Timetable

Speaker/Commentators	Theme
Chair and Host: Prof. Satoru KOBAYASHI
WELCOMING TALK
Prof. Fumiharu MIENO
OPENING TALK
Dr. Decha TANGSEEFA	Border Studies & A Journey to the Unknown
PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Chongwei MA Mr. Ben FAN Dr. Yueping WANG Dr. Yalei ZHAI	Cross-border trade at China-Vietnam borderland: practice of local resident practice at Hekong port (China) Beyond (in)formality: Revealing Chinese banana entrepreneurs’ land control dynamics in northern Laos Transnational Labour Contractor Regime in the China-Myanmar Borderland: Mitigating Hyper-precarity in the Sugar Cane Cutting Industry Exploring the mechanisms behind decision-making in fleeing armed conflict: Evidence from the Myanmar-China border
COMMENTS
Prof. Yasuyuki KONO Prof. Jun HE	Comments on the Presentations of Dr. Chongwei MA and Dr. Yueping WANG Comments on the Presentations of Mr. Ben FAN and Dr. Yalei ZHAI

About the Guest Speaker/Commentator

Chongwei MA
Dr. Chongwei MA is a Professor of Anthropology at the School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University. His research focuses on ethnic development issues in the southwestern border regions of China and ethnographic studies of Southeast Asian countries. He has a special interest in the intersection of anthropology and development studies. Currently, Dr. Ma is concentrating on ethnographic research in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative.

Yueping WANG
Dr. Yueping WANG is vice dean and professor of anthropology at the School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University. Her research interests include spatial studies of borders, borderlands, and transnational migration, refugee issues, cross-border ethnic issues in Southeast Asia and Southwest China, leisure studies in anthropology, and urban anthropology. Currently, Dr. Wang is focused on international comparative research on governance models in multi-ethnic countries.

Jun HE
Dr. Jun HE is a Professor in Human Ecology at the School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University. His research interests lie in global value chain, indigenous knowledge, non-timber forest products, agroforestry and forest governance. His has extensive experience work in Southeast Asia, Napal and North Korea. His publications have appeared in World Development, Land Use Policy, Human Ecology, Forest Policy and Economics, and Development and Change, Journal of Peasant Studies, among others.