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29 February 2024 | WG Meetings in Hamburg, Germany

Programme & venue information

Associated GP Goals

1. Identify relevant stakeholders of quantitative survey data and prepare invitation(s) to the (2025) WG5 Workshop (WG5).
2. Seek collaboration for an interdisciplinary research project proposal on PPL and children (WG3).
3. Work on identifying gaps in knowledge on the relation between PPL and inequalities (WG2).
4.  Work on the development of a theoretical framework for understanding PPL policies in the context of social sustainability (WG1).
5. Work on the development on a comprehensive and sustainable PPL terminology for research and specific organisations (WG4).
6. Preparations for the release of the online publication on PPL policy design elements across Europe (Online Mapping Tool) (WG4).
7. Work on identifying paid parental leave policy design elements relevant to children's development and well-being (WG3).
8. Discuss strategy for dissemination of knowledge to researchers and EU institutions & discuss strategy for outreach to key stakeholders and invitations to participate in the Action.
9. Discuss strategy to support EU institutions in monitoring the United Nations 2030 Agenda development goals.

Description

The meetings of the Working Groups will serve the following objectives:

• Working on the tasks in the Working Groups along the WG-specific deliverables
• Identifying further opportunities for collaboration
• Finding collaborations for publications

Output

• Preparation of contact to stakeholders (WG specific strategies of WG1, WG3 & WG5)
• Draft for structure of book publication (WG1)
• Identification of participants for group developing an international research project proposal (WG3)
• Adjustment of the online mapping tool (WG4)
• Preparation report / newsletter for relevant stakeholders responsible for quantitative data (in Europe; WG5)

14 December 2023 | New publication

Parenting leave policy data gaps: a comparative critical analysis (2023), Ivana Dobrotić & Ásdís Aðalbjörg Arnalds (Eds.)

The first report from the EU-Cost Action Project CA21150 on Paid Parental Leave Policies and Social Sustainability was released this week, co-authored by members of Working Group (WG) 5 ‘Sustainable PPL data’ (Leaders: Dobrotić & Ásdís Aðalbjörg Arnalds).

It provides a comprehensive overview of data gaps in existing comparative surveys; comparative leave policy indicators databases, and administrative data at the national levels. 

A critical analysis of the conceptualization and measurement of parental leave covers ten comparative surveys: EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS), EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), European Quality of Life Surveys (EQLS), European Working Conditions Surveys (EWCS), Eurobarometer, European Social Survey (ESS), International Social Survey Program (ISSP), European Values Survey (EVS), Generations and Gender Survey (GGS), and the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS).

The report also provides an insight into publicly available comparative leave policy indicators produced by the International Network on Leave Policies & Research (LP&R), databases of international organisations (EU, CoE, OECD and ILO), and data provided by research institutions and researchers.

National-level administrative and survey data on the use of paid maternity, paternity and parental leave, provided by members of CA21150 is also critically appraised. 

Click here to read the full article

 

15 November 2023 | CA21150 Training School

Call for COST Sustainability@Leave training school „Work-care policies, gender and social inequalities“ 

17-19 April 2024, Dubrovnik, Croatia

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, at Center for Advanced Academic Studies CAAS, Dubrovnik
http://www.caas.unizg.hr/

COST Action‘s "Parental Leave Policies & Social Sustainability" (CA21150) training school provides early-career researchers with the opportunity to advance their knowledge of theories, concepts and methodologies on workcare policies and inequalities. It provides a space to critically discuss cutting-edge developments with leading international scholars in sociology, social policy, gender studies and demography, focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges in researching the interconnections between work-care policies and gender and social inequalities. This is highly relevant in the context of precarious, underinsured, and nonstandard employment, informal economies, climate change, migration, family changes, and growing financial strains for carers, making it necessary to train future-generation-researchers working towards a better understanding of social divisions in care and employment practices and advancement of work-care policies. The training school will be a combination of lectures by renowned scholars and early-career researchers‘ presentations with a strong focus on providing in-depth feedback on their work. Combining intensive work with socialising on the beautiful Croatian coast, participants will have an excellent opportunity to build supportive and sustainable networks with colleagues working on related topics. 

The training school will be organised by the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb Center for Advanced Academic Studies (CAAS) in Dubrovnik: http://www.caas.unizg.hr/ 

Trainers: Rossella Ciccia (University of Oxford, UK), Andrea Doucet (Brock University, CA); Ann-Zofie Duvander (Stockholm University, SE), Wim van Lancker (KU Leuven, BE), Sonja Blum (Bielefeld University, DE), Ivana Dobrotić (University of Zagreb; HR)

Program and organizing committee: Sonja Blum (Bielefeld University), Rūta Brazienė (Vilnius University), Ivana Dobrotić (University of Zagreb), Johanna Lammi-Taskula (Finish Institute for Health and Welfare)

• Who can apply? Early-career researchers working on work-care policies, engaged in an official research programme as a PhD student or postdoctoral fellows. Training is open to a broad range of methodological approaches and analytical perspectives. We encourage comparative papers, but we are also interested in studies focusing on a single country, region or sector. Admitted participants will be expected to submit their paper by 31 March 2024 and give a 15-minute presentation, which will be followed by in-depth individual feedback from a senior scholar and peers. We welcome papers at all stages of PhD/postdoc. 
• How to apply? Please send a 500-word abstract and a short bio to sonja.blum@uni-bielefeld.de by 15 December 2023. We will respond to you upon the final budget approval, the latest by 20 December 2023. 
• Do you identify as a minority or a person from a disadvantaged group? When applying, please explain in what ways you belong to a minority or a disadvantaged group (up to 200 words).

Call for applications (PDF)

15 November 2023 | Video

Short video explaining the objectives of CA21150 has been published

What are the goals of the CA21150? Who is involved in the project and how is it being funded? How can I become a member of the research alliance? All these questions are answered in a new short video.

You can watch it here