Our research focuses on changes in social policy, historically and worldwide. We examine how welfare states are formed and develop. We are also interested in what makes social security systems successful and when reforms take place. Furthermore, we investigate which national and international factors influence the shaping of social policy.
Publications
- Cortina-Escudero, M. (2023). The Development of Social Policy in Latin America: A Comparative Case Study between Argentina and Mexico. University Bremen.
- Cortina-Escudero, M. (2022). Trade and Immigration: How International Factors Shaped Social Policy in Argentina. In International Impacts on Social Policy. Global Dynamics of Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86645-7_31
- Lierse, H., & Seelkopf, L. (2022). Left by the left? The politics of poverty alleviation. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 38(3), 223–240.
- Obinger, H., Schmitt, C., & Seelkopf, L. (2022). Mass warfare and the development of the modern welfare state: An analysis of the western world, 1914–1950. In International impacts on social policy: Short histories in global perspective (pp. 21–34). Springer International Publishing Cham. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/53340/978-3-030-86645-7.pdf?sequence=1#page=47
- Seelkopf, L., & Starke, P. (2019). Social Policy by Other Means: Theorizing Unconventional Forms of Welfare Production. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 21(3), 219–234. https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2019.1574089
- Grünewald, A., & Seelkopf, L. (2016). Auslaufmodell oder Erfolgsgeschichte? Soziale Sicherung in globaler Perspektive. Zeitschrift Für Sozialreform, 62(2), 111–130. https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2016-0008
- Schmitt, C., Lierse, H., Obinger, H., & Seelkopf, L. (2015). The Global Emergence of Social Protection: Explaining Social Security Legislation 1820–2013. Politics & Society, 43(4), 503–524. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032329215602892