Kommentar og analyse

Marie Hyland kom til Eurofound som forskningsmedarbejder i enheden for socialpolitik i 2023. Før dette tilbragte Marie flere år som økonom i Verdensbanken, hvor hun arbejdede med en række emner som køn, klimaforandringer og udvikling af den private sektor. Maries forskning har set på virkningen af juridisk diskrimination på kvinders økonomiske selvstændiggørelse, overvejet den rolle, som virksomhedsstørrelse og ledelsespraksis spiller for produktivitet og økonomisk udvikling, og analyseret økonomien i politikker til afbødning af klimaforandringer. Marie har en ph.d. i økonomi fra Trinity College Dublin.

Mary McCaughey er informations- og kommunikationschef i Eurofound. Hun er uddannet fra Trinity College i Dublin og College of Europe i Brügge og begyndte at arbejde i Bruxelles med Europolitics og Wall Street Journal Europe. Hun arbejdede for Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA) i Sydafrika under landets overgang til demokrati, og i 1998 tiltrådte hun stillingen som talsmand for Den Europæiske Unions delegation i Pretoria, hvor hun ledede dens presse- og informationsafdeling under forhandlingerne om frihandelsaftalen mellem EU og Sydafrika. Efter afslutningen af Kosovo-krigen arbejdede hun som kommunikationskonsulent for Det Europæiske Genopbygningsagentur i Serbien. Hun tiltrådte stillingen som chefredaktør i Eurofound i 2003.

President of the European Court of Auditors (ECA), a position he has held since October 2022. As an Irish national, he first became a Member of the Court in 2018 and was re-elected for a new term as President starting 1 October 2025.

Jorge Cabrita is a senior research manager in the Working Life unit. He is responsible for formulating, coordinating and managing European-wide research, and promoting the dissemination of findings in the areas of working conditions and industrial relations. His main research areas of interest include working conditions and job quality, working time and work–life balance, workers’ health and well-being, gender equality and the socioeconomic impacts of the transition to a climate-neutral economy. He is currently leading research on working time developments and on social dialogue and collective bargaining during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, he worked as a researcher at the Centre for Studies for Social Intervention and at the Research Centre on the Portuguese Economy of the Lisbon School of Economics, and as a trainer and consultant in the areas of strategic management, organisational communication, leadership and team building. He holds a BSc in Economics and an MSc in Socio-Organisational Systems of Economic Activity from the Lisbon School of Economics.

Martina Bisello is an Expert on Sustainability Transitions and Justice at the European Environment Agency.

John Hurley is a senior research manager in the Employment unit at Eurofound. He took up the role of research manager in February 2012. He contributes to a number of research projects including the European Jobs Monitor and has authored or co-authored over 20 reports as well as journal contributions and edited collections during his time at Eurofound. His main research interests are in the areas of comparative labour market analysis, restructuring and the changing world of work. John is a graduate of both Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin.

Hans Dubois er seniorforskningsleder i Eurofounds enhed for socialpolitik. Hans forskningsemner omfatter boliger, overdreven gældsætning, sundhedspleje, langtidspleje, sociale ydelser, pension og livskvalitet i lokalområdet. Før han kom til Eurofound, var han adjunkt ved Kozminski Universitet (Warszawa). Han afsluttede en ph.d. i Business Administration and Management ved Bocconi University (Milano) efter at have arbejdet som forskningsmedarbejder ved European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (Madrid).

Dragoș Adăscăliței er forskningsmedarbejder i Eurofounds beskæftigelsesenhed. Hans nuværende forskning fokuserer på emner relateret til fremtidens arbejde, herunder virkningen af kunstig intelligens på job, konsekvenserne af automatisering for beskæftigelse og lovgivningsmæssige spørgsmål omkring platformsøkonomien. Han er også en regelmæssig bidragyder til sammenlignende projekter, der overvåger strukturelle ændringer på de europæiske arbejdsmarkeder. Før han kom til Eurofound, var han lektor i ansættelsesforhold ved University of Sheffield, Management School. Han har en MA i statskundskab fra Central European University og en ph.d. i sociologi fra University of Mannheim.

Ioannis Anyfantis works as a Project Manager at the European Agency for Occupational Safety and Health (EU-OSHA).