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Research findings
14 April 2026
European Working Conditions Survey 2024
The European Working Conditions Survey 2024 overview report analyses job quality across Europe via 36,000+ interviews. This eighth edition maps three decades of change in working life by evaluating earnings, prospects, skills, working time, intensity, and social and physical environments.
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24 April 2026
Article
New
Changing for climate change: Why policymakers need to embrace behavioural insights
This article explores why behavioural insights should be integrated into climate change policymaking and how they can contribute to more effective and socially inclusive strategies, as system-wide changes cannot happen without public support and acceptance.
14 April 2026
Digital story
European Working Conditions Survey 2024 – Highlights
This digital story presents the highlights from the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 overview report. It explores key findings from each chapter of the report focusing on the European workforce, workplace practices, measuring job quality, trends over time in job quality, as well as the quality of working life in the EU.
14 April 2026
Flagship report
European Working Conditions Survey 2024: Overview report
Now in its eighth edition, the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 maps changes in working life over more than three decades. This high-quality, probability-based survey covers 35 European countries, including the 27 EU Member States, Norway, Switzerland, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia. Over 36,600 face-to-face interviews, each lasting approximately 45 minutes, took place as part of the survey.
12 February 2026
Article
Algorithmic control: How digital surveillance is shaping online platform work in Europe
Findings of a new Eurofound–ELA survey conducted in 15 Member States confirm the widespread use of intrusive algorithmic management practices in online platform work.
4 February 2026
Research report
Overheated and underprepared — Europeans’ experience of living with climate change
This joint report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and Eurofound explores Europeans’ experience of climate-related impacts, concern about future impacts, and resilience actions taken by households and local authorities. It draws on data collected from the 2025 Eurofound Living and Working in the EU e-survey, and highlights how climate resilience varies across regions and demographic groups, including populations that are particularly vulnerable. Importantly, the report provides the first Europe-wide overview of implemented climate resilience measures – both at the household and local authority level.
29 January 2026
Article
Real growth in minimum wages in 2026, amid both progress and pullback on Member States’ ambitions
Most EU Member States changed the level of their national minimum wage from 1 January 2026 and, as in the previous year, the general picture is one of substantial increases – significantly exceeding price increases.
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Supporting better policies for a strong social Europe
Eurofound is celebrating its 50th anniversary, marking half a century of dedicated research and contributions to improving living and working conditions in Europe. Over the past five decades, Eurofound has played a pivotal role in shaping policies and fostering social dialogue across the European Union. As we look to the future, Eurofound remains committed to addressing emerging challenges and continuing its mission to enhance the quality of life for all Europeans.
Podcast episode
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Episode 4422 April 2026
Recently published blog posts and podcast episodes
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Topics
Eurofound's work focuses on topics in the areas of working conditions and sustainable work, industrial relations and social dialogue, employment and labour markets, as well as living conditions and quality of life.
Data and monitoring tools
Eurofound provides various monitoring tools, dashboards, databases and individual data visualisations.
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Dashboard
New dashboard
European housing dashboard
Recently added data items
Surveys
European Working Conditions Surveys (EWCS)
Since its launch in 1990, the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe.
European Quality of Life Surveys (EQLS)
Eurofound’s European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) documents living conditions and people’s social situation, and explores issues pertinent to the lives of European citizens.
European Company Surveys (ECS)
The European Company Survey (ECS) has been carried out regularly since its inception in 2004–2005 as the European Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work–Life Balance (ESWT).
Living and Working in the EU e-survey
Since its launch in 2020, Eurofound's unique Living and Working in the EU e-survey has provided an overview of the ever-changing developments in living and working since the onset of the pandemic, through the recovery measures and during a time of constant change.
Events
Online event
Own event
Wednesday, 29 April 2026 Online
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Other events
In-person event
Joint event
Life & work in focus: Evidence from the Western Balkans
Registrations open!
DateFriday, 15 May 2026
LocationScience Technological Park, Podgorica, Montenegro
In-person event
Joint event
Tripartite Exchange Seminar (TES) 2026
Date10 – 12 June 2026
LocationBrussels
In-person event
Own event
Eurofound Open Day 2026: Ireland in the European Union
DateFriday, 12 June 2026
Time10:00 (Irish local time)
LocationEurofound, Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, D18 KP65, Dublin
