The RE-CARE network connects researchers from diverse disciplines across Japan and Germany. Our team is based at universities in Tokyo, Kyoto, Yamaguchi, Sapporo, Münster, Berlin, Bochum, Hamburg, Potsdam, Dortmund, and Heidelberg – as well as other locations.
Members
Dr. Dennis Krämer (PI and responsible organizer)
Discipline
Sociology
Affiliation
University of Münster
Department of Education and Social Sciences
Institute of Sociology
Homepage
www.uni-muenster.de/Soziologie/en/personen/kraemer.shtml
www.denniskraemer.net
E-Mail
kraemer@resilient-healthcare.de
dennis.kraemer@uni-muenster.de
Interests
Sociology of technology
Sociology of sport
Gender diversity and gender inequality
Impact of crises on society and health care
Human-technology relations
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Susanne Brucksch (Host and cooperation partner from Teikyo University)
Discipline
Japanese Studies, Science & Technology Studies (STS), Innovation Studies
Affiliation
Teikyo University
Department of Global Japanese Studies
Homepage
www3.med.teikyo-u.ac.jp/profile/en.f179f413c13b6bf0.html
teikyo-u.academia.edu/SusanneBrucksch
Interests
Health Technologies and Healthcare Systems
Innovation, Technology and Healthcare Policies
Med-Tech Partnerships
Socio-Cultural Setting of Technologies
Environmentalism, Civil Society, Ecological Collaboration
Prof. Dr. Shigeto Yonemura (Host and cooperation partner from the University of Tokyo)
Discipline
Civil Law, Medical Law
Affiliation
The University of Tokyo
Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
E-Mail
yonemura@j.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Interests
Fundamental Theories of Tort Liability
Regulation of Biomedical Research
Privacy and Liability of Using General Medical Data / Genome Data
Dr. Gabriel Bartl
Discipline
Sociology
Affiliation
Centre Marc Bloch
Homepage
cmb.hu-berlin.de/team/profil/gabriel-bartl
E-Mail
gabriel.bartl@cmb-hu-berlin.de
Interests
Social and ethical implications of digital technologies
Risk and uncertainty
Multiple crises
Science-policy-nexus
Resilience
Dr. Markus Bohlmann
Discipline
Philosophy
Affiliation
University of Münster
Department of Philosophy
Homepage
www.uni-muenster.de/PhilSem/mitglieder/bohlmann.html
E-Mail
markus.bohlmann@uni-muenster.de
Interests
Philosophy of technology
Philosophy of education
Impact of technological change on human-technology relations in multiple crises
Investigations through empirical educational research and technology studies (STS in Education)
Prof. Dr. Dennis Dreiskämper
Discipline
Psychology
Affiliation
TU Dortmund
Institute for Sport & Sport Sciences
Homepage
sport.kmst.tu-dortmund.de
E-Mail
dennis.dreiskaemper@tu-dortmund.de
Interests
Mental and social health of children and adolescents
Impact of physical activity and sport on health
Influence of change factors on health and health behavior (e.g., crisis, climate, pandemic)
Trust and communication in a digitized world (esp. in children’s and adolescents’ health behavior)
Prof. Dr. Christian Fischer
Discipline
Educational Science
Affiliation
University of Münster
International Center for the Study of Giftedness
Homepage
www.icbf.de
E-Mail
ch.fischer@uni-muenster.de
Interests
Diversity
Sustainability
Talent Development
Individual Promotion
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Takanori Fujita
Discipline
Healthcare Law, Healthcare Informatics
Affiliation
Keio University School of Medicine
The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research
Homepage
https://researchmap.jp/taksen?lang=en
E-Mail
t.fujita@tkfd.or.jp
Interests
Healthcare Data Governance
Digitization of Healthcare and Ageing Care
Generative AI
Prof. Dr. André Hajek
Discipline
Health Care Epidemiology
Affiliation
University Medical Center Hamburg
Hamburg Center for Health Economics
Homepage
www.uke.de/english/physicians-and-scientists/wissenschaftlerprofilseite_andr%C3%A9_hajek.html
E-Mail
a.hajek@uke.de
Interests
Determinants of health in old age
Loneliness
Social isolation
Psychosocial factors
Quality of life
Determinants of healthcare use
Dr. Joschka Haltaufderheide
Discipline
Philosophy, Medical Ethics
Affiliation
University of Potsdam
Juniorprofessorship for Medical Ethics
Homepage
www.fgw-brandenburg.de/person/dr-phil-joschka-haltaufderheide-m-a
E-Mail
joschka.haltaufderheide@uni-potsdam.de
Interests
Digital health technologies (Digital Contact Tracing, Social Robotics in elderly care, AI in Medicine)
Pandemic Preparedness
Medical Ethics in crisis
Philosophy of Technology
Dr. Jonathan Harth
Discipline
Sociology
Affiliation
University of Witten/Herdecke
Homepage
www.uwh.de
www.jonathanharth.de
E-Mail
jonathan.harth@uni-wh.de
Interests
Mixed Reality
Artificial Sociality, Arts
Qualitative Research
Prof. Satoshi Kodama
Discipline
Philosophy
Affiliation
Kyoto University
Graduate School of Letters
Interests
Bioethics
Public Health Ethics
Lukas Kurniawan, Ph.D.
