Chonnam National University Selected for Korea Research Foundation Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project

Global Diaspora Research Institute, Fully Committed to Developing a Community-Based Health Commons Model

Research Agenda of the Global Diaspora Institute. Photo by Chonnam National University.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] The Global Diaspora Research Institute at Chonnam National University has been selected as a recipient of the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project by the National Research Foundation of Korea.

According to Chonnam National University on the 10th, the Global Diaspora Research Institute (Director Kim Kyung-hak) was selected for the 2021 Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project, organized by the National Research Foundation of Korea, with the research theme "Migration and Public Health in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Focusing on Regional Health Commons," and will conduct the first phase of research over the next three years.

The institute will engage in theoretical and practical research aimed at resolving conflicts and contradictions related to migrants' health issues that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of public health. In particular, the institute plans to develop a community-based health commons model to realize migrants' public health, conducting research in collaboration with universities, local governments, NGOs, and others.

Director Kim Kyung-hak stated, "Migrants' health issues need to be addressed not simply through healthcare services but through processes in which community members cooperate and take action together." He added, "Through such processes, we will activate exchange and communication between migrants and native residents and expand the discourse on migrants' public health."

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