Transformations After the Transformation: Central Asia in Focus of Human Geography and Social Sciences
Conference at University of Augsburg, Feb 7-8, 2020
The programme consisted of eighteen lectures covering a broad range of topics from the field of social sciences – human geography, anthropology and economic sciences. Aksana presented her first insights from an explorative field research undertaken in Khatlon region of Tajikistan in November and December 2019. Her research has a focus on agricultural transformations, particularly on the declining cotton production – a strategically important cash crop central to the bioeconomy of Tajikistan. Her preliminary findings point to changing environmental conditions and farmers’ adaptation strategies to such changes.
Michael Spies together with Professor Martin Welp (Eberswalde University of Sustainable Development) presented a participatory method of knowledge mapping for developing strategies of wider adoption and re-establishment of agroforestry systems in Central Asia. Knowledge mapping is inspired by the so-called MARISCO method that will also be utilised for scenario building within the TRANSECT project (https://www.marisco.training/). Key stakeholders’ systemic knowledge is essential for participatory policy and strategy development and offers important lessons for the promotion of sustainable land use in Central Asia and beyond.
More information:
https://www.uni-augsburg.de/en/fakultaet/fai/geo/prof/geohum/news/conference-transformations-after-the-transformation-central-asia-in-focus-of-human-geography-and-social-sciences/
Research Interests
- International Political Economy
- Development Economics
- Environment and Conflict
- Foreign Investment and Labor
- Islam in Post-Communism
- China in Central and South Asia
Curriculum Vitae
Pengshan Pan is a PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. His fields are international political economy and development. His research focuses on international development and political economy, especially in Central and South Asia. In particular, he explores the interlinkages between foreign direct investment, nature and conflict. He is broadly interested in industrial policies in post-communist countries and China's footprint in Eurasia.
Aug 2017 – Current
PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Graduate Certificate: Center for Russian & East European Studies / Asian Studies Center
- Fields: International Political Economy / Development
Aug 2014 – Dec 2016
Master of Science, Economics
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI, USA
Sep 2009 – Jun 2013
Bachelor of Economics, Finance
Sichuan University Chengdu, China
Experience
mid-June /July / August / mid-September 2022
Visiting Fellow, TRANSECT
Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde, Germany
Mar / April /May / June 2022
Research Fellow, OSCE Academy Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Spring 2022
Participant, Economic Research Mentoring Program,
China-Russia Eurasian Studies Center Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Summer 2021
Participant, Virtual Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality
University of Chicago / Hong Kong University of Science and Techology
Summer 2018
Participant, ICPSR Summer Institute, EITM Certificate
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Sep 2017 – Current
Research Assistant, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Sep 2016 - Apr 2017
Research Assistant, La Follette School of Public Affairs Madison, WI, USA
Conference & Seminar Presentations
Fall 2022 / Montreal, Canada & Fall 2021 Seattle, WA, USA, (virtual)
American Political Science Association Conference (APSA)
Spring 2022
Midwest Political Science Association Conference (MPSA)
Chicago, IL, USA
Summer 2022 / Tashkent, Uzbekistan & Fall 2021 Columbus, OH, USA, (virtual)
Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference (CESS)
Spring 2022
Graduate Students in International Political Economy (GSIPE), (virtual)
Summer 2022
Wisconsin Russia Project Workshop
University of Wisconsin–Madison, WI, USA
Summer 2021
Conceptualizing the BRI and its Effects Workshop
University of Toronto, Canada
Summer 2021
Political Science and International Relations Academic Community Conference
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
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