Does Europe have the skills it needs for a changing economy?
In this episode of Eurofound Talks Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Research Manager Tina Weber, Eurofound Senior Research Manager Gijs van Houten, and Giovanni Russo, Senior Expert at CEDEFOP, about Europe’s skills challenges and what can be done to help workers and businesses adapt to future skills demands.
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Mary McCaughey
Head of UnitMary 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.
Tina Weber
Senior research managerTina Weber is a senior research manager in Eurofound’s Working Life unit. Her work has focused on labour shortages, the impact of hybrid work and an ‘always on’ culture and the right to disconnect, working conditions and social protection measures for self-employed workers and the impact of the twin transitions on employment, working conditions and industrial relations. She is responsible for studies assessing the representativeness of European social partner organisations. She has also carried out research on European Works Councils and the evolution of industrial relations and social dialogue in the European Union. Prior to joining Eurofound in 2019, she worked for a private research institute primarily carrying out impact assessments and evaluations of EU labour law and labour market policies. Tina holds a PhD in Political Sciences from the University of Edinburgh which focussed on the role of national trade unions and employers’ organisations in the European social dialogue.
Gijs van Houten
Senior research managerGijs van Houten er seniorforskningsleder i Eurofounds beskæftigelsesenhed. Han har særlig ekspertise inden for tværnational undersøgelsesmetodologi og analyse af arbejdspladspraksis og organisatoriske strategier. Han leder Eurofounds taskforce om dataindsamling og er ansvarlig for udformningen af og metodologien for den europæiske undersøgelse af arbejdsvilkårene 2024, som vil være et vigtigt skridt i retning af at fremtidssikre undersøgelser i Eurofound. Før han kom til Eurofound i 2010, arbejdede han ved det hollandske institut for social forskning (SCP). Gijs tilbragte et år væk i 2016, hvor han arbejdede på Pew Research Center i Washington, DC. Han har en kandidatgrad i sociologi fra Radboud University Nijmegen og en ph.d. i samfundsvidenskab fra Utrecht University.
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