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🔮 Europe 2040: What futures for work & welfare? A new WeLaR Foresight Report outlines 4 scenarios shaped by tech, climate & globalisation. Inequality persists in all - but skills, lifelong learning & welfare reform are “no-regrets” strategies. 📎 Read: bit.ly/3KDv6h3

📚A new WeLaR study by C. Perugini (@UniperugiaNews) & @MarkoVladi (@Ekonomski) finds that most Europeans support income redistribution, but many don’t vote for parties that promote it. Cultural values, trust & migration views also shape their decisions. 🔗bit.ly/3ScwqrL

📚 A new WeLaR study finds that many EU platform workers want benefits like paid leave & sick pay - but their willingness to pay for them is very low (just a tiny share of income). This reflects financial pressure, not a lack of need for protections. ⚖️ 📎bit.ly/3HUAonc

📨Our final WeLaR Newsletter is out! We look back on 3 years of research & map policy steps for the future of welfare in Europe. Inside: 🔍Key WeLaR insights 🤝Contributions from @rEUsilience & @transeuroworks 💡EU-level action for fair, green transitions bit.ly/4m3FfAo

🌍Europe needs a New Social Pact to tackle the digital, green & demographic transitions. A new WeLaR report calls for reforms to make labour markets inclusive & resilient, and build a workforce for the future. ⚒️Labour policy = investment, not cost 📎Read: bit.ly/3IG1nmC

🇪🇺What will European welfare & labour look like in 2040? Help us forecast! Join the second WeLaR Delphi survey to inform policies on digitalisation, climate change & more, analysing various future scenarios. ⏲️Takes 10 min! 🗓️Deadline: 14 July 2025 📎bit.ly/44liFxF

🙏 Thank you to all participants of the WeLaR Virtual Expert Café for a great discussion on labour market policies, far-right politics, migration, and gender today! Special thanks to Ursula Holtgrewe, @ka_lenaerts, and @HolgerStichnoth for their insightful contributions!

@ka_lenaerts from @HIVA_KULeuven leads the third presentation at the WeLaR Virtual Expert Café, focusing on project BRIDGES 5.0 and its mission to build human-centric workplaces and enhance workforce skills for Industry 5.0!

@HolgerStichnoth from @ZEW examines whether far-right parties' propositions truly benefit the "little guy" during the second presentation of the WeLaR Virtual Expert Café. His simulation study of election platforms reveals that this perception is not supported by evidence.

☕️ Kicking off the final WeLaR Open Virtual Expert Café! Ursula Holtgrewe from @ZSInnovation presents "Polycrisis: How did the world change, and what does it mean for our research?".

📢☕ Don’t miss WeLaR’s final Open Virtual Expert Café on polycrisis, Zeitenwende & de-globalisation! 🗓️ 4 July 2025 | 🕐 13:00–15:00 CET How are global shifts reshaping research on societies & economies? Present your ideas! 🔗 bit.ly/4ejrvzh

📢☕ Join WeLaR's final Open Virtual Expert Café on polycrisis, Zeitenwende & de-globalisation! 🌍 🗓️ 4 July 2025, 13:00 - 15:00 CET 🎯How do global shifts impact research on societies & economies? 🗣️ Present your research & ideas 📣 More info: bit.ly/4ejrvzh

🙏Huge thanks for the final comments to Michaela Bruckmayer, all presenters & participants of the WeLaR Foresight Webinar! We learned a lot about how to prepare meaningful foresights - and what key trends, disruptions & transformations to watch as they shape the future of work.🌍

📢 @JoannaBHofman (@RANDEurope) is presenting at the WeLaR Foresight Webinar! She’s making the case for bringing gender and inclusion into how we imagine the future of work and welfare - because policies shaped without diverse perspectives risk reinforcing today’s inequalities.

In his presentation at the WeLaR Foresight Webinar, Dexter Docherty (@OECD) talked about organisation's approach to the foresight and thinking as a futurist. He also looked into how to stress-test public policy and prepare it for the uncertainty.

📊At the WeLaR Foresight Webinar, @_BartLos (@univgroningen) presents quantitative scenario analysis for a world economy dominated by Global Value Chains. He shows how transformations - tech change, globalisation, and demographic shifts - might impact global markets.

🔍Rafael Peels (@ilo) is currently sharing insights at the WeLaR Foresight Webinar on how we should use foresight to think about and act upon an uncertain future of work. He talks about good foresight standards and the importance of democratic, participatory approaches.

📢We're kicking off the WeLaR Foresight Webinar "Anticipating the future: Foresight approaches for labour markets and welfare in Europe". Laurène Thil (@HIVA_KULeuven) is presenting key insights from the WeLaR foresight exercise discussing possible scenarios.

Check out the latest WeLaR newsletter! Inside: 📍Brussels conference recap 📍Fresh research on fossil fuels, telework & migration 📍3 policy briefs tackling EU labour market challenges📍Invitations to 26 June Foresight Webinar & 4 July Open Expert Café 🗞️bit.ly/4kXvLaj

⏰2 days to go! Join the WeLaR webinar to explore the role of foresight in preparing labour markets and welfare systems in the EU for long-term transitions. 🗓️26 June, 14:00 - 16:00 CET 📎Register: bit.ly/40kRalp