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Social Europe is an award-winning digital media publisher driven by the core values of freedom, sustainability, and equality. These principles guide our exploration of society’s most pressing challenges. This archive page curates Social Europe articles focused on societal issues, offering a rich resource for innovative thinking and informed debate.

A Fair Future?  How Equality Will Define Europe’s Next Chapter

Kate Pickett 28th July 2025

Inequality fuels crisis — for people, planet, democracy and the next generation. It’s time to act.

AI’s Impact on Europe’s Job Market: A Call for a Social Compact

Federico Pozzi, Pietro Valetto and Elizabeth Kuiper 24th July 2025

The European Union must urgently address AI’s profound impact on employment, income, and social cohesion.

Why Real Democracy Needs Conflict, Not Consensus

Justus Seuferle 26th June 2025

Real democracy thrives on disagreement—unity without conflict often masks power and silences necessary political struggle.

Universities Under Siege: A Global Reckoning for Higher Education

Manuel Muñiz 18th June 2025

Governments worldwide are dramatically reshaping higher education, challenging long-held models and academic autonomy.

Ballots or Bans: How Should Democracies Respond to Extremists?

Katharina Pistor 16th June 2025

As extremists exploit democracy’s freedoms, should constitutions strike back—or always leave judgment to the ballot box?

The Enduring Appeal of the Hybrid Workplace

Jorge Cabrita 13th June 2025

For some workers, the future of work is not fully remote, nor fully in the office. It is, increasingly, a clever combination of both.

Trump’s Attacks on Academia: Is the U.S. University System Itself to Blame?

Bo Rothstein 10th June 2025

Amid Donald Trump’s hostility towards universities the question remains: how did the US leading scholars lose trust?

Shaping the Future of Digital Work: A Bold Proposal for Platform Worker Rights

Valerio De Stefano 6th June 2025

A new draft convention proposes to establish a comprehensive rights and protections for platform workers globally.

“The Universities Are the Enemy”: Why Europe Must Act Now

Bartosz Rydliński 27th May 2025

The EU should welcome US scholars fleeing Trump’s assault on academia—and lead in global innovation and freedom.

How the Billionaire Boom Is Fueling Inequality—and Threatening Democracy

Fernanda Balata and Sebastian Mang 12th May 2025

As wealth concentrates at the top, Europe must act now to defend democracy and economic stability for all.

How Europe’s Political Parties Abandoned Openness—and Left Populism to Fill the Void

Colin Crouch 9th May 2025

Western parties stopped defending openness decades ago—now populists dominate a fight no one else dares to enter.

The Rise and (Likely) Fall of Wokeness

Vivek Chibber 30th April 2025

Woke culture emerged from elite shifts in identity politics, abandoning the economic roots of social justice.

The False Economy of Cutting Disability Benefits

Kate Pickett 28th April 2025

Financial insecurity destroys lives. Slashing disability benefits isn’t reform—it’s cruelty disguised as cost-saving.

Trump’s Policies Are Making Europe the New Education Superpower

Polly Toynbee 14th April 2025

As America’s global appeal diminishes amid domestic turmoil, Europe emerges as a beacon of stability and cultural leadership.

The Reactionary Revolution: How a New Conservatism Rejects the Old Order

Justus Seuferle 14th April 2025

A new breed of conservative has emerged, one that paradoxically seeks radical change by yearning for a mythologised past.

Calling Time on 24/7 Work Connectivity

Claes-Mikael Ståhl 28th February 2025

The rapid development of new technologies is increasing pressure and forcing unlimited working time and growing stress among many workers across Europe. 

Human Rights on the Edge

Nicholas Bequelin 10th February 2025

Can human rights survive the decline of global Western hegemony?

World Cancer Day: An Appeal to End Inequalities in Cancer Prevention and Care

Wendy Yared 4th February 2025

Inequalities in cancer prevention and care remain a glaring issue.

How Inequality Fuels the Cosmetic Surgery Boom

Kate Pickett 27th January 2025

Rising inequality drives a global surge in cosmetic procedures.

Europe’s education gamble: Can the EU compete in a changing world?

Jo Ritzen and Job Zomerplaag 13th January 2025

Can Europe’s education and skills agenda tackle declining outcomes and innovation gaps to ensure competitiveness and cohesion?

Fifty years supporting better policies for a strong social Europe

Ivailo Kalfin 9th January 2025

The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

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