SOCIAL & HUMAN SCIENCES
Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific (RUSHSAP)
Welcome to the website of the Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific (RUSHSAP).
RUSHSAP aims to develop and promote social policies which uphold peace, human rights, democratic governance and tolerance. The main current projects and the detailed 2008/2009 programme summary can be viewed as a pdf file here.
By following the links on the left and right hand side, you can find information about our strategy, ongoing programmes and activities, upcoming and past events, as well as important background information on social and human sciences in Asia and the Pacific. The page also contains a wide collection of resources on the topics of ethics education, social sciences and environmental ethics available for all to download.
Mundialization, Bioethics and Policy: The 11th Asian Bioethics Conference, and 5th UNESCO Asia Pacific School of Ethics Roundtable
31 July - 2 August 2010, Singapore read more >>
UNESCO-UKM Conference on History, Politics, Strategic Studies and Climate Change
29-30 November 2010, Palm Garden, Putrajaya, Malaysia read more >>
New publication: Universalism and Ethical Values for the Environment
E-book on Universalism and Ethical Values for the Environment is the first in a series of working group reports under the Ethics and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific project. Climate changes may be the defining issue of...read more >>
Just published: two volumes from Asian-Arab Philosophical Dialogues
As people in many countries of the world express dismay at the directions that society is pursuing, some are reminded of the former important roles of philosophers as navigators of the courses that societies should take. Two...read more >>
Sustainable Science, Technology and Society.
International Conference on Ethics and Professionalism (ICEP 2010): Sustainable Science, Technology and Society. 1 - 2 December 2010, Equatorial Hotel, Bangi-Putrajaya, Malaysia.read more >>
Publication
There are now eight books available in the Asia-Pacific Perspectives series on the topics of Environmental Ethics, Bioethics and Biotechnology, Medical Ethics, Bioethics Education and Ethics of Science and Technology. You can download them all from here
