Author profile

Bea Cantillon

Bea Cantillon is emeritus professor at the University of Antwerp, chair of the University Centre Saint-Ignatius Antwerp and member of the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy.

Futuristic bridge with trees and people.

Europe’s Eco-Social Union: The Infrastructure for Tomorrow’s Great Transformation

Bea Cantillon

As climate ambitions falter, Europe’s unique framework for linking social and ecological goals may prove more resilient—and revolutionary—than it appears.

Stepping up the EU agenda on social citizenship

Bea Cantillon, Maurizio Ferrera and Maarten Keune

In a more precarious Europe, social protection and minimum-income guarantees must be more strongly embedded.

Work harder: the Porto Social Summit’s call to Europe’s welfare states

Bea Cantillon

Welfare states are having to run harder to stand still. They need to act in mutual support to win the race against inequality and poverty.