Conference Tracks of WSTI2018
WSTI2018 invites submission of full paper from recent research in various fields and backgrounds. Detail about submission are as follows:
International Conference on Humanities, Management, Business, Leadership and Social Sciences (i-HuMBLeSS 2018)
Theme 1: Social and Community Studies
On disciplinary and interdisciplinary practices in the study of the social.
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Theme 2: Civic and Political Studies
On the processes of governance and nature of citizenship.
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Theme 3: Cultural Studies
On disciplinary and interdisciplinary practices in the study of human cultures and cultural interactions.
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Theme 4: Global Studies
On the dynamics of globalization and the transformation of the local.
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Theme 5: Environmental Studies
On the connections between human and natural environments.
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Theme 6: Organizational Studies
On the social dynamics of public, community and privately owned organizations.
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Theme 7: Educational Studies
On learning about the social and social learning.
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Theme 8: Communication
On the representation and communication of human meanings.
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On disciplinary and interdisciplinary practices in the study of the social.
- Sociology: concepts and practices
- Geographical perspectives on spaces and flows
- What are the behavioral sciences?
- Psychology of the social
- Where mind meets world: cognitive science as interdisciplinary practice
- Economics as social science
- Sociology and history: the dynamics of synchrony and diachrony
- Philosophy’s place in the social sciences
- Social welfare studies as interdisciplinary practice
- Health in community
- Horizons of interest: agenda setting in the social sciences
- Research and knowledge in action: the applied social sciences
- Social sciences for the professions
- Social sciences for social welfare
- Accounting for inequalities: poverty and exclusion
- Social breakdown: dysfunction, crime, conflict, violence
- Social sciences addressing social crisis points
- Technologies in and for the social
- Economics, politics and their social effects: investment, ownership, risk, productivity, competition, regulation and deregulation, public accountability, stakeholders, trust, worklife, resource distribution, consumption, wellbeing, living standards
- Commonalities, differences and relationships between the social and the natural sciences: research methodologies, professional practices and ethical positions
- Research methodologies involving ‘human subjects’
- The social sciences in the applied sciences and professions: engineering, architecture, planning, computing, tourism, law, health
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- Sociology
- Geography
- Psychology
- Cognitive Science
- Economics
- History
- Social Welfare
- Inequality
- Technology
Theme 2: Civic and Political Studies
On the processes of governance and nature of citizenship.
- Political science as disciplinary practice
- Investigating public policy
- Law as a social science
- Criminology as social science
- Public health
- Social sciences in the service of social policy: risks and rewards
- Social transformations: structure and agency in social dynamics
- Accounting for the dynamics of citizenship, participation and inclusion
- Trust, social capital, social cohesion and social welfare
- Politics in, and of, the social sciences
- Interdisciplinary perspectives on politics, public policy, governance, citizenship and nationality
- Security and insecurity, conflict and cohesion, war and peace, terror and anti-terror
- The neo-liberal state and its critics
- Policy measures: assessing social need and social effectiveness
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- Political Science
- Public Policy
- Social Policy
- Law
- Civics
- Citizenship
- Governance
Theme 3: Cultural Studies
On disciplinary and interdisciplinary practices in the study of human cultures and cultural interactions.
- Of human lifeways: anthropology in its contexts
- Of human lifecourses: family, childhood, youth, parenting and aging
- Of human origins: paleontology, primate evolution, physical anthropology
- Ethnographic methods
- Social meanings: language, linguistics, discourse, text
- Cultural studies as a constitutive field
- Social science stances: modernism and postmodernism; structuralism and poststructuralism
- Where humanities and social sciences meet
- Social structure and human culture: the sociological and the anthropological
- Interdisciplinary perspectives on human differences
- Identities in social science: generational, gender, sexuality, ethnic, diasporic
- Perspectives on, and voices of, difference: multiculturalism and feminism
- Religion and the human sciences
- Health, wellbeing and culture
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- Anthropology
- Ethnography
- Language
- Linguistics
- Cultural Studies
- Humanities
- Social Structure
- Culture
- Identities
Theme 4: Global Studies
On the dynamics of globalization and the transformation of the local.
- Global flows
- Global security
- Human movement: migration, refugees, undocumented migrants
- The dynamics of globalization, diaspora and diversity
- Globalized economics: inequalities, development, ‘free’ and ‘fair’ trade
- Developed and developing worlds
- Inequalities in international perspective
- Poverty and global justice
- Human rights in global perspective
- The local and the global
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- Globalization
- Migration
- Inequality
- Human Rights
Theme 5: Environmental Studies
On the connections between human and natural environments.
- The natural and the social: interdisciplinary studies
- Human environments
- Sustainability as a focus of interdisciplinary study
- What are applied sciences?
- Health and the environment
- People, place and time: human demography
- Environmental governance: consumption, waste, economic ‘externalities’, sustainability, environmental equity
- Human interests in the natural sciences: the politics of the environment
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- Environmental Science
- Human Environments
- Sustainability
- Applied Sciences
- Demography
Theme 6: Organizational Studies
On the social dynamics of public, community and privately owned organizations.
- Management as social science
- Culture in organizations
- Technology and work
- The social dynamics of organizations
- Human resource management
- Workers’ rights
- Corporate governance
- Organizational and social sustainability
- Corporate social responsibility
- Knowledge ecologies: embedded knowledge in the organizational setting
- Tacit and explicit knowledge
- Private and public knowledge
- Scenario building and futures forecasting
- Organizational change
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- Management
- Organizational Culture
- Technology
- Work
- Organizational Sustainability
- Corporate Governance
- Organizational Knowledge
- Organizational Change
Theme 7: Educational Studies
On learning about the social and social learning.
- Education as a social science
- The learning sciences as an interdisciplinary endeavor
- Action research: the logistics and ethics of interventionary social science
- Teaching and learning the social studies
- History teaching and learning
- Economics teaching and learning
- Geography teaching and learning
- Technology in learning and learning about technology
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- Education
- Social Studies Pedagogy
- Economics Pedagogy
- History Pedagogy
- Geography Pedagogy
- Technology Studies
Theme 8: Communication
On the representation and communication of human meanings.
- Media studies as social science
- Communications as a social science
- Information and communications technologies
- The social web: the internet in its social context
- Human-computer interactions
- Literacies as a social learning experience
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- Media Studies
- Communication Studies
- Information Technologies
- Communications Technologies
- Internet
- Literacies
International Conference on Best Educational and Teaching Practices (i-BEAT 2018)
THEME 1: Teaching Methodology
THEME 2: Educational Management
THEME 3: Assessment and Evaluation
THEME 4: Classroom Management
THEME 5: Online Learning
THEME 6: Innovation in Teaching
THEME 7: Training of Trainers
THEME 8: Professional Develeopment
THEME 9: Lifelong Learning
THEME 2: Educational Management
THEME 3: Assessment and Evaluation
THEME 4: Classroom Management
THEME 5: Online Learning
THEME 6: Innovation in Teaching
THEME 7: Training of Trainers
THEME 8: Professional Develeopment
THEME 9: Lifelong Learning
Organised by:
Malaysia Social Sciences and Technology Association (MaSSTA)
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