Social policies research

Daphne Ahrendt

Senior research manager

Daphne Ahrendt é gestora sénior de investigação na unidade de Políticas Sociais da Eurofound. Desde que ingressou na Eurofound em 2013, o seu trabalho abrangeu um vasto leque de domínios de política social. Atualmente, coordena a atividade de gestão e desenvolvimento de inquéritos da Eurofound e lidera a preparação e análise dos inquéritos eletrónicos sobre a COVID-19. Daphne tem mais de 20 anos de experiência como investigadora a trabalhar em inquéritos internacionais, tendo trabalhado anteriormente na Unidade Eurobarómetro da Comissão Europeia e no Centro Nacional de Investigação Social em Londres, onde trabalhou no Programa Internacional de Inquéritos Sociais. Daphne possui mestrado em Políticas de Justiça Criminal pela London School of Economics e bacharelado em Ciência Política pela San Francisco State University.

Temas de especialização

Daphne tem especialização nos seguintes temas.

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COVID-19

Deficiência e doença crônica

Confiar

Trabalhadores pobres

Qualidade da sociedade

Publicações

Daphne tem participação nas seguintes publicações.

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Eventos, podcast e blog

Daphne contribuiu para os seguintes eventos, artigos de blogue e episódios de podcast.

Evento presencial

Evento conjunto

Vida e obra em foco: Evidências dos Bálcãs Ocidentais

DataFriday, 15 May 2026

LocalParque Científico-Tecnológico, Podgorica, Montenegro

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11 July 2022

Episódio 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

Artigo de blogue

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

Artigo de blogue

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

Artigo de blogue

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.

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