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Living and working in Europe: Building on the past – Shaping the future
[Read more about Eurofound 50](https://50.eurofound.europa.eu/)
50 years supporting better policies for a strong social Europe
[Read the blog](https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/blog/2025/50-years-supporting-better-policies-strong-social-europe)
Living and Working in the EU e-survey 2024
Latest findings on quality of life in the EU[Explore the data in our digital story](https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/resources/data-story/2025/quality-life-eu-2024-results-living-and-working-eu-e-survey)
Eurofound Talks
What is the future for gender equality in Europe?[Read press release](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/eurofound/pressreleases/eurofound-talks-what-is-the-future-for-gender-equality-in-europe-3373980)
EU presidencies: Eurofound's role
Eurofound's contribution to the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU[View](/en/about-eurofound/what-we-do/eu-presidencies-eurofounds-role)
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[Episode 30 – What is the future for gender equality in Europe?](/en/resources/podcast/2025/episode-30-what-future-gender-equality-europe)
This special Eurofound Talks episode, recorded for International Women’s Day 2025, looks at women’s progress in the labour market and society over the past five decades, as well as sticking...
7 March 2025
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[Episode 29 – Is Europe's teleworking experiment coming to an end?](/en/resources/podcast/2025/episode-29-europes-teleworking-experiment-coming-end)
This episode of Eurofound Talks looks at data from the Living and working in the EU e-survey showing a decline in the number of respondents engaged in remote work, with...
28 February 2025
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[Respondents with disabilities hit harder by unmet medical needs](/en/resources/article/2025/respondents-disabilities-hit-harder-unmet-medical-needs)
The latest edition of Eurofound’s e-survey, fielded in spring 2024, provides data on the unmet medical needs of people with disabilities. This non-probabilistic survey, initiated in 2020, offers insights into...
4 February 2025
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[Episode 28 – 50 years of social change in Ireland and Europe](/en/resources/podcast/2025/episode-28-50-years-social-change-ireland-and-europe)
In this episode of the Eurofound Talks podcast Mary McCaughey speaks with Eurofound Deputy Director Maria Jepsen, and Barry Colfer, Director of Research at the Institute of International and European...
30 January 2025
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[Tech employment in the EU – What happened after 2023’s big redundancy wave?](/en/resources/article/2025/tech-employment-eu-what-happened-after-2023s-big-redundancy-wave)
In 2023, thousands of workers in big tech lost their jobs. Meta, Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Salesforce had been considered to offer good and secure jobs up to this...
29 January 2025
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[Jan Vandamme RIP](/en/news/2025/jan-vandamme-rip)
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our esteemed colleague, Jan Vandamme.
27 January 2025
Corporate news
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Eurofound is celebrating its 50th anniversary, marking half a century of dedicated research and contributions to improving living and working conditions in Europe. Over the past five decades, Eurofound has played a pivotal role in shaping policies and fostering social dialogue across the European Union. As we look to the future, Eurofound remains committed to addressing emerging challenges and continuing its mission to enhance the quality of life for all Europeans. Visit our [**dedicated page**](https://50.eurofound.europa.eu/) and discover why Eurofound 50 is a milestone for social policy development in Europe.
Activities
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##### Working conditions and sustainable work
Providing comparative data and analysis that can be used to improve job quality and promote sustainability of work over the life course.
[Learn more](https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/topic/working-conditions-and-sustainable-work)
##### Industrial relations and social dialogue
Functioning as a centre of expertise for monitoring and analysing developments in industrial relations and social dialogue, promoting dialogue between management and labour.
[Learn more](https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/topic/industrial-relations-and-social-dialogue)
##### Employment and labour markets
Providing knowledge to identify changes in the labour market and inform employment policies to improve its functioning and inclusiveness.
[Learn more](https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/topic/employment-and-labour-markets)
##### Living conditions and quality of life
Mapping and analysing key elements for the improvement of living conditions of people, including information on their perception of quality of life and society.
[Learn more](https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/topic/living-conditions-and-quality-life)
Online resources
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### [European Restructuring Monitor](/en/resources/european-restructuring-monitor)
Since 2002, the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) has been monitoring the employment impact of large-scale restructuring events in Europe and covers the 27 EU Member States plus Norway.
### [EU PolicyWatch](/en/resources/eu-policywatch)
Eurofound's EU PolicyWatch collates information on the responses of government and social partners to the COVID-19 crisis, the war in Ukraine, rising inflation, as well as gathering examples of company practices aimed at mitigating the social and economic impacts.
