Health and Social Protection

The section seeks to contribute to the development of inclusive social protection and health systems by 

• Taking a global perspective,

• Engaging in interdisciplinary research beyond the social sciences,

• Bridging the gap between research and practice by combining rigorous academic research with high societal relevance

Main Research Areas

• Political economy and institutional analysis of social protection and health system reforms (read more)

• Social protection, health, and technology: Interactions between technological and institutional change

• Multisectoral coordination within a One-Health Approach

The International Center for Sustainable Development is co-convener of the international EADI-Working Group on Social Protection. The working group issues a regular newsletter. If you would like to join the working group, please contact Callistus Agbaam (Callistus.Agbaam@h-brs.de)

Convener: Katja Bender (Katja.Bender@h-brs.de), Markus Loewe (Markus.Loewe@gdi-die.de).

Selected Projects

• Bender, K. & Kaltenborn, M., Eds. (in preparation). Global Social Protection – Institutional Perspectives, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing (to be published in 2022).
• One Health and Urban Transformation - Identifying risks and developing sustainable solutions (more information)
• Energy Self-sufficiency for Health Facilities in Ghana (more information)
• Social and Health Policies for Inclusive Growth (more information)

Selected publications

• Bender, K., Rohregger, B., Kinuthia, B., Ikua, G.,Schüring, E., Alatinga, K., Adamba, C., Pouw, N. (2021). Different pathways of social protection reforms: An analysis of long-term institutional change in Kenya.), in: World Development, 131, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105210
• Pouw, N., Rohregger, B., Schüring, E., Alatinga, K., Kinuthia, B., & Bender, K. (2020). Social Protection in Ghana and Kenya through an Inclusive Development Lens: complex effects and risks, in: World Development Perspectives, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2020.100173
• Bender, K. (2016), Internationale Politikdiffusion und Umsetzung des Rechts auf soziale Sicherung, MenschenRechtsMagazin, Heft 2/16, pp. 129-138, https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/opus4-ubp/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/10036/sites/default/files/2022-06/GTN_Flyer.jpgmrm21_02.pdf
• E. W. Ramde, S. Rummeny, T. Schneiders, E. Waffenschmidt, S. Chaaraoui, M.Bebber, S. Meilinger, „Planning of sustainable and stable micro grids for Ghanaian hospitals with photovoltaics” SDEWES Conference Paper, (2020)