In a new publication, Qin Gao, Professor and Director of the Columbia China Center for Social Policy, joins a team of international interdisciplinary scholars to examine the impacts of COVID-19 and understand policy challenges using a capability framework. The article, titled “COVID-19 as a Capability Crisis: Using the Capability Framework to Understand … [Read more...]
Exploring Hybrid Identities with Writer and Filmmaker Xiaolu Guo
WEAI Writer-in-Residence Xiaolu Guo explored the concept of hybrid identities in a dialogue on February 25, 2020, with Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work, Columbia School of Social Work. Guo, who is a novelist, essayist, and filmmaker, read passages from her published works, weaving her vividly descriptive writing into the discussion centered around identity … [Read more...]
Qin Gao coedits Journal of Asian Public Policy symposium section
A symposium section of the Journal of Asian Public Policy coedited by Professor Qin Gao has just been published and will be featured in the journal's July 2019 issue. The first article in the section is titled "Supporting variability in women’s lifestyles: a study of single-motherhood transition in South Korea and Japan" and is coauthored by Jiajia Zhou, MARSEA '18 and Jennifer … [Read more...]
Qin Gao to Give Keynote Address at FISS 25th Anniversary International Conference
We are pleased to announce that Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work and Director, China Center for Social Policy, at Columbia University, will give the keynote address "China's War on Poverty: Will it Succeed?" at the Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS)'s 25th Anniversary International Conference, which will take place from June 4 to … [Read more...]
Qin Gao Discusses China’s Social Assistance Programs with the Carnegie Council
On April 25, 2018, Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work and Director, China Center for Social Policy, at Columbia University, discussed China's Dibao social assistance programs with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Professor Gao, an expert on China'a Dibao social welfare program, was interviewed by Stephanie Sy for the Carnegie Council's … [Read more...]
