Current Updates

Prof. Janina Steinert’s project on “Preventing Parent and Teacher Violence against Children in Tanzania (PREVIO)” has won the German Alliance for Global Health Research (GLOHRA) Prize for Global Health Research, which was awarded at the GLOHRA Day on 26 June 2026 in Berlin. [read more]

Manzura Jumaniyazova participated in the 39th European Society for Population Economics (ESPE), held in Espoo and Helsinki, Finland, from 11–13 June 2026. [read more]

Manzura Jumaniyazova has received the European Economic Association's 2026 Award for Exceptional Teaching in the Early Career category. [read more]

Nikolay Lunchenkov, a research fellow at the Professorship for Global Health at the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology, has co-authored a new paper on the HIV/AIDS burden in Kazakhstan, which has been published in the journal Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. [read more]

On 11 June 2026, TUM Diversity Day took place at the Vorhoelzer Forum on TUM’s main campus under the theme “Life in all dimensions: Exploring what true integration looks like.” The event brought together perspectives from academia, business, the media, and the public sector, creating a space for… [read more]

The Professorship of Global Health at the Munich School of Politics and Public Policy (HfP/TUM) has opened the photo exhibition Work · Dreams · Resilience, a photographic journey by Rucha Vasumati Satish that takes visitors to the women of the Indian states Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Andhra… [read more]

Child marriage is a critical issue in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic due to economic instability. This study examines the impact of the pandemic on child marriage rates in India and Zambia, focusing specifically on socio-cultural and… [read more]

Dr. Tobias Schillings has been awarded the Walter Korpi International Social Policy Prize for his paper “Spaces of Equality: A Global Analysis of Universal Healthcare and Social Trust from 2000–2020,” presented at the Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (RC19) conference… [read more]

Manzura Jumaniyazova participated in the 5th Gender and Economics Workshop, held on May 21–22, 2026, organised by the University of Luxembourg. [read more]

Findings suggest that among self-employed women, business leadership and financial reinvestment may serve as protective factors against emotional IPV. Enhancing women’s business capacity may strengthen their agency and reduce IPV risk in contexts with high female labour force participation. [read more]