National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

Foreign Scholar Lecture Series

National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

Work-Family Balance of Families with Small Children: How to Achieve Gender Equality in Parenting


Date and time: 14:00 - 17:00, September 3rd (Thursday), 2015

Venue: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research Meeting Room No.4 and 5

Hibiya Kokusai Building 6F 2-2-3 Uchisaiwaicyo, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011 Tel: +81-(0)3-3595-2984 Fax : +81-(0)3-3591-4821 map


In this seminar, we invite experts on work-life balance in different realms from the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden, where a greater degree of work-life balance is enjoyed than in Japan. We hope to explore the direction Japan can take by learning from the experiences and practices, as well as problems encountered, in these three countries. Particular attention will be paid to the role of fathers, and more broadly, on gender equality in parenting.

Programme

14:00-14:05 Opening remarks by Prof.Akira Morita (Director-General, IPSS)

14:05-14:10 Opening remarks by Prof.Mieko Takahashi (Osaka University)

14:10-14:20 "Overview of Work-Family Balance of Families in Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden: What We Can See from Cross-National Data and Reports" Dr. Saori Kamano (Senior Researcher, IPSS)

14:20〜14:55 "Supporting Fathers: An issue for gender equality, work-life and child wellbeing policies -- A practice oriented story from Germany on the changing role of the father" Eberhard Schaefer (Director, Berlin Fathers ? Centre, Berlin)

14:55〜15:30 "Capabilities to combine work and family life in the Netherlands:Moving beyond the one-and-a-half earner family?" Laura den Dulk (Erasmus University Rotterdam/Bielefeld University)

15:30〜15:40 break

15:40〜16:15 "Fathers and Worklife balance: If and when policies matter: Looking beneath, within and beyond the state" Barbara Hobson (Professor of Sociology, Stockholm University)

16:15〜16:55 < Q&A>

16:55〜17:00 Closing Remarks by Dr.Ryuichi Kaneko (Deputy Director, IPSS)

Moderators : Dr.Saori Kamano (Senior Researcher, NIPSSR), Prof.Tomoko Matsuda (Bukkyo University)

See the following links for information on presenters:


Barbara Hobson, Professor, Stockholm University (Sweden)

Laura den Dulk, Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration,Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

Eberhard Schaefer,Director, Berlin Fathers’ Centre (Germany)

*This seminar is a part of a research project, "Work-Family Balance in the Era of Globalization", supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Grant Number 24330153) (Principal Investigator: Mieko Takahashi; Project Members: Tomoko Matsuda, Saori Kamano, Setsuko Onode and Kyoko Yoshizumi).


*Presentation and discussion were given in English. (Japanese translation was provided).


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