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OPINION: A productive visit in CASPS: A personal view
CASPS themes: Transparency, Health and Society Keywords: International collaboration, Medical Governance Research Institute, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Japan, Patient organisations In this blog post, I reflect on my study abroad at the University of Bath as a...
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OPINION: Conflict of interest (COI) policies as social policy
I am Natsuya Sakata, a third-year student at Akita University's School of Medicine. I have just started my research and study visit at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy and Society (CASPS), at the University of Bath, which...
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On “Rebuilding Trust”: Davos and Embedding Social Cohesion in Global Action
Dr Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy, Director of NatCen International, National Centre for Social Research Dr Theodoros Papadopoulos, Co-Director of Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy, University of Bath Over 60 heads of state, among over 2,800 attendees, were in Davos...
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NEWS: Interdisciplinary collaboration between CASP and MEGRI receives support from the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
Dr Piotr Ozieranski, Transparency Lead, Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy, University of Bath, UK Dr Akihiko Ozaki, Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan Dr Theo Papadopoulos, Co-Director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy, University of...
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Not just ‘facts and lessons’? The changing role of UK public inquiries
As the COVID-19 Inquiry makes headlines, sociologists at the University of Bath turn their attention to the increased pressures on inquiries to do more in this joint CASP and CDAS blog. Public inquiries are now a routine response to crises...
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Exposing corruption and promoting transparency: deepening the collaboration between the Centre of Analysis of Social Policy and Society (CASPS) and the Medical Governance Research Institute, Japan
Dr Akihiko Ozaki Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan Hello, my name is Akihiko Ozaki, MD, PhD. In my day job I work as an oncologist...
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OPINION: Transparency in medical research as social policy: A personal view from our new research visitor from Tohoku University, Japan
Anju Murayama (left), Dr. Ozaki (right) with a colleague Hi, I am Anju Murayama and a six-grade medical student at Tohoku University in Japan. I am going to visit to the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy and...
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A long waited but unexpected loss - my first encounter with grief as a bereavement researcher and why it’s important to talk about it
In this joint CASP and Centre for Death and Society (CDAS) blog Dr Chao Fang CDAS member and Research Fellow in the Institute of Education at the University College London, explores his reactions to his grandmother's death. I suppose I...
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An exploration of Ukraine’s mishandling of vulnerable young people and children in state care.
Whilst the EU and Ukraine grow ever closer, a group of international children’s charities shine a spotlight on the Ukraine’s treatment of the vulnerable babies, children, and young people in state care. At a recent summit meeting the President of...
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Environmental activism and indigenous issues in Cambodia – film-based advocacy with and for young people
Film and filmmaking have proved to be critical avenues for raising awareness about environmental challenges. High profile screen releases have helped set and steer agendas around, for example, An Inconvenient Truth and global heating, Blue Planet and plastic usage, and...
