Social policies research

Daphne Ahrendt

Senior research manager

Daphne Ahrendt est directrice de recherche principale au sein de l’unité Politiques sociales d’Eurofound. Depuis qu’elle a rejoint Eurofound en 2013, son travail a couvert un large éventail de domaines de politique sociale. À l’heure actuelle, elle coordonne l’activité de gestion et de développement des enquêtes d’Eurofound et dirige la préparation et l’analyse des enquêtes en ligne sur la COVID-19. Daphne a plus de 20 ans d’expérience en tant que chercheuse travaillant sur des enquêtes internationales, ayant précédemment travaillé dans l’unité Eurobaromètre de la Commission européenne et au National Centre for Social Research à Londres où elle a travaillé sur le programme international d’enquêtes sociales. Daphne est titulaire d’une maîtrise en politiques de justice pénale de la London School of Economics et d’une licence en sciences politiques de l’Université d’État de San Francisco.

Domaines d'expertise

Daphne est un expert dans les thèmes suivants.

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COVID-19

Invalidité et maladies chroniques

Confiance

Travailleurs pauvres

Qualité de la société

Publications de recherche

Daphne est l'auteur des publications suivantes.

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Événements, podcast et blog

Daphne a contribué aux événements, articles de blog et épisodes de podcast suivants.

Événement en présentiel

Événement commun

La vie et l’œuvre en vue : Preuves des Balkans occidentaux

DateFriday, 15 May 2026

LieuParc scientifique et technologique, Podgorica, Monténégro

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11 July 2022

Épisode de podcast

Living in a new era of uncertainty

The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic may have passed, but in households across Europe its effects linger longer. Add today’s cost of living crisis, rising inflation and the war in Ukraine to the detrimental impacts of COVID-19 and a distressing picture emerges: of mental health issues – especially among young people – of job loss and job insecurity, and of persistent uncertainty about the future. In this episode of Eurofound Talks, we speak with Daphne Ahrendt, expert on Eurofound’s unique Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey, on these very issues. As Daphne explains, the latest round of the survey reveals many insights that could help policymakers respond to the extraordinary circumstances of day-to-day living and working in Europe.

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17 August 2020

Article de blog

How to use the surge in teleworking as a real chance to include people with disabilities

COVID-19 unleashed the pent-up potential for telework. Over a third of respondents to Eurofound’s online survey of Europeans in April had started teleworking because of the pandemic. Never before had so many people been working from home. For people with disabilities, telework has long been viewed as the ideal solution to removing many of the barriers to their participation in the open labour market. But it has not lived up to its promise and people with disabilities remain strongly disadvantaged when it comes to employment. Does the current embrace of telework by employers offer a second chance?

13 October 2017

Article de blog

More attention must be given to Europe’s working poor

In-work poverty increased during the economic and financial crisis that hit European shores in 2008. By 2014, ten per cent of European workers were at risk of poverty, up from eight per cent in 2007. Ten per cent is a significant figure: the working poor represent a substantial group that can’t be ignored. Just as disconcerting is the finding that 13 per cent of European workers are materially deprived. This latter measure helps to capture the impact of the crisis on people’s real living conditions.

3 February 2016

Article de blog

The case for universal support for European families

Austerity measures introduced during the crisis have disproportionately concerned cuts in the measures that are most vital for reducing child poverty: cash and tax benefits, a new Eurofound report shows. Furthermore, there has been a move away from universal coverage towards more targeted support. Of course, it makes good sense for governments to target spending on the most deprived families in a period of austerity. But at some point the pendulum can swing the wrong way and families that, under the principle of universality, were eligible for support may lose out, putting more families at risk of poverty than before.

Senior research manager

Donna Straver

Research trainee