(2) Public Symposium:
Is Japan an Equal Society? Policies against Poverty and Social Exclusion
Programme
What is Social Exclusion?
Lessons from the UK, Hopes for Japan
Venue: North Hall, Keio University, Tokyo
Time: January 7th, 2012 13:00～17:15
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13.00 — Opening Words
Dr Nishimura, Director, IPSS
13.15 — Keynote Speeches
David Gordon, University of Bristol:
Poverty and Social Exclusion Policies in the UK
15.00 — Break
15.15 — Panel Discussion
Moderator: Aya Abe, NIPSSR →
David Gordon, Bristol University
Makoto Yuasa, Social Exclusion Unit Japan
Jonathan Bradshaw, York University
Christina Pantazis, Bristol University
Kohei Komamura, Keio University
Masami Iwata, Japan Women's University
Toshiaki Tachibanaki, Doshisha University
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17.15 — Close
Aya Abe
Aya K. Abe is the director of the Department of Empirical Social Security Research, the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (NIPSSR). She studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and received an MA and a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Her main field of research is poverty, social exclusion, social security and public assistance. She is one of the leading researchers on poverty and inequality in Japan, especially with regard to children. She was awarded the Avon Award for Women in 2009, and the Nikkei Economic Literature Award in 2008 for her co-authored book Seikatu Hogo no Keizai Bunseki (Economics of Public Assistance, Tokyo University Press, 2008). She serves on numerous government committees. She was part of the Japanese research team for the project Political and Social Economy of Care (2006-2009), an international comparative research for The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development ( UNRISD). She is also a key research participant for "The National Survey on Social Security", "The Research on the Poverty and Inequality and Effects of Poverty Alleviation Policy" and "Research on National Minimum Standards of Health and Social Services".
Selected Recent Publications
"Social Exclusion in Contemporary Japan" Fukuhara, H. (eds.) Social Exclusion-Inclusion and Social Policy (Issues and Challenges of New Social Policy Series) (In Japanese), Horitsubunkasha (2007)
Child Poverty: Rethinking Fairness in Japan (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten (2008)
Economics of Public Assistance (in Japanese) with S. Kunieda, W.Suzuki and M.Hayashi, Tokyo University Press (2008)
"Deprivation and Earlier Disadvantages in Japan" Journal of Social Science Japan, Vol.13, No.1 (2010)
"The Changing Shape of the Care Diamond: The Case of Child and Elderly Care in Japan", Gender and Development Programme Paper No.9, UNRISD (2010)
"Poverty and Deprivation in Young and Old: A Comparative Study of Australia and Japan" (with Peter Saunders) Poverty and Public Policy, Vol.2, Issue 1, Article 5 (2010)
"The Myth of Egalitarian Society: Poverty and Social Exclusion in Japan" Saunders, Peter and Sainsbury, Roy (eds.) Social Security, Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rich and Poorer Countries, pp.175-199, Mortsel: Intersentia Publishing (2011)
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