Peer Reviewed International Conference Papers Presented

paper presented at The European Conference on Education (ECE 2019), as part of Primary & Secondary Education. Birkbeck, University of London & University College London, from Friday, July 19, 2019, to Sunday, July 21, 2019, London, UK.

The Challenges and Opportunities of Tibetan Education in China (2019)

paper presented at the 88th Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Canada 2019, and 53rd Canadian Sociological Association (CSA-SCS) Annual Conference 2019, 7days, 73 associations, 200 events, 8000 people, from June 1- June 7, 2019 at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Mother-tongue in the process of Sustainable Social Structuration (2019)

paper presented as part of round table session of the challenges of approaching a sustainable minority education for the 63rd Annual Conference of Comparative and International Education Society (CIES 2019) at 3:15 pm to 4:45 pm on April 15, CIES from April 13-19, 2019, San Francisco, USA.

Striving for sustainability of Tibetan social-cultural identity: A critical proposal from a private school in China(2019)

paper presented as part of a highlighted session: Rethinking learning sites, communities, and what is educationally valuable in Amdo and Kham Tibetan regions for the 63rd Annual Conference of Comparative and International Education Society (CIES 2019), at 3:15pm to 4:45pm on April 17, 2019, CIES from April 13-19, 2019, San Francisco, USA.

A holistic perspective on the Tibetan village children’s spiritual growth(2018)

paper presented for the Highlighted Session: Education in the Tibetan- Himalayan Region: Social Foundations, at the CIES, March 25-29, 2018, 2017, Mexico City, Mexico. (2017). A Critical Relation of Diversified Education to Social Structuration in Tibetan Society in West China, paper presented for the Challenging Boundaries: New Perspectives, Methods, and Sites for Research on Education in Tibetan Areas in China session at the CIES, March 6-9, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

A Sociological Analysis of Tibetan Preschool Education Issues in China(2016)

paper presented at the 14th International Association of Tibetan Studies, Seminar 19-25 June 2016 Bergen, sponsored by University of Oslo, Norway.

A Sociological Analysis of Language Dilemma in Tibetan Society (2016)

paper presented at the 60th CIES Annual Conference from May 5-10, 2016 in University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Indigenous Social Structuration in Canada: A Critical Lesson from Tibetan History(2016)

paper presented at the 2016 CSA-SCS Annual Conference from May 30– June 3, 2016 in University of Calgary, Canada.

The challenges of language policy implementation in a multicultural urban context in western China: a case study of Tibetan primary school promotion issues in Xining, Qinghai (2015)

paper presented at the 2015 Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning, LPP 2015 Conference from September 18-21, 2015 in the University of Calgary, Canada.

Tibetan language policy issues in China (Jia Luo-2015).

paper presented at the Canadian Sociology Association (CSA) conference from June 1-5, 2015 in the University of Ottawa, Canada.

A sociology of language perspective on the challenges of sustaining mother-tongue in a Tibetan village in China - Jia Luo & Olson, P.(2015)

paper presented for a session on Education in the Maintenance of Heritage Language and Culture. Comparative International Education Society, June 9-13, 2015, Washington DC. USA.

Sociological Problems and Educational Divergence -Jia Luo & Olson, P. (2014)

paper presented as a Distributed Paper for the Research Committees session “Globalization, Development and Culture” at the XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology, July 13-19, 2014, Yokohama, Japan.

Practicing Gesar as oral literacy in empowering Tibetan villagers’ language capacity in ChinaJia, Luo. (2013)

aper presented at the 13th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Sunday 21st July to Saturday 27th July 2013, Ulaanbaatar Mongolia.