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3.  Programmes



                 Mr. Rafal Smoczynski                                                   (August 2016)


                 Researcher, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of

                 Sciences, Poland


                Rafal Smoczynski is a sociologist, researcher at Institute of Philosophy and
                Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He enhanced his knowledge in the
                field of social sciences during funded research projects and fellowships most

                notably at London School of Economics, University of Manchester, Monash
                University, University of Vienna, Seoul National University, Max Planck Institute

                for Social Anthropology. His research interest focuses on sociology of religion,
                classic and late modern social theory, sociology of markets. He published with

                e.g., the Oxford University Press, de Gruyter, Czech Sociological Review,
                Ashgate. He acted as a visiting lecturer at e.g., the Hungarian Academy of

                Sciences, Czech Academy of Sciences, Romanian Academy, Northumbria
                University, Seoul National University.



                 Prof. Nora Lan-hung Chiang                                       (Novemeber 2016)


                 Professor Emerita in Geography, National Taiwan University, Taiwan


                                         Prof. Chiang is Professor  Emerita of Geography, and
                                         formerly, Associate Dean in the College of Science at

                                         National Taiwan University. Her recent research has been
                                         published in many well-recognized international journals

                                         on the subjects of transnational migration, feminist
                                         geography, sustainable tourism, and urban and regional

                                         development in China. She has published close to 140
                                         papers and seven special issues and books: The
                                         Challenges of Globalization: Cultures in Transition in the

                Pacific-Asia Region (2006), a special issue for the Journal of Geographical
                Science on Asian Women: Gender, Migration, and Work (2010), a special issue

                for The China Review on Chinese Migrants and Circular Mobility (2011),
                Immigrant Adaptation in Multi-Ethnic Societies: Canada, Taiwan, and the United

                States (2013) with Eric Fong and Nancy Denton, a theme issue for the Journal of
                Population Studies on Taiwanese Migrants (2013), Contemporary Issues in




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