Nobu Ishiguro

Associate Professor in Social Policy at the Graduate School of Language and Culture, Osaka University, Japan. Her research interests include comparative welfare state research focusing on long-term care policies, most recently with a thematic focus on care work, welfare governance and care technology in Nordic countries and Japan. Her publications include a co-edited book on co-housing for senior citizens (2010) and articles on working conditions of care workers, child care policies and technology in care.