Kai Leichsenring

Executive Director

EDUCATION

DPhil (Dr. phil.) in Political Sciences and Communication Research, University of Vienna (Austria)

LANGUAGES

German (mother tongue), English, French, Italian

CONTACT

Phone: +43 1 319 45 05-12
E-mail: leichsenring@euro.centre.org
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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Comparative social policy, integrated care, ageing & society, new public management and social services, quality improvement in health and social care, long-term care systems: their identity, policies, structures, pathways, management and resources, people - and their links with the health system

PROJECTS

Encouraging a Digital and Green Transition through Revitalised and Inclusive Union-Employer Negotiations

Analytical and methodological support in qualitative analysis, mapping and mixed methods

Peer reviews and mutual learning activities in the fields of employment, social affairs and inclusion

Older persons affected by violence and abuse

Good practices in supporting informal carers

Facts & Figures on long-term care

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Rodrigues, R., Simmons, C., Leichsenring, K. (2025). Sharing the burden: the impact of long-term care on the financial situation of families in Europe, pp. 266-298 in Cylus, J., Wharton, G., Carrino, L., Ilinca, S., Huber, M., Barber, S.L. (Eds.) (2025) The Care Dividend: Why and How Countries Should Invest in Long-Term Care. Cambridge University Press.
Simmons, C., Fischer, J. and Leichsenring, K. (2025). Emerging Long-Term Care Systems – Learning from Comparison. Chapter 15 in Morgan, J. & La Placa, V. (Eds.) Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice – A Comparative Introduction. Milton Park: Routledge.
Leichsenring, K. & A. Sidorenko (Eds.) (2024). A research agenda for ageing and social policy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Leichsenring, K., Kadi, S., Schmidt, A.E. & H. Staflinger (2023). The Covid-19 Pandemic in Austria: With Special Reference to Migrant Care Workers, pp. 275-294 in Aspalter, C. (Ed.), Covid-19 Pandemic. Problems Arising in Health and Social Policy. Singapore: Springer.
Kadi, S., Pot, M., Simmons, C., Leichsenring, K. & H. Staflinger (2023). Young Carers und Young Adult Carers in Oberösterreich. Status quo, Handlungsfelder und Lösungsansätze. Linz und Wien: Arbeiterkammer Oberösterreich & Europäisches Zentrum für Wohlfahrtspolitik und Sozialforschung.
Leichsenring, K., Kadi, S. & C. Simmons (2022). Making the Invisible Visible: The Pandemic and Migrant Care Work in Long-Term Care. Social Sciences, 11: 326. https://doi.org/10.3390/ socsci11080326
Leichsenring, K., Schmidt, A.E. & H. Staflinger (2021). Fractures in the Austrian model of long-term care: What are the lessons from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic?, Journal of Long-Term Care, 33-42. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.54
Leichsenring, K. (2021). Applying Ideal Types in Long-Term Care Analysis, pp. 187-206 in Aspalter, C. (Ed.) Ideal Types in Comparative Social Policy. London: Routledge.

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