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Foreign Correspondents

Cooperation with foreign correspondents in selected countries allows the Department for Foreign and International Social Law to extend the limited number of countries represented at the Institute and, by giving attention to additional countries, to broaden its research focus. The correspondents’ task is to provide reliable information on the social security law of their countries and to serve as contact points for questions on social law arising in the context of the departmental research activities. In turn, the Institute is committed to assisting the correspondents in their own research activities, in particular by facilitating research stays at the Institute.

Australia

Prof. em. Dr. Terry Carney
University of Sydney

Social Law Reports No. 2/2025 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 2/2024 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 1/2024 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 1/2023 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 1/2022 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 1/2021 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 1/2020 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 1/2019 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 1/2018 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 1/2017 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 1/2016 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 1/2015 (PDF)

Brazil

Prof. Dr. Ingo Sarlet
Pontificia Universidade Católica (PUC) do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre

Social Law Reports No. 4/2024 (PDF)
Addendum to Social Law Report No. 7/2022 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 7/2022 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 6/2021 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 6/2019 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 8/2018 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 8/2016 (PDF)

Chile

Prof. Dr. Viviana Ponce de León Solís
Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago

Social Law Reports No. 1/2025 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 7/2024 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 6/2023 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 4/2023 (PDF)

Greece

Prof. Patrina Paparrigopoulou, J.D. (since 2022)
Prof. em. Konstantinos Kremalis (until 2020)
National and Capodistrian University of Athens

Social Law Reports No. 8/2022 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 3/2019 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 5/2018 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 7/2017 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 6/2016 (PDF)

Ireland

Prof. Dr. Peter Herrmann (until 2020)
Institute of Political, Economic and Social Studies (EURISPES)

Social Law Reports No. 5/2021 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 7/2018 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 6/2017 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 9/2016 (PDF)

Mexico

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Mendizábal Bermúdez
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos

Social Law Reports No. 6/2024 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 5/2024 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 3/2023 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 5/2022 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 2/2021 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 2/2020 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 4/2019 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 3/2018 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 4/2017 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 3/2016 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 3/2015 (PDF)

New Zealand

Michael Fletcher, PhD
Victoria University of Wellington

Social Law Reports No. 9/2024 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 3/2024 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 2/2023 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 4/2022 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 3/2021 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 4/2020 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 2/2019 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 2/2018 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 2/2017 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 2/2016 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 2/2015 (PDF)

Slovenia

Prof. Dr. Grega Strban
University of Ljubljana

Social Law Reports No. 3/2025 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 8/2024 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 6/2022 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 6/2020 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 4/2018 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 5/2017 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 5/2016 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 5/2015 (PDF)

Czech Republic

Kateřina Štěpánková, Ph.D. (since 2024)
Dr. Martin Štefko (until 2023)
Charles University of Prague

Social Law Reports No. 2/2022 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 3/2020 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 6/2018 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 3/2017 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 7/2016 (PDF)
Social Law Reports No. 4/2015 (PDF)

Turkey

Prof. Dr. Alpay Hekimler
Eskişehir Osmangazi University ESOGÜ

Social Law Reports No. 5/2023 (PDF in German)
Social Law Reports No. 3/2022 (PDF in German)
Social Law Reports No. 4/2021 (PDF in German)
Social Law Reports No. 5/2020 (PDF in German)
Social Law Reports No. 4/2019 (PDF in German)
Social Law Reports No. 4/2016 (PDF in German)
Social Law Reports No. 4/2016 Annex (PDF)

PR of China

Dr. Dongmei Liu
University of Zhongnan, Changsha

Social Law Reports No. 10/2018 (PDF)

Latest Publications

Grega Strban

Strban, Grega:
Recent Developments and Discussions on Slovenian Social Security Law, Social Law Reports, Issue 3, 2025.

Irene Carlet, Rebekah McWirther

Carlet, Irene; McWirther, Rebekah:
Access, trust, and equity in vaccination: A historical and sociolegal analysis of vaccination laws in Australia, in: Medical Law International, (2025), p. 1-39.