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Eurofound
Ivailo Kalfin
Ivailo Kalfin tiltrådte som administrerende direktør for Eurofound den 1. juni 2021. Kalfins ekspertise dækker en række områder, lige fra dynamikken i arbejdsmarkedet og socialpolitikken til globale politiske tendenser, EU og budgettet samt digital omstilling. Han har skitseret fem hovedprioriteter for sin rolle i Eurofound: støtte til integration af Europas grønne og digitale omstilling; supplere gennemførelsen af handlingsplanen for den europæiske søjle for sociale rettigheder med evidensbaseret forskning øget samarbejde med internationale organisationer og eksterne partnere og større opsøgende arbejde over for lande under den europæiske naboskabspolitik støtte til styrkelse og udvidelse af arbejdsmarkedets parters kapacitet inden for agenturets ansvarsområde at øge Eurofounds profil blandt de vigtigste interessenter.
Forskningsresultater
Ivailo er forfatter til følgende publikationer.
Begivenheder, kommentarer og analyse
Ivailo har bidraget til følgende begivenheder, blogindlæg og podcast-episoder.
22 October 2025
Blogindlæg
Investering i vores børns fremtid starter med at støtte de medarbejdere, der tager sig af dem
Denne analyse – som anvender data fra Eurofounds europæiske undersøgelse af arbejdsvilkårene 2024 og EU SILC – undersøger kløften i deltagelsen i førskoleundervisning og børnepasning og argumenterer for, at løsningen ligger i en dedikeret og velstøttet arbejdsstyrke.
4 July 2025
Fysisk begivenhed
Competitiveness and inclusion in a new geopolitical era: Prosperity for all?
To mark its 50th anniversary, Eurofound hosted a high-level event with EU institutions, social partners and stakeholders in Brussels to debate Europe’s future. Speakers discussed social dialogue, competitiveness and fairness amid profound uncertainty.
14 January 2025
Fysisk begivenhed
Foundation Forum 2025: Europe’s social model – the key to competitive growth
On 19–20 November 2025, Eurofound organised its 8th Foundation Forum at IMMA Venues. It is the agency’s quadrennial high-level flagship event which has been running for the past 20 years and is organised in cooperation with the Irish Government.
8 January 2025
Blogindlæg
50 years supporting better policies for a strong social Europe
Improving the lives of people in Europe, strengthening social dialogue, and embracing the principle that economic competitiveness and social progress are complementary objectives are the very essence of Eurofound.
14 May 2024
Podcast-episode
Shaping the future of European democracy
In a special edition of Eurofound Talks, Mary McCaughey is joined by Eurofound Executive Director Ivailo Kalfin and Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies and permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, to look at the political, social and economic drivers in Europe and how they might influence voters at the ballot box in the European Parliament elections on 6-9 June 2024.
8 May 2023
Blogindlæg
Europe’s year of resilience and resolve
Europe Day is a celebration of unity, solidarity and harmony. While we may not have had much to celebrate this past year, one thing we can be proud of is how Europe has come together in the face of large-scale challenges and threats, showing that solidarity is the key to resilience and resolve.
19 December 2022
Blogindlæg
2022 in review
The dawn of 2022 brought muted optimism to a Europe beginning to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the progress of vaccination programmes worldwide brought hope. Government and EU support during the pandemic had kept unemployment at bay, averting the widescale collapse of businesses. In step with the EU’s plans for the year, Eurofound’s focus was firmly on a post-pandemic Europe: the recovery and the twin transition to a green and digital economy. All this changed with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the start of a war of aggression. The EU and its institutions were compelled to respond rapidly.
9 May 2022
Podcast-episode
Living and working in Europe: Past, present and future
This podcast focuses on our annual update on the state of ‘Living and working in Europe’. It highlights trends and changes – both positive and negative – in the way citizens across the EU work today, and serves as a guide to policymakers at EU and Member State level. Our experts detail these with useful examples and insights which might also help face into the challenges raised by the most recent results from Eurofound’s unique pan-European Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey.
9 May 2022
Blogindlæg
Europe Day: Europe’s future hangs in the balance
Today is Europe Day, and one hundred young people from Ireland and Ukraine will be marking the event at Eurofound, in peaceful south Dublin. Europe Day has traditionally been seen as a celebration of peace and unity in Europe, but, unfortunately, it must be marked differently this year. Europe Day 2022 must rather reaffirm the values of Europe: human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law and human rights. These values are now being tested daily and must be rigorously defended for the future of Europe and the future of our young people.
