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Dear all,
We are pleased to announce a one-day international symposium at Cardiff
University titled 'International Comparison and Collaboration in Medical
Sociology: Research Initiatives, Challenges, and Future Prospects'. This
event is taking place at the School of Social Sciences on Tuesday, 20
August 2019.
Symposium Summary:
Understanding local healthcare resources and practices are essential for
improving people's health and well-being. International comparative
perspectives provide a reference point for identifying
inter-/intra-community variations in healthcare environments and practices,
with international collaboration being a joint responsibility.
This symposium will bring together researchers from the UK, the USA, and
Japan—three countries that have very different welfare systems and
theoretical traditions in medical sociology—to present and discuss their
work and recent relevant trends, based on international comparative studies
and collaborative research initiatives. The symposium will be a basis for
forming a strategic resource for knowledge production and transfer at the
international level, and is open to anyone interested.
We kindly invite you to a post-symposium networking event on the day for
further discussions in a more informal setting.
Programme (a full programme will be made available in July.):
Sessions and topics include:
Session 1: Inter/intra-national variations in health settings
- medicalisation as a global trend and its local variations
- help seeking in different welfare regimes based on a comparative study
of four European countries
Session 2: Cross-national studies by researchers in Japan
- effects of social inequality on health
- social attidudes towards mental illnesses
- self-help/support groups
Session 3: International knowledge/data hubs
- inter-national/university collaborative initiatives including the UNESCO
Chairs Global Health and Education
Speakers:
Dr Martyn Pickersgill, University of Edinburgh, UK
Professor Tatsuya Mima, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Professor Sin Yi Cheung, Cardiff University, UK
Professor Jenny Phillimore, University of Birmingham, UK
Mr Makoto Hiramatsu, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Professor Mari Higuchi, Hokkaido University, Japan
Dr Hiroto Shimizu, Cardiff University, UK; Ryukoku University, Japan
Professor Rie Suzuki, University of Michigan, USA
Professor Hiroshi Yamanaka, Osaka University, Japan
Further information and to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-day-symposium-international-comparison-and-collaboration-in-medical-sociology-registration-63213179321?aff=
Bursaries:
A number of travel bursaries of £50 per person are available for
postgraduate students.
Funding
The work is supported by symposium/workshop grants from the Japan Society
for the Promotion of Science and the Foundation for the Sociology of Health
and Illness.
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Dr Hiroto Shimizu
Visiting Fellow
School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
52 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Postdoctoral Research
Fellow
Graduate School of Sociology, Ryukoku University, Japan
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