Gropas, R. & Triandafyllidou, A. (2015) Survey Report: Emigrating in times of crisis. Highlights and new data from an e-survey on high-skilled emigrants from Southern Europe and Ireland, Global Governance Programme – European University Institute, Φεβρουάριος.   The issues at stake Crises impact on migration trends and development in numerous ways. In general, remittances tend to fall and ‘brain drain’ tends to increase as high skilled individuals are prone to …Read More

Schraad-Tischler, D. & Krol, C. (2014) “Social Justice in the EU – A Cross-national Comparison, Social Inclusion Monitor Europe (SIM) – Index Report“, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Νοέμβριος.   Key findings, in brief The growing social divide is a topic of much discussion these days. Certainly since the release of French economist Thomas Piketty’s recent book, Capital in the 21st Century, the topic of this widening gap is on everyone’s lips. The …Read More

Eurofound (2014) Mapping youth transitions in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union: Luxembourg, 14 Οκτωβρίου.   Young people in Europe continue to experience great difficulties in entering the labour market. Although the youth unemployment rate in a few Member States has started to fall, overall 23% of young European job-seekers aged 15–24 could not find a job in January 2014. In 2012, 14.6 million young people across Europe were …Read More

Schraad-Tischler, D. & Kroll, C. (2014) “Social imbalance in Europe is increasing“, Social Inclusion Monitor, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Σεπτέμβριος.   First Social Justice Index compares all 28 EU states / In Europe the gap is growing between North and South as well as between young and old / Social division threatens the future viability of the European project / European social strategy needed Europe is making some progress in terms of …Read More

Nolan, B., Salverda, W., Checchi, D., Marx, I., McKnight, A., György Tóth, I. & van de Werfhorst, G. H. (Eds.) (2014) “The GINI Project, Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries – Thirty Countries’ Experiences“, Project Funded Under the Socio-Economic Sciences & Humanities Theme, 30 Αυγούστου.   Aims The GINI Project studies the economic and educational drivers and the social, cultural and political impacts of increasing inequality with novel …Read More

FRA (2014) “Fundamental rights: key legal and policy developments in 2013. Highlights 2013“, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Ιούλιος.   The EU and its Member States took a variety of important steps in 2013 to protect and promote fundamental rights by assuming new international commitments, revamping legislation and pursuing innovative policies on the ground. Yet, fundamental rights violations seized the spotlight with distressing frequency: would‑be migrants drowning off the …Read More