With a Master's degree in Social Sciences obtained in 1986 and in-depth expertise in applied socio-economic analysis acquired during his career, Ramón Peña-Casas joined the OSE in 2000. Since then, he has been involved in numerous projects examining the complex interactions between employment, social and social protection in the context of flexible governance methods implemented at European level.
Social protection
Discussion 17.00–18.20 | Drink 18.20–19.30
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Chair: Slavina Spasova, Director, European Social Observatory
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Danai Konstantinidou joined OSE as a Researcher in October 2025. Her research focuses on social protection, poverty, welfare states, and comparative social policy and policy evaluation, with deep expertise in both qualitative and quantitative methods. She is in the final stage of her PhD in Social Policy at the University of York, funded by the ESRC White Rose Scholarship, where she examines the impact of social transfers on income poverty and deprivation in EU member states.
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Slavina Spasova is Director of the European Social Observatory (OSE) since 1 December 2023. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Prior to her appointment as Director, she worked at OSE as a Researcher (2016–2021) and Senior Researcher (from 2021), specialising in social protection.
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