Advisory Board - Social Research Center for Welfare Technology

Dr. Ning An

Professor

Hefei University of Science &Technology

Professor, gerontechnology laboratory, School of Computer Science and Information Engineering ning.g.an@acm.org

Anna Birthe Bach

Senior Counselor

International training experience, training programme for staff in dementia care – communication with people with dementia, non medical treatment. abbach@dadlnet.dk

Dr. Jiangyong Bu

Founder

Tianyu Senior Living Services Co. Ltd

Dedicated to aging population research, the development trend of the aging society, and the application of digital and intelligent technology in real senior living scenarios. gaoqinglin@tianyucare.com

Dr. Hongtu Chen

Co-Director

Harvard Medical School, USA

Harvard Social Technology for Global Aging Initiative

Dr. Yongho Chon

Associate Professor

Incheon National University, South Korea

Department of Social Welfare, Head of Department Research interest in: Long-Term Care for Elderly People with Chronic Diseases Comparative Social Policy and others hamgil@inu.ac.kr

Dr. Lili Jiang

Associate Professor

Umeå Univesity, Sweden

Area of interest: Knowledge harvesting through text mining, information retrieval, natural language processing, etc.

Dr. Yang Jiayuon

Associate Professor

Hefei University of Science &Technology, China

National Smart Eldercare International Research & Cooperation Base Artificial intelligence research in the field of healthy aging for several years; presided over a number of national and provincial scientific research projects

Dr. Sona Kalenda

Professor

Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Specializes in qualitative methodologies in social work research, human rights, and participatory approaches to social work.

Dr. Il Kon Kim

Professor

Kyungpook National University, South Korea

Specializes in Health Informatics, Healthcare AI, Health IT Standardization Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics ikkim@knu.ac.kr

Dr. Theng Yin Leng

Professor

Nanyang Technological University (NTU, Singapore)

President’s Chair in Information Studies, and Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information

Dr. Gyewan Moon

Professor

Kyungpook National University, South Korea

Professor of Strategic Management & Organization Theory in the School of Business Administration at Kyungpook National University in Korea. He has been serving Kosin University as a board member since 2018

Dr. Terhi Myller

Principle Lecturer

Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Research interest in apllied gerontology, active ageing and age-friendly environments terhi.myller@karelia.fi

Dr. Tianshu Pan

Professor

Fudan University, China

Professor of Cultural Anthropology and director of the Institute of Anthropological and Ethnological Studies, Fudan School of Social Development and Public Policy. Co-directs the Harvard-Fudan/ Fudan-Harvard Medical Anthropology Collaborative Research Center with Prof. Arthur Kleinman.

Dr. Sheng-feng Qin

Professor, Northumbria School of Design, Scotland

Research interest in digital design and manufacturing methods and technology for product-service systems. emial: sheng-feng.qin@northumbria.ac.u

Dr. Mao-sheng Ran

Professor

West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China

Research interests in social psychiatry, community mental health, epidemiology, health and mental health social work, suicide, psychosocial intervention and health disparities.

Dr. Priscilla Song

Associate Professor

Department of Humanities in the College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Medical anthropologist working at the nexus of the health humanities, global health, and science and technology studies.

Dr. Ana Veloso

Professor/Department Head

Department of Communications, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Coordinator of many research projects, such as SEDUCE 2.0, EYES ON GAMES, Interactive Magic Places and People and Practices. Her research interests include co-design media products to older adults and children, videogames/digital games, user experience and gameplay experience. aiv@ua.pt

Dr. Pirjo Vesa

Principal Lecturer

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Research and development interests focus on digitalization and technology in Healthy Ageing and overall in Health and Social Care Field, Work Environment Well-Being and Coaching, Trust in Leadership and Management (UEF) and regional, national and international projects in previously mentioned issues. pirjo.vesa@karelia.fi

Dr. Yu Cheung Wong

Professor, Dean

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Dean, professor at the Felizberta Lo Padilla Tong School of Social Sciences of Caritas Higher Institute of Education

Dr. Xian Xu

Professor, Department Head

Funad University, China

Professor, head of the Department of Risk Management and Insurance Xu’s research focuses on insurance, disaster economics, risk management

Dr. Hui Yang

Professor

Nankai University, China

Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Policy, Research area is mainly in Social work, Social policy, and Gerontology.

Dr. Lingling Zhang

Associate Professor

School of Nursing, UMass Boston

Areas of Expertise:Health Equity, Health Care Delivery System, Technology-enabled Health Interventions, Aging, Human Resources for Health, Community Health, Quality of Care

Dr. Xiaohui Zhong

Associate Professor

School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Zhong’s research focuses on family changes and elderly care, family policies and social policy. Recently, she has extended her study to examine the role of technologies and their impacts on family wellbeing and social policy.