A5065026383- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- International Development and Aid
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Global Health Care Issues
- Human Rights and Development
- Political and Economic history of UK and US
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Social Sciences and Governance
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Disaster Response and Management
- Health and Conflict Studies
- International Labor and Employment Law
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Economic Theory and Policy
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
Bielefeld University
2015-2025
University of Bremen
2010-2014
University of Sheffield
2013
In the realm of global health policy, intricacies power dynamics and intersectionality have become increasingly evident. Structurally embedded hierarchies constitute a significant concern in achieving for all demand transformational change. Adopting intersectional feminist approaches potentially mitigates inequities through more inclusive responsive policies. While to foreign development policies are receiving increasing attention, they not accorded importance deserve policy. This article...
The idea that moments of crisis form opportunities for fundamental policy change is widespread in political science and public policy. It usually associated with historical institutionalism the notion ‘critical junctures’. On basis an in-depth analysis social responses Australia, Belgium, Netherlands Sweden over course four global economic shocks, we ask whether critical junctures useful understanding nature triggered by crisis. main empirical finding aftermath exogenous shock exception...
This editorial argues for the importance of examining European social policy-making in relation to climate change from a global policy perspective. It highlights that significantly impacts policy, both cushioning its negative effects and recognising how traditional welfare state models have contributed ecological crises with severe inequalities between countries. The Union, relatively advanced integration historical responsibility transgression planetary boundaries, plays crucial role...
Abstract Global crises constitute challenges for social policy. While policy is predominantly a national concern, international organisations (IOs) contribute frames of reference state decisions. In this article, we explore whether the COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in IOs’ ideas and recommendations health care, labour market, protection policies due how IOs perceived crisis’ specific nature, severity, global scope. We focus on four regarded as key actors policy, namely ILO, OECD, WHO,...
This article discusses the conceptualization of global social policy in its dimension prescriptions on national policy. By studying health systems discourse and comparing it to pensions, applicability validity common notions contestation struggle between actors their ideas are discussed. On basis conceptual considerations discourses, reasons for differences two discourses elaborated on. The offers conclusions as with regard ‘war positions’ promises ASID (agency, structure, institution,...
Abstract Based on empirical findings from a comparative study welfare state responses to the four major economic shocks (the 1970s oil shocks, early 1990s recession, 2008 financial crisis) in OECD countries, this article demonstrates that, contrast conventional wisdom, policy global crises vary significantly across countries. What explains cross-national and within-case variation crises? We discuss several potential causes of pattern argue that political parties party composition governments...
Global Social Policy (GSP) has established itself as a distinct field of research over the past 25 years. Without doubt one leading figure to this advancement was Bob Deacon. He integrated several explanations and approaches into social policy that had so far been in other disciplinary fields, including concepts International Relations (IR). That allowed explain more about autonomy, inter-action between actors at global level potential impacts international organisations on national...