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Centre Name:

Centre for Social Change and Trends

Chairperson: 

Asst Prof Dr. Wu Ming Chu

Description of Centre:

 

The Centre for Social Change and Trends (CSCT) is dedicated to the study of social change and the trends which occur before or after the change. Rapid advancement in technology has made social change inevitable. In fact, drastic change has occurred especially in the past few decades, and the momentum of change has been increasing with the tick of time. Consequently, in the context of present day societies, what was past and what is present can only be distinguished by a very thin and fine line. 

This phenomenon has great impact on societal management. Policy makers, economists, businessmen, designers and many others would not be able to make informed decisions if there are no proper studies on the change as well as the trends that are affecting their societies. Change can be damaging as well as rejuvenating. Therefore, studies on change, as well as the trends, are important to ensure that the benefits to be reaped from social change are maximized and the risks minimized.

Research area:

 

  
  • Socio – Economic: Social Mobility, Poverty, Urbanization, Rural Development, Business & Entrepreneurship
  • Politics: Policy Studies, International Relation and Security, Public Governance
  • Education: Education Policies, School system, Life long learning, Early Childhood Education, E-Learning
  • Societal Issues: Marriage, Divorce, Single Parent, Media Impact, Gerontology, Crime and Deviance, Industrial Relations, Migration
  • Culture & religion: Arts, History, Heritage, Civilization Studies, Customs & belief, Religious Issues
  • Race & Ethnicity: Race and Ethnic Relation, Ethnic Identities, Ethnic Socialization, Racial Polarization
  • Gender Issues: Feminism, Gender Inequality, Domestic Violence, Gender Identity, Sexual Harassment
  • Science & Technology: Healthcare, Environment & Pollution, Social Ecology, IT & Communication, Images & Photograph

 

Activities in 2013

Summary of activities 

No.

Date

Event

1

17-19 August 2013

International Conference on Overseas Chinese Studies (ISSCO 8). Palace of Golden HorsesHotel

2

30 August 2013

SPSS Workshop. PC119, FCI, UTAR

3

4 October 2013

Brown Bag Talk: Dressing Style on Campuses of UTAR: Perception towards the Implementation of Dress Code. PC031, UTAR, PJ

4

26 October 2013

Symposium on Youth Power in Nation Transformation. UTAR, PJ.

Highlights of activities  

CSCT co-organized the 8th ISSCO International Conference on 17-18 August 2013 at Palace of Golden Horses Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

The conference was organised jointly by the International Society for the Studies of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) and Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. CSCT was one of the co-organisers of the conference. The theme of the conference is 'Local, Regional, and Transnational Chinese Overseas Reconsidered'. The conference attracted 167 academic papers in English, Mandarin and Malay. Members of CSCT contributed 4 papers in the conference.

 

Symposium on Youth Power in Nation Transformation held at UTAR PJ campus on 26 October 2013

The symposium was organised by the research centres of FCI. CSCT is one of them.  It was open to the public. More than 200 participants attended the one-day symposium. 

There are three sections in the symposium, namely (a) Youth and Economy, (b) Youth and Media/Culture, and (c) Youth and National Unity, with three speakers in each section.

 

 

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