2024 Tri-University Conference: Population, Family and Social Problems in East Asia
17 December 2024 at 1:00:00 am

The second 2024 Tri-University Conference between the Sociology departments of HKU, Korea University and the University of Tokyo will be held on 16-17 December 2024. The theme of the conference is “Population, Family and Social Problems in East Asia” and will feature a range of talks from sociologists from the three Universities using a range of data and methods.
2024 Tri-University Conference: Population, Family and Social Problems in East Asia
Date: 17 December 2024
Time: 9:00am – 5:10pm
Venue: L-Lounge (Floor 1), Centennial Memorial Samsung Hall, Korea University
December 17 | |
09:00AM | Registration |
09:15AM | Welcoming Remarks Eun Kyong Shin (Korea University) Tarani Chandola (The University of Hong Kong) Hiroshi Ishida (The University of Tokyo) |
09:30AM | SESSION 1: Changing Families, Changing Societies (Chair: Hiroshi Ishida) Life course Reproductive Shifts within Familial Pro-natalism: The Pathways to Childbirth among Middle-Class Women Initially Intending to Be Childfree Gowoon Jung and Juyeon Park (Korea University)
Relative Resource and Nativity of Couples: Are They Related to the Household’s Decision to Hire Foreign Domestic Workers Yuyao Liu and Eric Fong (The University of Hong Kong)
Not Your Parent’s Beliefs: Differences in Religiosity Among Generational Cohorts over the Years in Korea Renata Aniela Ziobro and Myoung-Jin Lee (Korea University)
Support or Strain?: Transnational Social Ties and Deviant Behaviors among Multicultural Adolescents in South Korea Sou Hyun Jang, Hyojong Song, and Juyeon Kim (Korea University)
TBC Professor Ming Wen (The University of Hong Kong)
Discussion |
11:00AM | Break |
11:15AM | SESSION 2: Norms, Values, And Culture (Chair: Eric Fong) Governing Population in Liquid Modernity: Problmatizing Family or Disciplining Individual? Iijoon Chung (Korea University) |
| The Gender Divide in Subjective Marriageability: Evidence from Japan Satoshi Araki (The University of Tokyo)
When We Talk About Wars: Comparison of War Narratives in Korean, Chinese, and English Yeojin Yang, Haesol Kim, and Eun Kyong Shin (Korea University)
Discussion |
12:30PM | Lunch |
01:30PM | SESSION 3: Social Change And Labor Market (Chair: Jae-Mahn Shim) How Algorithms Make the Workplace – A Qualitative Analysis of Chinese Couriers Tarani Chandola (The University of Hong Kong)
Population Aging and Elderly Family Care in Korean Corporations Soohan Kim and Hajin Woo (Korea University)
Why Has South Korea’s Fertility Rate Dropped Below Japan’s? Sinn Won Han (The University of Hong Kong)
Discussion |
02:45PM | Korea University Museum Tour |
03:40PM | SESSION 4: Work, Education, And Attitudes (Chair: In-Jin Yoon) Different Faces of the Calling in Work by Gender and Occupation among South Koreans Heijin Oh and Jae-Mahn Shim (Korea University)
The Digital Divide in High Schools in Japan: Changes Before and After Covid-19 Hirofumi Taki (The University of Tokyo)
Work and Attitudes toward Economic Openness Hyun Kyoung Kim (Korea University)
Heterogeneity in the Long-Term Effects of College Education Throughout the Life Course in Japan Sho Fujihara and Hiroshi Ishida (The University of Tokyo)
Discussion |
05:10PM | End of the Conference |
06:00PM | Dinner |