# Comparative and Global Social Policy

**Source**: https://www.york.ac.uk/business-society/research/social-policy/comparative-global-social-policy/
**Parent**: https://www.york.ac.uk/about/sanctuary/support-global-crises/

Our research group is the focal point for York's world leading cross-national and transnational social policy analysis.

We have undertaken innovative work on how international trade impacts health services provision and public health outcomes, welfare state typologies, the political economy of welfare and the nature and extent of 'corporate welfare'.

Within the theme, Social Policy East Asia eXchange (SPEAX) acts as a focal point for our exchange of knowledge and research with East Asia specialists.

Key funders include the British Academy, ESRC, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, US National Institutes of Health, MRC/ESRC/DFID/Wellcome, and Praksis. The theme also hosts the [Journal of Comparative and International Social Policy](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-international-and-comparative-social-policy).

### Theme lead

- [Dr Chris Holden](https://www.york.ac.uk/business-society/people/chris-holden/#d.en.131219)

## Project spotlights

- [Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme - Serious and Organised Crime (SOC ACE)](https://www.socace-research.org.uk/)
- [The impact of culture on welfare politics and welfare state types](https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FJ00460X%2F1)
- [The British Corporate Welfare State](https://www.york.ac.uk/business-society/research/social-policy/research-corporate-welfare/#d.en.872418)
- [Tobacco Companies, Public Policy and Global Health](https://www.york.ac.uk/business-society/research/social-policy/researchproject-tobaccocompanies/)
- [British Academy Writing Workshops 2021](https://www.york.ac.uk/business-society/research/social-policy/researchproject-bacademyworkshops2021/#d.en.872627)
- [Strengthening health system promotion of maternal and child health through medical travel](https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FM002160%2F1)
- [Children's Worlds: An International Report on Child Well-Being](https://isciweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Summary-Comparative-Report-2020.pdf)
- [The Family Support Service in Athens and Thessaloniki](https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/141699/1/PRAKSIS_Final_Report_3_7_18_single_column_format_.pdf)

Research degrees

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[Study with us](https://www.york.ac.uk/business-society/study/phd-social-policy-and-social-work/)

Publications

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## Contact us

**Dr Chris Holden**

Reader in Social Policy

- [chris.holden@york.ac.uk](mailto:chris.holden@york.ac.uk)
- [+044 (0)1904 321254](tel:+0441904 321254)