Watch the webinar - AskTheExpert: Beyond the data - Uncovering persistent inequalities in European working conditions
Eurofound organised an interactive webinar looking at the first findings of its European Working Conditions Survey 2024, with a live Q&A, on 24 September 2025.
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Wednesday, 24 September 2025
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About the debate
The first findings from Eurofound’s pan-European Working Conditions Survey 2024, published at the beginning of September 2025, showed significant improvements in job quality over the past decade but also highlighted stark inequalities between women and men, as well as radically different situations for workers in different parts of Europe.
Based on interviews with over 36,000 workers across 35 countries, the flagship survey points to positive shifts in areas like working hours and skill development, but not everyone is benefitting equally. For example, women face deteriorating standards in areas such social environment and work intensity, and gender gaps persist in job security and career prospects.
In addition, the workforce is grappling with new and persistent health challenges and divergent approaches to the technological change reshaping workplaces across the EU.
In this webinar, Mary McCaughey, Head of Information and Communication, spoke with Barbara Gerstenberger, Head of Unit for Working Life, about how working conditions are changing in Europe post-pandemic, who is gaining the most and who potentially is losing out, and whether workers are benefitting from the rapid technological change seen over the past decade.
This is a unique opportunity for you to ask questions about the survey and engage with our experts. The event has been livestreamed exclusively on the Livestorm platform, but you can watch the full recording below.
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Agenda
Speakers
Mary McCaughey
Head of Information & CommunicationTá Mary McCaughey ina Ceannasaí Faisnéise agus Cumarsáide in Eurofound. Céimí de chuid Choláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath agus Coláiste na hEorpa, Bruges, thosaigh sí ag obair sa Bhruiséil le Europolitics agus leis an Wall Street Journal Europe. D'oibrigh sí le Cumann na bParlaiminteoirí Eorpacha leis an Afraic (AWEPA) san Afraic Theas le linn aistriú na tíre chuig an daonlathas, agus i 1998 ghlac sí le post urlabhraí le Toscaireacht an Aontais Eorpaigh i Pretoria, agus í i gceannas ar a rannóg preasa agus faisnéise le linn chaibidlíocht an chomhaontaithe saorthrádála idir an tAontas Eorpach agus an Afraic Theas. Tar éis dheireadh Chogadh na Cosaive, d'oibrigh sí mar chomhairleoir cumarsáide don Ghníomhaireacht Eorpach um Atógáil sa tSeirbia. Chuaigh sí i mbun oibre mar Phríomh-Eagarthóir in Eurofound in 2003.
Barbara Gerstenberger
Head of Working Life unitTá Barbara Gerstenberger ina Ceannasaí ar an Aonad Saoil Oibre ag Eurofound. Sa ról seo, comhordaíonn sí na foirne taighde a dhéanann imscrúdú ar cháilíocht na bpost san Eoraip bunaithe ar an Suirbhé Eorpach ar Choinníollacha Oibre agus tá freagracht fhoriomlán uirthi as an bhFaireachlann Eorpach um Shaol na hOibre agus as taighde ar chaidreamh tionsclaíoch san AE. Chuaigh sí isteach in Eurofound in 2001 mar bhainisteoir taighde san Lárionad Faireacháin Eorpach um Athrú (EMCC) nuabhunaithe ag an am. In 2007, bhog sí go dtí an tAonad Faisnéise agus Cumarsáide Eurofound mar Cheannasaí Táirgí Cumarsáide, sular ceapadh í ina Comhordaitheoir sa Stiúrthóireacht in 2011. Roimhe sin, d'oibrigh sí mar oifigeach taighde sinsearach i gCónaidhm Eorpach na nOibrithe Miotail sa Bhruiséil. Céimí san eolaíocht pholaitiúil ó Ollscoil Hamburg, chríochnaigh sí céim Mháistir i Riarachán Poiblí ag Scoil Rialtais Kennedy, Ollscoil Harvard.
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