Scientific Advisory Committee
Dominique Anxo
Professor in Economics, Department of Economics and Statistics.
Linnæus University, Kalmar (SE)
He has broad expertise in labour market analysis at both the national and international level and have during the last decade actively participated in multidisciplinary European research projects. He has been involved in various research projects related to life course issues.
Bea Cantillon
Professor of Sociology.
University of Antwerp (BE).
Expert on quantitative comparative research on social protection and poverty in Europe.
Mark Dawson
Professor of European Law and Governance.
Hertie School of Governance, Berlin (DE).
Expert on the relationship between law and policymaking in the EU, in particular economic governance and human rights protection.
Professor at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Iceland (IS).
Research interest include the changing fatherhood and the role of social services in relation to crises and disasters.
Olli Kangas
Professor of Sociology,
University of Turku (FI).
Expert on quantitative analyses on the changing design and impact of social security systems and is currently leading the evaluation of the Finnish experiment with basic income.
Caroline de la Porte
Professor MSO,
Department of International Economics, Government and Business, Copenhagen Business School (DK).
A leading scholar on EU governance and public policy with research on comparative welfare state reform, the Nordic welfare model, and the Europeanisation of welfare states
Chiara Saraceno
Professor emerita in Sociology, has had positions at the University of Turin (IT) and Wissenschaft Zentrum, Berlin (DE).
She has led major European projects on gender, care and intergenerational relations, patterns of family formation, welfare regimes, family policies, poverty and social assistance in Europe.
Maria Symeonaki
Associate Professor of Social Statistics, Department of Social Policy, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens (GR)
She is an expert on social statistics, labour market transitions and job insecurity among young adults in Europe.
Fiona Williams, OBE.
Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, Honorary Professor at the Social Policy Research Unit, University of New South Wales, Australia, and Research Affiliate at COMPAS (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society) at the University of Oxford.
A leading scholar on care, intersectionality, theorization of agency among welfare subjects. She has broad experience from project management, among others as the Director of the ESRC CAVA Research Group on Care, Values and the Future of Welfare at Leeds.
Our friends in @EAPNEurope comment on the EU antipoverty strategy in the #EPSR action plan
Great to see new EU Poverty Target in the Action Plan. But where is the EU antipoverty strategy? Why is the target LESS than the last and not SDG 1 goal to reduce poverty by 50%? https://t.co/I0kZIpXKeJ
The Pillar Action Plan is finally out!
Our initial reaction? We’re very happy to see a focus on quality jobs for young people, but we’re not sure all 20 principles are equally covered🤔
Watch this space for a more thorough analysis in the coming days 🤓 https://t.co/GPuuEgwfaH
Today, we set our ambitions for a strong social Europe 🇪🇺
We publish an action plan with concrete actions to turn the European Pillar of #SocialRights into a reality.
Our focus:
👩💻 jobs & skills for the future
⚖️ fair, inclusive & resilient recovery
👉 https://t.co/PIftuO75GM
Today is a landmark date for the 🇪🇺disability movement.
EDF welcomes @EU_Commission new #EUDisabilityRights Strategy outlining areas of work aiming at improving the living conditions of 100 million persons with disabilities
🔁 Read our first reaction
https://t.co/LIUh4FwvN5
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