Soziale Sicherung im Krisenmodus (SoSiKri)

Berten, J., Schulze Waltrup, R., & Kaasch, A. (2026). Limits to welfare? The translation of boundary concepts in global eco-social policy. Critical Policy Studies, 1–25. OnlineFirst. https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2026.2669065

The article analyses how international organisations (the International Labour Organization, the OECD, and the World Bank) frame limits in global eco-social policy. It finds that there are three dimensions of limits – social, temporal, and spatial – which are connected to distinct policy implications. Overall, these implications make it seem doubtful that sustainable welfare is taken seriously on the global stage.

 

Berten, J. (2026). Social security or insecurity? Uncertain futures of ecological crisis and the meaning of security. Global Social Policy, 26(1), 109–112. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680181261427221

The Forum contribution addresses the relationship between increasing uncertainties due to ecological crises and shifts in the meaning of security. It posits that global social policy scholars should take into consideration that these changes on the level of meaning can have actual consequences when translated into particular policy measures.

 

Whelan, O. J. (2026). Towards resilient social security? Governing the unpredictable in global eco-social policy. Global Social Policy, 26(1), 113–117. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680181261427255

The Forum contribution gives an overview of how resilience is understood by international organisations and discusses the consequences for social security reforms.

 

Barden, N. A. (2026). Volatility of solidarity: Uncertainty in eco-social policy. Global Social Policy, 26(1), 118–121. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680181261427219

In this Forum contribution, solidarity is positioned as central in global eco-social policy debates, shown both by its contestation in the context of ecological crises and by the need to bolster it through policy measures.

 

Li, T. (2026). Sustainability in developing states of the Global South: A social security perspective. Global Social Policy, 26(1), 122–126. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680181261427222

This Forum contribution covers three interrelated dimensions of sustainability. It particularly emphasises the need to consider financial sustainability in global eco-social policy, as financial limitations continue to play an enormous role in reform prospects.

 

Berten, J., Schulze Waltrup, R., & Kaasch, A. (2026). Global Eco-Social Policy: The Integration of the Ecological, the Economic and the Social in International Organisations' Policy Proposals. In: K. Bell, E. Foster & S. Satheesh (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Eco-Social Policy and Politics. London: Sage, pp. 42-60. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781036237721.n4

The chapter explores to what extent policy proposals of international organisations (the International Labour Organization, the OECD, and the World Bank) integrate ecological, economic, and social policies. It develops a detailed concept of policy integration that distinguishes three dimensions – goals, problems, and instruments. The chapter finds that integration in terms of goals is particularly advanced, whereas instruments are much less integrated.