Call for Background Papers on Waste Management, Child Obesity & Urban Mobility

The 23^rd ASEF Summer University (ASEFSU23) is a 3-month long interdisciplinary Hackathon journey for young Asians & Europeans on “Liveable Cities for a Sustainable Future”.

Taking place between September and November 2021 (3 programme blocks a 2 weeks each), the Summer University connects young hackers, designers, innovators, urban planners and SDG experts from 51 countries to collaborate & develop urban solutions in three of the most populated countries in ASEM: Bangladesh, India & Pakistan.

ASEF is looking for recognised experts (or groups of experts) to develop background papers on 3 specific issues connected to sustainable urbanisation :

1. Waste Management 
2. Child Obesity 
3. Urban Mobility

These papers aim to provide our non-specialist youth participants a solid knowledge foundation on these 3 topics and their connections with Sustainable Urbanisation in the 51 ASEM Partner Countries.

For each paper, authors will need to select 1 Country (ASEM Partner Country) and 1 City (minimum 200,000 people) within the selected Country.

Topics

Waste Management

1. Waste Management and its links with SDG11 in 1 Asian Country (any ASEM Partner Country in Asia except Bangladesh)
2. Waste Management and its links with SDG11 in 1 European Country (any ASEM Partner Country in Europe)

Read more details here.

Child Obesity

1. Child Obesity and its links with SDG 11 in 1 Asian Country (any ASEM Partner Country in Asia except India)
2. Child Obesity and its links with SDG11 in 1 European Country (any ASEM Partner Country in Europe)

Read more details here.

Urban Mobility

1. Urban Mobility and its links with SDG11 in 1 Asian Country (any ASEM Partner Country in Asia except Pakistan)
2. Urban Mobility and its links with SDG11 in 1 European Country (any ASEM Partner Country in Europe)

Read more details here.

Financial compensation

A financial compensation of SGD 1,000 per paper will be granted.

Eligibility

• Citizen of any of the 51 ASEM Partner countries
• Recognised academic or relevant expertise in the specific topic chosen, preferably with sound knowledge on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their interconnections.
• Expert from any relevant academic discipline with the capacity to develop clear, concise and cross-disciplinary synthesis on the topic.

Application and paper submission timeline

• Application deadline: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
• Result of application: Thursday, 14 October 2021
• Manuscript submission: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
• Revised manuscript submission (if needed): Sunday, 31 October 2021

Application process

• Application should include an updated CV and at least 2 examples of relevant publications

Deadline: Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 23:59 UTC

For any questions, please contact Mr Quentin FAYET from ASEF’s Education Department at asefsu@asef.org.