International Conference “Health Policy and Politics in Diversifying Societies: Asian and Global Issues”

 Ritsumeikan University’s Institute of Human Sciences (IHS) will host a conference on “Health Policy and Politics in Asia’s Diversifying Societies” in cooperation with the International Political Science Association’s Research Committee on Comparative Health Policy (IPSA RC25) and Ritsumeikan University’s Institution of International Relation and Area Studies(IIRAS). The conference aims to strengthen collaboration and communication among social scientists in Asia and across the world.
The conference requires pre-registration and seating is limited. If you would like to participate in it, please e-mail your profile to mestra.transis@gmail.com by 15th November.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to mail mestra.transis@gmail.com.

  • “”Date”:28,29/11/2014
  • “”Venue”:Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Kinugasa Campus, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan

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Program

“”28 November” 9:00-17:15
09:00 Opening Remarks
09:15 Session 1: Health Care Access in Diversifying Populations
11:15 Session 2: Diversity, Politics, and Health Care
12:45 Lunch (60 minutes) and poster presentations
13:45 Session 3: Global and International Politics on Health
15:45 Session 4: Reform and Policy Development in Health and Long-Term Care (I)
“”29 November” 9:00-12:45
09:00 Session 5: Central & Local Policy Making in Health Care
11:00 Session 6: Reform & Policy Development in Health and Long-Term Care (II)
12:30-12:45 Concluding Remarks

Organizing Committee

  • Chair: Ryozo Matsuda (Director, IHS, Ritsumeikan University)
  • Kieke G.H. Okma (Chair of IPSA RC 25, Catholic University, Leuven)
  • James Warner Björkman (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague)

Advisory Board

  • John Creighton Campbell (Tokyo University),
  • Theodore R. Marmor (Yale University),
  • Toshitaka Nakahara (Kyoto University),
  • Saime Ozcurumez (Bilkent University),
  • Ken Shadlen (London School of Economics and Political Science),
  • Nobuaki Takahashi (Institute of International Relations and Area Studies, Ritsumeikan University)
  • Venkat Raman (Delhi University)
  • Jeni Vaitsman (Brazil School of Public Health)

Access

Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Kinugasa Campus, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
View this map in a larger sizeFrom JR or Kintetsu Kyoto Station: City Bus No.50
From Nijo JR or Subway Station: City Bus No.15 or 55
From Kitaoji Subway Station: City Bus No.204 or 205
From Keihan Sanjo Station: City Bus No.15 or 59
From Hankyu Karasuma Station: City Bus No.51 or 55
From Hankyu Saiin Station: City Bus No.205
From JR Enmachi Station: City Bus No.15, 204 or 205
Contact
mestra.transis@gmail.comSupported by:

International Political Science Association’s Research Committee on Comparative Health Policy (IPSA RC25)
Institute of International Relations and Area Studies
JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number (26285140)
Translational Studies for Inclusive Society Project, IHS (MEXT-Supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities)
Ritsumeikan University Program for Promotion of International Research

* Further information will be updated on this page.


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Ritsumeikan Journal of Human Sciences

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