(1) Research Seminar:
The State of Art of Measuring Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK and Japan
Programme
Venue: Meeting Room 4 & 5, IPSS, Tokyo
Time: January 6th, 2012 9:00~17:00
Click on each speaker's name to read a short biography and download their presentation.
9:00-9:15 — Welcome
Dr Nishimura, Director, IPSS
9:15-10:00 — Session 1
Masami Iwata, Japan Women's University:
Poverty and Social Exclusion in Japan —
An Overview from the 1990s and Recent Policy Responses →
10:00-11:30 — Session 2: Inequality in Comparative Context
Danny Dorling, University of Sheffield:
Is Japan more equal than the UK?
Tomoki Nakaya, Ritsumeikan University:
Regional inequality in UK and Japan
11:30-12:00 — Lunch
12:00-13:30 — Session 3: Measuring PSE
David Gordon, University of Bristol:
Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK: The State of the Art
Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York:
Child Poverty and Social Exclusion
13:30-15:00 — Session 4: Comparing Socially Perceived Necessities
Christina Pantazis, University of Bristol:
The Necessities of Life in the UK
Aya Abe, IPSS:
Public Perception of Necessities in Japan
15:00-15:30 — Break
15:30-17:00 — Session 5: Comparing Minimum Income Standards
Abigail Davis, Loughborough University:
Comparing Minimum Income Standards: MIS in the UK
18:00 — Welcome Dinner
岩田正美
1947年生まれ。1971年中央大学大学院経済学研究科修士課程終了。博士(社会福祉学)。現在、日本女子大学教授、2008年より現代女性キャリア研究所所長。ブリストル大学客員研究員(2001-2002)。研究テーマは、貧困と福祉政策、バネル調査と貧困ダイナミックス、ホームレス問題と社会的排除。『戦後社会福祉の展開と大都市最底辺』(ミネルヴァ書房)で第2回社会政策学会学術賞、第4回福武直賞を受賞。社会政策、日本の社会福祉、社会的排除と貧困問題に関する著作が多数ある。
主な業績
Poverty and Social Work: Theory of Public Assistance (in Japanese), with Okabe, T. and Shimizu, K., Yuhikaku (2003)
"Homelessness in Contemporary Japan" Izuhara, M. (eds.) Comparing Social Policies: Exploring new perspectives in Britain and Japan, Policy Press (2003)
"New Poverty and Strategies for 'Social Exclusion'" Uyama, K. and Kobayashi, R. (eds.) Focus of the New Social Welfare (in Japanese), Mitsuokan (2004)
Poverty and Social Exclusion: What Undermine the Social Welfare (in Japanese), with Nishizawa, A., Minerva (2005)
Poverty in Contemporary Japan: Working Poor/ Homeless/ Social Security (in Japanese), Chikuma (2007)
"Social Exclusion and Homelessness" Hirayama, Y. and Ronald, R. (eds.) Housing and Social Transition in Japan, Routledge (2007)
Social Exclusion: Lack of Participation, Uncertain Attribution (in Japanese), Yuhikaku Insight (2008)
Poverty and Social Welfare in Japan (with Akihiko Nishizawa), Trans Pacific Press (2008)
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