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The Institute for social policy researches foremost in two areas:
Social Policy

Social Policy

In addition to general research on the (theory of) social policy the social solicy field focuses on three particular research streams: Poverty and Social Exclusion, Health and Long-Term Care, Economics of social services...

Health Economics and Policy

Health Economics and Policy

The Division of Health Economics and Policy (HEP) is a newly established group, committed to research and teaching in the areas of the economics and policy of health and healthcare. The Division is part of the Institute for Social Policy, within the Socioeconomics Department of WU Vienna.

New Specialization from Summer Term 2021: Health and Social Policy

From Summer Term 2021, students in Business and Economics, Betriebswirtschaft, Internationale Betriebswirtschaft and Wirtschaftsrecht can choose Health and Social Policy as a new exciting…

New Publications on brokering agencies in the market for live-in migrant care work in Austria and Germany 19 October 202

In the publication „Yet another black box: brokering agencies in the evolving market for live-in migrant care work in Austria and Germany“, Simone Leiber, Verena Rossow, August Österle und Timm Frerk…

Kurt Rothschild-Research Prize 2020

In September 2020, Karin Heitzmann has been awarded with the Kurt Rothschild-Research Prize 2020 by the Dr.-Karl-Renner-Institute. The prize is granted to researchers who not only target their…