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Prof. Dr. Alexandra Kaasch
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Professor in German and Transnational Social Policy
- alexandra.kaasch@uni-bielefeld.de
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- +49 521 106-2427
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- +49 521 106-3994 − Secretary's Details
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- Gebäude X C2-218 − Locations Map
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- Nr. 386 im Gebäude X - Magistrale - Ebene C2
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Professor in German and Transnational Social Policy
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Prof. Dr. Alexandra Kaasch is professor in German and Transnational Social Policy. She is lead editor of the journal "Global Social Policy" (Sage) and co-editor of the international book series "Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy" (Policy Press).
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Curriculum Vitae
Alexandra Kaasch has been Vice-Rector for Science and Society at Bielefeld University since October 2021. As Professor of German and Transnational Social Policy (and previously Junior Professor of Transnational Social Policy), she has been researching and teaching at the Faculty of Sociology since 2014.
After a Studium Generale (Leibniz-Kolleg Tübingen), a Diploma in Political Science (FU Berlin and Marburg) and an MA in European Social Security (KU Leuven), Alexandra Kaasch completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield. She was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Bremen for several years and a lecturer at the University of Sheffield.
Alexandra Kaasch is a researcher on global and comparative social policy. She works interdisciplinary with approaches from social policy research, international relations, international law and global health policy. She is currently PI in the Research Training Group World Politics and in the Bremen SFB 1342 on Global Dynamics of Social Policy.
Current research topics
• Global social policy and governance
• Global eco-social policy
• International Organisations
• Social policy responses to crises
• Social policy in times of insecurity and crises
• Social policy in the context of development
Memberships and Functions
MEMBERSHIPS
German Sociological Association, Social Policy Section
European Network for Social Policy Analysis (Espanet)
International Sociological Association, and ISA Research Committee 19 “Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy”
German Political Science Association (DVPW)
German Alliance for Global Health Research
EDITORSHIPS
2020-2024 Lead Editor ‘Global Social Policy’ (Sage)
(co-editors: Tuba Agartan, Sarah Cook, Nicola Piper, Marianne Ulriksen)
2016-2019 Co-editor ‘Global Social Policy‘ (Sage)
(with Rianne Mahon/ Nicola Piper, Daniel Beland, Huck-ju Kwon)
Since 2016 Co-editor International Book Series ‘Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy‘ (Policy Press)
(with Stefan Kühner, Heejung Chung)
2011-2015 Editor ‚Global Social Policy Digest‘
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