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Dear Reader,
Welcome! I am Professor Bong Joo Lee, Project Director of Demographic Transition and Strategies for Future Society at Seoul National University in South Korea. Our research team is conducting an interdisciplinary research project regarding population dynamics with a plan to establish a Korean population center to share research results globally.
Our work is part of the 10-10 Project, an academic project in which the Department of Social Welfare and the Department of Sociology of Seoul National University research population change and social policy. This project includes archiving data (especially collecting country-level indicators related to the population in Asia and collecting survey data), holding international symposiums, and offering academic exchange programs.
Our ultimate goal is to centralize the team’s position as an Asian hub for disseminating innovative research to a wider global audience and to provide guidelines for social policy on the issue of dynamic population change.
We are so proud to share the work that we have done so far, as well as our upcoming plans.
PUBLICATIONS OF OUR RESEARCHERS
Our research team at Seoul National University has done extensive work on the broad topic of population research. These works are categorized into six themes: aging and health, quality of life and well-being, migration and diversity, gender/family and children, labor/income and social security, and others. More detailed information on each study is presented on the website, and our faculty members’ most recent research at SNUPRC will be updated periodically.
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Our research team at Seoul National University has done extensive work on the broad topic of population research. These works are categorized into six themes: aging and health, quality of life and well-being, migration and diversity, gender/family and children, labor/income and social security, and others. More detailed information on each study is presented on the website, and our faculty members’ most recent research at SNUPRC will be updated periodically.
Virtual Conference: October 7, 2021
Feng Qiushi (Sociology, National University of Singapore) | 4 p.m. (GMT +9)
Zachary Zimmer (Family Studies and Gerontology, Mount Saint Vincent University) | 9 a.m. (GMT +9)
Ito Peng (Sociology, University of Toronto) | 9 a.m. (GMT +9)
Alicia Adsera (Princeton School of Public and International Affairs) | 4 p.m. (GMT +9)
Chulhee Lee (Economics, Seoul National University): 4 p.m. (GMT +9)
Distinguished Lecture Series
James Raymo (Sociology, Princeton University) | December 17, 10 a.m. (GMT +9)
Deborah Carr (Sociology, Boston University) | December 21, 10 a.m. (GMT +9)
Our latest information on the lectures will be sent to you via email and updated on our website. Don’t miss the opportunity to engage with fellow students and faculty!
NEWS
Many Asian countries are experiencing rapid shifts in their demographic structures, which require proper policy interventions. However, there has been a huge lack of data that could provide both information and insight into population change in these countries. To fill this gap, the SNUPRC research team has been working on a data archival project on population change in eight Asian countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Malaysia. Our survey was primarily conducted on the public’s attitudes toward and awareness of: family, marriage, childbirth, childrearing, value, family norms, subjective well-being, quality of life, work, and life.
Prior to the systematic data archiving, we would love to start sharing our survey results through infographics that are interesting and also insightful. You can find them here.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Annual “Demographic Changes and Social Policies” International Symposium
Last winter, we held a webinar on the topic of " Population Dynamics and Social Policy". Ten distinguished scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America participated in the webinar and presented their research on aging society, elderly issues, family, marriage, and child birth. There were also two panel discussion sessions in which the experts in demography and social policy shared their opinions on proper policy interventions.
Although last year's symposium was conducted in online formats due to the pandemic, more than a hundred students, faculty, and citizens joined our webinar.
[SNU 10-10 Project] Webinar, Population Dynamics and Social Policy - YouTube
Distinguished Lecture Series
In January 2021, we also held a distinguished lecture series to understand the universal issue and societal trend of low birth rates and population aging, which allowed students to experience an international academic environment.
Prof. Yu Xie (Princeton University) and Prof. Mary C. Brinton (Harvard University) were invited to give presentations on the family transition in China and the birth dearth in postindustrial societies. More than 60 students joined each of the lectures and actively participated in the debate.
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