The International Academic Forum (IAFOR)

The International Academic Forum (IAFOR)

IAFOR is a research organisation, conference organiser and publisher dedicated to encouraging interdisciplinary discussion, facilitating intercultural awareness and promoting international exchange.

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    • Who We Are
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      • Academic Governing Board
      • Board of Directors
      • International Academic Advisory Board
      • Publications Committee
      • Staff
    • What We Do
      • Case Studies
    • Why It Matters
    • History
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
      • 2012
      • 2011
      • 2010
      • 2009
    • Partners
    • IAFOR & the SDGs
    • FAQ
    • Pусский (Russian)
    • 中文 (Chinese)
    • IAFORについて (Japanese)
  • Research
    • IAFOR Research Archive
    • IAFOR Research Centre
    • The IAFOR Silk Road Initiative
    • Innovation and Value Initiative
    • IAFOR Research Foundation
  • Publications
    • Journals
    • THINK – The Academic Platform
    • Archived Publications
      • Eye Magazine
      • The IAFOR Academic Review
  • Conferences
    • All Upcoming Conferences
    • Research Areas
      • Education & Language Learning
      • Social Sciences & Sustainability
      • Arts, Humanities, Media & Culture
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      • Europe
      • Middle East
      • North America
    • Special Events
    • Past Events
    • Other Planned Events
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    • IAFOR Documentary Photography Award
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  • RESPONDING
    TO COVID-19
    A MESSAGE FROM THE IAFOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON OUR ACTIVITIES.
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  • ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
    – CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH
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    UPCOMING EVENTS
    Photograph | Yoshimasa Hayashi, Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology from 2017-2018, and Member of the House of Councillors, gave a Keynote Address at IAFOR’s GIVS Summit in Tokyo in which he talked about innovation in education, and preparing for the next generation, or what he termed Society 5.0.
  • RESEARCH &
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    INSPIRING INTERNATIONAL
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    Photograph | Dr Christina M. Kishimoto, Superintendent of the Hawaii State Department of Education, USA, discusses Education and Sustainability at The 4th IAFOR International Conference on Education in Honolulu. Dr Kishimoto is responsible for administering the Hawaii public school system.
  • OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATIONS
    DISSEMINATING THE LATEST INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH TO A GLOBAL ACADEMIC AUDIENCE
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    Photograph | Organised in partnership with the Government of Japan, the Kansai Resilience Forum closed with a Keynote Presentation by world-famous architect Tadao Ando (pictured right), who emphasised the link between art, architecture and resilience, and its impact on communities, and the role each member of a community can play in increasing social resilience.
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    Photograph | Speaking at The 7th European Conference on Education (ECE2019), Russia’s leading public intellectual and proponent of ELT, Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova of Moscow State University, reflects on the development of scholarship in the field, and the changes she has seen in students over her years in education.
  • GRANTS &
    SCHOLARSHIPS
    – NURTURING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ACADEMICS
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    Photograph | Speaking at The 10th Asian Conference on the Social Sciences (ACSS2019) in Tokyo, Associate Professor Eddie Bruce-Jones of the Birkbeck School of Law, University of London, delivers a Keynote Presentation on the history of forced migration, focusing on those brought from South Asia to the Caribbean.
  • VIDEO
    ARCHIVE
    PRESENTATIONS AND INTERVIEWS FROM SOME OF THE WORLD’S LEADING ACADEMICS
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    Photograph | Dr Bernard Charnwut Chan, Executive Council Member of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, gives the opening remarks at The IAFOR Conference for Higher Education Research (CHER2019) in Hong Kong. CHER is held in partnership with Lingnan University, APHERP and CGHE.
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    RECOGNISING AND NURTURING EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOJOURNALISM AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
    Photograph | From the series “Al-Banaat” by IAFOR Documentary Photography Award 2019 Grand Prize Winner, Emilienne Malfatto.
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International, Intercultural, Interdisciplinary

About IAFOR

Founded in 2009, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) is a politically independent non-partisan and non-profit interdisciplinary think tank, conference organiser and publisher dedicated to encouraging interdisciplinary discussion, facilitating intercultural awareness and promoting international exchange, principally through educational interaction and academic research. Based in Japan, its main administrative office is in Nagoya, and its research center is in the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), a graduate school of Osaka University.

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