Chloé Van Damme is a researcher specialized in social protection policies with a background in economics. As a researcher at the Social Protection Research Institute (SPRI Global), her primary focus lies in social policy research and the analysis of multidimensional child poverty. She holds an MSc in Public Policy and Human Development from the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance and United Nations University. Her areas of interest are education, child poverty and child-sensitive policy making.