The Transformation of East Asian Welfare States in the Post Covid19 Era: Challenges, Opportunities and Futures

📌 Conference:The Transformation of East Asian Welfare States in the Post Covid19 Era: Challenges, Opportunities and Futures
⏰Dates: 15~16 March, 2024
East Asian welfare states grapple with challenges amidst societal changes, economic development, and political shifts, including low wages, the prevalence of precarious, atypical employment, escalating housing prices, ultra-low birth rates, and aging and declining populations. Fiscal difficulties thus arise, particularly for pension systems sensitive to demographic changes, and transformation in welfare policies is urgently needed. This conference will bring together scholars in welfare states to explore how East Asian countries respond to these economic, societal, and political changes. Aiming to clarify the fundamental values driving the realization of social justice within states’ welfare structures, the exploration will focus on diverse countries’ responses, transformations in welfare systems, and developmental trends.
🎤Keynote speech on Friday, March 15: “Managing the Rise of Older Adults in Hong Kong: Towards a Community-based Integrated Care and Health Approach in Post-COVID-19 Crisis Era” delivered by Professor Ka Ho Mok
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📢Venues:
Keynote speech: Room 302, Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University
The rest of the conference: Rooms 300 & 302, Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University
🤝Organizers (in alphabetical order):
Global Asia Research Center, National Taiwan University
Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University
Taiwan Social Resilience Research Center, National Taiwan University
🤝Co-organizers (in alphabetical order):
Institute of Policy Studies, Lingnan University
The Centre for Public Policy Research of the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong