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  • ASEA-UNINET International Community Outreach Program 2020 – 2022 conducted by Airlangga University in collaboration with Diponegoro University

    The International Community Outreach Program is a one-week program designed to offer participants a once-in-a-lifetime experience that allows them to explore and respond to the actual social life issues, and assist the community to overcome problems. Adapting the 1st – End Poverty and the 3rd – Good Health and Well-being – of Sustainable Development Goals, this year’s program has a theme about Stunting Prevention Acceleration. It is as part of a response to target 1.3 and 3.2 – implements nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable; and by 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births.

    After a successful event last year in Surabaya and Sidoarjo, the program will be held in Surabaya and Semarang by conducting a collaboration between Universitas Airlangga and Universitas Diponegoro under the ASEA-UNINET consortium in which generates this program entitled ASEA-UNINET International Community Outreach Program: Stunting Prevention Acceleration.

    The aim of ASEA-UNINET International Community Outreach Program 2020: Stunting Prevention Acceleration is to bridge and optimize the role of academia, both students and researchers, in stunting prevention. The direct interaction with the community and the gathering of experts on these fields are expected to have an impact on the emerging of new ideas and collaborations that can support and accelerate the decreasing of stunting rate.

    For further information please download the following document: ASEA-UNINET International Community Outreach Program with proposed activities 2020 – 2022

  • Online Survey on Intercultural Differences and Similarities

    Students from Eastern Asia are warmly invited to participate in a brief online survey on how people from different cultural backgrounds perceive social situations in a different way. The study is conducted by Florian Nemetz, student at Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria, within the framework of a master’s thesis in social psychology.

    For any question please feel free to contact Mr. Florian Nemetz directly.

    Dear ladies and gentlemen, dear fellow students,

    Intercultural research is an important tool to foster mutual understanding and trust. Different disciplines and traditions of research are applied in order to study phenomena that might differ from context to context. One of those disciplines is intercultural psychology. My master thesis in psychology at the university of Salzburg, Austria revolves around how people from different cultural backgrounds perceive social situations in a different way. Knowledge about that can play an important role in preventing conflicts and in discovering improved avenues of communication. Therefore, I kindly ask you to participate in a short online-survey for my thesis, which would greatly support my progress in the understanding of intercultural differences and similarities. I would also gladly offer to assist in the conduction of studies or visits on your side. If there is anything I can help with, feel free to contact via florian.nemetz@stud.sbg.ac.at. I hope you do consider participating in the survey. Thank you very much in advance!

    The link to the survey

    Best wishes and kind regards,
    Florian Nemetz
    Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg
    Austria

  • International Survey: COVID-19 and Mobility

    An international team of researchers at the Research Center of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) conducts an online survey on how the COVID-19 pandemic affects everyday travel behavior.

    The survey has been translated into more than 20 languages and distributed to many countries thanks to a number of our international collaborators, former guest researchers and students, and volunteers.  As per April 23rd 2020 almost 8000 people have already participated. For the first results, mainly focussing on Austria, please see the survey’s results section.

    Interested? Please feel free to answer the survey using this link to the questionnaire.

    Open Access to the survey’s anonymized raw data will be made available in due time. Please check back later on this site.

  • Bernd Rode Award 2020/2021 (before: Bernd Rode Award 2020) – Application deadline extended until March 31st 2021

    We would like to draw your attention to the Bernd Rode Award 2020/2021 (before: Bernd Rode Award 2020) which is granted to outstanding scientific and higher education collaborations between European and South-East-Asian universities in the framework of ASEA-UNINET in three different categories (junior, senior, project-based).

    With regard to the current COVID-19-situtation the application deadline for Bernd Rode Award 2020/2021 was extended until March 31st 2021 (instead of formerly announced May 10th 2020)!

    Winners will be announced in July 2021 (instead of formerly announced July 2020).

    Winners of the Bernd Rode Award 2020/2021 can use their funds granted until 30th September 2022.

    Basic requirement to submit an application for the Bernd Rode Award 2020/2021:

    • The applicant has participated in a finished or still ongoing ASEA-UNINET research project or cooperation after the year 2014 (e.g. eligible period: 2015 – 2020).
    • This project was conducted in cooperation between at least one Austrian ASEA-UNINET member University and at least one ASEA-UNINET member University from South-East-Asia and has been at least partially funded by ASEA-UNINET.
    • Furthermore the project has already produced results that can be presented (e.g. joint publication).
    • The funds received from the Bernd Rode Award 2020/2021 can be exclusively reinvested in future ASEA-UNINET research projects and collaborations.

     

    Submissions are to be sent by email to asea-uninet@oead.at until March 31st 2021  and should include the following documents:

    Junior and Senior submissions:

    • Short description of the research work conducted in the framework of ASEA-UNINET (about 5 pages
    • Role of ASEA-UNINET in the work of the applicant
    • CV and publication list (plus the applicants’ best publications as full pdf-version (max.5)
    • The three most important scientific or artistic contributions of the applicant (max. 200 Words)

    Project-based submissions:

    • Short description of the research project conducted in the framework of ASEA-UNINET (about 5 pages)
    • Role of ASEA-UNINET as facilitator
    • CV and list of publications of the project team
    • Scientific and/or societal education results and publications arising from the project

    Please indicate the category of submission. Thank you!

