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House of Lords: Steve Pickering gives evidence on remote working

19.05.2025: Steve Pickering was invited to present evidence at the House of Lords Committee on Home-based Working. In this wide-ranging session, the panel discussed remote work, productivity, health impacts, and what the UK might learn from Japan. Drawing on UK–Japan Trust Tracker survey data, he noted that the UK maintains far higher remote-work rates than Japan, with hybrid arrangements proving stable. He also highlighted inequalities linked to education, income, parenting and digital access; the role of trust and political affiliation in shaping attitudes; and the need for stronger UK-wide data infrastructure to track long-term home-working trends.

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国際共同研究ワークショップ

Understanding Trust in Japan and the UK, 23 January 2025

科学研究費補助金　基盤研究A　国際不満科研
日本学術振興会国際共同研究事業英国との国際共同研究プログラム
「連続サーベイと量的テキスト分析によるパンデミックにおける信頼とその変化の測定」

日時：2025年1月23日（木）
会場：早稲田大学早稲田キャンパス26号館702教室
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開場：12時30分
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• 13:05-13:45 Balancing Accountability and Technological Efficiency: A Cross-National Study on Public Perceptions of Government Use of Algorithms
  • Yosuke Sunahara (Kobe)
• 13:45-14:25 Structural obstacles to vaccine roll-out: Lessons from Okinawa
  • Steve Pickering (Amsterdam), Yuki Yanai (Amsterdam; Kochi University of Technology), Martin Ejnar Hansen (Brunel)
• 14:25-15:05 Power to the People: Measuring Public Opinion on Smart Meters and the Future of Energy Consumption
  • Thomas Scotto (Strathclyde)
• 15:05-15:20 Break
• 15:20-16:00 Public attitudes towards disclosing personal and anonymous health-related data and information
  • Dorothy Yen (Brunel)
• 16:00-16:40 Defence spending: a conjoint analysis
  • Thomas Scotto (Strathclyde) and Jason Reifler (Southampton)
• 16:40-16:45 Concluding remarks

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Preliminary dissemination event, 2 March 2023

Our first dissemination event was an opportunity to discuss our preliminary findings with key partners, and to get feedback on the research areas they are most interested in.

Attendees included representatives from:

• The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• The NHS Health Innovation Network
• The Japanese Embassy/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• YouGov
• The UK Home Office
• The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
• The Japan Local Government Centre