The Collaborative Research Centre 1342 has a total of 13 projects, which - except for the information management project - are divided into two project areas.

Project Area A

Project Area A consists of six projects that focus on the dynamics of coverage and generosity of social policy areas in a global and historical perspective.

A05. When Western Education Standards Meet Cultural Spheres. Effects on Human Well-Being, Polarization of Attitudes, and Social Cohesion
Project directors: Michael Windzio

A06. Work-family Policies: Socioeconomic Outcomes and Policy Learning
Project directors: Sonja Blum, Keonhi Son

A07. New Politics of the Ageing Welfare State? Comparing Political Outcomes and Policy Feedback of Long-term Care Policies
Project directors: Johanna Fischer, Simone Leiber, Heinz Rothgang

A08. Social Policy and Global Welfare: How National Social Protection Regimes Shape International Cooperation
Project director: Philipp Genschel

A09. Worlds of Welfare Across the Globe. Origins and Outcomes
Project directors: Herbert Obinger, Carina Schmitt

A10. Causal Impacts of Pension Reforms on Socioeconomic and Political Outcomes
Project director: Sebastian Fehrler

Project Area B

Project area B consists of six projects that examine the dynamics of coverage and generosity in case studies and small-N comparisons for selected countries or regions and specific social protection programmes.

B04. Immigrant Social Rights—How Inclusion and Exclusion Shape Migrants’ Life Chances and Lived Experiences
Project directors: Friederike Römer, Wiebke Schulz

B05. Protection Against Impoverishment and Unemployment Risks? Outcomes of Dualized Welfare Reform in China
Project directors: Tobias ten Brink, Armin Müller

B06. Path Dependencies and Critical Junctures. The Interdependence of Social Policy Outcomes in the Post-Soviet Region
Project director: Heiko Pleines

B13. Welfare States and Protest: Understanding the Contentious Outcomes of Social Policy in Africa
Project directors: Sebastian Haunss, Sophia Hunger

B14. Socially Motivated Reasoning in Social Policy Evaluation: Studying the Causal Effects of Social Policies on Citizens’ Political Attitudes and Behavior
Project directors: Sarah Berens, Markus Tepe, Eva Wegner

B15. Under Global Shock: Outcomes of Different Social Protections Programs in Britain, Chile, and Germany, 1970–2000
Project directors: Cornelius Torp, Delia González de Reufels