Posted at : 2020-11-25

This symposium commemorates the 15th anniversary of Osaka City University Urban Research Plaza (URP), the 7th year of the National Joint Research Center designated by the Ministry of Education, and
the 10th anniversary of the inter-city exchange in East Asia for the formation of ‘inclusive cities’ .
The current world has witnessed more inequality because of COVID-19. URP has been aiming to create practical international collaborative research among East Asian cities from the perspective of policy research on social inclusion.
This symposium takes place to share the outcomes of URP’ s projects and reinforce the functions of URP’ s activities and our East Asian city network.

December 12th, 2020
10.00a.m. – 16.00p.m. Online *pre-registration required.
Hosts : Osaka City University Urban Research Plaza, Inclusive City Network Japan,
AKY Inclusive Community Institute
Program detailes can be found on the following flyer.

This symposium is sponsored by the Osaka City University ( “Platform for Leading Edge Urban Studies” ), the Toyota Foundation 2017 International Grant Program ( “Establishing a platform for the East-Asian Inclusive City Network: From divided to inclusive cities” ), and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science ( “Fostering Joint International Research (B)” and “International Comparative Research on Building an East Asian Model of Social Development” , PI: Jeon Hong-gyu)