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***With apologies for cross-posting***

Online registration is now open (http://bit.ly/2fEwBd7) for the international conference: 

‘DOING’ COMPARATIVE SOCIAL POLICY ANALYSIS IN CHANGING GLOBAL CONTEXT

The question whether welfare states can be classified into distinct types has remained subject to lively debates. Far from a unifying convergence of comparative social policy trends, a more global perspective suggests continued variation and difference, with a multiplicity of forms of globalisations encountered and/or engendered in diverse contexts. To reveal the complexities of national, extra-national and transnational drivers of welfare formation and development under contemporary but diverse conditions, this two-day conference combines papers that understand national social policies in a global context, compare national social policies in a global/multi-level context or explore global ideas and discourses on national social policy. It also includes comparative studies that analyse social policy via developing analytical frameworks that reach across individual world-regions and global actors.

Date/Time: 
December 8th (Friday) 9.15am – 6pm
December 9th (Saturday) 9.00am-6.15pm
 
Venue: 
Paul S. Lam Conference Centre, 3/F, Amenities Building, Lingnan University
 
Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Nicola Yeates, Open University,
Prof. Traute Meyer, University of Southampton
Prof. Pun Ngai, The University of Hong Kong
Prof. Alexandra Kaasch, University of Bielefeld
 
Co-organiser:
The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (http://www.hkcss.org.hk/e/)

Supported by the East Asian Social Policy Research Network, UK Social Policy Association, Indian Social Policy Network, Australian Social Policy Association, Latin American Social Policy Network, and the All African Postgraduate Research Group (University of Sheffield).

Free admission. Limited capacity on a first-come, first-served basis.

Conference rundown:
FRIDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2017:

KEYNOTE 1: Co-producing Social Policy in Changing Global Contexts: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Policy Analysis, Nicola Yeates, The Open University, United Kingdom
 
PANEL 1: SOCIAL POLICY ACTORS IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
(1) Who is Who in Global Social Policy? International Organizations as Producer of Education Ideas, Kerstin Martens, University of Bremen, Germany
(2) Connecting the Dots in the International Aid Regime: The Case of Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI), Tuba Agartan, Providence College, United States and Guillermo Corea, RACI, Argentina
(3) Promoting Well-Being Through Social Services: Hong Kong’s NGO’s Exeperiences in China, Ka Ho Mok, Lingnan University, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
 
PANEL 2: COMPARING SOCIAL POLICIES IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSNATIONAL SOCIAL POLICY PARADIGMS
(1) Social Protection for Migrant Workers in the Developmental Welfare State: The Case of Low Skilled Workers in Korea, Huck-ju Kwon, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
(2) Health Insurance “Universalization” and Global Social Policy - Evidence from Indonesia, Thailand, and Philippines, Mulyadi Sumarto, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
(3) Using Regulatory Theory to Stay In and Move Beyond the National Welfare State, Gaby Ramia, University of Sydney, Australia
(4) Shifting Policy Responses Amongst Transnational Actors to Endemic Youth Unemployment, Ross Fergusson, The Open University, United Kingdom
 
KEYNOTE 2: Different Societies, Same Solutions? A Critical Reflection on ‘Ageing as a Burden’ in China and the European Union, Traute Meyer, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
 
SATURDAY, 9 DECEMBER 2017:
KEYNOTE 3: Joint Session With Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Conference:
(1) Clashing Gender: Vocational Education and the Making of the Young Working Class, Pun Ngai, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
(2) Facets of Global Social Policy, Alexandra Kaasch, University of Bielefeld, Germany
 
PANEL 3: CONCEPTUALISING SOCIAL POLICY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
(1) International Policy Scapes: Rethinking Social Policy Challenges for an Increasingly Complex World, Markus Ketola, Ulster University, Northern Ireland
(2) Values, Welfare States and Social Policy in NECs: Can We Start Connecting the Dots Now?, Joe Devine, University of Bath, United Kingdom and Keerty Nakray, Jindal Global Law School, India
(3) Towards a Gendered Welfare State Typology: A Comparative Analysis of Selected OECD and East Asian Welfare States, Antonios Roumpakis, University of York, United Kingdom and Xinide, University of York, United Kingdom
(4) Selective Multiculturalism and the East Asian Global City Context: The Case of Hong Kong, Narine N. Kerelian, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Gizem Arat, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Lucy P. Jordan, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Jocelyn Lang, Independent Consultant, Singapore
 
PANEL 4: CONNECTING COMPARATIVE AND GLOBAL SOCIAL POLICY ANALYSIS
(1) A Global Discourse in the Making: Revisiting the Productivism, Inequality and Economic Growth Nexus in Greater China and East Asia, Stefan Kühner, Lingnan University, Hong Kong and Nan Yang, University of York, United Kingdom
(2) Interaction Between Globalization and Domestic Health Politics, Young Jun Choi, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
(3) Multidimensional Social Support and Health Services Use in LAMICs: Insights From Community-dwelling Older Ghanaian Adults, Razak Mohammed Gyasi, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
(4) The Role of International Institutions in Shaping the Post-communist Welfare State, Gentian Qeivana, Zhejiang University, China PR
 
PANEL 5: COMPARING SOCIAL POLICIES IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSNATIONAL SOCIAL POLICY PARADIGMS
(1) Social Protection and the Rise of Social Assistance Programmes in Developing Countries: A View from the MENA Region, Rana Jawad, University of Bath, United Kingdom (via Skype Link)
(2) The Political Origins of Conditional Cash Transfers, Ricardo Velázquez Leyer, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
(3) Citizens' Role in the Design of Social Protection and Social Transfer Programmes in Developing Countries, Gbenga Akinlolu Shadare, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
(4) Asset Development Through Savings and Multi-dimensional Poverty, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Fred M. Ssewamala, Washington University in St. Louis, United States and Bilal Malaeb, University of Oxford and University of Southampton, United Kingdom

For inquiries, please contact: Stefan Kühner, [log in to unmask]