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  • ASEA-UNINET Indonesian Chapter Workshop at Universitas Indonesia // 15-16 Oct. 2018

    ASEA-UNINET Indonesian Chapter Workshop at Universitas Indonesia // 15-16 Oct. 2018

    Universitas Indonesia as the national coordinator of ASEA-UNINET for Indonesia organized the ASEA-UNINET Indonesian Chapter Workshop from October 15th to 16th 2018 at the Universitas Indonesia.

    On the first day presentations were held by representatives from each Indonesian university member of ASEA-UNINET, presenting past, current and future cooperations, at which the universities are, were or will be involved in the framework of ASEA-UNINET as well as the remarks from the Deputy Head of Mission, Austrian Embassy in Indonesia Mr. Josko Emrich. On the second day Dr. Purwanto Subroto, Ph.D from the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia held a presentation, which was continued by discussions.

    Supported by the Austrian Embassy and the Ministry, Indonesian ASEA-UNINET member universities have planned to carry out joint annual activities which were expected to become official activities within ASEA-UNINET. The members agree to collaborate and carry out activities that focus on short programs for students, international workshop and international conferences.

    With discussing on cooperation opportunities in the coming year, forming joint activities and the development of cooperation activities between Indonesian ASEA-UNINET members as well as obtaining support from the Austrian Embassy for Indonesia and the Ministry of Research and Technology at the next ASEA-UNINET event, the program has achieved its stated objectives.

    Participating universities included Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta, Institute of Technology Surabaya, Diponegoro University Semarang, Institute of Technology Bandung, Udayana University, University of Sumatera Utara, Airlangga University, Bogor Agricultural University, Hasanuddin University, Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta and Universitas Indonesia.

  • ASEA-UNINET Sustainability Issues Workshop, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2018

    ASEA-UNINET Sustainability Issues Workshop, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2018

    On 28 – 29 August 2018 the ASEA UNINET Sustainability Issues Workshop, organized by Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in collaboration with ASEA-UNINET, was held at the UUM Kuala Lumpur (UUMKL), Malaysia. The aim of the workshop was to improve the understanding regarding challenges connected to the broad issues of sustainability and to identify how scientific collaboration can contribute to various aspects of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. As well, the workshop aimed at providing a platform for networking and intitiation of joint research projects.

    The program of the workshop included discussions in the frame of World-Café and included participants from 10 countries.

    The outcomes of the workshop will be published in form of a volume on Sustainability.

    We greatly thank the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) for hosting and organizating the workshop, who made it possible for this event to take place!

  • Mr. Septian Dwi Cahyo: Music & Algorithmic composition at KUG, Graz, Austria

    Mr. Septian Dwi Cahyo is a graduate from the Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta (ISI), a member university of ASEA-UNINET since 2017. He is the first Indonesian student to take a music internship in Austria in the frame of ASEA-UNINET, which he took at University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG) in Austria.

    The OeAD grant for music internship allowed him to study music composition with Prof. Beat Furrer in the period of March-May 2018, during which he also took an algorithmic composition class with Gerhard Nierhaus. Aspiring to be a composer of modern classical/experimental music, he spent his 3-month stay in Graz to study composition, to carry out research on the history of Indonesian contemporary music and gamelan and to write new compositions to be performed by the KUG student ensemble.

    His research on Indonesian contemporary music was presented in Prof. Georg Haas‘ class, whereas the gamelan music presentation he gave in Prof. Furrer’s. He completed a number of modern classical and electronic compositions, all of which were created on a theoretical platform more commonly known in the field of mathematics and computer science.

    The first one, Follow the Map III, which was created using fractal binary tree L system, has been performed by the KUG ensemble during his period of internship. The second piece, CAh kangkung, is an electronic music built on a concept of resulting state of 1D cellular automata, which was performed at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics of KUG. The third is a piece for two percussionists titled Dwitunggal, which roughly translates to duumvirate, that combines the L system and Fibonnaci series to deconstruct gamelan forms to produce new manners and characteristics. This piece will be performed at the Total Perkusi Festival in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in August 2018. The fourth piece is the CAh Kangkung II series, in which he aims to deconstruct the meaning of „stage“ and which is currently available only in his personal Dropbox storage for limited time (see below).

