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Speakers

In an era of accelerating change and uncertainty, societies worldwide face growing volatility, disruption, and systemic shocks driven by climate change, technological transformation, digitalization, geopolitical tensions, and economic instability. These challenges expose deep interconnections across social, ecological, cultural, and institutional systems. In response, resilience has emerged as a vital framework for understanding and addressing these complexities across disciplines. This conference invites interdisciplinary contributions from scholars and practitioners to explore how individuals, communities, organizations, and nations navigate uncertainty, respond to disruption, and build resilience across environmental, social, cultural, economic, political, educational, and technological domains, with particular emphasis on linking theoretical insights to practical strategies.

Keynote Speaker

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Prof. Marco Verweij

Professor of Political Science,

Constructor University

Bremen, Germany

  • Global Governance and Public Policy 

  • Climate Change and Environmental Politics 

  • Wicked Problems and Policy Design 

  • Cultural Theory and Social Theory 

  • Political Psychology and Affective Neuroscience 

  • Sustainability and Socio-ecological Systems

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Prof. Stephen B. Page

Associate Professor,

Evans School of Public Policy & Governance

University of Washington, USA

  • Collaborative Governance

  • Public Management

  • Public Leadership

  • Cross-sector Collaboration

  • Public Value Creation

  • Civic Capacity & Strategy

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Prof. Cherng-Tay (James) Hsueh

Professor of Sociology (Retired)
National Taiwan University

Taiwan

  • Social Stratification

  • Sociology of Education

  • Marriage and Family

  • Welfare Demography
     

Invited Speakers

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Prof. Ng Boon Kwee

Associate Professor

Department of Science and Technology Studies
Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia​

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Prof. Sarah Lai-Yin Cheah

Associate Professor

Business School
National University of Singapore, Singapore​

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