- 2018 – 2021
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter
Measuring socio-political development dynamics and inter-state interdependencies worldwide. Co-creation of the Global Welfare State Information System
TP A01 in the SFB 1342: Global Development Dynamics of Social Policy. Cooperation of ifib with the University of Bremen.
Team: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter, Hendrik Heuer, Gabriela Carolina Molina León
Partner: SOCIUM University of Bremen
Client: German Research Foundation
Sub-project A01 is the central interface for project area A and pursues two objectives:
First, it addresses the research question of how socio-political development dynamics and inter-state interdependencies as well as their interrelationships can be measured and mapped in the best possible data-based way.
Secondly, a comprehensive interactive, web-based information system on the global development dynamics of social policy is being developed: The Global Welfare State Information System (WeSIS)
WeSIS comprises three data components:
- Welfare state indicators
- Indicators on country-specific characteristics
- Indicators on interdependencies between countries and between countries and international organizations
To achieve both goals, new analysis, interaction and visualization options are being tested and implemented in “co-creation” with various user groups in an interdisciplinary collaboration between political science, geography and computer science.