11 March 2022
Blogindlæg
Recovery and resilience in the EU – Back to the future? Some reflections on Foundation Forum 2022
When it comes to Europe’s COVID-19 recovery and its aspiration to build back a more resilient society, the so-called green and digital transitions have dominated EU policy discussions. And as Eurofound made preparations for the 2022 Foundation Forum – a unique occasion for high-level debate on the state of living and working in Europe – these twin transitions were at the forefront of people’s minds. That is, until one week before the event, when Russia invaded Ukraine.
8 December 2021
Podcast-episode
The future of living and working in Europe
If you ever wondered what it means to be European today, to live and work in Europe, across 27 countries, young and old, urban, rural, rich and poor, this is the podcast for you. Most recent results from Eurofound’s unique pan-European Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey reveal ongoing challenges for Europeans as they seek to move out of the shadow of the pandemic while facing into the impact of the war in Ukraine. This podcast looks at how these challenges will shape the future of Europe.
3 December 2021
Blogindlæg
Recovering from this pandemic means rebuilding hope for the future
We need to study and understand the blow Europe’s youth have suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to adjust recovery and resilience measures to their needs: without prioritising young people in the present, we have little hope for the future.
Other members of the Eurofound unit
Find more staff members of the Eurofound unit below.
Maria Jepsen
Deputy DirectorEurofound
Maria Jepsen er Eurofounds vicedirektør, der blev udnævnt den 1. november 2019. Hun koordinerer agenturets programudvikling. Før dette var hun direktør for forskningsafdelingen ved Det Europæiske Fagforeningsinstitut (ETUI) og adjunkt og forskningsstipendiat ved Det Frie Universitet i Bruxelles (ULB). Hun er i øjeblikket også lektor i arbejdsmarkedsøkonomi ved ULB og ekstern lektor ved College of Europe i Brugge, Belgien. Hendes primære forskningsinteresser omfatter kønsstudier, velfærdsstaters indvirkning på arbejdsudbud, løn- og arbejdsvilkår og udviklingen af den europæiske sociale dimension. Jepsen har været medlem af forskellige udvalg, råd og rådgivende udvalg på nationalt og internationalt plan om beskæftigelsesmæssige, sociale, kønsmæssige og forskningsmæssige spørgsmål og har desuden fungeret som koordinator i Europa-Kommissionens rådgivende trepartsudvalg for sundhed og sikkerhed på arbejdspladsen. Hun har en ph.d. i økonomi og en kandidatgrad i økonometri fra Det Frie Universitet i Bruxelles (ULB).
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Anna Ludwinek
Liaison Manager - Brussels Liaison OfficeEurofound
Anna Ludwinek er forbindelsesleder ved Eurofounds forbindelseskontor i Bruxelles, som hun blev ansat i 2019. Hendes ansvarsområder fokuserer primært på at koordinere arbejdet på kontoret i Bruxelles, herunder forholdet til Europa-Kommissionen, Europa-Parlamentet, Rådet og tænketanke. Før dette var Anna forskningsleder i enheden for socialpolitik med ansvar for arbejdet med social mobilitet og lige muligheder på tværs af generationerne, uligheder blandt unge og adgang til sociale ydelser. Hendes tidligere arbejde hos Eurofound omfattede ledelse af et europæisk netværk af byer for lokale integrationspolitikker (CLIP), hvor hun arbejdede med spørgsmål om mangfoldighed, boliger, interkulturelle politikker og etnisk iværksætteri. Andre forskningsområder omfattede reintegration af langvarigt udstødte grupper på arbejdsmarkedet og digitaliseringens indvirkning på sociale tjenester. Anna har en MA i statskundskab fra Warszawa Universitet og en BA i internationale relationer og MA i Social Applied Research fra Trinity College Dublin.
Robbie Stakelum
Brussels Liaison OfficerEurofound
Robbie Stakelum er forbindelsesofficer i Bruxelles med ansvar for Det Europæiske Økonomiske og Sociale Udvalg, arbejdsmarkedets parter og Europa-Kommissionen. Han har arbejdet i Bruxelles siden 2014 med fokus på social- og beskæftigelsespolitik.
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