Welcome to the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
The European Centre is a UN-affiliated intergovernmental organization concerned with all aspects of social welfare policy and research.
On the website you find information about projects, events, websites from 2006 - 2010 and some milestones before 2006; all book series, all books outside the series enriched with downloads, cross-references and external links.
You may access the information via Research Areas or the Country Focus too.
This allows you to view our latest research results and find contact persons.
Executive Director is Prof. Dr. Bernd Marin (information and articles).
Welfare in an Idle Society?
A new book by Bernd Marin, forthcoming 2012
Read more about:
Welfare in an Idle Society?
Appointment as 'Professor in International Social Policy', Southampton University (UK)
Asghar Zaidi, our Director Research, has been offered a Chair, 'Professor in International Social Policy', in the School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton (UK), which is one of the top British universities, belonging to the Russell Group of universities in the UK. European Centre is very honoured by this news, and our heartfelt congratulations go to Asghar for this well-deserved recognition of his scholarly achievements and the excellent work he has done with us over the years. At Southampton, he will be based at the Centre for Research on Ageing and associated with the ESRC Research Centre for Population Change. He will join them on 1st September 2012, but for the rest of 2012 he will also remain Director of Research, so as to provide continuity in the ongoing and submitted projects.
More details on the Centre for Research on Ageing, click here
More details on the ESRC Research Centre for Population Change, click here
External Expertise awarded: Central European Ageing Strategy
Pieter Vanhuysse has been appointed as External Expert on the CE Ageing Strategy, developed by the Central European Knowledge Platform for an Ageing Society and run by a consortium of 13 partners from 8 CE countries. The expertise is funded to contribute to develop trends and scenarios for the CE region until 2050 and to the ‘CE-Ageing Strategy’ document to be published as a Green Paper in December 2012.
On the CE Ageing Strategy: click here
Contact: Vanhuysse
New Policy Brief: Housing Problems and Access to Basic Local Services in the EU27
The aim of this Brief is to explore (i) housing problems, such as poor housing quality, overcrowdedness, housing cost overburden, and (ii) access to basic local services, including public transport, postal and banking services across the EU27. We also assess whether the population at risk of poverty is exposed to cumulative disadvantage, suffering from both low incomes and housing deprivation. We complete the analysis with a focus on specific social groups in Austria and overall EU27.
For more information click here!
Handy Sex Guide
Der Handy Sex Guide ist für junge Menschen zwischen 13 und 18 Jahren.
Er enthält Informationen über Safe Sex, Verhütung, sexuell übertragbare Krankheiten, HIV/AIDS, Schwangerschaft, den weiblichen und männlichen Körper, Liebe und Beziehungen und vieles mehr. Um den Handy Sex Guide herunterzuladen, gehe mit Deinem Handy auf folgenden Link: http://mgw02.mobile-identity.com/de And join us on Facebook
The Mobile Safe Sex-guide is part of the project "Mobile Sexuality: Towards a New European Strategy in Sex Education and Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (SAFESEX)".
Recent Columns by Bernd Marin
In DER STANDARD, Wien:
Ein neuer Wohlfahrts-Mix? (28 / 29 April 2012)
Goldene Zeiten und Altersinflation (31 March / 1 April 2012)
