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Dominic Afscharian

Dominic Afscharian holds degrees in political science and economics from Heidelberg University and the University of Tübingen. He has worked with think tanks, consultancies and academic institutions and is currently a Research Officer at the Zentrum für neue Sozialpolitik in Berlin.

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How Europe Can Finally Deliver on Its Promise to Children

Dominic Afscharian and Torben Fischer

Nearly a quarter of EU children face poverty—member states must learn from each other’s policy successes.

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The Lethal Consensus: How Liberals Lost the War of Ideas

Dominic Afscharian

Bold visions defeat timid reforms—yet liberals insist on bringing policy briefs to an ideological gunfight.

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The vanishing act of Social Europe: Will it rise again?

Dominic Afscharian

Grand promises of a “strong social Europe” have given way to a sidelined agenda.

A European basic income?

Dominic Afscharian, Viktoriia Muliavka, Marius Ostrowski and Lukáš Siegel

An EU-wide scheme could address progressives’ concerns.