Institut français de recherche sur le Japon à la Maison franco-japonaise (Umifre 19, MEAE-CNRS)

©︎ Martino Gian

The world is currently going through a crisis unprecedented in its history. Not only is it a challenge for the life sciences community in search of new cures and a vaccine, but it is also disrupting many aspects of human society. Its health, economic, political, environmental and anthropological consequences will have a lasting impact on contemporary societies. However, the objective of this seminar is not only to examine the case of Covid-19, but to build on current debates, stimulated by the magnitude of the crisis, to propose an interdisciplinary reflection on the respective contributions of, on the one side, the humanities and social sciences, and on the other side, of life sciences, in the field of public health. This seminar will also favor a comparative approach, in particular between Japan and France, concerning vaccination, from social science and life science perspectives. Indeed, an international comparison allows us to highlight social determinants in the way epidemics manifest themselves.

Greetings Prof. Bernard Thomann (Director, IFRJ-MFJ)

Mr. Osamu Shimizu (Representative Director, FPJ)

Lecture１ Dr. Christiane Gerke (Head of Vaccine Program, IP)

Title « The global COVID-19 vaccine development and the current Institut Pasteur

plan »（talk 20 minutes, Q&A 10minutes --- idem for the other lectures）

Lecture２ Dr. Daisuke Fujii (Specially Appointed Lecturer, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo / RIETI Research Associate)

Title «Vaccination and the Japanese Economy»

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Lecture３ Dr. Jeremy K. Ward (Chargé de Recherche INSERM, CERMES3)

Title « Vaccine hesitancy: perspectives from France »

Lecture４ Prof. Fumihiko Matsuda (Director of the Center for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)

Title « A Socio-Life Science Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic »

Panel discussion（40 minutes）

Moderator: Prof. Anavaj Sakuntabhai (Director, IPJO / Specially Invited Professor, Kyoto University)

Closing remarks Prof. Makoto Yano (Chairman, RIETI)

Organization: IFRJ-MFJ, Institut Pasteur, Fondation Pasteur Japon
, Center for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, RIETI

In English and in Japanease, with translation