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Read more // 12.11.2024
Representing the Countryside in Africa and Europe
From 27 to 29 September 2024, the workshop "Representing the Countryside in Africa and Europe" took place at the University of Bremen, organized by project B09 "Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa". The workshop explored the question of how rural populations and regions are politically represented and whether there is a change or even a crisis in rural interest politics, as is often described and criticized in many contemporary and social diagnoses.
Read more // 12.11.2024
25 Years of Global Education Agendas: Emerging Actors, Evolving Mechanisms, and Changing Interests
On October 25, project A05 "The Global Development of Coverage and Generosity in Public Education" hosted a workshop titled "25 Years of Global Education Agendas: Emerging Actors, Evolving Mechanisms, and Changing Interests" to examine pivotal shifts in global education agendas over the past twenty-five years. Attendees included seven distinguished researchers from international institutions, the local project team, and invited commentators from Berlin and Hamburg.
Read more // 04.11.2024
Policy Transfer and Advocacy Coalitions of Pension Reforms in South Korea
To kick off the CRC 1342 Jour Fixe lecture series in the winter semester 2024/25, Prof. Won Sub Kim from Korea University in Seoul gave a talk on "Policy Transfer and Advocacy Coalitions of Pension Reforms in South Korea. From the Perspective of the Situated Learning" on 30 October. He is currently a guest researcher in the Collaborative Research Centre 1342 at the University of Bremen until the end of the year.
Read more // 31.10.2024
Development Pathways Podcast: What Comes After Social Cash Transfers?
Anna Wolkenhauer from project B09 "Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa" took part in a discussion for the Development Pathways podcast. The debate, which included also Jeremy Seekings and Hangala Siachiwena from the University of Cape Town, addressed the future of social protection in Africa.
Read more // 17.10.2024
Research trip to Peru: Both a challenge and motivation
Josefine Dehn, doctoral fellow in project B10 "Armed Conflict and Dynamics of Social Policy", spent three weeks on a research trip to Peru in August and September 2024. There, she collected data for her dissertation and the project in various archives and libraries.
Read more // 01.10.2024
Entrance hall of the headquaters of the National Library of Peru, located in the district of San Borja in Lima
A07 Project Team participates in the International Long-term Care Policy Network Conference
Meika Sternkopf, Dr. Johanna Fischer, Migyeong Yun and Davide Viero from project "Global Dynamics of Long-term Care Policy" recently presented their research at the 7th International Conference on Evidence-based Policy in Long-term Care. Bringing together academics, policymakers, and experts, the conference is organised every two years by the International Long-Term Care Policy Network (ILPN). This year, it was co-hosted by the Government of the Spanish province Biscay and took place in its capital Bilbao from 12-14 September 2024.
Read more // 20.09.2024
Health Aid and its Sustainability in the Kyrgyz Republic
Dr. Gulnaz Isabekova-Landau, a postdoctoral researcher in the Collaborative Research Center project B06, which explores social policies in Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia, was interviewed by Crossroads Central Asia. The topic was her book, which was published in the Collaborative Research Center’s "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" book series.
Read more // 13.09.2024
Research trip provides unique insight into the history and present of the USA
Fabienne Müller, a doctoral researcher in project B11, which deals with the historical perspective of protectionism and social policy in Argentina and the US, is currently researching the questions of her dissertation in various cities in the United States. Her work focuses on the first half of the 1990s and the policies of President Bill Clinton.
Read more // 10.09.2024
One of the bridges over the Arkansas River and another visible symbol of the 42nd President: The Clinton Presidential Park Bridge in Little Rock, Arkansas
13th International NordWel Summer School in Bremen
The 13th NordWel Summer School "State, Society & Citizen - Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Welfare State Development" took place at the Haus der Wissenschaft in Bremen from 19 to 23 August 2024.
Read more // 23.08.2024
Retirement provision: China's pension time bomb is ticking
Dr. Armin Müller from project B05 "Inclusion and Benefit Dynamics in the Chinese Welfare Regime" was interviewed by WirtschaftsWoche. In the article "Altersvorsorge: Chinas Renten-Zeitbombe tickt", he gives his expert opinion of how to deal with the ageing of Chinese society.
Read more // 26.07.2024
"The project gave me a place to truly grow"
Samantha Grunow worked as a Student Assistant in project A04 "Global Developments in Health Care Systems" from July 2022 until May 2024. She studied International Relations at the University of Bremen from 2021 until 2024 and focused her studies on the role of humanitarian organizations and aid amidst crisis and instability. In this interview, she describes her work experience and gives tips to students who are interested in a SHK position.
Read more // 24.07.2024
