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APPAM is co-sponsoring this special international conference being convened by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (National University of Singapore) and the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. This page contains general conference information per the bulleted links further below. Use the second navigation menu bar at the top of this page, or the following links, for additional pages for submitting proposals, conference registration, travel and housing, the program, and opportunities to support this and other international activities. A limited number of grants covering the cost of travel, accommodation, and registration are available for participants living in Asia. Applications for the grants must be made through the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. To contact the school for more information, select "Singapore Conference-General" on the APPAM email contact form. Additional information will be posted on the separate pages for registration and housing/travel. Proposal Deadline Extended to 15 July. See the link below to access the call for papers. Topics for General Conference Information on this Page:
Asian Social Protection in Comparative PerspectiveIn keeping with this interest, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, in association with APPAM, will hold a conference to explore these and other topics in Singapore, January 7 (starting at dinner) through January 9, 2009. The conference will highlight scholarly — but policy-oriented — papers on these and similar topics. At the conference, the papers will be presented in topic-oriented panels with both Asian and non-Asian discussants. The conference will close with a panel on "Implications Beyond Asia." Return to Top Call for Papers: Papers are solicited on all aspects of social protection in Asia. The analysis should cover specific types of programs, programs within particular Asian countries or across them, or be comparative in nature. Cross-national and comparative papers are encouraged. All proposals will be submitted online through the APPAM website with a deadline of 15 July 2008. The page for paper proposals offers a list of information that must be included in each proposal including contact information for the person submitting the proposal, a listing of all authors, and an abstract of up to 8000 English characters in length. Please note that English will be the official language for the conference and papers and presentations are expected to be delivered in English. To view the call for papers as issued through the University of Maryland please click here. All proposals will be submitted online using the form found under "PROPOSALS" in the menu above or by clicking here. Inquiries about proposals should be sent to: Dr. Karen Baehler Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand E-mail: Please select "Singapore Conference-Program" on the APPAM contact form*. Phone: +64 4 463 5711 Fax: +64 4 463 5454 *Please note that the contact form will route your email to Dr. Baehler in New Zealand, and it may require more than 24 hours for Dr. Baehler to receive your message and reply. Notifications of acceptance/rejection for the conference will be posted on the APPAM website, and all persons who submit proposals will receive the necessary login codes to access the notifications. Return to Top
Return to Top Post-conference Publication: Papers from the conference will be considered for publication in the Oxford University Press Series on "Comparative Policy Analysis". Return to Top Opportunities for Side Travel: One or more touristic side trips in countries near Singapore will be available through the conference organizers and are expected to be affordably priced. More details will be available as soon as possible. Return to Top Program Co-chairs: Prof. M. Ramesh (co-chair) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Social Policy in East and South East Asia: Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan (2004) Welfare Capitalism in Southeast Asia: Social Security, Health and Education Policies (2000) Prof. Douglas J. Besharov (co-chair) School of Public Policy, University of Maryland Family and Child Well-Being after Welfare Reform (2003) Comparative Policy Analysis series, co-editor, Oxford University Press President, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (2008) Return to Top Members of the Program Committee: Aging and Old-Age Pensions — Hye Kyung Lee, Yonsei University, Korea, is dean and professor at the Graduate School of Social Welfare, and is the director of the Center for Social Welfare Research and the Kayang-4 Community Welfare Center. She is also president of the Korean Social Security Association, and vice chair of the Expert Committee for National Pension Fund Management. Her research focuses on social security and social welfare policy. Her recent written work includes "Social Security in South Korea: Programs and Policy Issues," presented at "Social Security Systems in Asian Countries: A Comparison of Problems and Perspectives" (China); and "Accessibility Issues in Social Security Policy," prepared for the Korea Institute for Social Information and Research. Aging and Old-Age Pensions — Zheng Bingwen, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), is director of the Institute of Latin American Studies. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Labor and Social Securities (MOLSS), and is also a professor at Remin University and Wuhan University, both in China. He has also served as vice president of, and professor in, the CASS graduate school, and was formerly the deputy director of the Institute of European Studies. His research focuses on the comparative and theoretical study of social security systems, and he has published more than 200 articles in academic journals. Aging and Old-Age Pensions — Kenneth Apfel, University of Maryland, is professor of the practice at the School of Public Policy. He has been legislative director for U.S. Senator Bill Bradley (1989–1993); Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1993–1995); and Commissioner of the U.S. Social Security Administration (1997–2001). His research focuses on aging, health care, and retirement issues. His published work includes Big Choices: The Future of Health Insurance for Older Americans (2006) and Big Choices: Health Insurance for America's Families (2005). Disability Policy — Richard Burkhauser, Cornell University, is professor of policy analysis and economics in the College of Human Ecology, where he is also co-principal investigator for the Center for Economic Research on Employment Policy for Persons with Disabilities. He has been a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance Panel on Disability Policy Reform (1994–1995); co-editor of the Journal of Applied Social Science Studies (1999–); and principal investigator of "Modeling Early Retirement of Deaf Workers" for the National Institute on Aging (2005–2007). His research focuses on how government policies affect vulnerable populations such as the disabled, poor, and elderly. His published work includes Income Mobility and the Middle Class (1996) and The Economics of an Aging Society (2004). Drug and Alcohol Policy — Peter Reuter, University of Maryland, is professor in the School of Public Policy and the Department of Criminology, where he is also director of the Program on the Economics of Crime and Justice Policy. He has been director of the RAND Corporation's Drug Policy Research Center (1989–1993); editor of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (1999–2004); and consultant to