We are delighted to introduce you to the new Co-Editors of the International Journal of Care and Caring. The new team brings a range of expertise that exemplifies the interdisciplinary and international scope of the journal:
Professor at the Institute of Health and Social Welfare Policy, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Yueh-Ching Chou's research focuses on life experiences of people with intellectual disabilities and the intersection of care research and disability studies. She is actively involved in advocating for the independent living of disabled people.
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Honorary Professor in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Michael has researched, published and taught in the fields of social policy, ageing, care and human services for over thirty years. He is currently co-leading an ARC Linkage research project on the development of an Australian Community Care Outcomes Measure (ACCOM), in collaboration with a number of leading community care providers in New South Wales.
Professor for Sociology of Cultural and Institutional Change, University of Hamburg, Germany
Birgit Pfau-Effinger is currently Principal Investigator of the international research project AURELIA of the French ANR. Her research mainly focuses on theorizing as well as comparative and historical analysis about cultural and institutional change in welfare states, Gender Arrangements and Gender Culture, the work-family relationship, and the changing relationship between formal, semi-formal and informal Work.
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Professor of Sociology at the Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
Costanzo Ranci's research is focused on social inequalities and vulnerability, socio-economic insecurity, long-term care policy, social policy.
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Assistant Professor at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG), University of Lisbon, Portugal
Ricardo Rodrigues researches on comparative ageing policies, particularly inequalities in health and care and their interplay with labour market and poverty. He is currently part of the board of the Research Network on Ageing of the European Sociology Association.
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We would like to offer our thanks to Sue Yeandle, founding Editor In her eight years as Editor in Chief Sue has developed IJCC from the kernel of an idea to a flourishing international journal. Thanks to her hard work and dedication the journal is now an essential resource for academics, practitioners and policymakers working in the field of care and caring. around the world, with readership in 149 countries and territories in 2024.
