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“Labor Migration and Social Development in Contemporary China”

May 2, 2019 by Pippa Nardie-Warner

Brown Bag Lecture Rachel Murphy, Professor of Chinese Development and Society and Head of School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, University of Oxford   Professor Murphy’s research examines transformations in China due to inter-related processes of industrialization, urbanization, demographic transition, and marketization. She has conducted in-depth longitudinal … [Read more...]

Tagged With: China, Industrialization, Social policy, social work

“China’s Invisible Crisis: How the Urban-Rural Human Capital Divide Threatens China’s Growth and Stability”

April 5, 2019 by Pippa Nardie-Warner

Brown Bag Lecture Featuring Scott Rozelle, Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow; Co-director of the Rural Education Action Program in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University Professor Rozelle’s research on agricultural policy as well as the economics of poverty and inequality focuses on rural education, health, and nutrition. Rozelle … [Read more...]

Tagged With: China, Scott Rozelle, Social policy

Fri. March 1st: “Computational Social Welfare: Application of Big Data in Research and Practice”

January 3, 2019 by Pippa Nardie-Warner

Brown Bag Lecture Featuring: Julian Chun-Chung Chow, Hutto-Patterson Charitable Foundation Professor, University of California, Berkeley In this talk, Professor Chow will extend the application of big data analysis to the field of social work and welfare such as access to services, organizational efficiency, quality of public and private programs and cost reduction. He will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homepage Upcoming Events Tagged With: Big Data, China, Social policy

Fri. April 5th: “China’s Invisible Crisis: How the Urban-Rural Human Capital Divide Threatens China’s Growth and Stability”

January 3, 2019 by Pippa Nardie-Warner

Featuring Scott Rozelle, Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow; Co-director of the Rural Education Action Program in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University Professor Rozelle’s research on agricultural policy as well as the economics of poverty and inequality focuses on rural education, health, and nutrition. Rozelle received the 2008 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homepage Upcoming Events Tagged With: China, Scott Rozell, Social policy

Qin Gao to Give Keynote Address at FISS 25th Anniversary International Conference

May 15, 2018 by Ross Yelsey

We are pleased to announce that Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work and Director, China Center for Social Policy, at Columbia University, will give the keynote address "China's War on Poverty: Will it Succeed?" at the Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS)'s 25th Anniversary International Conference, which will take place from June 4 to … [Read more...]

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