GASPP Research

The GASPP Research Programme encompasses the following broad topics:

• The implicit and explicit prescriptions for and impact upon national social policy of intergovernmental organisations (such as the UN and Bretton Woods Institutions), international non-governmental organisations and international private actors (such as TNCs and consultancy companies).
• The contribution of supranational organisations, international NGOs and other global actors to the global discourse on social policy.
• The role of global public-private partnerships in global health policy.
• The development of systems of transnational social redistribution, social regulation and social provision and empowerment.
• The methods and concepts used by development agencies to assess the social policy of countries and shape their interventions.
• The role of international organisations and transnational social movements in shaping global social and health rights.