Final Conference: The State of Family Resilience in Europe today: new evidence to support policy reform — rEUsilience On 27th June 2025, the rEUsilience project concluded its three-year research project with a vibrant high-level final conference in Brussels. The event brought together over 90 participants, including ...

📣 What is the State of #FamilyResilience in Europe today?

This was the core question during our Final Conference in Brussels on 27 June 2025.

Read more about the conference on the #rEUsilience website 👇
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New Published Book: Families, Welfare States, and Resilience - Low-Resource Families Navigating Care, Employment and Welfare in Europe — rEUsilience We are pleased to announce that Edward Elgar Publishing has published the book “Families, Welfare States, and Resilience – Low-Resource Families Navigating Care, Employment and Welfare in Europe”, edi...

📚 Last month, @elgarpublishing.bsky.social has published the book: “Families, Welfare States, and Resilience, Low-Resource Families Navigating Care, Employment and Welfare in Europe”, edited by Mary Daly, @ox.ac.uk.

Find out more on the #rEUsilience website 👇
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New Working Paper “Family Dynamics and Labour Market Risks Questionnaire" — rEUsilience We are pleased to share our new working paper which introduces a novel questionnaire designed to improve the measurement of how family dynamics intersect with labour market risks, and how families’ re...

📣New #rEUsilience working paper by @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social and @wvlancker.bsky.social, introducing a novel questionnaire designed to improve the measurement of how family dynamics intersect with labour market risks and care responsibilities.

Full working paper👉 reusilience.eu/project-upda...

📣Nueva publicación sobre familias, políticas y riesgo social con datos de grupos de discusión en el marco del proyecto europeo #rEUsilience 👇🏽👇🏽

New Working Paper “the need and capacity for resilience in European labour markets. An inequalities in resilience framework” — rEUsilience We are pleased to share our new working paper, which develops an ‘inequalities in resilience’ framework to better understand how individuals respond to labour market risks in Europe, and how inequalit...

Almost one week after our #rEUsilience Final Conference on the State of #FamilyResilience today in Europe, we are pleased to publicly share our newest working paper!

💻 Find out more about our proposed 'inequalities in resilience' framework here: reusilience.eu/project-upda...

Picture of the conference room with the speaker in Front. The PowerPoint Presentation says 'Family Resilience'

Picture of the conference and the audience, the powerpoint presentation shows the book published and the text says 'low-resource families go to great lengths the make the most of the little they have, but are often at a point of depletion'.

💭What is the state of Family Resilience today in Europe? This is the core question during our Final #rEUsilience Conference today in Brussels!

Grateful to all who are joining us to conclude three years of #HorizonEurope research while keeping the conversation on #FamilyResilience going.

rEUsilience’s Belgian Stakeholders’ event focuses on care across various types of families in Belgium and how effective policy reforms can make a difference — rEUsilience On the 26th of May 2025, rEUsilience researcher Wim Van Lancker moderated a rEUsilience Workshop: ‘Critical dialogue regarding Belgian and Flemish family policy’ which brought together a diverse group...

🌍Highlights from the Belgian #rEUsilience event organised by @wvlancker.bsky.social on care, families & policy reform: how can policy better support diverse families in Belgium?

💻 You can read the full article about the Belgian rEUsilience event on our website: reusilience.eu/project-upda...

rEUsilience’s Swedish Stakeholders’ event focuses on childhood poverty in Sweden: causes, consequences and possible interventions — rEUsilience On the 23rd of May 2025, the rEUsilience National Event in Sweden focused on childhood poverty in Sweden, where rEUsilience research insights regarding the compounded challenges for families in vulner...

🌍 Tackling Childhood Poverty in Sweden: highlights from the #rEUsilience National Event.

📣 This event focused on childhood poverty and the possible interventions to break the cycle of intergenerational disadvantage.

Read the full article here: reusilience.eu/project-upda...

New working paper: "Adult Care, Work and Well-being in Europe. Ad hoc module for submission to ESS call for rotating modules" — rEUsilience We are pleased to share our new working paper which proposes a Rotating Module to be included in the European Social Survey (ESS) concerning questions on adult care responsibilities within and beyond ...

📣 New Working Paper by @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social and @wvlancker.bsky.social, proposing a Rotating Module on adult care responsibilities to be included in the European Social Survey (ESS).

💻 You can read the full working paper on the #rEUsilience website 👇
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COFACE Families Europe brings family resilience to European expert meeting on Work-Life Balance.  — rEUsilience On Wednesday 21st of May, COFACE Families Europe, consortium member of the rEUsilience research project co-organised, together with the Share the Care Foundation, the Conference “Equal at Home – Equal...

@cofaceeu.bsky.social brings #familyresilience and other relevant #rEUsilience research evidence to the European expert meeting on #WorkLifeBalance, co-organised by Share the Care in Poland.

Read more here 👉 reusilience.eu/project-upda...

To mark the #InternationalDayofFamilies on the 15th of May, we are pleased to share rich insights into the policy reforms necessary to better promote family resilience across European countries.

