
Social Policy and Social Protection
Program focus areas
Analyze Social Policy frameworks to reduce poverty, vulnerability to social and economic risk and shocks, vulnerability and exclusion
Social Dialogue, Labor Policies and Laws
Migration and Migrant reintegration
Conduct rigorous impact assessment studies on formal and informal social protection strategies
Assess the effectiveness of humanitarian action in complex, fragile, and conflict-prone ecosystems
Develop scalable solutions to promote social inclusion and gender-transformative social policy in social protection programs and related instruments
Develop reflexive monitoring, evaluation and learning tools for social protection programs in fragile, and protracted conflict settings

Past Experiences
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Household Social Networks for Accessing Resources in eastern Ethiopia (implication for pandemic response) - Ethiopia
Dietary Needs and Available Foods of Local Markets and Public Programmes and Curricula Development of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) Focusing on Agroecological Integrated Diverse Nutrient-Dense Crops and Animal Production in Oromia & SNNPR (FAO) - FAO Ethiopia and HU
Four Tier Nutrition, Food, and Post-harvest Technology Assessment - MERCY CORPS
AGRIDIET project “AGRIDIET – The contribution of agriculture to nutrition: Developing the evidence base in Ethiopia and Tanzania”, funded by Irish Aid. http://agridiet.ucc.ie/2013/02/20/jemal-hassen/.
