Dr Roosa Lambin

Profile

Dr Roosa Lambin is a Research Associate in Adaptation and Resilience, and engages in research and programme management across diverse projects. Roosa is a Social Policy scholar with particular expertise in philanthropic development actors, global health, and social protection systems in the sub-Saharan African region. She has published in leading social policy journals and currently acts as the co-lead editor for two forthcoming book publications. She frequently collaborates with different research institutions, including the Open University and the UN University's World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER). She has contributed to multiple projects commissioned by leading national and international organisations, including the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

Roosa holds a DPhil in Social Policy from the University of Oxford, an MA in International Social Policy from the University of Nottingham, and a BA in Social Policy from the University of Turku.

Publications

Book editorials

Lambin, R., Surender, R., Roberts, J. (eds.) (forthcoming). Handbook on Philanthropy and Social Policy. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.

Heimo, L., Lambin, R. (eds.) (forthcoming). Globaalii Sosiaalipolitiikka. Vastapaino, Tampere.

Articles

Lambin, R. (2024). Philanthropy and Social Policy in sub-Saharan Africa – new perspectives to the welfare mix. Journal of International & Comparative Social Policy, Special edition on Social Policy in Africa, 1-13.

Lambin, R. & Nyyssölä, M. (2024). Tanzanian social policy in the new millennium – a cross-sectoral analysis from a gender perspective. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 44, 14/13.

Lambin, R., Surender, R. (2021). Philanthropic social policy transfer in a development context: new insights on strategies, processes, and mechanisms of transnational social policymaking. Journal of Social Policy.

Working Papers

Yeates, N., Holden, C., Lambin, R., Snell, C., Idris, N., Mackinder, S. (2023). A global fund for social protection: Lessons from the diverse experiences of global health, agriculture and climate funds. ILO Working Paper 97. International Labour Office, Geneva.

Lambin, R. & Nyyssölä, M. (2022). Two decades of Tanzanian health policy. Examining policy developments and opportunities through a gender lens. Working Paper. UNU-WIDER, Helsinki.

Lambin, R., Nyyssölä, M., Bernigaud, A. (2022). Social Protection in Tanzania from the perspective of working-age women. Exploring developments, challenges, and opportunities for the future. Working Paper. UNU-WIDER, Helsinki.

Lambin, R., Nyyssölä, M. (2022). Employment Policy in Tanzania – What’s in it for Women? Working Paper. UNU-WIDER, Helsinki.

Book Chapters

Lambin, R., Nyyssölä, M. (2024). Incorporating Informal Workers into Social Insurance in Tanzania. In Ilcheong Yi, Alexandra Kaasch, Kelly Stetter (eds.), Emerging Trends in Social Policy from the South. Policy Press, Bristol, pp. 161-185.

Jolkkonen, R. (2019). NGOs and their role in the welfare mix. In James Midgley, Rebecca Surender and Laura Alfers (eds.), Handbook of Social Policy and Development. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 451-468.

Jolkkonen, R. (2019). Big Philanthropies as agents of policy circulation in development: examining the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In Christopher Walker and Tom Baker (eds.), Policy Circulation: Agents, Actor, and Arenas. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 73-88.