WasePo “Humans and Mobilities” series: Second Seminar

WasePo is a scientific cooperation framework between Waseda University in Tokyo and Sciences Po in Paris. Through the theme of “Humans and Mobilities”, it aims at fostering discussions build up on research activities in related fields that are developed in both institutions such as studies in borders, migration, labor, climate change, ageing, firms, employment, housing, cities, rural areas, and inequalities issues.

This second WasePo webinar will focus on urban and environmental topics and showcase research conducted by faculty and doctoral students from both institutions.

Day 1 I Tuesday, February 9^th  I 9.30 am. – 11.30 am. (Paris time) I 5.30 pm. – 7.30 pm. (Tokyo time)

Chair:
Patrick Legalès, CNRS Research Professor, Sciences Po Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Dean of Sciences Po School of Urban Studies

Shu Yamamura, Assistant Professor, Waseda University Institute for Advanced Study – Urban Regeneration in the Shadow Side of Tokyo: What is Happening in the Struggling Inner City Districts  Behind the Redevelopment Boom?

Discussant:
Florian Oswald, Assistant Professor, Sciences Po Department of Economics

Masashige Hamano, Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University – Economic Consequences of Follow-up Disasters: Lessons from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Discussant:
Nicolas Coeurdacier, Professor, Sciences Po Department of Economics

Mriduchhanda Chattopadhyay, PhD Student, Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University –Information Access and Choice of Cooking Fuels: Study of Rural Indian Households

Discussant:
Sukriti Issar, Assistant Professor, Sciences Po Department of Sociology, Observatoire Sociologique du Changement

Registration for Day 1

Day 2 I Wednesday,  February 10^th I 9.30 am – 11.30 am (Paris time ) I 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm (Tokyo time)

Chair:
Toshi H. Arimura, Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Director of Waseda Research Institute for Environment Economics and Management, Director of Waseda Institute for Advanced Study

Nicolas Coeurdacier, Professor, Sciences Po Department of Economics – Structural Change, Land Use and Urban Expansion

Discussant:
Masahige Hamano, Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

Roberto Rodriguez, Phd student, Sciences Po Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics – Policies Against Air Pollution, a Comparison Between Paris and Mexico

Discussant:
Toshi H. Arimura, Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

Patrick Le Galès (CNRS Research Professor, Sciences Po Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics) – French in London, English in Paris. Migration and Urban Middle Class Formation

Discussant:
Gracia Liu-Farrer, Professor of Sociology, Waseda Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies

Registration for Day 2

Scientific coordinators :  Toshi H. Arimura, Waseda University, Patrick Le Galès, Sciences Po – CEE and Karoline Postel-Vinay, Sciences Po – CERI