The 1st HERA Conference (2014)

General Information

• Theme: Building Research Universities: Balancing Quality and Quantity in the Asian Pacific Region
• Date: 26 January, 2014
• Venue: Hiroshima Garden Place, Hiroshima University, Japan

Invited Presentations

• Prof. Akira Arimoto(Kurashiki Sakuyo University): “Declining Symptom of Academic Productivity in the Japanese Research-University Sector”
• Prof. Futao Huang(Hiroshima University): “Changes in the Academy of Japan’s Research Universities: 1992-2011”
• Prof. Akiyoshi Yonezawa(Nagoya University): “World-Class Research and Education in a Matured Economy: Challenge of Research Universities in Japan”
• Prof. Jung Cheol Shin(Seoul National University): “Research Collaboration across Disciplines in a Research Focused Korean University”
• Prof. Dianfu Chang(Tamkang University): “The Way of Balancing Quantity and Quality to Build Research Universities in Taiwan”
• Prof. Wanhua Ma(Peking University): “Multiple Approaches to Internationalizing Chinese Higher Education”
• Prof. Gerard Postiglione(The University of Hong Kong): “Balancing Quantity and Quality in Hong Kong Higher Education: Having it Both Ways?”
• Prof. Simon Marginson(IoE, University of London): “State, Socialism and the Transformation of Higher Education Systems: A Comparison of China and Russia”
• Prof. Ahmad Nurulazam MD. ZAIN(University of Sains Malaysia): “Challenges of Research Universities in Malaysia”

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