The 3rd Türkiye-China Academic Cooperation Forum opened in Istanbul on Thursday under the theme "Decision-Making in Times of Crises: Toward Shared Pathways for Cooperation," bringing together scholars and policymakers to strengthen academic ties and develop recommendations on higher education through a partnership involving the Enstitü Sosyal, or Institute Social, Shanghai University, and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.
The program, which includes leading academics and experts from both countries, will address 11 thematic areas ranging from global governance to artificial intelligence and trade to public diplomacy.
In opening remarks, Ipek Coşkun Armağan, general coordinator of the Institute Social, said there is a need for greater representation of non-Western intellectual traditions in global academic discourse.
“The contemporary production of global knowledge continues to be concentrated in certain regions, excluding the intellectual traditions of the East and the Global South,” Armağan said.
“Today’s world expects more from universities and think tanks than just the production of knowledge,” she added.
