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Welcome to CAPSTRANS

The Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies (CAPSTRANS) is an Australian Research Council Key Centre for Teaching and Research and a Research strength of the University of Wollongong.

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Universiti Sains Malaysia delegation visit CAPSTRANS

USM visit

CAPSTRANS and Faculty of Arts have recently been involved in a program of collaborative activities under the LEADHER grant program with a small team from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM; which UOW have a signed MOU). LEADHER is the Leadership Development for Higher Education Reform Program, an initiative of the International Association of Universities (UNESCO).The main purpose is for each institution to develop a broad understanding of each other's internationalisation strategies and to promote research linkages, particularly between UOW's research strength CAPSTRANS (Centre for Asia-Pacific Social Transformation Studies) and USM's Social Transformation Research Platform. Read more »

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Capital, Labour and Crisis: implications for the clothing industry in the Asia Pacific

Capital, Labour and Crisis workshop

An international workshop “Capital, Labour and Crisis: implications for the clothing industry in the Asia Pacific” was held at UOW last week.

Scholars from a range of disciplines including several international visitors looked at globalisation and the current crisis in the context of the clothing industry in the Asia Pacific. Read more...

workshop outcome...

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Gender and Occupations and Interventions in the Asia Pacific, 1945-2009 

A recent two-day workshop at UOW featured discussions on a range of social issues from the gendered impacts of small arms and light weapons, Australian women and development in East Timor to a grassroots perspective on the intervention program in the Northern Territory. Read more »

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Membership

To Join CAPSTRANS, download and complete the membership form and email to the CAPSTRANS Director: markmc@uow.edu.au 

PhD Scholarships

Two scholarships are available for PhD research to commence in Autumn Session, 2010

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