Roundtable with Prof. Dai Yonghong and Prof. Wang Zhou from Sichuan University
On Wednesday, December 16, 2015, ISDP hosted a roundtable with Professor Dai Yonghong and Professor Wang Zhou, two representatives from Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, with which ISDP in 2014 formalized cooperation. Professor Dai Yonghong is a former Guest Researcher at ISDP and he is currently Research Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for Myanmar Studies at Sichuan University. Professor Wang Zhou is Deputy Director of Office of Social Science, Sichuan University.
China is faced with the enormous task of lifting 70 million people out of poverty. What lessons can be learned from the Nordic model and welfare state? ISDP Director, Dr. Niklas Swanström, as well as ISDP researchers and staff members, shared their insights.