the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the United Nations Drug Control Program. His research focuses on illegal markets, organized crime, and drug policy. His published work includes Disorganized Crime: The Economics of the Visible Hand (1983) and Drug War Heresies: Learning from Other Places, Times, and Vices (2001). Health Policy – Katherine Swartz, Harvard University, is a health policy expert and professor in the School of Public Health. She has been a Senior Research Associate at the Health Policy Center of the Urban Institute (1986–1992); the editor of Inquiry, a journal on health care organization, provision, and financing (1995–); and president-elect of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (2008). Her research focuses on populations without health insurance and government efforts to expand health care coverage. Her published work includes Reinsuring Health: Why More Middle-Class People Are Uninsured and What Government Can Do (2006). Housing Policy — Yosuke Kirayama, Kobe University, Japan, is a professor of housing and urban studies. He is a member of Housing Committee of the City of Kobe, a director of Japan Housing Council, and a member of the Steering Committee of Asia-Pacific Network of Housing Research. He has interests in housing systems, urban restructuring, and neighborhood development. His current projects include research on housing experiences in post-war Japan, on housing and insecurity in urban Japan, and on cross-national comparisons of housing systems in the globalizing world. His published work (in English) includes contributions to Housing and Family Wealth: Comparative International Perspectives (1995), and Comparing Social Policies: Exploring New Perspectives in Britain and Japan (2003). Housing Policy — Sandra Newman, Johns Hopkins University, is director of the Institute for Policy Studies, where she is also professor of social policy. She has been a Visiting Research Scholar at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Her research focuses on employment, welfare, and housing policy for vulnerable populations such as the homeless, mentally ill, and elderly. Her published work includes Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Reexamining the Purpose and Effects of Housing Assistance (1992) and The Home Front: Implications of Welfare Reform on Housing Policy (1999). Poverty and Welfare Policy — Rebecca Maynard, University of Pennsylvania, is professor of social policy in the School of Education, where she is also director of the Pre-doctoral Training Program for Methods in Education Research. She has been Senior Vice President at Mathematica Policy Research, which designs and evaluates programs in welfare, employment, and education (1986–1992); director of monitoring and evaluation for the Children's AIDS Fund on HIV-prevention programs in Uganda, Zambia, and South Africa (2007); and advisor to the Academic Board of the Western International School of Shanghai (2007–). Her research focuses on policy analysis, child care, welfare, and employment training policy. Her published work includes The New Paternalism: Supervisory Approaches to Welfare (1997) and Policy Into Action: Implementation Research and Welfare Reform (2003). Social Services — Neil Gilbert, University of California (Berkeley), is professor of social services in the School of Social Welfare. He is the director of the Center for Comparative Family Welfare and Poverty Research, which examines how industrialized nations respond to the needs of working families. He has been a Senior Research Fellow at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (1975); a Fulbright Senior Fellow at the National Institute for Social Work, studying Britain’s changing welfare system (1981); and a Visiting Scholar at the International Social Security Association in Geneva (1997). His research focuses on child welfare, program evaluation, and comparative welfare state analysis. His published work includes Capitalism and the Welfare State (1984) and Transformation of the Welfare State: The Silent Surrender of Public Responsibility (2002). Social Services — Ilan Katz, University of New South Wales, Sydney, is the director of the Social Policy Research Centre. He was an investigator on the National Evaluation of Sure Start, and of the Families and Neighbourhoods Study. His main research interests include evaluations of government interventions relating to families, the development of neighbourhood indexes, community and social capital, child protection, international comparison of child welfare systems, parents with mental health problems, and race and ethnicity. His current research projects include the evaluation of the DoCS Early intervention Program, the national evaluation of the Commonwealth Government’s Stronger Families and Communities Strategy, private and public expenditure on early childhood, child protection in China, and measuring changes in community strength. His published work includes Evaluating Family Support – Thinking Critically, Thinking Internationally (2003). Oxford University Press Series Special Editor — Dr. Karen Baehler is senior lecturer in public policy at the School of Government of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; as well as adjunct senior lecturer with the Australia-New Zealand School of Government, Melbourne. She has been a visiting scholar at the Center for Australian-New Zealand Studies at Georgetown University (2006), and a research associate at the American Enterprise Institute (1991-1993) and the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at University of Maryland (1989-1991). Her current research is supported by the Royal Society of New Zealand's Marsden Fund and focuses on the comparative study of public social philosophy in New Zealand and the U.S. She is also completing a guide to policy analysis and advising in Australasia. Her published work includes Rural Development in the United States (1995), coauthored with William Galston, Adding Value to Policy Analysis and Advising (forthcoming, 2008), coathored with Claudia Scott, and Equal to the Task: A New Zealand Brand of Egalitarianism (forthcoming, 2008). Return to Top Contact Information: For general administrative questions about the conference please select "Singapore Conference-General"on the APPAM contact form. Please note that the contact form will route your email to staff at the Lee Kuan Yew School in Singapore and it may require more than 24 hours for a reply. There also are other options on the contact form regarding the program and registration for the conference. Return to Top International Program Associates: The following institutions have become international program associates to help support APPAM's international activities in 2009, including this conference. For additional information about becoming a supporter, please see further below on this page or use the menu link at the top of the page for "SUPPORTERS".
Return to Top Journal Associates: The following research journals are helping APPAM to disseminate information about international activities in 2009, including this conference. For additional information about becoming journal associate, please see further below on this page or use the menu link at the top of the page for "SUPPORTERS".
Return to Top Invitation to Support APPAM's International Activities: Additional supporters of APPAM's international activities in 2009 are welcome, and benefits will include visibility in all materials and opportunities to contribute to the planning of the events. For more information on supporting the activities, use the menu link above for "SUPPORTERS" or click here. | |
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