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Young Scholars/ Future Leaders 2010 Program
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There is, as it happens, often a significant "generational difference" concerning new thinking about transport policy and practice, and in most places decisions are still taken by those somewhat older professionals and politicians whose training and thinking were largely shaped in the suddenly far distant 20th century.
With this in view, one of our goals in Kaohsiung 2010 is to bring in a select group of young professionals and graduate students, including those already working in the sector as well as those who are advancing their own training and research, in order to help close the significant generation gap in transport policy and practice.
In addition to the usual transport, environment and sustainable transport interests and skills, we are eager to bring in some young people with backgrounds in the behavioral sciences, public health, community relations, the volunteer sector, government and media. This is important since one of the main causes of poor projects and policy in the sector in the past has been precisely because decisions were being taken from a far too narrow perspective and understanding of the fundamental issues and factors for success.
We have over the last months of preparation and international exchanges in support of K2010 found considerable interest among a certain number of motivated young people already working in this sector for a low-budget ("backpack") Young Scholars / Future Leaders program that would enable them to participate in Kaohsiung 2010, by providing a Jason Chang International Fellowship.
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| Jason Chang International Fellows program |
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The Jason Chang International Fellowships were established in the weeks preceding the first international conference of the World Share/Transport Forum, with the generous support of the Kokusai Kogyo Engineering and Consulting Group, Japan.
The Fellowships were founded in order to allow a group of promising young graduate students and professionals working in the field of sustainable transport in cities across the Asia region to come to Kaohsiung and have direct working contact with others facing similar if not identical challenges, the international speakers and other experts taking the lead in the Kaohsiung 2010 World Conference, both as observers and active participants the meeting.
The Fellows are invited to prepare for and join selected Expert Panels in areas in which they already have strong working backgrounds, as well as to prepare working papers for discussion and feedback from the conference organizer. (You can already see the first of these by clicking here - Kaohsiung's New Mobility Agenda .)
Starting on the Monday before the conference a program of site visits and discussions is being organized, to give the Follows an opportunity to see on the street how the host city is working hard to face up to the tough challenges of sustainable transportation at an especially different time in our history. (You will find a background note on Kaohsiung's challenges and projects here.)
More information on the application procedures for the Fellowship follows below.
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| Procedures for 2010 fellowship application and participation |
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Participant requirements:
- Graduate student, activist, early career, or recycling skill set;
- Active and with a record of excellence in advancing the new mobility/sustainable transport/cities agenda;
- Ready to spend the week in Kaohsiung as a careful observer and active participant in the first World Share/Transport conference.
- Full competence in English as a working language.
- Interested in and/or professionally tied to environmental and/or sustainable transport industries;
- Other relevant backgrounds include behavioral sciences, community work, public health, government, and media.
Applications:
The application process consist of (a) a single page identifying the candidate in the usual details, with (b) a brief written recommendation from some senior person known to the organizers, plus (c) a one page note from the candidate outlining why they are interested in such an adventure. And what they might do with what they learn about sharing (and the push for sustainable transport and sustainable cities in Taiwan, China and the Asia region more generally while they are at it).
Short bio note:
As part of the application process we need from each of you, something like 130 crisp words identifying your relevant background and qualifications for participation in this event, along with a line or two on the areas in which you intend to participate. (You will see from the examples that appear here.). We will also need a small picture, so that we will all be able to identify each other. Sharing is, as you now, a very personal way of organizing your life, so might as well start here.
2010 Program dates:
This year's program opens officially in Kaohsiung at noon on Monday the 13th and concludes with the termination of the Kaohsiung Car Free Days main events, at about noon on Sunday the 19th. Accepted Fellows will be informed of the details well in advance.
Fellows are welcome to come early and stay late -- indeed we encourage it -- but these costs must be covered by the Fellow. (See below on per diem.)
Closing dates for 2010 application:
1 September 2010
Scholarships/Participation cost estimates:
It is intended that the Young Scholars/Future Leaders grant will be very modest but adequate to permit full enjoyment and participation in the conference and associated events. They cover as follows:
- Registration: Registration and all event charges to be covered by the organizers and associated sponsors.
- Travel: Please give the project administrator (Rory McMullan) an estimate of least-cost air fare and other necessary transport costs.
- Visa Requirements: We ask you to inform yourselves immediately about this critical aspect of the program. You will find additional information for visa requirements from your country on the website, under Registration/Visa information.
- Accommodations: Fellows will receive a per diem allowance of USD $75.00 for each day of participation, up to the full six days. This will be largely satisfactory to cover local housing and basic meals.
- New Mobility: Public transport passes will be provided by the city, as well as free access to the Kaohsiung City Bike scheme.
Active participation:
- Panels: We shall be inviting each candidate to join the Panel in at least one workshop dealing with an area in which she/he has particular experience or interest. If you study the Program you will see which are the ones for you. Let us hear from you once you are accepted of your preferences for participation.
- Final paper: We would hope to get from each scholarship holder at least one paper or thinkpiece either on specific technical issues in a given area, or more generally a cogitation about the more general role of sharing in the transport sector. Is it a good idea? A bad one? Does sharing in your experience lead to more neighborliness, softer social relations in cities of strangers. Does it only work in certain kinds of countries, settings or cultures? Can we learn anything by looking at all these sharing modes together, or is each so mode-specific, even place-specific individual that there are no broader lessons to conclude or build on. What can a city, country, entrepreneur or public interest group do to make sharing a winning strategy? And finally . . . Is sharing cool, and if so how do we work with that?
Contact:
Please address your application to the 2010 program Chair, Eric Britton. Click here for contact details.
Adminstrative contact: Rory McMullan, Project Admin. Click here for contact details.
Language feedback:
If your main language is other than English, we are asking our fellows to report to us on the quality of the machine translations that we are using in support of this continuing program. We would ask you to take a few minutes and let us have your appreciation concerning the usefulness of the translation into your main language -- and for this we suggest that you inspect what you get for this page. To do that, just look at the top left of this page, and select your target language, examine the results for this page by way of example, and let us hear from you on its usefulness (and limitation). (You may find some useful hints in our page on "Working with machine translations:"
* Click to page 7: Registration forms and procedures - - - >
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