This discussion paper presents an overview of key challenges and trends in the UNECE region in four policy areas relevant to the Social Protection and Inclusion Research team at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research: 1) Social assistance and minimum income policies, 2) Child and family policies, 3) Disability policies and social support services, and 4) Housing policies. 

This Thematic Review aims to identify policy frameworks and effective incentives available in the 27 EU Member States (MS) to activate and integrate persons with disabilities (PwDs) into the labour market and keep them in employment. 

The GDPoweR Data Visualization project is an open-source R-based tool developed by researchers at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research to support the analysis of data retrieved through Subject Access Requests by platform workers. It enables the creation of interactive dashboards from potentially large and disjointed datasets, providing users with access to clearly structured statistics and visualizations related to earnings, work schedules, deliveries, and location data.

Kai Leichsenring contributed to the AGAC Issue Focus Fall/Winter Edition 2024 with an overview of live-in migrant care in Europe focusing on the Austrian case. From a human rights perspective, he argues for regulating care work as a profession, monitoring brokering agencies, promoting cooperation between the home and host countries, and providing live-in care workers with access to the judicial system.