Spasova S. and Vanhercke B.
Review of the edited volume, by Delteil V. and Kirov N. (Eds.), Employment and economy in Central and Eastern Europe, Special Issue No. 1/2016, 5p.
The European Social Observatory has launched research on "Ensuring an Adequate Pension in a European Context". The aim of the research is twofold: inform decisionmakers about the social consequences of recent reforms in the pension systems of 'old', 'new' and future EU Members States; and shed light on the impact of EU initiatives (OMC, legislation) in the field of pensions on domestic systems.
The European Social Observatory has launched research on "Ensuring an Adequate Pension in a European Context". The aim of the research is twofold: inform decisionmakers about the social consequences of recent reforms in the pension systems of 'old', 'new' and future EU Members States; and shed light on the impact of EU initiatives (OMC, legislation) in the field of pensions on domestic systems.
The European tools for social policy in Belgium (ETOS.be) research project, funded by the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office, brings together six Belgian, French and Dutch research teams, made up of political scientists, lawyers
and sociologists. This study focuses on the impact of EU-level governance on the Belgian welfare state over the last decades.
Research interests: Europeanisation, European public policy, comparative welfare state politics and policies, social movements, (neo)populism, urban participatory
Keynote speaker: Dr.Sandra Kröger, Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter
Panel discussion: Gabriele Bischoff, President of the Workers' Group, EESC, Sian Jones, Policy Coordinator, European Anti-Poverty Network, Roman Haken, Member of the EESC (Group III)
Chair: Bart Vanhercke, OSE Director