Research keywords (4):
Poverty Research
, Poor People
, Participatory Poverty Research
, Poverty Politics
Research theme for competitive and other funds (3):
2021 - 2026 Child and parenting family poverty, policy and practice: for the concept of 'comprehensive minimum security'.
2020 - 2021 Poor people talk about public assistance systems: through the Participatory Poverty Research
Poor people talk about ”What is Poverty” : Understanding the Voice, Agency and the Politics of Poverty through participatory poverty research
Papers (7):
Sheng CHEN. Children’s Medical Expenses Subsidy and Its Effect on Health Care Seeking Behavior. Annual Report of Research and Clinical Center for Child Developme. 2024. 19. 33-43
Chen Sheng. Poor people talk about ‘What is Poverty’: through the participatory poverty research. 2023
Chen Sheng. The implementation of the participatory poverty research: focusing on the procedures of the research for ‘participation’. Bulletin of Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University. 2022. 140. 203-225
Chen Sheng. The exclusion and othering of poor people from ‘discussion and policy making’ on poverty. Journal of Education and Social Work. 2021. 25. 9-20
Chen Sheng. The challenges in conducting participatory approaches to poverty inquiry that include poor people. Hokkaido Social Welfare Study. 2021. 41. 24-34
Chen Sheng. Can the politics of poverty lacking ‘representation & participation' demand full ‘redistribution' and ‘recognition/respect'?. Poverty Research. 2024. 32. 123-124
Research report editing assistance. Research and Clinical Center for Child Development (Hokkaido University) and the Hokkaido Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted the second time’s survey on the living conditions of children in Hokkaido from 2021 to 2022. This report is a compilation and analysis of the survey results. Report on the Survey of Children's Lives in Hokkaido. 2023
Books (1):
People in poverty talk about 'What is poverty?' : The potential of participatory poverty research
2024 ISBN:483296898X
Lectures and oral presentations (6):
Poverty from the perspective of those involved: meaning, agencys and constraints
(72nd Autumn Conference of the Japanese Society of Social Welfare 2024)
Poor People Talk about Poverty: Discourses, Images and Understandings, and Meanings
(The 20th East Asian Social Policy Network & the 30th Foundation for International Studies of Social Security Joint International Conference 2024)
Rethinking poverty: understanding poverty from the perspective of those involved.
(Commemorative Seminar on the Retirement of Professor Ichiro Matsumoto: Rethinking Poverty 2024)
Discussing the Politics of Poverty from a Global Perspective: Redistribution, Recognition & Respect, Representation & Participation
(Issues surrounding ‘Poverty’: Workshop with Professor Ruth Lister 2023)
Practical report on participatory poverty research
(Journal of Poverty 2022)
2018 - 2023 Hokkaido University Graduate School of Education
2013 - 2015 Kanazawa University Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environment Studies
Professional career (1):
Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Education (Hokkaido University)
Work history (5):
2023/10 - 現在 Shokei University Junior College Department of Childhood Education Assistant Professor
2023/07 - 現在 Hokkaido University Faculty of Education Visiting Researcher
2023/07 - 2023/09 Hokkaido University Faculty of Education Researcher/Postdoc
2022/04 - 2023/09 Hokusho University School of Education and Culture Department of Education Lecturer (part-time)
2022/01 - 2023/06 Kokorono Recovery Sogo Center, Hokkaido Mental Health promotion Association part-time instructor,
Association Membership(s) (5):
Japan Association for Social Policy Studies (JASPS)
, Japan Welfare Sociology Association
, Society for the Study of Poverty
, Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare
, Comprehensive Research Institute of Social Welfare