[Call for papers] Workshop "Food Security and Social Protection for Vulnerable Groups in the Lower Mekong River Basin"

The University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi and University College Cork (Ireland) will co-organize an international scientific conference on the theme: "Food security and social protection for vulnerable groups in the lower Mekong Region".

The workshop serves as a forum for discussing opportunities, challenges, and solutions in the development and implementation of national and regional policies on food security and nutrition, the transformation of people's livelihoods, and the role of social protection in ensuring food security.

The Conference Organizing Committee cordially invites interested scholars and researchers to submit papers on one of the following topics:

• The current situation and challenges of the nation and region regarding food security and nutrition in the context of climate change and natural resource scarcity (the relationship between water, energy, and food security; political factors affecting food security and nutrition in the lower Mekong River basin);
• Proposals for transforming people's livelihoods, especially vulnerable groups (in rural and urban areas), in the face of food security and nutrition challenges.
• The role of social protection in ensuring food security.
• ASEAN cooperation aims to enhance the social protection and development of vulnerable groups, especially women and children, in the Lower Mekong region in terms of food security and nutrition.

The workshop is scheduled to be held onFebruary 26, 2020in Hanoi.

The organizing committee will receive abstracts of the presentations.Before January 20, 2020.Notifications regarding submission acceptance will be sent on January 22, 2020. Full articles (maximum 10,000 words) should be submitted to the Organizing Committee.before February 20, 2020To submit your paper, please contact Dr. Vu Anh Thu via email:vuanhthu@ussh.edu.vn