Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific (RUSHSAP)
Within UNESCO's overall mandate?of building peace in the minds of men and women,?the Social and Human Sciences Sector seeks to advance knowledge, standards and intellectual cooperation to facilitate social transformations where the values of justice, freedom and human dignity can be fully realized.?In pursuit of this purpose, the Sector works under three main structuring lines:
"Studying what is" -> promoting empirical research
"Anticipating what could be" -> promoting philosophical reflection and future-oriented studies
"Determining what should be" -> developing and promoting international standards
in order to draw up recommendations for policies and action.
Drawing upon this overarching vision, the Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific (RUSHSAP) aims to develop and promote social policies that uphold peace, human rights, democratic governance and tolerance within the Asia Pacific region, with priority programmes in bioethics and the ethics of science and technology.?This includes bioethics education, environmental ethics, implementing international ethics standards, and examining the ethics of emerging areas of science and technology. Attention is given to philosophical dialogues between different regions to rediscover their ethical and cultural values as they face modernity. The unit's focus areas also include human security and social development, poverty alleviation, migration, management of water resources, governance, youth, sports, dissemination of information, as well as research and training.
RUSHSAP works with civil society, academia, governments and other willing partners to link sound research to sound policy-making, and to ethical practice for each community. In an era of rapid globalization, RUSHSAP aims to develop and promote social policies which uphold peace, human rights, democratic and ethical governance and tolerance. To achieve this goal, social policy activities must provide opportunities and empowerment for all, particularly during this period of major social, political, economic and cultural change.? |
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Programme Summary
The 2008 programme summary of UNESCO Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific is available here.
Forthcoming Conferences
UNESCO Conference on Ethics of Energy Technologies: Adoption and Development of Energy Technologies
State of the Art review (Working Group 9),
12 June 2008, 9am-3:30pm
NSTDA building at Yothee-room 103, Bangkok, Thailand
Contact: RUSHSAP, Email: rushsap(at)unescobkk.org
UNESCO Conference on Ethics of Energy Technologies: Energy Flow, Environment and Ethical Implications for Meat Production (Working Group 13),
24 July 2008, 9am-4pm
UNU-IAS, Yokohama, Japan
Contact: RUSHSAP, Email: rushsap(at)unescobkk.org
*Call for papers, 24 July, Yokohama, Japan (pdf file)
Meeting of Ethics of Energy Technologies Working Group 12: Nuclear Dialogues,
25 July 2008
UNITAR, Hiroshima, Japan
Contact: RUSHSAP, Email: rushsap(at)unescobkk.org
UNESCO Asia-Arab Interregional Philosophical Dialogues on the Roles of Philosophy in War and Peace,
25 July 2008
UNITAR, Hiroshima, Japan
Contact: RUSHSAP, Email: rushsap(at)unescobkk.org
*Call for papers, 25-27 July, Hiroshima, Japan (pdf file)
Joint UNESCO-UNITAR Dialogues on the Role of Philosophers in War and Peace,
26 July 2008
UNITAR, Hiroshima, Japan
Contact: RUSHSAP, Email: rushsap(at)unescobkk.org
Joint UNESCO-UNITAR Dialogues on Ethics of Nuclear Energy Technologies,
27 July 2008
UNITAR, Hiroshima, Japan
Contact: RUSHSAP, Email: rushsap(at)unescobkk.org
BPRC-UNESCO International Forum on Asian Cultures and Bioethics,
29-30 July 2008
Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Korea
Contact: g.kurokawa(at)unescobkk.org or bghong(at)unesco.or.kr
UNESCO Conference on Ethics of Energy Technologies: Ethical Views of Nature (Working Group 2),
3 August 2008
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Contact: RUSHSAP, Email: rushsap(at)unescobkk.org
UNESCO Asia-Arab Interregional Philosophical Dialogues on Philosophy Facing the Challenges of Modern Technology,
4 August 2008
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Contact: Lana Issa, Email: l.issa(at)unescobkk.org
UNESCO Asia-Arab Interregional Philosophical Dialogues on Challenges of Globalization to Philosophy and Democracy,
5 August 2008
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Contact: Lana Issa, Email: l.issa(at)unescobkk.org
The Asia-Pacific Philosophy Education Network for Democracy (APPEND), Project on Education for Democracy and Sustainable Development,
6-7 August 2008
Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
UNESCO Conference on Ethics of Energy Technologies and Human Rights,
19 August 2008
UNESCO, Bangkok, Thailand
UNESCO Southeast Asian Social Forum,
20-22 August 2008
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
UNESCO Conference on Ethics of Energy Technologies: Energy Equity and
Human Security (Working Group 7),
22-23 September 2008,
The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai, India
The Second Joint UNESCO-Beijing University Conference on Water Ethics,
22-23 October 2008
Peking University, Beijing, China
Ninth Asian Bioethics Conference,
3-7 November 2008
Joygakarta, Indonesia
Contact: Dr. Amru Nazif, Email: amru96(at)cbn.net.id
The Second Joint UNESCO-University of Kumamoto Bioethics Roundtable: The Value of Life,
13-14 December 2008
University of Kumamoto, Japan
Contacts: Prof. Takao Takahashi, Email: ttaka(at)kumamoto-u.ac.jp or rushsap(at)unescobkk.org
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