Discipline
Global Health
Affiliation
Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University Hospital
Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA) “Sustainable Future”, University of Bonn
Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn
Homepage
www.linkedin.com/in/lukas-kurniawan-alk31101958
www.researchgate.net/profile/Adi-Kurniawan-5
E-Mail
lukas.kurniawan@uni-bonn.de
lukas.kurniawan@uni-heidelberg.de
Interests
Experimental design of global public health
Adolescent health Nutrition and planetary health
Nutrition literacy
Impact of crises on food security and lifestyle behaviors
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Merkel
Discipline
Social Sciences
Affiliation
Ruhr-University Bochum
Faculty of Social Sciences
Homepage
www.sowi.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ehealth/team/merkel.html.de
E-Mail
Sebastian.merkel@rub.de
Interests
Digital Health
Co-design
Participatory design
Conversational agents
Gerontechnology
Prof. Dr. Yoshinori Nakata, MD, MBA, PhD, CPE, FAAPL
Discipline
Public Health, Economics, Medicine
Affiliation
Teikyo University
Graduate School of Public Health
Homepage
www.teikyo-u.ac.jp/en/faculties/sph
E-Mail
ynakata@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
Interests
Efficiency and productivity of healthcare
Dr. Ken Ogata, MMSc., CDPSE
Discipline
Information Law, Healthcare Informatics
Affiliation
Center of Juris-Informatics, The Research Organization of Information and Systems
Keio University, Faculty of Law
The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
E-Mail
ogataken@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Interests
Information Law and Politics for Public Health
Law of AI
Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics
Prof. Dr. Jenny Preunkert
Discipline
Sociology
Affiliation
University of Kassel
Department of Sociology
Homepage
www.uni-kassel.de/fb05/fachgruppen-und-institute/soziologie/fachgebiete/makrosoziologie-1
E-Mail
jenny.preunkert@uni-kassel.de
Interests
Comparative sociology
Sociology of inequality
Sociology of debt
Sociology of crisis
Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch
Discipline
Medical Ethics
Affiliation
University of Potsdam
Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg
Homepage
www.fgw-brandenburg.de/en/members/professorial-chairs/medical-ethics
www.ranisch.com
E-Mail
ranisch@uni-potsdam.de
Interests
Digital and AI ethics health care
Research ethics with big data
ELSA genomics
Ethics of participation
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Risse
Discipline
Computer Science
Affiliation
University of Münster
Institute for Geoinformatics
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Homepage
www.uni-muenster.de/Geoinformatics.cvmls
E-Mail
b.risse@uni-muenster.de
Interests
Machine Learning (AI)
Computer Vision & Machine Learning in Biomedical applications
Computer Vision & Machine Learning in Ecological applications
Prof. Dr. Kaori Sasaki
Discipline
Sociology, Social Studies of Science and Technologies, Cultural Studies
Affiliation
Sapporo Medical University
E-Mail
kaorisasaki@sapmed.ac.jp
Interests
Bio-power and Bio-politics
Secondary Usage of Health Records
FemTech
Gender Politics and Cultural Politics
vis-à-vis development of Science and Technologies
Davide Viero, M.A.
Discipline
Social Policies, Long-Term Care Policies
Affiliation
University of Duisburg-Essen
Homepage
https://www.uni-due.de/biwi/sozialpolitik/viero.php
E-Mail
davide.viero@uni-due.de
Interests
Long-term care policies
Generosity of social policies
Demographic change and ageing
Civil society and engagement
Prof. Dr. Dr. Jochen Vollmann
Discipline
Medical Ethics
Affiliation
Ruhr-University Bochum
Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
Homepage
ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
E-Mail
jochen.vollmann@rub.de
Interests
Informed consent and capacity assessment
Ethics and psychiatry
Medical professionalism,
End−of−life decision−making
Empirical ethics
Clinical ethics committees
Clinical ethics consultation
Dr. Markus Wettstein
Discipline
Psychology
Affiliation
Humboldt University Berlin
Homepage
www.psychology.hu-berlin.de/de/1695813/1694051
E-Mail
markus.wettstein@hu-berlin.de
Interests
Subjective age
Views on aging and ageism
Trajectories and determinants of health and well-being across the lifespan
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, well-being
Views on aging in midlife and old age
Assoc. Prof. Kunhao Yang
Discipline
Computational Social Science, Data Science
Affiliation
Yamaguchi University
Graduate school of sciences and technology
Homepage
researchmap.jp/Yang-Kunhao?lang=en
E-Mail
yangkunhao93@gmail.com
Interests
Cultural Evolution
Application of Machine Learning
Large Language Models in Social Science
Bayesian Methods
Percolation Theory
Dr. Sou Hee Yang, Esq.
Discipline
Criminial Law
Affiliation
Waseda University
Faculty of Social Sciences
Homepage
www.waseda.jp/fsss/en/
E-Mail
ssophiey@toki.waseda.jp
Interests
Comparative criminal law
Technology and criminal law
Gender in crises (domestic and sexual violence during crises)
Gender-based violence
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