    Septian Dwi Cahyo’s compositions written and/or performed during his study at KUG:

    • CAh Kangkung, a composition based on the 1D cellular automata, was performed at IEM (Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics) of KUG in Graz on June 28, 2018 – concert program
    • CAh Kangkung II: Partikel, a piece from the CAh Kangkung II series based on the 1D cellular automata, is available at dropbox storage file until the end of June 2018.
    • Dwitunggal will be performed at Total Perkusi Festival in Yogyakarta in August 2018.
  • „Romeo and Juliet“: International Collaboration with ASEA-UNINET 2018

    „Romeo and Juliet“: International Collaboration with ASEA-UNINET 2018

    Thanks to the support of ASEA-UNINET and based on an ongoing cooperation betwen the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), and the Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema (HATC) Prof. Beverly Blankensip (mdw) and Prof. Anna Mag.art Krassnigg (mdw) have held workshops and supervised the acting students from the Department of Drama (HATC) to perform 2 acts of “Romeo and Juliet” play by W. Shakespeare, in March and April, 2018.

    At the end of the course, on 20th April 2018, Prof. Anna Mag.art Krassnigg has conducted her presentation to instruct acting students to perform act 2 and 3 of “Romeo and Juliet” play at HATC. The perforamance was attended by Mr. Christian Vlazny, Deputy Ambassador of the Austrian Embassy in Vietnam, Assoc. Prof.Dr. Huynh Quyet Thang, President of ASEA-UNINET and Assoc. Prof.Dr. Ngo Chi Trung, National coordinator of ASEA-UNINET for Vietnam.

  • University of Trento Summer Schools

    Various Summer Schools are being organized this summer by University of Trento:

    Interdisciplinary
    Summer School on Global Challenges
    July 1 – July 14, 2018
    Department of Sociology and Social Research

    Summer School on Italian Culture
    July 8 – July 21, 2018
    Department of Humanities

    Economics
    ​Summer School on Adaptive Economic Dynamics
    Department of Economics and Management
    June 4 – June 15, 2018

    ICT
    EIT DIGITAL Summer School
    July 1 – July 14, 2018

    Materials Engineering
    RAW Materials TOPSTARS 2018 Summer School
    July 15 – July 25, 2018

    Industrial Engineering
    – Comprehensive summer school on tissue engineering
    June 18 – June 23, 2018
    – Summer school on neutron detectors
    July, 2 – July, 5, 2018
    – Material characterization by combined analysis
    September, calendar to be defined

    Law and legal studies
    – Trento summer school on Advanced Eu Competition Law and Economics
    June 17 – June 24, 2018 
    – Co.Co.A. Summer School (Comparing Constitutional Adjudication: A Summer School on Comparative Interpretation of European Constitutional Jurisprudence)
    July 30 – August, 5, 2018

    Mind/Brain Sciences
    Harvard Summer School 2018
    June 9 – August 4, 2018

    Sociology
    Summer School in Urban Ethnography
    Department of Sociology and Social Research
    Calendar to be defined

    To view all programs please visit University of Trento – Summer and Winter Schools.

  • Exceptional turn-out for the EURAXESS ASEAN Workshop in Bangkok

    Exceptional turn-out for the EURAXESS ASEAN Workshop in Bangkok

    The EURAXESS* ASEAN events series ‚Advancing your research career in Europe – Funding & Fellowship opportunities‘ 2018 took place in Singapore, Republic of Singapore on May 21, followed by Bangkok, Thailand on May 24, 2018. The event in Bangkok was co-organised by EURAXESS ASEAN NSTDA and the ASEA-UNINET member Mahidol University, where the event took place.

    Besides France, Germany, Spain and the UK Austria was also represented. Mrs. Mag. Maria Unger from EURAXESS Austria (Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research, OeAD-GmbH) presented funding and fellowship opportunities that are available to researchers in Thailand for a stay in Austria. More than 170 researchers and research administrators took part – a fantastic turn-out.

    Regarding ASEA-UNINET Mrs. Unger provided information about the ASEA-UNINET project funding (joint bilateral research projects / teaching cooperations between Thai and Austrian member universities) and grants, namely the Grants for Postdoc Staff Exchange and the Ernst Mach Grant – ASEA-UNINET. These funding opportunities were in high demand.

    * EURAXESS (www.euraxess.at) is a platform for researchers, entrepreneurs, universities and businesses to interact with each other. Packed with information, EURAXESS covers mobility issues for researchers and entrepreneurs, allows universities and businesses to find the right talent, and connects people, projects and funding. All services of the EURAXESS Network are free of charge.

