#  Symposium: “Prosperity and Human Security: Japan and Asia’s 21st Century Governance Challenges” 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **February 6, 2023** 

 12:00PM - 04:30PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

  **Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom)**  



 

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 **12:00-1:30 PM ET**   
**Panel 1: “Development and Governance Challenges in Public Health"**  
  
“Universalism and Governance in the Post-Pandemic Moment”  
[Joseph Wong](https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/joseph-wong)  
Vice-President, International Roz and Ralph Halbert Professor of Innovation, Munk School; Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto.

 “Japan Innovates: Improving Health and Medicine in the Developing World”  
[Kathryn Ibata-Arens](https://www.kathrynibataarens.com/)  
Vincent de Paul Professor of Political Science, DePaul University.

 “China, Covid-19, and global health governance”  
[Yanzhong Huang](https://www.cfr.org/expert/yanzhong-huang)  
Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations.  
  
**3:00-4:30 PM ET**   
**Panel 2: “Development, Climate Change, and Climate Migration"**

 “Making Sense of the Climate-Green Tech Acceleration Under Suga and Kishida”  
[Yves Tiberghien](https://politics.ubc.ca/profile/yves-tiberghien/)  
Professor of Political Science and Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research; Director Emeritus, Institute of Asian Research; Director, Center for Japanese Research, University of British Columbia.  
  
“Deservingness Criteria and Public Support for Refugee Admission”   
[Nicholas A.R. Fraser](https://nicholasarfraser.com/)  
Policy Innovations Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University.  
  
"The Global Geopolitics of China's Low Carbon Transition"  
[Joanna Lewis](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gufaculty360.georgetown.edu_s_contact_00336000014RXOmAAO_joanna-2Dlewis&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GHgZ0uvorcO5DAEu1ycZHeKWnM7fw95znqv7LqBtAUY&m=ouogm4QMNJIjCjc9fSSmGpgZbqyW4HEblS02TJbgUNbq6MrpJjf33pQmbUFUIG-P&s=VSc04-MRBBPAgrU8sSjqK6OcbmCqKLuTFqUDfvaBWdk&e=)  
Provost Distinguished Associate Professor and Director, Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA), Georgetown University.  
  
**Moderator:** [Christina L. Davis](https://scholar.harvard.edu/cldavis/home)  
Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government; and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.  
  
*This symposium is part of the Special Series on Policy Innovations in Crises, supported by a grant from the Japan Foundation. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Undergraduate Japan Policy Network, the Harvard University Asia Center, Harvard University Center for the Environment, and the Takemi Program in International Health.*   
  
**[Register for Zoom](https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrdemtrjkpEtxhelWiRom22QTOBsC3ZZ7v)**

 **Note:** This is a two-panel conference, with both panels accessible at the same Zoom link. Participants are welcome to attend one or both panels as desired. Registration is not required for in-person attendance.

##  Additional Resources

1. Fumio Kishida, ["Human Security and Universal Health Coverage: Japan's Vision for the G7 Hiroshima Summit."](https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/100448845.pdf) *The Lancet* 401, January 20, 2023.
2. Carmen Jacqueline Ho, Hina Khalid, Kimberly Skead, and Joseph Wong.[ "The Politics of Universal Health Coverage." ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35594878/)*The Lancet* 399, May 17, 2022.
3. Kathryn Ibata-Arens, [*Pandemic Medicine: Why the Global Innovation System is Broken, and How We Can Fix It.*](https://www.rienner.com/title/Pandemic_Medicine_Why_the_Global_Innovation_System_is_Broken_and_How_We_Can_Fix_It) Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2021.
4. Yanzhong Huang, ["The COVID-19 Pandemic and China's Global Health Leadership,"](https://www.cfr.org/report/covid-19-pandemic-and-chinas-global-health-leadership) Council on Foreign Relations, Council Special Report No. 92, January 2022.
5. Yves Tiberghien, ["Kishida's Cllimate Policy and Opportunities for U.S.-Japan Cooperation."](https://www.nbr.org/publication/kishidas-climate-policy-and-opportunities-for-u-s-japan-cooperation/) *Asia Policy* 18:1, January 2023; and ["The Indo Pacific's green industrial policy race," ](https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/11/01/the-indo-pacifics-green-industrial-policy-race/)East Asia Forum, November 1, 2022.
6. Nicholas A.R. Fraser and Go Murakami, ["The Role of Humanitarianism in Shaping Public Attitudes Toward Refugees."](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pops.12751) *Political Psychology* 43:2, April 2022.
7. Margaret M. Jackson, Joanna I. Lewis, and Xiliang Zhang. ["A green expansion: China's role in the global deployment and transfer of solar photovoltaic technology."](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082620303422) *Energy for Sustainable Development* 60, February 2021.
8. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, [G7 Hiroshima 2023 webpage](https://www.g7hiroshima.go.jp/en/).



 

 



 

 

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