The two day Mini-Conference on ‘Fertility and Family Challenges in East Asia’ was successfully held on 24-25 May 2024 at the Chen Kou Bun Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, which was hosted by Centre for Chinese Family Studies, CUHK, and co-hosted by the Faculty of Social Science and the Department of Social Work, CUHK. Over 40 participants from various parts of the world, including United States, Korea, Australia, Singapore, China and Hong Kong, attended the Mini-Conference in person.
This Mini-Conference was one of the celebratory events to celebrate the Faculty of Social Science’s 50th anniversary and provided an open platform for distinguished international scholars from the fields of Social Work and Sociology and local NGO practitioners to exchange knowledge and facilitate collaboration. The goal of the event was to collaboratively work towards understanding the East Asian context that is unique to or aligns with other societies in explaining the fertility decline and family challenges and its future implications in four dimensions: Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work and Demography.
The Mini-Conference was inaugurated with opening remarks from the Faculty Dean of Social Science, Dr. Chi-Yue Chiu, and Prof. Haijing Dai, co-director of Centre of Chinese Family Studies at CUHK. We were privileged to have keynote speeches delivered by Prof. Yu Xie from the Princeton University, Prof. Bong Joo Lee from Seoul National University, Prof. Emily Hannum from University of Pennsylvania, and Prof. Yuying Tong from CUHK.
The Mini-Conference also featured five plenary sessions where speakers presented their project findings on various approaches related to Marriage and Family, Intergenerational Relations, and Family and Children’s Wellbeing. Providing the audience with insightful presentations and intellectual exchange across different academic disciplines.
A Group Photo
Opening Remarks by Prof. Chi-Yue Chiu, Dean of the Faculty of Social Science, CUHK
Opening Remark by Prof. Haijing Dai from the Department of Social Work, CUHK
Keynote Speech by Prof. Yu Xie from the Princeton University and Q&A discussion with participants