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Asia Democracy Research Network Ninth Workshop

Events | 2019-04-03

East Asia Institute (EAI) organized and hosted the Asia Democracy Research Network (ADRN) Ninth Workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 3-4, 2019. During their joint workshop with the Asia Democracy Network (ADN), ADRN members presented their major research findings and exchanged ideas on how to strengthen cooperation between ADRN and ADN. Furthermore, ADRN held discussions on ways to translate democracy research findings into effective policy initiatives for building civil society. During the workshop, ADRN selected "the Politicization of Judicial Institutions in Asia" and "Social Media and Democracy" as research topics for the 2018-2019 project.

ADRN was launched in 2013 under EAI’s leadership in order to analyze challenges against democracy in Asia and promote cooperation on pragmatic research projects that can contribute to democracy promotion and consolidation in the region. Democracy-related research think tanks from fourteen Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand are participating in this network. EAI is currently serving as a secretariat of the ADRN.

Program

2019. 4. 3

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m	ADN-ADRN Joint Session1 Sharing Experiences, Strengthening Solidarity Moderator: Sook Jong Lee, Co-representative, Asia Democracy Research Network and East Asia Institute (South Korea) Introduction of ADN and ADRN: Ichal Supriadi, Secretary General, Asia Democracy Network Major research findings: Kaustuv Bandyopadhyay, Co-Representative, Asia Democracy Research Network and Society for Participatory Research in Asia (India) on Shrinking Civic Space Thawilwadee Bureekul, Director of Research and Development Office, King Prajadhipok’s Institute (Thailand) on Gender Equality Sook Jong Lee, Co-representative, Asia Democracy Research Network and East Asia Institute (South Korea) on Corruption Chin-en Wu, Associate Research Fellow, Academia Sinica (Taiwan) on Populism
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.	ADN-ADRN Joint Session2 Going Forward Together Moderator: Ichal Supriadi, Secretary General, Asia Democracy Network Designated discussants: Sri Nuryanti, Head of Publication and Research Documentation, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Indonesia) Aira Azhari, Senior Executive, Democracy and Governance Unit, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Malaysia) Adiyasuren Jamiyandagva, Executive Director, Academy of Political Education (Mongolia) Pradip Pariyar, Executive Chairperson, Samata Foundation (Nepal) Myat Thu, Chairperson, Yangon School of Political Science (Myanmar)
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	ADN-ADRN Joint Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	ADRN Workshop Session 1 Strategic Discussion on Strengthening Policy Impact Moderator: Kaustuv Bandyopadhyay, Society for Participatory Research in Asia (India) Benchmarking cases: Marilou Ibanez, Executive Director, INCITEGov (Philippines) Rehana Mohammed, Analyst, Verite Research (Sri Lanka) Maiko Ichihara, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law and School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University (Japan) Ya-wei Chou, Program officer, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (Taiwan) Khine Win, Director, Sandhi Governance Institute (Myanmar)
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.	Coffee Break
4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.	Pre-Dinner Discussion Future of Democracy in Malaysia

2019. 4. 4

9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m

ADRN Workshop Session 2
Research: Next Research Querstions

Moderator:
Thawilwadee Bureekul, Director of Research and Development Office, King Prajadhipok’s Institute (Thailand)

Presenters:
Chin-en Wu, Associate Research Fellow, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
Sook Jong Lee, Co-representative, Asia Democracy Research Network and East Asia Institute (South Korea)
Ian Jayson Hecita, Program Manager, Jess M. Robredo Institute of Governance (Philippines)
Maiko Ichihara, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law and School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University (Japan)
Pasan Jayasinghe, Researcher, Center for Policy Alternatives (Sri Lanka)

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

ADRN Workshop Session3
Housekeeping/Administration

Moderator:
East Asia Institute, ADRN Secretariat