Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
| Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy | |
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 Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy |
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| Category: | research Institute |
| Carrier: | Max Planck Society |
| Legal form of the carrier: | Registered association |
| Seat of the wearer: | Munich |
| Facility location: | Munich |
| Type of research: | Basic research |
| Subjects: | Humanities , law |
| Areas of expertise: | Social law , social policy |
| Basic funding: | Federal government (50%), states (50%) |
| Management: | Ulrich Becker (Managing Director), Axel Börsch-Supan |
| Homepage: | www.mpisoc.mpg.de |
The Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy is a research facility of the Max Planck Society in Munich .
history
In 1976 a project group for international and comparative social law was set up by the Max Planck Society. After successfully completing this, it was transferred to the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Social Law in 1980 . The institute was opened on June 3, 1982. The founder and director until 1990 was the later President of the Max Planck Society, Hans F. Zacher . Until 2002 the institute was headed by Bernd Baron von Maydell , since September 2002 it has been headed by Ulrich Becker .
On July 1, 2011, the institute was expanded to include a second department, the Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA). The department is headed by Axel Börsch-Supan . Since then, the institute has been operating under its new name: "Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy".
research
Social law
The Department of Foreign and International Social Law is dedicated to basic research in the field of foreign and international social law and comparative social law. The focus is on systems to insure against social risks such as illness, old age, need for care, disability, unemployment and accidents, as well as systems of social support and social assistance. The systematic research of the most important developments in social law, in particular the reforms of the social security systems in developed countries, the Europeanization and internationalization of social law and the establishment of social benefit systems in developing countries is of central importance.
Social policy
The Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) department deals with micro- and macroeconomic aspects of demographic change and thus anticipating and accompanying them. By developing empirical models and the resulting forecasts, the MEA derives recommendations for action for business and politics. The MEA is integrated into numerous international research networks such as SAVE (Saving and Pensions in Germany) or SHARE (Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe) and thus combines scientific research of high international standards with strictly scientifically based policy advice. The background to these tasks is the gradually accelerating demographic change, which is one of the most important social developments in the next decades. In addition to the socio-political consequences, the demographic change will cause a deep-seated macroeconomic structural change that will affect all central markets - the labor market, markets for goods and services, as well as the capital markets at home and abroad. The MEA receives third-party funding from numerous national and international research funding institutions (including DFG, VW Foundation, EU, NIA / NIH). The MEA works closely with the department for international and foreign social law, especially on the effects of social law regulations on economic behavior at home and abroad.
inclusion
Max Planck Fellow - the specialist group Inclusion in the case of disabilities, headed by Elisabeth Wacker , will generate knowledge about changes in social systems and participation in the event of disabilities. In particular, the research program includes structures, measures and effects of prevention, rehabilitation and health development from a national and international perspective. The team deals with the main research areas of inclusion and exclusion in the case of disabilities, the effects of the change from benefits in kind to benefits in cash through the personal budget , new frameworks and roles in social services, the potentials and limits of national and international social models as well as the implementation of the UN Disability Rights Convention in Countries in the Global South. These are each linked to the two cross-cutting issues “Demographic change” and “Dealing with diversity”.
literature
- Max Planck Society (ed.): Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Social Law , (Series: Reports and Communications of the Max Planck Society), Issue 1995/2, ISSN 0341-7778 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ New Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Social Law . In: Social Progress . tape 31 , no. 8 , 1982, ISSN 0038-609X , pp. 189-189 , JSTOR : 24508567 .
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