideas, individuals and research projects across barriers of nation, culture, and discipline are more timely than ever.
Previous Speakers
The following speakers, among others, have presented their research at IAFOR's conferences on Education.
Sue Jackson, Pro-Vice Master (Vice President) for Teaching and Learning at Birkbeck, University of London and IAFOR International Director of Programme for Education; Rosemary Deem, OBE, Vice Principal for Education and Dean of the Doctoral School at Royal Holloway, University of London; Eiko Otani, President of Osaka Jogakuin University and education and technology expert; Barbara Lockee, Associate Director of the School of Outreach at Virginia Tech; Frieda Mangunsong, University of Indonesia Professor; Vice Chancellor (President) Mary Stuart of Lincoln University; Svetlana Ter Minasova, Founding Dean and now President of Moscow State University’s School of Foreign Languages; Akito Arima, Former Japanese Minister of Education and President of Tokyo University; Mona Abo-Zena, early childhood development expert of Brown University.
Other IAFOR Conferences in Education
- The European Conference on Education (ECE)
- The Asian Conference on Education & International Development (ACEID)
- The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Dubai (IICEDubai)
- The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Hawaii (IICEHawaii)
Ways to Get Involved
IAFOR depends on the assistance of a large number of international academics and practitioners who contribute in a variety of ways to our shared mission of promoting international exchange, facilitating intercultural awareness, encouraging interdisciplinary discussion and generating and sharing new knowledge. We are grateful for the time, effort and expertise donated by all our volunteer contributors.
Here are some of the ways you can get involved:
If you have any questions, or if you would like to suggest additional ways in which you could contribute to IAFOR’s interdisciplinary activities, please feel free to email aurs@iafor.org.