### [EU convergence monitoring hub](/en/resources/eu-convergence-monitoring-hub)
This online resource summarises Eurofound's research on convergence, explains the different dimensions of convergence and provides access to the convergEU app, allowing researchers to perform their own analysis on convergence.
European Working Conditions Telephone Survey 2021 – Read the findings
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Eurofound has published the results of its European Working Conditions Telephone Survey (EWCTS) 2021. The survey covered over 70,000 workers in 36 countries and provides a wide-ranging picture of job quality across countries, occupations, sectors, gender and age groups in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report documents the working conditions of workers across Europe in 2021, while the data explorer presents the responses to over 100 questions from the questionnaire. Read the key findings, delve deeper into the report and explore the data:
* Publication: [Working conditions in the time of COVID-19: Implications for the future](/en/publications/2022/working-conditions-time-covid-19-implications-future "Working conditions in the time of COVID-19: Implications for the future")
* Data: [European Working Conditions Telephone Survey 2021 - Data visualisation](https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/data-catalogue/european-working-conditions-telephone-survey-2021-0)
* Podcast: [Eurofound Talks – Episode 12 – Job quality](/en/resources/podcast/2023/episode-12-job-quality "Episode 12 – Job quality")
[EWCTS](https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/data-catalogue/european-working-conditions-telephone-survey-2021-0) [All surveys](/surveys)
Eurofound's publication 'Working conditions in the time of COVID-19: Implications for the future
Eurofound Talks
Listen to Eurofound's new podcast series
[Listen](/en/resources/podcast)
Upcoming events
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26 Mar2025
[50 years of supporting better policies for a strong social Europe: Eurofound launch event for its anniversary campaign](/en/events/50-years-supporting-better-policies-strong-social-europe)
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On 26 March 2025 Eurofound is hosting the launch event for its 50th anniversary campaign at the European Parliament Office in Dublin.
26 March 2025
12:30 \- 14:30 Europe/Dublin
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In-person event
[Working conditions and sustainable work](/en/topics/working-conditions-and-sustainable-work)
[Employment and labour markets](/en/topics/employment-and-labour-markets)
[Living conditions and quality of life](/en/topics/living-conditions-and-quality-life)
[Industrial relations and social dialogue](/en/topics/industrial-relations-and-social-dialogue)
03 Apr2025
[Joint event: Enhancing quality of work and life through effective social dialogue in the Western Balkans](/en/events/enhancing-quality-work-and-life-through-effective-social-dialogue-western)
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This upcoming event — co-organised by Eurofound, the European Training Foundation (ETF), and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) — aims to foster social dialogue and collaboration in the Western Balkans.
03 April 2025
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In-person event
[Social dialogue](/en/topics/social-dialogue)
[Industrial relations and social dialogue](/en/topics/industrial-relations-and-social-dialogue)
[Social partners](/en/topics/social-partners)
[Skills and training](/en/topics/skills-and-training)
[Living conditions](/en/topics/living-conditions)
[Working conditions](/en/topics/working-conditions)
11 Apr2025
[Social inclusion and independent functioning of people with disabilities in the EU](/en/events/social-inclusion-and-independent-functioning-people-disabilities-eu)
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The conference will be attended by counterparts of the Secretary of State and Government Plenipotentiary for Disabled Persons, Łukasz Krason – including Secretaries of State from EU countries and representatives of the European Commission.
11 April 2025
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In-person event
[Disability and chronic disease](/en/topics/disability-and-chronic-disease)
[Employment and labour markets](/en/topics/employment-and-labour-markets)
[Social inclusion](/en/topics/social-inclusion)
14 Apr - 15 Apr2025
[Informal meeting of employment and social affairs ministers (EPSCO)](/en/events/informal-meeting-employment-and-social-affairs-ministers-epsco-2)
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This informal meeting of employment and social affairs ministers (EPSCO) takes place in Warsaw on 14–15 April 2025.
14 April 2025 to 15 April 2025
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About Eurofound
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Eurofound is the EU Agency for the improvement of living and working conditions. Follow the links below to learn more about who we are, what we do, procurement opportunities and vacancies.
#### [Who we are](/en/about/who-we-are "Who we are")
#### [What we do](/en/about-eurofound/what-we-do "What we do")
#### [Communication calendar](/en/about-eurofound/what-we-do/calendar "Communication calendar")
#### [Procurement opportunities](/en/about/procurement/calls-tenders-eu143k "Calls for tenders €143k+")
#### [Vacancies](/en/vacancies "Vacancies")