Working life research

Jorge Cabrita

Senior research manager

Jorge Cabrita es director sénior de investigación en la unidad de Vida Laboral. Es responsable de formular, coordinar y gestionar investigaciones a nivel europeo, y de promover la difusión de hallazgos en los ámbitos de las condiciones laborales y las relaciones laborales. Sus principales áreas de interés incluyen las condiciones laborales y la calidad del empleo, el tiempo laboral y el equilibrio entre vida laboral y personal, la salud y el bienestar de los trabajadores, la igualdad de género y los impactos socioeconómicos de la transición hacia una economía climáticamente neutra. Actualmente lidera investigaciones sobre la evolución del tiempo laboral y sobre el diálogo social y la negociación colectiva durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Anteriormente, trabajó como investigador en el Centro de Estudios de Intervención Social y en el Centro de Investigación sobre la Economía Portuguesa de la Escuela de Economía de Lisboa, así como formador y consultor en las áreas de gestión estratégica, comunicación organizacional, liderazgo y trabajo en equipo. Tiene una licenciatura en Economía y un máster en Sistemas Socioorganizacionales de la Actividad Económica por la Escuela de Economía de Lisboa.

Temas de especialización

Jorge es experto en los siguientes temas.

Publicaciones

Jorge es el autor de las siguientes publicaciones.

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Eventos, podcast y blog

Jorge ha contribuido a los siguientes eventos, entradas de blog y episodios de podcast.

Evento presencial

Evento propio

Trabajar en la era de la IA – ¿Cómo están cambiando las condiciones laborales en Europa?

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LugarBruselas, Parlamento Europeo

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15 December 2025

Episodio de podcast

¿Sigue en crisis la salud mental de Europa?

La salud mental en Europa se encuentra en una encrucijada crítica. Aunque algunos indicadores han mejorado desde la pandemia, un nuevo informe de Eurofound revela tendencias preocupantes, incluida una parada alarmante de la disminución de las tasas de suicidio durante décadas. En este episodio de Eurofound Talks, Mary McCaughey habla con el director de investigación Hans Dubois sobre este complejo tema, destacando que la mala salud mental está afectando de manera desproporcionada a los grupos vulnerables.

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16 October 2024

Episodio de podcast

¿El cambio climático hace que el trabajo sea más peligroso en Europa?

El cambio climático es una realidad en nuestra vida cotidiana en Europa. Los trabajadores experimentan los efectos del cambio climático y de la política de cambio climático de muchas maneras, tanto directa como indirectamente, desde trabajar en condiciones de calor y experimentar una mayor exposición a la radiación UV, hasta nuevos riesgos para la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo y la necesidad de formación y reciclaje profesional. En este episodio de Eurofound Talks, Mary McCaughey habla con los investigadores de Eurofound Agnès Parent-Thirion, Tina Weber y Jorge Cabrita sobre hasta qué punto el cambio climático ya está influyendo en las condiciones de trabajo y el mercado laboral en Europa, el papel de la transición ecológica y cómo la política puede ayudar a proteger a los trabajadores y salvaguardar los lugares de trabajo.

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22 November 2023

Entrada de blog

Healthy social dialogue for a healthy healthcare sector

The COVID-19 pandemic made us acutely aware of how dependent our society is on certain essential workers. We felt deep gratitude towards workers in healthcare especially, because they worked ceaselessly in often-difficult conditions. But this most valued of sectors is in danger of failing society’s needs in the future because of growing labour shortages. Working conditions in healthcare are increasingly challenging, pushing highly qualified staff out of the sector and deterring new entrants. How to tackle this bleak situation? Social dialogue and collective bargaining played a crucial role in ensuring the effective functioning of hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Could social dialogue be the solution to maintaining and building a health sector workforce for the 3D transition (digitalisation, decarbonisation and the demographic shift)?

24 October 2023

Episodio de podcast

How did Europe treat its essential workers?

In this episode of Eurofound Talks Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Research Manager Jorge Cabrita about new research that highlights poor job quality - including high emotional demands, working at high speed and to tight deadlines - among several of the sectors and professions deemed essential, key or critical during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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8 March 2023

Episodio de podcast

The work-life challenges of women and men

In this episode of Eurofound Talks, recorded for International Women's Day 2023, Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Working Life researchers Jorge Cabrita and Viginta Ivaškaitė-Tamošiūnė about how, when paid and unpaid work are combined, women do eight full-time weeks more work than men per year, and the broader implications of this for society. They also discuss how indicators of work-life balance and work-life conflict differ for women and men, as well as the policy action that can be taken to improve gender equality in Europe.

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31 March 2020

Entrada de blog

COVID-19 intensifies emotional demands on healthcare workers

Health professionals – doctors, nurses, nursing assistants, paramedics, ambulance workers – are in the vanguard of the battle against COVID-19. They are the ones dealing with sick people, triaging, testing and treating them. They are the ones confronting suffering and death. While some of their colleagues have already lost their lives in this battle, health professionals worldwide are emphasising the impact the mounting number of COVID-19 cases is having on their mental health.

1 November 2017

Entrada de blog

Rethinking working time in Europe

The results of recent research on working time patterns in the EU constitute a strong plea for working time policies that clearly acknowledge the life course perspective. This means that working time must not only be thought and organised in daily, weekly, monthly and/or yearly terms but also take into full consideration the different stages of our lives.

4 March 2016

Entrada de blog

The importance of collective bargaining in establishing working time in Europe

Nowadays we all know that long or excessive working hours may have serious negative impacts on a person’s health and wellbeing. Eurofound‘s new report 'Working time developments in the 21st century' suggests that if working time standards are mainly left to legislation or to be set unilaterally by employers, people will still tend to work longer hours. On the contrary, if the working time standards are negotiated through collective bargaining, the likely negative impact is less as people tend to work fewer hours on average.

Otros miembros de la unidad: Working life research

A continuación encontrará más miembros del personal de esta unidad.

Alik Akopian

Administrative assistant

Felix Appler

Research support officer

Angelina Atanasova

Research support officer

Christine Aumayr-Pintar

Senior research manager

Elena Biaggi

Temporary research support officer

Theodor Bjork

Research trainee

Sapho Briand

Project administration and communication support coordinator

Ettore Bucci

Project manager for the Social Dialogue Network

Daphné Chédorge-Farnier

Temporary research support officer

Victoria Cojocariu

Research officer

Franz Ferdinand Eiffe

Research manager

Barbara Gerstenberger

Head of Unit

Manuel Gómez Martín

Administrative assistant

Sara Grubanov-Boskovic

Research officer

Peter Kerckhofs

Senior research manager

Fiona Lescure

Research trainee

Sophia MacGoris

Surveys officer

Pietro Malacalza

Research assistant

Agnès Parent-Thirion

Senior research manager

Styliani Patseli

Research trainee

Sara Riso

Senior research manager

Mária Sedláková

Research officer

Oscar Vargas Llave

Senior research manager

Valeria Virgili

Temporary research support officer

Tina Weber

Senior research manager