Members in Clusters & Modules

Ageing & Later Life Module

Mission & Vision of Modules

  • This fiscal year, while continuing to address issues related to ‘active ageing’ in the areas of retirement, pension, and elderly care, the Module Ageing & Later Life (ALL) will expand its research scope to the following three emerging social issues that need to be effectively addressed across Asia and Oceania in this time of both rapid population ageing and exponential advancement in ICT: (1) the advancement of ‘geriatric telemedicine’ (a.k.a., e-health for older people); (2) the coming of a ‘death-laden’ society (a.k.a., a post-super-ageing society); and (3) the legal and ethical issues of physician-assisted dying (PAD). For this purpose, the ALL will engage in (1) recruiting new module members who specialize in these fields of inquiry and (2) expanding its international networks with key non-academic stakeholders, including policymakers and communities of clinical doctors who are concerned with these fields in their daily working lives.

Module Leader

「写真:Masa HIGO」

Masa HIGO

Kyushu University International Student Center

- Specialty -
Sociology, Gerontology, Social Policy

Module Members

Thomas R. KLASSEN
York University, Canada
John B. WILLIAMSON
Boston College, USA
Irene D. BLACKBERRY
La Trobe University, Australia
Monika WINARNITA
Deakin University, Australia
Nopraenue S.DHIRATHITI
Mahidol University, Thailand
Fiona ALPASS
Massey University, New Zealand
Kate O’LOUGHLIN
University of Sydney, Australia
Tri Budi W. RAHARDJO
University of Indonesia, Indonesia
Thelma KAY
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Leng Leng THANG
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Yunjeong YANG
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea
Mala Kapur SHANKARDASS
Maitreyi College University of Delhi, India
Qiushi FENG
National U. of Singapore