SSU Forum/GraSPP Research Seminar “The Future of International Health Cooperation after the COVID-19 Crisis”
The Security Studies Unit (SSU) of the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), in collaboration with the Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP), was delighted to host a research seminar entitled “The Future of International Health Cooperation after the COVID-19 Crisis”.
Date: 2020.07.23(Thr.)
Time: 15:00-18:00
Venue: Online Webinar (ZOOM)
Panel1: “Structural Problems of International Health Cooperation in the COVID-19 crisis”
Speaker: Kenji Shibuya, Professor, King’s College London
“A crisis of global health systems in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic”
Speaker: Ayako Takemi, Project member, Institute for Future Initiatives, UTokyo
“Global Health and Security – historical context and COVID-19”
Speaker: Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, and Graduate School of Public Policy /
Vice Director of Institute for Future Initiatives, UTokyo
“The Issues and Future of Global Health Governance
Panel2: “Sociopolitical Problems caused by COVID-19”
Speaker: Yukio Takasu, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Human
Security / Former Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations / Chairman of
the NPO “Human Security” Forum / Visiting Professor at Ritsumeikan University
“How the UN System responded to COVID-19 outbreak: Challenges and Prospects for Future
Pandemic”
Speaker: Yee Kuang Heng, Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, UTokyo
“Living in COVID-19 Risk Societies: The challenges of Risk Assessment and Management in
European and Southeast Asian Countries”
Speaker: Kazuyo Hanai, Assistant Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, UTokyo
“Social Impact of COVID-19 on Conflict-Affected Areas in Africa”
Moderator: Kiichi Fujiwara, Director, Institute for Future Initiatives, UTokyo