SVT-gjesteforelesing:The Rise of Asia and its Global Impacts
Welcome to guest lecture at Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT), UiB, Monday September 19th.
Professor Christopher Dent from the University of Leeds will deliver this lecture on:
The Rise of Asia and its Global Impacts
The rise of Asia is one of the defining features of the contemporary age, and connects closely with every key challenge facing humanity in the 21st century. Over the last few decades, the East Asia region in particular (China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia) has experienced profound economic and social transformations, and has been the world’s most dynamic regional economy for some time. India’s own recent rise is also increasingly linked to East Asia. The rise of Asia will continue to impact significantly on the global system and global society as the 21st century unfolds. For us to address the key global challenges of climate change, poverty alleviation, energy security, global governance and economic globalisation, it is essential to understand how Asia is engaging these challenges. This lecture will explore and discuss how the rise of Asia will increasingly affect us all.
Christopher Dent is Professor of East Asia’s International Political Economy, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Leeds, UK. His research interests centre on the international political economy of East Asia and the Asia-Pacific. He has published ten books, the latest being China and Africa Development Relations (editor, London: Routledge, 2010), East Asian Regionalism (London: Routledge, 2008; awarded the 2009 Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Foundation ‘Special Prize’) and China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia (editor, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008). Christopher Dent is also author of over 70 academic articles and other papers. He has acted as a consultant advisor to the British, Australian, Chilean, German and United States Governments, as well as the Asian Development Bank and European Commission. He has been an invited speaker at conferences and other events in Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Oceania. Professor Christopher Dent is also an Expert (Brains Trust) member of the Evian Group.