Misa Izuhara
- Reader - BA (Japan), MA (Planning) (UBC, Canada), PhD (Bristol)
- Centre for Urban and Public Policy Research
- Tel: +44 (0)117 954 5576
- Email: M.Izuhara@bristol.ac.uk
Personal profile
Misa Izuhara is the Programme Director of the Doctor of Social Science (Policy Studies) and Reader at the School for Policy Studies. Misa joined the University of Bristol in 1998 after completing her MA at UBC, Canada and PhD at Bristol. She has been undertaking research extensively, both nationally and internationally, in the areas of housing and social change, ageing and intergenerational relations, and comparative policy analysis between the East and the West. Her recent research projects include cross-national comparative research on 'Housing Assets and Intergenerational Dynamics in East Asian Societies' funded by the ESRC. She is the author of Housing, Care and Inheritance (Routledge, 2009) and the Editor of Ageing and Intergenerational Relations: Family reciprocity from a global perspective (The Policy Press, 2010). She is the past Editor of the international journal Policy & Politics (2005-2008).
Dr Izuhara is also the Director of the Centre for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the University of Bristol.
Teaching interests
East Asian social policy, changing families and the state, ageing and inter-generational relations.
Research interests
Housing and urban/social change. Family change and social policy. Ageing and intergenerational relations. Housing assets and inheritance. East Asian social policy. Cross-national comparative studies.
Research projects
Completed
- Housing assets and inter-generational dynamics in East Asian societies (2010)
- A comparative study of women's material assets in Japan and Britain (2006)
- Care and inheritance in Britain and Japan: The younger generation’s perspective (2006)
- Survey of residential homes (2004)
- Monitoring and evaluation of the Choice Based Lettings Pilots (2003)
- Restructuring of the home ownership system: Japan-Great Britain comparison (2002)
- The generational contract between care and inheritance in Britain and Japan (2000)