(1) Research Seminar:
The State of Art of Measuring Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK and Japan

 

Programme

Venue: Meeting Room 4 & 5, IPSS, Tokyo
Time: January 6th, 2012 9:00~17:00

Click on each speaker's name to read a short biography and download their presentation.

9:00-9:15 — Welcome
Dr Nishimura, Director, IPSS

9:15-10:00 — Session 1
Masami Iwata, Japan Women's University:
Poverty and Social Exclusion in Japan —
An Overview from the 1990s and Recent Policy Responses

10:00-11:30 — Session 2: Inequality in Comparative Context
Danny Dorling, University of Sheffield:
Is Japan more equal than the UK?

Tomoki Nakaya, Ritsumeikan University:
Regional inequality in UK and Japan

11:30-12:00 — Lunch

12:00-13:30 — Session 3: Measuring PSE
David Gordon, University of Bristol:
Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK: The State of the Art

Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York:
Child Poverty and Social Exclusion

13:30-15:00 — Session 4: Comparing Socially Perceived Necessities
Christina Pantazis, University of Bristol:
The Necessities of Life in the UK

Aya Abe, IPSS:
Public Perception of Necessities in Japan

15:00-15:30 — Break

15:30-17:00 — Session 5: Comparing Minimum Income Standards
Abigail Davis, Loughborough University:
Comparing Minimum Income Standards: MIS in the UK

Atsuhiro Yamada, Keio University & Yuka Uzuki, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology in Japan
Applying MIS (Minimum Income Standard) in Japan

18:00 — Welcome Dinner

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中谷友樹 

1970年生まれ。92年東京都立大学理学部地理学部卒業、1997年同大学大学院理学研究科地理学専攻博士課程修了。現在、立命館大学文学部地理学教授、立命館大学歴史都市防災研究センター幹事。GIS(地理情報システム)と空間分析を駆使した分析的地理学(医学地理学、認知地図、人口学的モデリング、行動論的モデリングなど)が専門分野。2010年10月第68回日本公衆衛生学会総会優秀演題賞を受賞 (埴淵知哉・村田千代栄と共同)。2012年より日本学術振興会の科学研究費補助金基盤研究(B)『地理的剥奪指標に基づく近隣健康格差の分析』に従事。


主な業績

Health GIS (in Japanese) with Tanimura, S., Nihei, N. and Horikoshi, Y., Kokon Shoin (2004)

"Geography of diseases in East Asia" Fujimaki, M. and Segawa, M. (eds.) An Introduction to Contemporary East Asia Revised Edition (in Japanese), Kokon Shoin, pp.124-144, (2009)

"Neighborhood built environment and physical activity of Japanese older adults: Results from the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES)" (with Hanibuchi, T., Kawachi, I., Hirai, H. and Kondo, K.) BMC Public Health, 11:657 (2011)

"Geography inequalities in cancer death associated with areal deprivation index at the national level" Gan Tokei Hakusho (White Paper on Cancer Statistics) (in Japanese), Shinohara-Syuppan-Shinsya, pp.245-256 (2012)

"A spatial microsimulation approach to small area income estimation in Britain and Japan" (with Ballas, D., Campbell, M., Clarke, G., Hanaoka, K. and Waley, P. ) Studies in Regional Science, Vol.42, No.1, pp.163-187 (In press) (2012)


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