Lecture Commemorating Yukichi Fukuzawa's Lectures on Wayland's Elements of Political Economy [Challenges and Possibilities of Social Policy] by Kohei Komamura (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)
Event Date
Event Venue
2015/05/14
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Date | Friday, May 15, 2015, from 2:45 p.m. (Doors open at approx. 2:00 p.m.) |
Venue | Mita Enzetsukan (Public Speaking Hall), Mita Campus |
Eligibility | Open to everyone |
Pre-registration | Not required |
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Organizer: Keio University
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Lecture Outline
In the midst of a rapidly advancing super-aging society, widening inequality, and deepening economic globalization, the environment surrounding social policy has changed dramatically in the 21st century. What can social policy do to establish a sustainable social security system and create a stable society? There is a growing need to pursue possibilities that go beyond conventional frameworks. This lecture will consider the new role of social policy.
About the Speaker
[Brief Biography]
1995: Completed coursework for the Doctoral Programs at the Keio University Graduate School of Economics
1993–1995: Researcher, Social Security Research Institute
1996: Researcher, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
1997–2000: Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Surugadai University
2000–2004: Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Toyo University
2002: Visiting Researcher, Research Office of Health, Labour and Welfare, House of Councillors
2005: Professor, Faculty of Economics, Toyo University
2007: Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
[Positions Held]
2009–2012: Advisor, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare,
2010–present: Member, Social Security Council (Chairperson, Public Assistance Standards Subcommittee; Chairperson, Subcommittee on Persons with Disabilities),
2012–2013: Member, National Council on Social Security System Reform, etc.
Major Publications by the Speaker
"Economic Analysis of Pensions and Household Finances" (co-author, Toyo Keizai Inc.), 2000
"Comprehensive Policy for Welfare" (author, Soseisha), 2001
"What Will Happen to Pensions?" (author, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers), 2003
"The Great Poverty Society" (author, Kadokawa SS Communications), 2009
"Social Security Reform of Hope" (co-editor, Kuhosha), 2009
"Minimum Income Security" (co-editor, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers), 2010
"Pensions in Japan" (author, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers), 2014
"The Disappearing Middle Class" (author, KADOKAWA/Kadokawa Magazines), 2015
[Contact]
Administrative Affairs Office, Keio University
Tel: +81-3-5427-1517 (direct)
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