    EURAXESS 2018 (Credits: OeAD / Maria Unger)
    EURAXESS 2018 (Credits: OeAD / Maria Unger)
    EURAXESS 2018 (Credits: EURAXESS ASEAN)

  • UNIBS-University of Brescia Scholarships for Master Students

    The NEW application for the UNIBS-University of Brescia scholarships for Master Students with a Bachelor or Master degree obtained in non-EU countries (5500 €/year x 2 years) is now accessible via https://www.unibs.it/node/16666 (in Italian) and https://en.unibs.it/education/degree-seeking/scholarships (in English).

    In particular there are up to 15 scholarships for Master degrees in:

    Students can apply to this call until 30th April 2018.

    For application without scholarships foreign students need to visit https://en.unibs.it/ and use the quick links on the right top. The application will be opened soon.

    Students with a GPA higher than 3.2 out of 4 approximately and English proficiency at least corresponding to IELTS=6 or CEFR level B2 are welcomed to apply!

    For further information please contact internationalstudents@unibs.it

  • Another sucessful effort of ASEA-UNINET… now even on youtube

    Another sucessful effort of ASEA-UNINET… now even on youtube

    Indonesia: Of Rice and Water

    Which challenges do smallholder farmers face today?
    Do they want their children to continue farming?

    This short movie presents current challenges and possible future scenarios of farmers in Indonesia and is based on interviews with farmers from selected study sites and experts from partner universities in Indonesia and Thailand. The film was made by Rosana Kral, Axel Mentler, Sebastian Postl and Lorenz Probst – translated by Rizki Maftukhah – supported by the Center for Development Research at BOKU, ASEA-UNINET and the Austrian Development Agency.

    Axel Mentler (co-producer of this video) as well as Katharina Keiblinger (interviewee in the video) have been involved in ASEA-UNINET projects in 2017; Rizki Maftukhah (translation of the video) is an ASEA-UNINET scholarship holder.

    Link to Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/qUsLw3sY3bA

  • Weena Gera, PhD received the 2018 Gro Brundtland Award for Women in Sustainable Development

    We sincerely congratulate our dear colleague Weena Jade Gera, PhD from the University of Philippines Cebu for receiving the 2018 Gro Brundtland Award for Women in Sustainable Development!

    The Gro Brundtland Award is given for exemplary performance in research in sustainable development among female scientists in the developing regions and Taiwan each year.

    Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland is a global leader in promoting sustainable development for the benefit of humanity for more than 30 years. 2014 she was awarded the Tang Prize in Sustainable Development for her innovation, leadership and implementation of sustainable development. With the 3-year project under the agreement of the Tang Prize Foundation, Dr. Brundtland aims to promote the involvement of younger women researchers from developing countries in the issues of sustainable development and equitable health systems: One-week science activity in Taiwan – including plenary sessions, symposiums, panel discussions and exhibitions – about global issues related to sustainable development in public health.

    The award will be given by Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland herself in April during the Gro Brundtland Week from 28 March until 3 April 2018, organised by the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

    Weena Gera greatly contributed to the ASEA-UNINET Sustainability Workshop 2017 both as organizer and expert, by sharing insights, expertise and knowledge on key frameworks of Sustainable Development and creating a specialy tailored workshop for the ASEA-UNINET University Coordinators. Moreover Weena Gera was granted a ASEA-UNINET scholarship for continuing her research activities in Austria. We are very proud to have excellent researchers, such as Mrs. Gera within out network and highly appreciate her continued commitment to ASEA-UNINET initiatives!

  • Prof. Heinz Fassmann appointed as Minister for Education, Science and Research in Austria

    ASEA-UNINET joyfully announces that Prof. Heinz Faßmann (ASEA-UNINET coordinator of the University of Vienna), who has always been wholheartedly engaged in deepening scientific cooperation within ASEA-UNINET, was appointed as Minister for Eduction, Science and Research.

    German: ASEA-UNINET freut sich dass unser Prof. Heinz Faßmann (ASEA-UNINET Koordinator der Universität Wien), der sich immer mit vollem Engagement für die Vertiefung der wissenschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit innerhalb von ASEA-UNINET eingesetzt hat, zum Bundesminister für Bildung und Forschung ernannt wurde.