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Book presentation by EXCEPT team of Turin University at local Readers Club
25.03.2019On 14th of March the book “Youth without future? Job insecurity and autonomy in modern Italy” was presented at “Circolo dei Lettori” (Readers Club) in Turin.
The event was moderated by Sonia Bertolini. Letizia Mencarini (Bocconi University) demographist, and the authors, Magda Bolzoni, Chiara Ghlislieri, Valentina Goglio, Manuela Olagnero, Simone Martino, Antonella Meo, ...
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The thematic issue of EXCEPT in the journal Studies of Transition States and Societies
11.03.2019In the end of last year thematic issue of EXCEPT titled "Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe: Consequences of Labour Market Insecurity" was published in the journal Studies of Transition States and Societies (STSS). The authors analyse difficulties leaving parental home, job satisfaction and subjective well-being against the backdrop of youth labour market insecurity.
Sonia Bertoli...
Read more EXCEPT project in the University of Kent magazine
25.02.2019The winter/spring issue of University of Kent magazine publshed an article by Olena Nizalova titled "On top of youth unemployment and the link to health and wellbeing". The article gives a brief overview of the project, then focussing on the findings on health and well-being. The magazine also printed some pictures from the "You(th) Vision" photo contest held in the frames of t...
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EXCEPT results published in Estonian
25.01.2019The first five issues of the working paper series of Institute of International Social Studies (Tallinn University) bring to the readers the results of EXCEPT Project, focussing on Estonia.
The first issue discusses the use of the notion of social exclusion in the context of youth (Helemäe, 2018a). In the second number (Reiska, Roosmaa & Oras, 2018) the authors describe the consequence...
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New book summarising EXCEPT findings in Italy
08.01.2019In the end of last year the EXCEPT team of University of Turin published a book „Young people without a future? Work insecurity and autonomy in today's Italy“. The book is edited by Sonia Bertolini and comprises of chapters viewing the relation of work insecurity and autonomy under different angles.
More information about the book (in Italian)
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EXCEPT results presented in Doha
10.12.2018Prof. Marge Unt, the coordinator of EXCEPT project, is invited to speak about the projects findings at an expert group meeting „The role of families and family policy in supporting youth transitions“ in the session dedicated to issues of youth, adulthood, and social Integration. Her talk addresses the relation of labour market integration and well-being. She will present evidence how i...
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EXCEPT project co-coordinator Michael Gebel selected among the top 40 under 40 in the field of society and science in Germany
04.12.2018Prof. Michael Gebel (University of Bamberg) is selected to the “Young Elite – Top 40 Under 40”, a list which is annually composed by the economics magazine Captial of talents in the areas of management, business, politics and state in Germany.
The list comprises women and men under the age of 40 who, according to Capital, “have already made substantial achievements and exh...
Read more Research of Anna Baranowska-Rataj and Björn Högberg provoked discussion in main Swedish daily newspaper
13.11.2018The recently published report „Spillover effects of social policies. Can the state support for the unemployed affect employees’ health and wellbeing?“ rooted in EXCEPT project adds exciting new insights to how the unemployment insurance affects the wellbeing (and mental health) of both the unemployed and the employed in Europe. The reasoning is that unemployment in...
Read more EXCEPT Workshop in Essen this Friday
06.11.2018This Friday the EXCEPT team at University of Duisburg-Essen will present the findings of the project at a workshop “Precarious Employment – Bad Pension?”
The workshop will take place in Essen at the University of Duisburg-Essen and will center on the main findings form EXCEPT project, particularly the findings form WP6 about the long-term consequences of unemployment and preca...
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EXCEPT events in Italy this autumn
29.10.2018Sonia Bertolini and Valentina Moiso from University of Turin presented the qualitative results of EXCEPT project at the workshop „Youth, Arts and Creative Professions” held at the Museum of Work of Turin Polo del '900 on the 18th of October. To make the presentation more vivid, Silvia Genta performed the interview quotations. See some videos of the event below.
At the same museu...
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EXCEPT at European Week of Regions and Cities
15.10.2018EXCEPT project manager at European Commission REA Kerstin Wilde spread the word on EXCEPT Proposal for future research (published as EXCEPT Working Paper No. 58) at European Week of Regions and Cities held from 8th to 11th of October in Brussels.
Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3 or S3) set priorities at national and regional level to build competitive advantage by developing and matching r...
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EXCEPT project inspired ERC Starting Grant to Anna Baranowska-Rataj
11.10.2018Anna Baranowska-Rataj, researcher at Umeå University has been granted EUR 1.5 million through the ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council, ERC.
"This is a prestigious EU grant, and I'm honoured and glad to receive it. The grant provides new opportunities to conduct research on health and welfare throughout life. For instance, I'd like to study how transitions to...
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Qualitative analysis of labour market insecurity and social exclusion of youth now available as working paper
03.10.2018In the EXCEPT working paper no 53 the situation of youth is described based on the qualitative interviews carried out in nine European countries. The working paper analyses comparatively the consequences of labour market insecurity in the field of autonomy, short and long-term socio economic consequences as well as health and well-being. This is followed by national reports on social exclusion of ...
Read more EXCEPT in CORDIS results magazine
01.10.2018The results of EXCEPT have got wider attention and were included in the special feature of CORDIS results magazine titled “A decade since disaster: lessons from economic crisis”. The issue introduces selected 14 projects that have made outstanding contributions to understanding the causes, consequences and lessons learnt from the crisis and how to mitigate...
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Conference presentation on the policy-related findings of EXCEPT by Marti Taru
18.09.2018EXCEPT team member Marti Taru (Tallinn University) spoke at ESA RN 30 ‘Youth and Generation’ Midterm Conference 2018 about evidence based policy making. His research showed that the quality of evaluations carried out on active labour market policies (ALMP) is generally low, which in turn makes it hard to draw conclusions about their impacts and effectiveness. The audience was impressed...
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