Year: 2018

Research Headlines – The Joint Research Centre: the European Commission’s science and knowledge service

Scientific knowledge plays a crucial role in addressing global challenges such as climate change, demographic changes, or economic crises. We act as science providers and knowledge brokers by providing the best available evidence to policymakers. Our aim is to use scientific knowledge to build solutions that are efficient, equitable and

Peer Review on ‘The rise of precarious work (including bogus self-employment) – causes, challenges and policy options’, The Hague, The Netherlands, 19-20 April 2018

This Peer Review will explore the different possible causes of the rise of precarious work (with a focus on workers on flexible contracts against their preference and bogus self-employment), as well as the different forms in which precarious work manifests itself in European countries and the societal and political debates