Nordic Perspectives - Your Nordic view on Asia

The Icelandic Centre for Asian Studies was formally founded on 16 December 2005 by the University of Akureyri and the University of Iceland. As the name of the Centre suggests, its role is to initiate and coordinate research and education concerning the Asian region. Until the foundation of ASIS, th
http://www.hug.hi.is/page/asiuver

NNC member With Asia as a strategic priority area at Copenhagen Business School the Asia Research Centre (ARC) strives to: * stimulate Asia related research activities at CBS by initiating and supporting high quality research projects. * arrange workshops, international conferences, guest
http://uk.cbs.dk/arc

The Asian Century Research School is envisioned as a “network research school” based on the exchange of teachers, students, and other research resources at a Nordic level to facilitate a much-needed “critical mass” and create synergy amongst scattered Asian Studies environments.
http://www.asiancentury.nu/

The Center for Pacific Asia Studies (CPAS) was established in 1984 to help stimulate general interest in this vital part of the world and to give impetus and focus to academic research into political, economic, social and cultural developments there. CPAS is a part of Stockholm University but it see
http://orient4.orient.su.se/cpas/index.html

The China Autonomy Programme (CAP) at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) was established in 2001 with funding from the Norwegian Development Aid Organisation (NORAD) and is a large research programme focusing on the human rights issues of minorities in China, and in particular the tension
http://www.humanrights.uio.no/english/research/programmes/cap/index.xml

CMI was a pioneer in Asian development research. The current research focus includes issues of poverty, corruption and development aid. Development studies at CMI started with a focus on South Asia. Economists at CMI became involved in macroeconomic planning in Pakistan through Harvard University i
http://www.cmi.no

Co-owner and founding member of NIAS
http://www.ku.dk

The Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies is concerned with those cultures, languages, religions and societies that lie outside Western Europe and North America. The focus is thus on current affairs in the parts of the world where the 21st century's economic and cultural conflicts have b
http://english.tors.ku.dk/

The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) is an independent research institution engaged in research in international affairs. The institute draws up reports and analyses and follows developments in international affairs continuously in order to assess the security and foreign policy si
http://www.diis.dk/sw239.asp

The Graduate School of Contemporary Asian Studies is a multidisciplinary graduate school open to all doctoral canditates in Finland focusing on East and Southeast Asian topics in their research. The School's mission is to offer young doctoral candidates high level postgraduate education, to furnish
http://www.asianet.fi/GSAS/gsas_about.html