Help Shape the Future of Work: Contribute to the Social Transformations and Resilience Partnership Survey Shaping the future of work is one of the four key Partnership Impact Areas which the Social Transformations and Resilience Partnership aims to tackle – how evolving trends will shape employment, skills, and workforce dynamics in the coming years. The…
CHANSE-Funded Project Pages Now Available We are pleased to announce that the dedicated pages for projects funded under the Crisis – Perspectives from the Humanities and Enhancing Well-being for the Future calls are now live! Additionally, we are excited to introduce the Project Search Tool, designed to simplify the process of exploring CHANSE-funded projects. This…
European Partnership on Social Transformations and Resilience (STR) The European Partnership on Social Transformations and Resilience (STR) is one of the new initiatives proposed under Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. Its aim is to address critical societal challenges by fostering interdisciplinary collaboration among the social sciences, humanities, and other fields.…
WOW: Women's Online Wellbeing – a European Examination of digitalised violence against women Advances in technology have transformed and expanded the ways in which violence against women (VAW) can be perpetrated. Like so many other aspects of life, VAW has become digitalised, with online violence and abuse now ubiquitous in the lives of women and…
WELRISCC: Welfare state responses to social risks in times of climate change The climate crisis poses urgent challenges: achieving global ecological sustainability while ensuring human well-being. Social protection systems play a pivotal role in this process. Paradoxically, in Europe, these systems are simultaneously confronted by severe environmental threats and new social risks, while also contributing…
WELLSIM: A life course microsimulation perspective on multi-dimensional well-being for five European countries Well-being is a multi-dimensional concept that spans a variety of life domains and time scales, affected by variable determinants across the life course. As such, it eludes simple analytical frameworks and calls for an integrated perspective. Data limitations, however, significantly constrain empirical…
WELLMOD: A Wellbeing Micro-Simulation Model to Enhance Wellbeing for the Future How should government policies be chosen? There is a growing demand that public policy should be more focused on what matters to people. The EU and OECD have urged their members to put people and their wellbeing at the centre of policy design, and…
SWITCH: Targeting Social Well-being to Improve Transitions to School Starting school is one of the earliest major transitions in childhood. Offering both opportunities and risks for well-being and mental health, a smooth transition to school not only depends on children’s cognitive abilities, but also on their social well-being (SWB). This involves relationships within families and…
PROMISE: Promoting Well-Being in Preteens, Adolescents, and Young Adults – Toward Improved Social Media Policies The last decade has been hallmarked by an explosive rise in digital communication. Technologies such as social media present a profound challenge, especially for young people. In parallel, there is the concern of a growing mental health crisis in this…
PM4IWSI: Paradox mindset for individual well-being and societal impact – The role of leaders in social purpose organizations Social purpose organizations (SPOs)—such as social enterprises and non-profits—are pivotal in addressing pressing global challenges, from poverty and inequality to climate change. However, leaders of SPOs face immense pressures and are often torn between self-care and achieving…
