Collective Consciousness in Asian Megacities: To Improve Low Birth Rate and Reform Labour Market


  • Date: May 31st, Wednesday, 2023, 13:30 – 18:00
  • Location: Samick Hall (Room 220), SNUAC (Bldg. 101) / Online via YouTube

Program
13:30~14:00 ❙ OpeningEmcee (Haenam Park: SNUAC)

Opening Speech (SooJin Park: Director, SNUAC)

Welcome Speech (Iksang Noh: President, Hankook Research)

Congratulatory Remarks (Jungsik Lee: Minister, Ministry of Employment and Labor)

14:00~16:00 ❙ Session 1: Academic Research: Koreans’ Social Awareness and Happiness– Seoul Citizens’ Perception of Family and Fairness and Low Birth Rate

Jungwon Huh (SNUAC)

– A Study on the Influence of Social Homogeneity in Income Evaluation on Individuals’ Subjective Well-Being

Dongkyun Lim (Dept. of Sociology, SNU)

– A Study on the Awareness of Meritocracy, Fairness, and Social Conflict

Jihye Kim (Dept. of Sociology, Sogang Univ.)

– The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Awareness of Shame and Guilty Conscience

Sangeung Ha (Dept. of Political Science, Sogang Univ.)

– The Ideals and Reality of Meritocracy and Satisfaction in Life

Yongkyun Kim (Dept. of Political Science and International Relations, SNU)

– The Distance Between Awarenesses of Family and Social Conflict

Woojin Shim (SNUAC), Jungwon Huh (SNUAC)

 

Discussion: Hyomin Park (Dept. of Urban Sociology, Univ. of Seoul), Joan Yoo (Dept. of Social Welfare Studies, SNU)

16:00~16:30 ❙ Break
16:30~17:30 ❙ Session 2: Round TableEmcee: Sunyoung Park (SNUAC)

Moderator: Jaeyeol Yee (Dept. of Sociology, SNU / Chairman, Council for CoexistingWage)

Panel: Jaejin Yang (Dept. of Administration, Yonsei Univ.), Yoonsoo Park (Dept. of Economics, Sookmyung Women’s Univ.), Gwichun Park (Ewha Law School)

17:30~18:00 ❙ Q&A
18:00 ❙ Closing