     

    For further information regarding guidelines, submission and important dates please visit our website or download information here:

    Bernd Rode Award 2020/2021

  • In memoriam Professor Dr. Franz Kappel, University of Graz

     

    In memoriam Professor Dr. Franz Kappel, University of Graz

    Amidst the corona virus crisis and pandemy ASEA-UNINET has suffered a heavy loss: Professor Franz Kappel, one of the most active members of the network has passed away, leaving the network community in deep sadness, but also with invaluable memories of his manifold activities.

    Professor Kappel was an active member of ASEA-UNINET already in the initial phase of the network, creating links to South East Asian institutions and being a member of the interview teams selecting candidates for scholarships of the Austrian government for doctoral studies, training and research programmes. Indonesian universities, in particular Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta, became soon a main focus of his engagement as guest lecturer and host for Ph.D. candidates. These ties intensified during the years, he rented a house in Yogyakarta to spend most of his holiday time working with and for the department of mathematics of UGM. Numerous prominent staff members of this department are his former students and through these, his lectures and organizational contributions one can truly state that he has formed the department’s present shape and scientific performance. His former scholars have reached leading positions, such as professorship, head of department and dean/vice-dean, making his impact and spirit perceptible up to date.

    In the course of his professional contacts with ASEA-UNINET and the colleagues in Indonesia, Professor Kappel has also established many private and familiar contacts, and thus is leaving a large community mourning for him and expressing feelings of sympathy and condolence to his family.

    ASEA-UNINET will always gratefully remember the pivotal and sustainable role Professor Kappel has played in the network, and his kind personality which made cooperation with him successful and pleasant alike.

    April 22, 2020

    Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. mult. Bernd Michael Rode
    Honorary President
    ASEA-UNINET

     

     

     

     

    In memoriam Prof. Kappel: Testimonials and Pictures

    A tribute by Prof. Dr. Marjono, MPhil, Zainal Abidin, Ph.D. and Dr.techn.Ir. Arief Hariyanto

    A tribute by the members of the Department of Mathematics, Universitas Gadjah Mada

    Members of the Department of Mathematics at the UGM who worked with Prof. Dr. Franz Kappel

    Some pictures taken during Prof. Kappel’s visit to the University of the Philippines, 2010 (© Prof. Hartmut Kahlert, Graz University of Technology).

     

  • Kind Reminder: Call for Bernd Rode Award 2020 open until 10th May 2020!

    We would like to draw your attention to the Bernd Rode Award which is granted to outstanding scientific and higher education collaborations between European and South-East-Asian universities in the framework of ASEA-UNINET. The award is named after Bernd Michael Rode, an eminent Austrian researcher and founder of the Austrian-South-East-Asian Academic University Network (ASEA-UNINET). It is associated with financial support up to a maximum of 5.000 EUR to enhance and extend the research possibilities in the context of projects backed by ASEA-UNINET (e.g. travel expenses, research stay) and every 18 months in three different categories (junior, senior, project-based).

    The Call for Bernd Rode Award 2020 is open until May 10th 2020!

    Winners will be announced in July 2020.

    Basic requirement to submit an application for the Bernd Rode Award 2020:

    • The applicant has participated in a finished or still ongoing ASEA-UNINET research project in the past 5 years.
    • This project was conducted in cooperation between at least one Austrian ASEA-UNINET member University and at least one ASEA-UNINET member University from South-East-Asia and has been at least partially funded by ASEA-UNINET.
    • Furthermore the project has already produced results that can be presented (e.g. joint publication).
    • The funds received from the Bernd Rode Award 2020 can be exclusively reinvested in future ASEA-UNINET research projects and collaborations.

     

    Submissions are to be sent by email to asea-uninet@oead.at until May 10th 2020  and should include the following documents:

    Junior and Senior submissions:

    • Short description of the research work conducted in the framework of ASEA-UNINET (about 5 pages
    • Role of ASEA-UNINET in the work of the applicant
    • CV and publication list (plus the applicants’ best publications as full pdf-version (max.5)
    • The three most important scientific or artistic contributions of the applicant (max. 200 Words)

    Project-based submissions:

    • Short description of the research project conducted in the framework of ASEA-UNINET (about 5 pages)
    • Role of ASEA-UNINET as facilitator
    • CV and list of publications of the project team
    • Scientific and/or societal education results and publications arising from the project

    Please indicate the category of submission in the subject of your email. Thank you!

     

    For further information regarding guidelines, submission and important dates please visit our website or download information here:

    Bernd Rode Award 2020

  • ASEA-UNINET Project Call 2020-2021 is open now! NEW deadline and project period due to COVID-19

    The ASEA-UNINET Project Call 2020-2021 is open now! Please note the modified dates and deadline!

