International Symposium: Interrogating the Present – Collaborations in the Social Sciences; 11-12 September 2025
Title: International Symposium: Interrogating the Present – Collaborations in the Social Sciences
Dates: 11–12 September 2025
Venue: Krea University, Sri City, India
Organisers: Krea University, ICAS:MP, SOAS University of London, and International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)
In an era marked by profound transformations—ecological crises, technological acceleration, and shifting geopolitical dynamics—there is an urgent need for collaborative, interdisciplinary, and transnational academic engagements. Responding to this need, Krea University (India), the International Centre of Advanced Studies: Metamorphoses of the Political (ICAS:MP), SOAS University of London, and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) propose a two-day workshop aimed at building a sustainable framework for academic partnership.
Each of the participating institutions brings distinctive intellectual resources and commitments.
The workshop aims to bring together scholars and researchers from these institutions to explore possibilities for collaboration and co-created research. It is conceived as a generative space to identify overlapping interests and outline future trajectories for joint research and academic initiatives.
Objectives
- To initiate a structured dialogue between Krea, ICAS:MP, IIAS and SOAS around shared research interests.
- To identify potential areas and formats for academic collaboration, including joint research projects, third-party-funding applications and co-hosted events.
- To discuss and reflect on five key thematic clusters as broad avenues for future collaboration: Urban Futures, Migration and Society, Environment, Theory from the South, and Gender and life cycles.
Structure of each Session
Input Statements shall be max. 10 min long and comprise a brief summary what people are working on and why the theme is important, recent developments, key themes, possibilities for collaboration and ideas for potential joint projects as well as overlaps to other themes. The input statements will be followed by a discussion.

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