***Abstract submission deadline extended to April 15, 2015

The International Academic Forum, in conjunction with its global partners, is pleased to announce the Sixth Asian Conference on the Social Sciences, to be held from June 11 - June 14, 2015, at the Art Center of Kobe.

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ACSS2015 Conference Theme: “Power”

Power as a commodity has challenged the minds of social scientists and philosophers while its exercise has always fascinated historians. From classical thinkers’ works such as Aristotle’s Politka or Machiavelli’s Il Principe through modern figures who manipulate power in the media, like Silvio Berlusconi or Rupert Murdoch, to the vast networks that support major heads of state, power has been a necessity to some or like an aphrodisiac to others. The dynamics of power and its associations with wealth and status now shape the contemporary world more visibly than ever. It is a research challenge to all fields of the social sciences to offer some explanation of its magnetism and its mechanisms. We expect this theme to excite a number of stimulating research paths, and look forward to their outcomes as we gather in Osaka in 2015.

Streams include:

Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Studies and Humanities
Computational Social Science
Cultural and Media Studies
Economics and Management
Education and Social Welfare
Demography, Human Geography & Population Studies
Ethnicity, Difference, Identity
Globalization and Internationalization
Immigration, Refugees, Race, Nation
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender
International Relations & Human Rights
Journalism and Communications
Natural, Environmental and Health Sciences
Politics, Philosophy, Ethics, Consciousness
Psychology & Social Psychology
Research Methodologies, Quantitative and Qualitative
Social History
Social Work
Sociology
Sustainability
Teaching and Learning
Technology and Applied Sciences
Urban Studies

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by April 15 2015.