Markus Kaltenborn is professor at Ruhr-University Bochum, teaching Public Law at the Faculty of Law. He is Director of the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) at Ruhr University Bochum, member of the German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR e.V.) and of the supervisory board of Oxfam Germany. His main areas of research are Health Law, Social Protection Law, Law of Development Cooperation and Human Rights Law. He is co-editor of "Social Protection in Developing Countries. Reforming Systems" (Routledge 2013) and “Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights” (Springer 2020), furthermore author of a study on "Social Rights and International Development" (Springer 2015). Since 2019 he is member of the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors.