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Visit Us on Social Media and Check Out the Blog Social Policy Worldwide!
The Collaborative Research Center "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" is represented on Bluesky as well as on Mastodon and X. On these channels you will always find the latest news about the CRC 1342. Furthermore, we also recommend the blog Social Policy Worldwide of the SOCIUM Research Center Inequality and Social Policy at the University of Bremen.
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© Felix Lanver
12.03.2026
Felix Lanver Successfully Defends His PhD Thesis
On 19 February 2026, Felix Lanver defended his dissertation titled "The Expansion of Unemployment Insurance in the Global South, 1980–2019". From May 2022 to December 2025, he was employed in project A02, "Global Dynamics of Coverage and Generosity in Work-Injury Compensation, Unemployment and Old-Age Pensions". The supervisors of his PhD thesis were Prof. Dr. Herbert Obinger and Dr. Nate Breznau.
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11.03.2026
Standard Employment and Segmentation Practices within the Automotive Industry in South Africa
Prof. Dr. Irene Dingeldey and Andrea Schäfer have published a new article on standard employment and segmentation practices within the automotive industry in South Africa, in "Frontiers in Sociology". They were part of the team working in project A03 "Worlds of Labour: Coverage and Generosity of Employment Law" from the second phase of CRC 1342 (2022–2025).
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19.02.2026
Hidden Work-family Challenges in the Low- and Middle-income Countries
A recent article by Dr. Keonhi Son and Dr. Aysegul Kayaoglu, researchers from project A06 "Work-family Policies: Socioeconomic Outcomes and Policy Learning", has been published in "World Development". In this review article, they challenge the conventional view in labor economics that work-family challenges arise only in high-income countries, where many women work in the formal sector. The article presents the first research findings from Phase III of the project, as originally conceptualized in the proposal and further developed within the framework.
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© Nutthaseth Vanchaichana
09.02.2026
First CRC General Assembly in Phase III
On 06.02.2026 the first General Assembly of CRC 1342 in its third funding phase (2026–2029) was held as an online meeting to formally constitute the centre and appoint its key governing bodies. In addition to electing the new Speaker and Deputy Speaker, the members of the Executive Board as well as parts of the Equal Opportunities Committee were newly elected.
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© Maximilian Hohmann
05.02.2026
SOCIUM Annual Meeting 2026
The Annual Conference of the SOCIUM - Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy - was held on 05.02.2026 in the Rotunde of the Cartesium building at the University of Bremen. The collegial exchange focused on mutual reporting on current research findings and strategic initiatives. Participating institutions included, alongside SOCIUM, the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" and the German Institute for Interdisciplinary Social Policy Research (DIFIS).
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© Patrick Pollmeier
05.01.2026
Launch of Final Phase III
The start of the new year marks the beginning of the third and final phase of the Collaborative Research Center "Global Dynamics of Social Policy". A continuing research programme has been developed for the period from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2029. This phase focuses on the socioeconomic effectiveness of social policy and its impact on political integration.
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08.12.2025
Job Vacancies: CRC 1342 is Looking for New Employees for the Third Phase
The Collaborative Research Center "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" is recruiting staff for its third phase. This final funding period will run for four years, from January 2026 to December 2029. (Closing date: 14.01.2026).
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© Maximilian Hohmann
21.11.2025
"Global Dynamics of Social Policy" CRC Enters Third Funding Phase
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is supporting the Collaborative Research Center 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" in a third phase for another four years until the end of 2029. In total, over nine million euros have been made available to successfully complete the twelve-year research agenda.
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© Dario Landau
20.11.2025
Panel Discussion on Social Determinants of Tuberculosis
Dr. Gulnaz Isabekova-Landau, a postdoctoral researcher in the Collaborative Research Centre 1342, will serve as one of the two discussants in the webinar "Panel discussion on social determinants of tuberculosis". She is part of project B06 "Resource Boom and Social Policy in Authoritarian Regimes. A Means of Securing Regime Stability?".
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© University of Bremen/ILO
18.11.2025
A03 Workshop on Legal Segmentation in the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
On 23 and 24 October, 2025, the team of project A03 "Worlds of Labour: Coverage and Generosity of Employment Law" held a workshop in the International Labour Office (ILO) in Geneva. It aimed to communicate and discuss results of A03 eight years of research, including recent publications and the databases on the evolution of labour law.
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