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Social Europe is an award-winning digital media publisher. We use the values of freedom, sustainability and equality as the foundation on which we examine society’s most pressing challenges. We are committed to publishing cutting-edge thinking and new ideas from the most thought-provoking people. This archive page brings together Social Europe articles on society.

Vienna social-housing model: celebrated but misused

Gabu Heindl 26th September 2023

The ‘Vienna model’ has been distorted to embrace private investment but its real redefinition should be ecological.

Fostering public research or boosting Big Tech?

Philip Freeman and Jan Willem Goudriaan 21st September 2023

The European Health Data Space should serve patients and healthcare workers, not private profit.

The case for a European prize for art

Ned Hercock 18th September 2023

Europeans are living through an extraordinary historical moment. Great contemporary works of art help them grasp it.

Job quality: a sine qua non, not just nice to have

Barbara Gerstenberger 14th September 2023

Elevating job quality by resourcing workers better is pivotal to addressing today’s workplace and societal challenges.

Europe’s food systems—long past their expiry date

Isabel Paliotta and Ben Snelson 14th September 2023

To counter the threats posed to climate, biodiversity, human health and societal wellbeing, food systems need urgent transformation.

Collective bargaining: Romania shows the way

Oliver Roethig and Stan De Spiegelaere 12th September 2023

Romania’s recent law strengthening collective bargaining offers a way forward for the European Union.

Social protection: enhancing benefit take-up

Olivier De Schutter 11th September 2023

Europe’s social-protection schemes are full of holes, affecting the most vulnerable most—but they can be fixed.

World Cup kiss: feminist progress meets backlash

Anja Louis 4th September 2023

Spain’s #MeToo moment shows however that things are changing.

A European Media Freedom Act worthy of its name?

Renate Schroeder 31st July 2023

Amid a sea of online misinformation, in a ‘polycrisis’ world reliable public-interest journalism has never been more essential.

Policing must be based on human rights

David Martín Abánades 28th July 2023

Police services exist to uphold the rule of law. They can only do so if their policing model is based on protection of human rights.

Changing the face of trade-union leadership

Christiane Benner 20th July 2023

Women are increasingly assuming leading roles in trade unions. Next comes changing organisational cultures.

‘Social media’: the harms to women and girls

Debbie Ging and Kirsty Park 19th July 2023

Europe needs to address a major factor in the mental-health crisis facing adolescent girls in particular.

Access to vaccines and medicines—a new paradigm

Tania Cernuschi and Georgios Stathopoulos 18th July 2023

Vaccines and medicines must no longer be thought of as profitable commodities but public goods.

European Investment Bank: structural reform needed

Frank Vanaerschot 17th July 2023

Europe’s unwillingness to invest in public services and meet the greatest need is creating second-class citizens.

European social dialogue for Europe’s social services

Jan Willem Goudriaan and Sylvain Renouvel 13th July 2023

An EU committee for social dialogue in social services is a gain for the sector and an advance for the process.

Pandemic babies: how they have fared

Susan Byrne and Jonathan Hourihane 11th July 2023

Babies born during the pandemic are behind on communication at age two—but other developmental areas remain unaffected.

Ukraine’s journalists battle for their independence

Aidan White 10th July 2023

A report out today highlights how independent media will be as critical as funding for Ukraine’s postwar recovery.

Equality bodies: how things stand on EU standards

Niall Crowley 10th July 2023

EU standards for national equality bodies have come a step closer but there is work for the European Parliament to do.

An EU framework for artists’ working conditions, finally?

Elena Polivtseva 7th July 2023

A framework for conditions in the cultural sector is back on the agenda. This time it must stay there.

Childcare as a catalyst—Portugal’s bold step

Christian Morabito 6th July 2023

Portugal’s rolling out of free universal childcare offers a model in social investment and tackling inequality.

‘Male’ and ‘breadwinner’—breaking the link

Helen Kowalewska 6th July 2023

Heterosexual couples in which the woman is the only earner report lower life satisfaction, according to new research.

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