The EASP usually holds an annual conference once a year between July and August since the 2005 workshop which was taken place in a classroom at the University of Bath in the UK by a group of international students from East Asian countries. Now, it has been developed into a distinctive international conference on social policy with more than one hundred delegates from various countries across the East and the West.
The 22nd EASP Annual Conference
Social Policy in Asia in Times of Multiple Disruptions
17th-18th July 2026
The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong ｜In-person Only
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The 19th EASP Annual Conference
Sustainable Development and Social Policy in East Asia
14th-15th September 2023
Sydney, Australia
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The 18th EASP Annual Conference
Transformation of Post-Covid Welfare States in East Asia: Beyond Productivist Welfare Capitalism?
24th-25th June 2022
Online (Gather Town)
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1st EASP Workshop for Postgraduate Students
East Asian Social Policy in Transition: Theory and Evidence
25th February 2022
Online (Gather Town & Zoom)
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17th EASP & 27th Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS) joint conference
Mitigating The Economic And Social Impact Of COVID-19: Social Security And Social Welfare Responses In East And West
2nd-4th July 2021
Lingnan University, Hong Kong
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EASP 16th International Conference
East Asian Welfare Futures: Between Productivism And Social Investment
2nd-3rd July 2019,
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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EASP 15th International Conference
Social Policy in Post-Growth East Asia
5th-6th July 2018
University of Bristol, UK
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EASP 14th International Conference
East Asian Social Policy in a Changing Environment: Comparisons, Visions and Futures
2nd-3rd August 2017
Nagoya University, Japan
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EASP 13th International Conference
Social Policy and Gender in East Asia
1st-2nd July 2016
Ewha Womans University, South Korea