Social policies research

Daphne Ahrendt

Senior research manager

Daphne Ahrendt è senior research manager presso l'unità Politiche sociali di Eurofound. Da quando è entrata a far parte di Eurofound nel 2013, il suo lavoro ha riguardato un'ampia gamma di settori della politica sociale. Attualmente coordina l'attività di gestione e sviluppo delle indagini di Eurofound e guida la preparazione e l'analisi delle indagini elettroniche sulla COVID-19. Daphne ha più di 20 anni di esperienza come ricercatrice che lavora su indagini internazionali, avendo precedentemente lavorato nell'unità Eurobarometro della Commissione europea e presso il National Centre for Social Research di Londra, dove ha lavorato all'International Social Survey Programme. Daphne ha conseguito un master in politiche di giustizia penale presso la London School of Economics e una laurea in scienze politiche presso la San Francisco State University.

Temi di competenza

Daphne è un esperto nei seguenti temi.

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COVID-19

Disabilità e malattie croniche

Fiducia

Lavoratori poveri

Qualità della società

Pubblicazioni di ricerca

Daphne è l'autore delle seguenti pubblicazioni.

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Eventi, podcast e blog

Daphne ha contribuito ai seguenti eventi, articoli di blog ed episodi di podcast.

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Vita e opera in primo piano: Prove dai Balcani occidentali

DataFriday, 15 May 2026

LuogoParco Tecnologico Scientifico, Podgorica, Montenegro

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11 July 2022

Episodio di 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

Articolo di 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

Articolo di 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

Articolo di 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