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International Conference on
Food Security and Justice amid
Geopolitical Challenges in a Polarizing World
6-7 December 2024

Keynote Speaker

Professor Chang Hung-Hao

Distinguished Professor and Chair,
Department of Agricultural Economics,
National Taiwan University

Biography
Hung-Hao Chang received his Ph.D. in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University in 2006. His research focuses on the evaluation of agricultural and environmental policy, farm household, and digital economics in agriculture. He is currently the co-editor of Food Policy and an associated editor of Agribusiness-An International Journal. He was the managing editor of Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, and an associate editor of Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy. Since 2006, he has published more than 100 journal articles in leading journals in agricultural economics and management, including American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Energy Economics, Food Policy, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Strategic Management Journal etc.
Academic Experience
Chair and Distinguished Professor, Dept. Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University
President, Taiwan Association of Input-Output Studies
Commissioner, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission.
Commissioner, Trade Investigation Commission, Ministry of Economics in Taiwan.
Co-Editor, Food Policy
Associate Editor, Agricultural Economics
Managing Editor, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
Board Member, Public Construction Commission
Managing Editor, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
Associate Editor-in-Chief, Fair Trade Quarterly, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission
Associate Editor, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
Associate Editor, Taiwanese Agricultural Economic Journal
Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley

Speakers

(In alphabetical order of surnames)
Dr Joseph Nnaemeka AGBO

Senior Lecturer,
Department of Philosophy and Religion,
Ebonyi State University

Presentation Topic: 
From Hunger to Anger: A Phenomenological Analysis of the Implications of Food Insecurity in Africa

Dr William BIEBUYCK

Associate Professor,
Department of Political Science and International Studies,
Georgia Southern University

Presentation Topic: 
Towards a Hybrid Global Food Ethics: Promises and Limitations

Dr Jonathan o CHIMAKONAM

Professor,
Philosophy Department,
University of Pretoria

Presentation Topic: 
Is there such a thing as Food Injustice? A Philosophical Investigation of the problem of hunger in Africa

Dr KIM Chul-Kyoo

Professor,
Department of Sociology,
Korea University

Presentation Topic:
The Politics of Food Justice in South Korea: Rise and Decline of Seoul Food Plans

Dr KWOK Chi

Assistant Professor,
Department of Government and International Affairs,
Lingnan University 

Presentation Topic: 
Food Delivery Workers and Public Space: Externalization and Spatial Costs in Food Delivery Platforms

Dr Angelo LEUNG

Lecturer,
Department of Social Science,
The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Presentation Topic:
Ground Food Justice on Body Sovereignty: a left-libertarian perspective

Dr Chris LI

Assistant Professor,
Department of Social Science,
The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Presentation Topic: 
When Adam and Karl agree? Structural Tensions in Liberal and Marxian Views of Food System

Dr LIU TONG

Assistant Professor,
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,
National University of Singapore

Presentation Topic: 
The Environment, Climate, Agriculture, and Food Security: An Environmental and Economic Perspective

Dr Ardi PRIKS

Policy Analyst,
European Commission

Presentation Topic:
European Common Agricultural Policy, Food Security and Justice: A Food for Thought

Dr Robin S. Seelan

Associate Professor,
Department of Philosophy,
Loyola College

Presentation Topic: 
Rediscovering and Reclaiming the Triad – Food Justice, Human Dignity, and Democracy- for/of the Poor

Dr Daisy Tam

Associate Professor,
Department of Humanities and Creative Writing,
Hong Kong Baptist University

Presentation Topic: 
Food Rescue and Justice

Dr WONG Muk-Yan

Associate Professor,
Department of Social Science,
The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Presentation Topic: 
Food Insecurity and the Rise of Electoral Authoritarianism