    With regard to the worldwide situation due to the COVID-19 virus, ASEA-UNINET has decided to modificate the anncounced project period and to extend the application deadline. With extending the deadline, ASEA-UNINET aims at providing the possibility for researchers to better plan their projects conducted within the ASEA-UNINET. Whilst extending the application deadline the project period has to be shortend for administrative reasons. Nevertheless, if you plan to conduct a project in October, November and/or December 2020, and there is no option to postpone the project to 2021, please contact Ms. Barbara Karahan (barbara.karahan@oead.at) or the ASEA-UNINET Headoffice at asea-uninet@oead.at.

    NEW Project Period

    ASEA-UNINET is calling for projects that will be conducted in the period between January 1st 2021 and September 30th 2021, instead of the previousely announced period October 1st 2020 and September 30th 2021.

    NEW Application Period

    The call will be open until September 30th 2020, instead of previousely announced, May 13th 2020.

    Who can submit applications?

    Exclusively Austrian ASEA-UNINET Member Universities can submit applications. Interested Member Universities from ASEAN should contact professors at Austrian ASEA-UNINET Members Universities to host and fill in the application form.

    How to submit an application?

    Applications have to be submitted via SCHOLARSHIPS.AT. Please use this application link, register yourself and complete the form available after registration. Please refer to the current version of the Application Guideline 2020-2021 (COVID-19)

    Further information and contact

    If you do have any further questions, please contact the ASEA-UNINET University Coordinator of the Austrian Partner University.

    If you do need assistance regarding the online application, please kindly contact Ms. Barbara Karahan, MA (ASEA-UNINET Network Office) via barbara.karahan@oead.at.

    ASEA-UNINET is looking forward to your applications!

  • „Head in the Clouds: Digital Learning to Overcome School Failure“ awarded as a „Success Story“ by the EU-Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture.

    From 09/2015 to 08/2018 the TU Wien (project leader: Prof. A Min Tjoa and Dipl.-Ing. Niina Novak MSc.) implemented, together with 6 partners from 5 European countries, the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership “Head in the Clouds: Digital Learning to Overcome School Failure”.

    This educational project dealt with the prevention of early school leaving, the development of basic and transversal skills and the enhancement of digital education in the context of minorities, mainly Roma. Having in mind that the prevailing educational disadvantages and exclusion of minority group members, lead to lacking integration in the labour market and exclusion from society in general, the project aimed at providing an alternative way to education for children aged 6-17 years, struggling with the formal educational system or having no access to education at all. This project has now been awarded by the EU-Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture.

    For further information please see the project’s website and a documentary on Youtube.

     

    Head in the Clouds – Digital Learning in Indonesia

    To broaden this succesful story, the project was extended in 2019 to rural areas in Indonesia, being (co-) funded by ASEA-UNINET.

    Prof. Inggriani Liem (ITB), Dipl.-Ing. Novak MSc. and Dr. Ekaputra (both TU Wien) developed a plan to implement a selection of the educational modules (e.g. English, EKOPOLIS, IT 101 and Programming Module) with students of different school levels in different locations in Indonesia and to furthermore introduce and train local teachers and researchers in this alternative educational approach and the use of the developed educational modules.

    The project implementation in Indonesia took place in March 2019, with workshops and seminars in three different cities: Bandung, Jakarta and Balige and over 300 teachers, researchers, children and youth in attendance.

    Project report „Head in the Clouds – Digital Learning in Indonesia“

    Some images from the project „Head in the Clouds – Digital Learning in Indonesia“, © Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria / Niina Novak

  • 18th ASEA UNINET Plenary Meeting in Linz, Austria, will be postponed

    As a consequence of the coronavirus crisis the ASEA-UNINET excecutive board has decided to postpone the upcoming 18th ASEA UNINET Plenary Meeting initially scheduled for 06-09 July 2020 in Linz, Austria and has thus decided to

    • move the 18th ASEA UNINET Plenary Meeting for exactly one year to the beginning of July 2021 (exact dates to be decided);
    • prolongate the existing executive functions for one year (i.e. no elections of president, vice presidents, etc in July 2020 but in July 2021); and
    • continue with our regular schedule of 1.5 years and having the 19th Plenary Meeting at the beginning of 2023 (taking place in the Asian country holding the ASEA UNINET presidency according to the outcome of the voting in 2021).

    In the period between the two Plenaries, a National Coordinators Meeting will take place. The executive board suggested to organize a second National Coordinators Meeting at the end of 2020 / beginning of 2021 as well, to avoid large gaps between the meetings.

  • Ernst Mach-Grant – ASEA-UNINET: Call open until 15th June 2020 (NEW deadline!)

    Please be informed about the extended application deadline for Ernst Mach-Grants – ASEA-UNINET: the call is open and applications can be submitted online until 15th June 2020.

    The Ernst Mach Grant ASEA-UNINET is open to graduates,  postgraduates and postdocs from Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam in all fields of study who want to study or do a research project in Austria. For further information and how to apply, please click here.