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Transdisciplinary Research Cluster on Sustainability Studies @ JNU

Transdisciplinary Research Cluster on Sustainability Studies @ JNU

 

Sustainability Studies


Sustainability has been subjected to many contested meanings since the constitution of Brundtland Commission in 1983, originally meant to emphasize ecological and environmental practices with a perspective of preserving and regenerating natural resources for the benefit of future generations. Recently the term has come to be associated with the relationship between ecological security and social equity. Social science perspectives have contended that sustainability cannot be merely seen in a pure value-neutral scientific terms. It is recognized that the interventions needed to tackle the current ecological and social crisis have to be guided by systemic approaches aiming at changes in the patterns of production and consumption of the developed and developing world. More

 

Projects


South Asia Sustainability Hub & Knowledge Network (SASH&KN)

Urbanization and Sustainability in the Era of Globalization: Emerging Scenarios in South-West National Capital Region (NCR) [under the UPE II Fund, MHRD, Government of India]. More

 

Collaborations


Under the TRCSS, South Asia Sustainability Hub & Knowledge Network (SASH&KN) is established in collaboration with STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

 

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.