Pan-Himalayan Communication Research Center
Call For Papers
The 3rd Trans-Himalaya Communication and Social Development Forum in 2025
2025.11.07—2025.11.10
Kathmandu, Nepal
Amid unprecedented global changes, complex international dynamics, and escalating regional conflicts, adopting a global perspective has become vital for shaping neighboring diplomacy and building a community with a shared future. Countries of the Trans-Himalayan region are increasingly highlighting the importance of mutual support and joint progress.
The year 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of China-Nepal diplomatic relations and the 75th anniversary of China-India diplomatic relations. Historically, countries in Trans-Himalayan regions have shared close geographical ties, cultural affinities, and profound traditional friendships. In recent years, under the Belt and Road Initiative, countries in the region have fostered friendly and trust-based relations. However, critical challenges persist, such as climate change, biodiversity conservation, water resource management, poverty alleviation, and security issues. In this era of global turbulence, urgent priorities include strengthening regional communication and governance, proactively addressing complex challenges, and maintaining balance amid tensions.
To explore these challenges, the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Kangba TV (China), in collaboration with Tribhuvan University (Nepal), and Himalaya Television (Nepal), jointly invite scholars to the 3rd Trans-Himalaya Communication and Social Development Forum in Kathmandu, Nepal from November 7th to 10th, 2025. This forum will be centered on the theme of Digital Neighborhoods: Communication and Governance in the Trans-Himalayan Regions; this theme examines the construction of communication networks and governance cooperation among neighboring countries and regions in the digital era. It highlights digital collaboration in cross-border cultural communication, crisis response, and resource management among geographically proximate nations, aiming to advance the practice of a community with a shared future with neighboring countries.
The forum will facilitate interdisciplinary dialogues in journalism and communication, public administration, political science, history, etc. It is dedicated to jointly discussing the neighboring communication mechanisms and building consensus on neighboring governance.
We warmly invite experts, practitioners and young scholars from around the world to participate in this forum!
◆【 Time and Location 】
Time： 2025.11.7 — 2025.11.10
Location：Tribhuvan University, Nepal
◆【 Forum Theme and Main Themes 】
◎ Forum theme
Digital Neighborhoods: Communication and Governance in the Trans-Himalayan Regions.
◎ Main themes
Including but not only limited to the following topics:
·The construction of a community with a shared future with neighboring countries in Trans-Himalayan regions
·Neighboring geopolitical changes and regional security challenges
·Neighboring regional order and cooperative governance
·Neighboring diplomacy and cooperative governance
·Digital Silk Road and neighboring communication
·Neighboring media Industry and media cooperation
·Intercultural communication and ethnic exchange and integration
·Research on neighboring public opinion environment in the Trans-Himalayan regions
·Research on telling the stories of countries in the Trans-Himalayan regions
·Digital communication and rural development
·History of journalism and communication in the Himalayan regions
·Local culture and communication in surrounding regions
·Other related topics
◆【 Call for Paper Requirements 】
◎ Paper and abstract submission deadline: Aug 15th, 2025.
1. The organizing committee will organize experts to review the submitted document after the deadline, and a formal invitation letter will be sent in due time.
2. Participants are invited to author papers or abstracts based on the theme of the forum (both Chinese and English are acceptable) and submit them via email.
3. Submitted papers and abstracts must be original in nature and not be published in other academic forum, proceedings, or journals.
4. The length of the paper can be between 8,000 to 10,000 words（including abstract） while the length of the abstract can be between 2,000-3,000 words.
5. Please indicate the title of the paper/abstract, author’s name, work institution and title, mobile phone number, contact address, postal code, email address and other information when submitting your manuscript.
6. This academic forum has free registration for participants. However, participants are responsible to take care of their own transportation,board and lodge.
7. Manuscripts must include a brief introduction of the author at the end of the article. Chinese manuscripts should follow the submission requirements of Journalism & Communication, and English manuscripts should be formatted and designed in accordance with APA format.
8. Papers and abstracts should be submitted via email. Please keep the manuscript for yourself as it will not be returned. The subject of the email should be marked with “Proposed Topic + Paper/Abstract Title + Name”.
◎ Submission email: fxmlycb@163.com.
◆ 【 Forum Organizer 】
◎ Host
· School of Public Administration, the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
· Kangba TV（China）
· Central Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (Nepal)
· Himalaya television（Nepal）
◎ Organizer
· Sichuan Philosophy and Social Science Key Laboratory of Digital Intelligence and Public Governance, UESTC
· Pan-Himalayan Communication Research Center, UESTC
· Research Center of Digital Culture and Media, UESTC
· Research Center of Regional Public Administration Informatization, UESTC
◎ Academic supporter
· The Chinese Association for History of Journalism and Mass Communication, International communication committee
◆【Contact information of the forum affairs team】
Email Address: fxmlycb@163.com.
Address: No. 2006, Xiyuan Avenue, Gaoxin West District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China,
Post Code: 611731.
Forum contact person：
（China）Ms. Liu: +86 13008665283 ；Ms. Peng：+86 18884270615
（Nepal）Mr. Bidhur Dhakal：+9779845350348，WeChat: dhbidhur
【Review of Past Forum】
【 The 2nd Trans-Himalaya Communication and Social Development Forum in 2024 】
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