We are delighted to invite you to the University of Zurich lecture series in April hosted by China Crossroads. Lena Kaufmann, an Anthropologist of China, Senior Researcher, and Lecturer at the University of Zurich, will delve into the rural aspects of migration and explore the knowledge and agency of farmers. Additionally, Daniel Kübler, Professor of Democracy and Public Governance and Co-Director of the Center for Democracy Studies, will share insights from the latest "World of Referendums" report and discuss the economic, societal, and political impact of direct democracy.
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University of Zurich Lecture Series
Rural-Urban Migration
and Agro-Technological Change
in Post-Reform China
Speaker
Lena Kaufmann
Anthropologist of China, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, University of Zurich
Lena Kaufmann is Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Zurich and an incoming SNSF Ambizione Fellow at the University of Fribourg. Trained as a Social Anthropologist and Sinologist in Berlin, Rome, and Shanghai, her research foci include migration, rural-urban relations, agro-technological transformation, as well as Swiss-Chinese entanglements in digital infrastructures. She is the author of Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China (2021) and the spokesperson of the Regional Group China(s) of the German Anthropological Association.
April 1, 2024
19:30 - 21:00 China Time
Swissnex in China Office
22F, Building A
Far East International Plaza,
319 XianXia Road, Shanghai
Cost: 150 RMB
The first 10 registrations through Swissnex in China get free access!
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University of Zurich Lecture Series
The State of (Direct) Democracy Globally:
A Perspective from Switzerland
Speaker
Daniel Kübler
Professor of Democracy and Public Governance, Co-Director of the Center for Democracy Studies, University of Zurich
Daniel Kübler, born in 1969, is a Professor at the Department of Political Science and co-directs the Centre for Democracy Studies at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He studied Political Science at the University of Lausanne, where he also obtained his PhD. He has held visiting positions at the University of Constance, the University of New South Wales, the University of Canberra, as well as at Sciences Po Paris. His research interests include direct democracy and citizen participation, local and urban politics and governance, as well as public policy analysis and evaluation.
China Crossroads: The State of (Direct) Democracy Globally: A Perspective from Switzerland
April 2, 2024
19:30 - 21:00 China Time
Swissnex in China Office
22F, Building A
Far East International Plaza,
319 XianXia Road, Shanghai
Cost: 150 RMB
The first 10 registrations through Swissnex in China get free access!
China Crossroads hosts talks on all topics related to China, including business, foreign policy, and other areas as they relate to China, the idea being that China is both already a “crossroads” of the world and itself at a “crossroads” in terms of its future global influence. For more information, contact Frank Tsai at editor@shanghai-review.org.
