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ABOUT US
Overview
Team Members
RESEARCH
Overview
Research themes
1. Poverty, Vulnerability and Inequality
2. Social protection policy design
3. Shock-responsive social protection, including in a humanitarian context
4. Fiscal policy for social protection
Projects and Evaluations
1. Poverty, Vulnerability and Inequality
2. Social protection policy analysis
3. Shock-responsive social protection, including in a humanitarian context
4. Fiscal policy for social protection
EDUCATION
TRAINING
Overview
Types of Training
Course modules within programmes
E-Learning Courses
Tailor Made Trainings
Training request
PUBLICATION
Latest publications
Books
Briefs
Working papers
MEDIA
News
Social Protection Channel
Events
News
UNU-MERIT joins international partners to relaunch social protection training courses across Africa
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2021-12-10
New Open Access Handbook on Social Protection Systems
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2021-09-09
Time for the wind to change: One-on-one with Franziska Gassmann
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2021-03-17
Fifty homeless people in Canada were given over $5,000 each. Here’s what happened next
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2020-10-30
New poverty tracking tools and fairer child benefits: Two reports for UNICEF Kyrgyzstan
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2020-10-06
In Memoriam: Wolfgang Scholz (1950-2020)
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2020-06-09
PhD defence: Patima Chongcharoentanawat of Thailand
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-12-19
PhD defence: Patima Chongcharoentanawat of Thailand
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-12-19
First Impressions: Publications in July & August 2019
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-08-31
First Impressions: Publications in July & August 2019
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-08-31
Show me the money: How cash transfers impact child nutrition — Dr. Richard de Groot
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-07-02
Show me the money: How cash transfers impact child nutrition
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-07-02
Scoping food security & nutrition across Central Asia: New WFP Report
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-04-29
Scoping food security & nutrition across Central Asia: New WFP Report
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-04-29
Road to ‘Nowhere’ — The Kakuma case study for emergency aid
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-03-25
Road to ‘Nowhere’ — The Kakuma case study for emergency aid
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-03-25
Emergency evolution: A process framework for humanitarian social protection
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-03-14
Emergency evolution: A process framework for humanitarian social protection
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-03-14
Global Compact on Refugees: Breaking new ground or going round in circles?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-02-06
Global Compact on Refugees: Breaking new ground or going round in circles?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2019-02-06
Revaluation of the welfare state: Wishful thinking?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-12-11
Revaluation of the welfare state: Wishful thinking?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-12-11
Social protection interplay: Tracking people’s preferences and institutional policies
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-11-20
Social protection interplay: Tracking people’s preferences and institutional policies
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-11-20
Extending social protection coverage to refugees: The golden chance of humanitarian assistance
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-10-05
Extending social protection coverage to refugees: The golden chance of humanitarian assistance
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-10-05
How to boost social protection worldwide: From Europe to Asia?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-09-13
Social protection and bridging the humanitarian-development divide
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-08-22
Beyond moral obligations: from theories to practical solutions
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-08-06
Why give social protection to protracted refugees? Time to refocus responsibilities and moral obligations
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-07-18
World Day vs. Child Labour: Why Balkan children need social protection
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-06-10
Breaking silos, nudging communities: The SITE4Society adventure
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-02-20
How corrupt local officials kill decent education in Africa
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-02-15
New campaign highlights UNU’s work on the Sustainable Development Goals
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2018-01-22
‘We need to think about redistribution, globally’ — Dr. Andrés Mideros Mora
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2017-12-08
On universal access to antiretroviral drugs: Insights from Brazil
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2017-12-01
Leave no one behind: Keeping up the pressure on HIV/AIDS in Viet Nam
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2017-11-22
Science for the SDGs: Building the interface between research & policy
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2017-11-21
A positive view of the future prevents school dropouts in Southern Africa
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2017-11-16
Would the Mahatma approve? On nudging vs. lynching (to use toilets) in India
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2017-10-02
Can social protection end poverty in all its forms everywhere?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2017-09-06
Social Protection & Development: New Maastricht University Chair
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2017-07-07
Go For Action Research
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2017-01-10
Is Technological Innovation Making Society More Unequal?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2017-01-09
Gender: A multilayered concept touching all of society
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2016-11-25
Why it’s easier for India to get to Mars than to tackle its toilet challenge
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2016-11-19
SDG+1: Turning Words and Plans into Concrete Budgets
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2016-09-22
SDG+1: Will Raising Taxes Cover the 2030 Agenda?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2016-09-20
SDG+1: How Much Will the Education Goal Cost to Realise?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2016-09-16
SDG+1: How Much Will the Health Goal Cost to Achieve?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2016-09-14
SDG+1: Turning Myth into Reality for the Poverty Agenda
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2016-09-09
SDG+1: Holding Governments to Account — A New Role for the SDGs
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2016-09-06
Weighing up the difficult world of child labour
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2016-06-30
Marking International Day vs. Sexual Violence in Conflict
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2016-06-18
Civil Society Social Protection Floor Index: Five Q&As
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2016-06-09
‘Getting out of our comfort zone’: Women, Peace & Security post-2015
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2016-05-06
Tweeting with UNICEF: Dr. Keetie Roelen
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2016-04-27
The links between civil conflict & education in Colombia
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-12-02
Universal Children’s Day: Leave No Child Behind
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-11-20
World Toilet Day: How Can Firms Make a Difference?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-11-19
Women, Peace & Security: 15 years since UNSCR 1325
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-10-30
A Dividend for 23 Years of Peace & Democracy in Mozambique?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-10-05
International Day of Peace: New Fears for Burundi
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-09-18
Can We End Poverty by 2030? We Can Make Real Progress: SDG 1
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-09-10
Water for Development: World Water Week 2015
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-08-14
World Day Against Child Labour: How Many Have to Work?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-06-11
New Professor: Franziska Gassmann
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-05-29
Displacement, Refugees & the New World Disorder: Seminar
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-05-26
News from Nepal: PhD Fellow’s Earthquake Report
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-05-18
Time to Rethink Development Goals on Extreme Poverty?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-04-08
African Social Transfer Course: 27 July-7 Aug. 2015
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-03-30
Interview with Andrés Mideros Mora, Vice-Minister of Ecuador
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-03-17
Skills, Stability and Conflict: New Research Project
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2015-01-29
Lebanon: Playing the Good Host?
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2014-07-09
Redrawing Social Policy in Bosnia & Herzegovina
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2014-04-25
Lifting the embargo on the children of Iran: Dr. Sepideh Yousefzadeh
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2013-11-23
Blog: Syrian Conflict Debate
Source: UNU-MERIT social protection
Published on 2013-10-25
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