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#EU4Families #SocialEurope #FamilyResilience #rEUsilience

💻Read more in this article on the #rEUSilience website 👇
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📥Our fifth #rEUsilience newsletter is now in your mailbox!

You can also read this and our previous newsletters on our website 👇
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rEUsilience researchers contributing to the 10th International Community, Work, & Family Conference 2025 — rEUsilience On the 27th of March, rEUsilience researchers Ivana Dobrotić and Merve Uzunalioğlu contributed to the 10th International Community, Work & Family Conference in Bielefeld, Germany. They presented the p...

#rEUsilience researchers @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social and @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social contributed to the 10th International Community, Work & Family Conference, organised by Bielefeld University.

💻 Find out more here 👉 reusilience.eu/project-upda...

#ICWF2025 #WorkFamilyBalance #WorkLifeBalance

New working paper "Policy Priorities for Family Resilience" — rEUsilience We are glad to announce our new working paper which is charged with road-testing a range of research informed policy proposals that are workable and the cost and roll-out conditions of which are known...

𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀?

This was the main question in our newest working paper: ‘policy priorities for family resilience’ as part of our road-testing pillar of #rEUsilience.

Read the full paper here: reusilience.eu/project-upda...

A stronger Europe starts with more resilient families Europe is facing a range of challenges, from an ageing population to increasing financial insecurity, growing inequalities and evolving work practices. While policymakers know that adapting to these c...

We are pleased to share that the @ec.europa.eu has recognised the ongoing #rEUsilience project as a success story🎉

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Rense Nieuwenhuis, joint co-ordinator, presenting rEUsilience findings in the ‘Leave No Single Mother Behind' parallel-event of the UN CSW. — rEUsilience On the 13th of March, rEUsilience project joint co-ordinator Rense Nieuwenhuis participated in a parallel event to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), organised by the United Nations in New Y...

📣@rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social, 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼-𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗘𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 '𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗼 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱’ 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹-𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 #CSW69.

💻 You can find the full summary and references to the relevant #rEUsilience research publications here:

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📣 We are pleased to share that @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
will present some #rEUsilience research evidence during the "leave no single mother behind" event, contributing to this mile-stone UN event of the #CSW on advancing women's rights.

#CSW69 #Beijing30 #MakeMothersMatter #ForAllWomenAndGirls

Highlighting the gender dimension of family life in the new world of work: rEUsilience research insights for International Women’s Day.  — rEUsilience In recognition of International Women’s Day on the 8th of March 2025, we shed light on the intersection of gender, work-life balance, and informal childcare, offering insights into the challenges many...

🌍In recognition of #InternationalWomen'sDay we are highlighting key #gender related aspects of #rEUsilience research, see our Working Paper on the presence of supportive social networks.

💻You can read our full analysis here 👇
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Proud of our sister #HorizonEurope project also joining this platform. If you’re interested in boosting resilience of families, give them a follow! #rEUsilience

Join us here as we continue discussing #familyresilience by sharing updates on the #rEUsilience research project.

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Back in Brussels, for our #rEUsilience policy lab, meeting stakeholders from family organisations and EU institutions to shape, discuss and improve policy recommendations based on our research.

Bringing rEUsilience findings to workshop on resilient social policies — rEUsilience On the 13th September 2024, Rense Nieuwenhuis will participate in a workshop on “Global Ideas on Resilient Social Policies” organised by the Collaborative Research Centre on “Global Dynamics of Social...

"If policy makers fail to consider who needs to be resilient, they overlook that individuals and families who are most exposed to risks, have the least capacity to respond"

Tomorrow I will bring #rEUsilience findings to a workshop at @unibielefeld ⬇️

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On my way to ESPAnet2024 to present #rEUsilience research, and to host our stream on “Resilience as a challenge for the welfare state”.

Are you attending? Reach out - let’s meet!

Forskaren: ”Ekonomisk ojämlikhet kan bli ett demokratiskt problem” Ekonomisk ojämlikhet märks inte bara i plånboken, den kan även påverka hur bra hälsa du har och länge du lever. Det berättar forskaren Rense Nieuwenhuis.

My interview with @dagensnyheter about #inequality in Sweden.

The concerns are serious - both for those with low incomes and for society at large - but the good news is we have tools at our disposal to help reduce inequality.

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#reusilience #SOFI

We have launched the #rEUsilience Compendium of families’ risks, resources, and resilience which provides users with open-access data to understand the situation of families in Europe.

It’s all interactive, so start exploring!

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New working paper "Inequalities in family resilience: Research report on the capacity of policies to... As “resilience” is increasingly used in European policy circles, it is important to acknowledge structural inequalities that are present in the capacity of families to be resilient. In this next ...

How can welfare states improve family resilience, and what does it even mean to be resilient? In this new paper, we propose a framework to understand inequalities in who experiences risks, and inequalities in how well families are resourced to respond to those risks. #rEUsilience