The work-life challenges of women and men

Mary McCaughey on Eurofoundin tiedotus- ja viestintäpäällikkö. Hän valmistui Dublinin Trinity Collegesta ja Bruggen College of Europesta ja aloitti työt Brysselissä Europoliticsin ja Wall Street Journal Europen parissa. Hän työskenteli Etelä-Afrikassa toimivassa Euroopan parlamentaarikkojen Afrikan liitossa (AWEPA) maan siirtyessä demokratiaan, ja vuonna 1998 hän aloitti Euroopan unionin Pretorian edustuston tiedottajana ja johti sen lehdistö- ja tiedotusosastoa EU:n ja Etelä-Afrikan vapaakauppasopimusta koskevien neuvottelujen aikana. Kosovon sodan päätyttyä hän työskenteli viestintäkonsulttina Euroopan jälleenrakennusvirastossa Serbiassa. Hän aloitti Eurofoundin päätoimittajana vuonna 2003.

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.