Symposium "Reconsidering Governance"

On May 21, 2013, the Institute of Social Science (ISS), the University of Tokyo, holds an international symposium “Reconsidering Governance” in Hongo Campus.

With three guest speakers, we aim to explore the appropriate form of governance in today’s world as well as the significance of the concept “governance”
in various fields of social science.

“Reconsidering Governance” is an institute-wide, interdisciplinary research project of the ISS, started in April 2010.

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Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Time: 10:00-16:30
Place: Seihoku Gallery, Yayoi Auditorium Annex, The University of Tokyo
Language: English/Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation
available)

Registration: Please register by sending an e-mail titled “registration” to gov[at]iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
Please include your name and affiliation in your e-mail message.
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Speakers:
Mark Bevir (University of California,Berkeley) “A New
Governance: Hierarchies, Markets,and Networks, cc.
1979-2010”
Caroline Andrew (University of Ottawa)
“Using Governance to create genderequitable, diverse and inclusive cities”
John Buchanan (University of Cambridge)
"Corporate governance as a localremedy for an unstable
system: a demonstration from Japan"

Discussants:
Shigeki Uno (Institute of Social Science) Hiroko Takeda (University of Tokyo) Wataru Tanaka (Institute of Social Science)

For more details, please visit our website at:
http://web.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/gov/symposium20130521.html

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Office of the Institute-wide Joint Research Project Institute of Social Science The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
E-mail：gov[at]iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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