Among the EU member states, increasing immigration has led to a recent debate over changes to European refugee and migration policies. The desire among the poor to escape from a hopeless economic and social situation in their home countries is the most common impetus for their migration. As the...

Despite the substantial economic and political problems currently, it is important to recall that European integration has by and large been a success. However, restarting economic growth now should not follow the old trajectory, nor should it be built on old myths. It should start from a new...

The recent phase of globalisation could be characterised as “wider”, whereas the next phase to come will be “deeper”. This new phase is likely to prove bumpier than the previous one, as the issues now at stake will have more to do with values or ethics, the interpenetration of which will...

With huge debt levels, high unemployment and low growth, it appears that the European economy will continue to stagnate for the foreseeable future. China, on the other hand, has emerged as the largest trading nation in the world and become the second largest economy in the world. China’s...

The aim of the study is to offer to decision-makers the necessary data regarding European policies of social inclusion for the Roma, with focus on the practices which have shown a positive impact in the fields of education, employment, housing and health, and to accompany the analysis with...

Im folgenden Beitrag findet eine eingehende Auseinandersetzung der Autorin mit der Frage statt, was Burschen und junge Männer möglicherweise daran hindert, sich in der Berufswahl für so genannte "Care-Berufe" - gemeint sind weiblich dominierte Berufe in den Bereichen von Erziehung, Betreuung...

We consider the job progression of immigrant women in five European countries: France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK. We complement data from the European Labour Force Survey (2005-2015), with information about the skills contained in the jobs held by women, using data from the O*Net. In...

Vertrauen ist gerade in Krisenzeiten wichtig und in einer globalisierten Welt zugleich besonders gefährdet: Wir sind von internationalen Wirtschaftsprozessen und politischer Kooperation abhängig, die ohne Vertrauen nicht funktionieren würden. Insbesondere für pluralisierte, urbane und...

Earmarking financial contributions for specific geographic, thematic or other priorities has emerged as an important modality for funding multilateral development organisations. Earmarking has had positive consequences, such as the mobilisation of resources for multilateral organisations and new...