About NIAS

What is NIAS?

NIAS - the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies - is an academically independent Nordic research and resource center, focusing on modern Asia from a predominantly social sciences perspective. NIAS is an integrated part of the University of Copenhagen with the status of a centre under the Department of Political Science.

Nordic Focus

The study of Asia in the Nordic region is fragmented across many, relatively small, research environments. Therefore collaboration at a regional level is needed to ensure that support, networks and opportunities exist for scholars and students active in Asian studies in the Nordic region. Through the Nordic NIAS Council (NNC), in which leading Nordic universities and research institutions participate, NIAS organizes a well-functioning institutionalized cooperation that strengthens collaboration in the Nordic countries.

Nordic NIAS Council - NNC

Presently 26 Nordic universities and research institutions in all five Nordic countries make up the Nordic NIAS Council, a body that actively works to support and strengthen Asian studies in the Nordic region.
 
The aims of the NNC are
The aims of the NNC are to further Nordic Asian studies by pooling resources and establishing mutual cooperation in developing research, as well as and the organization of conferences, seminars and Asia relevant education, in the Nordic region. In particular, it works:

• To promote synergy between the activities at the NNC member institutions and NIAS.
• To focus on cultural and social transformations in modern Asia, both in their wider context and in a historical perspective, and to promote cross-disciplinary studies on political, economic, and business affairs.

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