Global social policy and governance: new realities, new challenges

International Development & IKD @ The Open University

Join us for this webinar discussing key challenges for contemporary global social governance and policy.

The global pandemic, climate change, widening global inequalities, rising populism, fundamentalism, extremism, nationalism, protectionism, deepening neo-liberal prescriptions for the world economy, widespread conflict and shifts in the geo-political landscape are all presenting acute challenges to social policy and welfare systems. They bring into sharp focus the need for more effective forms of global social governance and a better understanding of the complexities of the new (and to billions of people, extremely harsh) social and economic realities of the rapidly evolving global social order. They also expose the urgency of pro-egalitarian transformative social change.Join Professor Nicola Yeates (The Open University), Dr Chris Holden (University of York) and Shahra Razavi (International Labour Organization) upon the launch of the third edition of Understanding Global Social Policy as they explore with a panel of world-leading scholars major trends and challenges facing global social governance and policy today. Students and teachers are especially welcome to participate in this event.This webinar will explore the following questions: •	What are the most pressing issues for global social policy and governance today? •	What does research tell us about how they are being addressed and whether this is effective? •	What more needs to be done to meet the Sustainable Development Goals’ objective of not leaving anyone behind, anywhere? These questions will be addressed through discussion of a range of key issues facing billions of people worldwide.

CHAIRShahra Razavi, Director of Social Protection at the International Labour OrganizationPANELLISTSChris Holden (University of York)Meri Koivusalo (Tampere University)Rianne Mahon (Carlton University)Theo Papaioannou (Open University)Susan Robertson (Cambridge University)Carolyn Snell (University of York)Nicola Yeates (Open University)

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