Behind the Benchmarks: How EU Social Policy Fails Its Own Beneficiaries
EU social policy measures outputs efficiently — but the lived experience of its supposed beneficiaries tells a very different story.
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Silvia Naydenova
Silvia Naydenova is a researcher in European social policy and welfare governance. She completed her PhD at the University of Warwick and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Her research examines EU benchmarking and activation policies, with a focus on how social inclusion is measured and experienced in practice.