International Conference

Open University

University of Southampton

University of Bielefeld

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Conference Programme: ‘Doing’ comparative social policy analysis in changing global context

Friday, December 8 2017 Registration 8.45-9.15 Official opening 9.15-9.30 Stefan Kühner, Lingnan University, Hong Kong Group Photo Alexandra Kaasch, University of Bielefeld, Germany

Keynote 1: 9.30-10.30 Co-producing Social Policy in Changing Global Contexts: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Policy Analysis Nicola Yeates, The Open University, United Kingdom

Coffee Break 10.30-10.45 Panel 1: 10.45-12.15 Who is Who in Global Social Policy? International Organizations Social Policy as Producer of Education Ideas Actors in Global Kerstin Martens, University of Bremen, Germany Context Connecting the Dots in the International Aid Regime: The Case of Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI) Tuba Agartan, Health Policy and Management Program, Providence College and Guillermo Corea, RACI, United States

Promoting Well-Being Through Social Services: Hong Kong’s NGO’s Exeperiences in China Ka Ho Mok, Lingnan University, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

Lunch 12.15-13.30 Panel 2: 14.15-15.45 Social Protection for Migrant Workers in the Developmental Comparing social Welfare State: The Case of Low Skilled Workers in Korea policies in the Huck-ju Kwon, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea context of transnational Health Insurance “Universalization” and Global Social Policy - social policy Evidence from Indonesia, Thailand, and Philippines paradigms Mulyadi Sumarto, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

Using Regulatory Theory to Stay In and Move Beyond the National Welfare State Gaby Ramia, University of Sydney, Australia

Coffee Break 15.45-16.00 Keynote 2: 16.00-17.00 Sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies (APIAS), Lingnan University: 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

Conference Dinner 18.00-20.00 Lingnan House (Chinese Restaurant) 1/F, Lingnan University Amenities Building, Tuen Mun

Editors: Heejung Chung, University of Kent, UK, Alexandra Kaasch, University of Bielefeld, Germany, and Stefan Kühner, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.lnm

2 Saturday, December 9 2017 Registration 8.45-9.00 Official opening 9.00-9.15 Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Conference Social Transformations in Chinese Societies Annie Chan and Esra Burak Ho, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

Keynote 3: 9.20-11.00 Joint Session With Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Conference: Clashing Gender: Vocational Education and the Making of the Young Working Class Pun Ngai, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Facets of Global Social Policy Alexandra Kaasch, University of Bielefeld, Germany

Coffee Break 11.00-11.15 Panel 3: 11.15-13.00 International Policy Scapes: Rethinking Social Policy Challenges Conceptualising for an Increasingly Complex World Social Policy in a Markus Ketola, Ulster University, Northern Ireland Global Context 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

Towards a Gendered Welfare State Typology: A Comparative Analysis of Selected OECD and East Asian Welfare States Antonios Roumpakis and Xinide, University of York, United Kingdom

Selective Multiculturalism and the East Asian Global City Context: The Case of Hong Kong Narine N. Kerelian, Gizem Arat, Lucy P. Jordan, Jocelyn Lang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Lunch 13.00-14.00 Panel 4: 14.00-15.45 Social Protection and the Rise of Social Assistance Programmes in Comparing Social Developing Countries: A View from the MENA Region Policies in the Rana Jawad, University of Bath, United Kingdom (via Skype Link) Context of Transnational The Political Origins of Conditional Cash Transfers Social Policy Ricardo Velázquez Leyer, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico paradigms Citizens' Role in the Design of Social Protection and Social Transfer Programmes in Developing Countries Gbenga Akinlolu Shadare, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Asset Development Through Savings and Multi-dimensional Poverty Julia Shu-Huah Wang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Coffee Break 15.45-16.00 Panel 5: 16.00-17.45 A Global Discourse in the Making: Revisiting the Productivism, Connecting Inequality and Economic Growth Nexus in Greater China and East Comparative and Asia Global Social Stefan Kühner, Lingnan University, Hong Kong and Nan Yang, University of Policy Analysis York, United Kingdom

Interaction Between Globalization and Domestic Health Politics Young-Jun Choi, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea

How Does Family Structure Affect Health and Psychological Wellbeing in Later Life? Evidence From Community-Dwelling Older Ghanaian Adults Razak Mohammed Gyasi, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

The Role of International Institutions in Shaping the Post- communist Welfare State Gentian Qeivana, Zhejiang University, China PR

Concluding 17.45-18.15 Where next for comparative and global social policy analysis? Discussion Stefan Kühner, Lingnan University, Hong Kong Alexandra Kaasch, University of Bielefeld, Germany

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