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Social policies research
Daphne Ahrendt
Daphne Ahrendt är forskningschef vid enheten för socialpolitik vid Eurofound. Sedan hon kom till Eurofound 2013 har hennes arbete omfattat ett brett spektrum av socialpolitiska områden. För närvarande samordnar hon Eurofounds verksamhet för förvaltning och utveckling av undersökningar och leder utarbetandet och analysen av e-undersökningarna om covid-19. Daphne har mer än 20 års erfarenhet som forskare inom internationella undersökningar, efter att tidigare ha arbetat på Eurobarometerenheten vid Europeiska kommissionen och vid National Centre for Social Research i London där hon arbetade med International Social Survey Programme. Daphne har en magisterexamen i straffrätt från London School of Economics och en kandidatexamen i statsvetenskap från San Francisco State University.
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Evenemang, podcast och blogg
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Fysiskt evenemang
Gemensamt evenemang
Liv och arbete i fokus: Bevis från Västra Balkan
DatumFriday, 15 May 2026
PlatsVetenskapsteknologiparken, Podgorica, Montenegro
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Detta evenemang har passerat
11 July 2022
Poddavsnitt
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
Blogginlägg
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
Blogginlägg
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
Blogginlägg
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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