2026 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
Empowering the Margins During Conflicts & Environmental Crises

Workshop Dates: 30-31 January 2026
Venue: University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Viet Nam National University, Ho Chi Minh City
In association with Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
Sponsored by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
Two-day Seminar taking place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, examining interdisciplinary themes, policies and approaches to local environmental and social issues. Panels include: Identity; Urban Politics and Citizenship; Religion And Ethnic Identity; Sociocultural Pluralism; Instability and Trauma; Welfare; Environmental Practices; Dispossession and Displacement; Gendered Ecology; Migration; Intersectional Vulnerability; Livelihoods For Women; Women Visionaries in Leadership; Women-Led Education; Environmental Justice; Common-Pool Resources; Anthropogenic Disasters; Educational Leadership; Socio-Ecological Synergies; Linguistic and Ecological Precarity; Gender and Honour Issues; Cultural Capital of Women; Social Suffering; State and Rebel Governance; Youth Liberation; and Pluralistic Health Care.
Read the full schedule of sessions below.
