※會議名稱：

International Comparative Welfare and Poverty Research Conference

國際比較福利與貧窮研究會議

※會議主辦單位：

Co-Hosted by Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University, and the Center for Research on Child and Adolescent Poverty, Tokyo Metropolitan University

共同主辦單位: 國立臺灣大學社會工作學系與日本東京都立大學兒童與青少年民窮研究中心

※會議內容：

The United Nations has established "No Poverty" as the top Sustainable Development Goal. How to measure poverty, how social welfare policies can reduce poverty, and how to improve wellbeing have been important topics for researchers and policymakers to address. This conference aims to bring together leading scholars in the fields of poverty and social welfare to share their latest research.

Tentative Featured Speakers and Topics

·  Aya Abe, Tokyo Metropolitan University ─ “The Child Poverty Database Project in Japan”

·  Inhoe Ku, Seoul National University ─ “Older People Poverty in Three Dimensions: Income, Consumption, and Wealth”

·  Irene Y.H. Ng, National University of Singapore ─ “Attention Poverty among the Income Poor”

·  Chi-Fang Wu, University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign ─ “Multiple Program Participation in the US”

·  Ji Young Kang, Chungnam National University ─ “Work Incentives of UI and Welfare Systems in East Asian Countries ”

·  Yu-Chih-Chen, the University of Hong Kong ─ “Financial Capability: Theoretical Testing and Implications for Health and Economic Well-being in Later Life”

·  Chenhong Peng, The University of Hong Kong ─ “Welfare Stigma in Hong Kong”

·  Xi Zhao, Renmin University of China ─ “Subnational Variation of Social Safety Net in Urban China Using a Model Family Approach”

·  Scholars in Taiwan: Julia Shu-Huah Wang, National Taiwan University, Yeun-wen Ku, National Taiwan University, Pei-Yuen Tsai, National Chengchi University, Chung-Yang Yeh, Soochow University, and Wei-Cheng Liu from Taiwan Social Welfare League

※會議資訊：

Date: April 14, 2023 (Friday) 

Time: 9:00am-6:00pm

Location: Liang Kuo Shu International Conference Hall of National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (台大社科院梁國樹國際會議廳)

Language: English (全英文會議)

※會議報名連結：

Registration link: https://forms.gle/12k7iLdPKABo6CbU7   

Please register by April 6, 2023.

Lunch will be provided for registered participants.

請於4月6日前線上報名，會議將提供午餐給報名者。

Please contact Ms. Cheng (yuyucheng@ntu.edu.tw) if you have questions related to the conference.

This conference is supported by research grants from Taiwan National Science and Technology Council (111-2628-H-002-020-; PI: Dr. Julia Shu-Huah Wang) and Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JP22H05097, JP22H05098; PI: Professor Aya Abe)