Internationales Policy Forum des EU-Forschungsprojekts PATHS2INCLUDE

The Policy Forum will start with a keynote address by Dr Elisabeth Ugreninov (OsloMet) on the role of research in advancing policies on inclusion. The keynote will be followed by two panels in the morning.

The first panel will be dedicated to supporting evidence-based policies for the inclusion of people in vulnerable situations in the labour market. It will look at existing gaps in data collection on at-risk groups that may interfere when developing and assessing the effectiveness of public policies. Researchers will also provide an analysis of the interaction between contextual and individual characteristics, how it evolves over time and across regions and how it impacts public policies on employment and the employability of individuals. It will also look at existing evidence-based public policies and workplace policies fostering the inclusion of people in vulnerable situations in the labour market.

The second panel will discuss gender and care discrimination in the labour market. It will take a closer look at the situation of women and carers, in the labour market, by examining the effects of the motherhood penalty, discussing the flexibility penalty after the COVID-19 pandemic and the inclusiveness and flexibility of work-life balance policies.

In the afternoon, a workshop aims at harvesting collective knowledge to explore potential policy solutions for inclusive labour markets at different levels (company policy, public policy, services) from an intersectional perspective.