Project updates
PATHS2INCLUDE closing conference: outcomes
On 3 February 2026, PATHS2INCLUDE’s closing conference “European labour markets under pressure – new knowledge on pathways to include persons in vulnerable situations” took place in Brussels, Belgium. This conference concluded the three-year Horizon Europe...
PATHS2INCLUDE factsheets in Easy-To-Read English
After three years of exploring inclusive labour markets, we have summarized the PATHS2INCLUDE project’s research findings and policy recommendations into a series of 9 factsheets. They are based on our policy brief series. To ensure these materials are truly...
PATHS2INCLUDE factsheets
As our three years exploring inclusive labour markets comes to an end, we would like to share the final resources that resulted from the consortium’s efforts: a set of factsheets. The factsheets are a product of our research and policy briefs, summarizing key...
PATHS2INCLUDE findings inform EU Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities
In November 2025, the European Commission launched a consultation to shape its update of the Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030. With the Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030, the European Commission aims to...
PATHS2INCLUDE closing conference
The PATHS2INCLUDE consortium is proud to announce its closing conference “European labour markets under pressure – new knowledge on pathways to include persons in vulnerable situations”. The project’s final conference will take place in...
COFACE participates in European Anti-Poverty Strategy Conference
PATHS2INCLUDE’s impact partner, COFACE Families Europe, participated in the European Commission’s conference ‘The EU Anti-Poverty Strategy: An evaluation and next steps’ which took place on 20 October 2025 in Milan, Italy. The conference was organized in cooperation...
Understanding discrimination in hiring: key findings
As we are entering the latest stages of the PATHS2INCLUDE project, here is an overview of the key findings related to our research on discrimination in recruitment. This article discusses the main outcomes of this specific strand of the research. One of the main goals...
PATHS2INCLUDE findings feed into seminar on the situation of persons with disabilities in the labour market
On two and three October 2025, PATHS2INCLUDE researcher Dr Elisabeth Ugreninov (OsloMet), contributed to a seminar on statistics and quantitative research on the situation of persons with disabilities in the labour market, organised by The Nordic Welfare Centre and...
PATHS2INCLUDE researchers contribute to UN Roadmap for eradicating poverty beyond growth
PATHS2INCLUDE researchers Federico Ciani, Arianna Vivoli (ARCO), Elisabeth Ugreninov, and Justyna Bell (OsloMet) contributed to the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights’ "Roadmap for eradicating poverty beyond growth". The roadmap...
Policy round table on the role of EU policy in shaping inclusive labour markets – key outcomes
On 4 September 2025, PATHS2INCLUDE’s policy round table on the role of EU policy in shaping inclusive labour markets took place in Brussels, Belgium. The event was organized in cooperation with the Civil Society Organisations’ Group of the European Economic and Social...
PATHS2INCLUDE findings inform European Pillar of Social Rights consultation
In June 2025, the European Commission launched a consultation to shape its new Action Plan on the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights. The European Pillar of Social Rights consists of twenty principles and rights to support well-functioning...
Policy brief on Employment diversity in Europe
We are pleased to announce that we have published our first policy brief titled ‘Employment diversity in Europe: Intersectionality and data gaps’. This policy brief is the first in a series that will be published during the upcoming months. The first policy brief,...
New interactive map of labour market attachment of vulnerable groups
We are excited to announce that we have launched our interactive map representing the labour market attachment of vulnerable groups[1] across European countries. Building on existing EU and international statistical databases, the interactive map depicts the different...
Policy round table on the role of EU policy in shaping inclusive labour markets
PATHS2INCLUDE and the Civil Society Organisations’ Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) are co-hosting a Policy round table to discuss the role of EU policies in shaping inclusive labour markets on 4 September 2025. The round table will focus on...
PATHS2INCLUDE project team met in Warsaw
The PATHS2INCLUDE project team gathered in Warsaw, Poland to discuss the latest developments of the project. The two-day meeting was organized by Dr Iga Magda and her team from the Institute for Structural Research (IBS). The first day of the meeting started with a...
Studying the intersection of health, gender and labour market outcomes of older workers: PATHS2INCLUDE insights for World Health Day
Today marks April 7, World Health Day. The celebration will launch a year-long campaign called ‘Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures’. Next to its focus on preventing maternal and new-born deaths, it also highlights women’s long-term health and well-being which in turn...
Fourth PATHS2INCLUDE meeting in the vibrant city of Bucharest
Last week, the PATHS2INCLUDE team met in the vibrant city of Bucharest to discuss the project’s progress and latest developments. The meeting was hosted by Dr Iuliana Percupetu and her team from the Department of Sociology of the University of Bucharest. We started...
OsloMet team participated in the Nordic Migration Research conference
Dr Elisabeth Ugreninov and Dr Justyna Bell, from OsloMet, attended the Nordic Migration Research Conference, in Bergen Norway from the 14th to the 16th of August. The pivotal focus of this year’s conference was on politics of mobility and precarity giving the...
First PATHS2INCLUDE Policy Forum
On the 30th of May, PATHS2INCLUDE held a Policy Forum at the University of Hannover gathering researchers, experts on employment policies and civil society representatives to discuss the role of research in advancing inclusive labour market policies. The first panel...
PATHS2INCLUDE partners met in Hannover
The project partners met in Hannover on the 29th of May to discuss key areas of the project. The meeting was hosted by the University of Hannover and its team led by Dr Christian Imdorf. The day started with a presentation by Dr Iuliana Precupetu from the University...
The University of Girona held its first National Stakeholders Group meeting
On the 27th of February, the team from the University of Girona held the first online meeting with the Spanish National Stakeholder Group (NSG). The Spanish NSG is composed of: The national trade union UGT represented by Maxi Rica The Ministry of Equality and Feminism...
PATHS2INCLUDE partners met in Girona to discuss research progress
The 8 project partners of PATHS2INCLUDE gathered in Girona on the 22nd and 23rd of November 2023 for the second in-person consortium meeting. It was the occasion to exchange on the progress in different areas of the project, discuss important methodological...
Leibniz University Hannover held its first National Stakeholder Group meeting
On the 26th of September, the team from the Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) organised a meeting with the German National Stakeholders Group (NSG), the first of a series of meetings aiming at sharing updates, collecting stakeholders’ feedback and creating synergies....
Online meeting with the International Advisory Group
On the 23rd of October, the Consortium held an online meeting with the International Advisory Group (IAG) composed of representatives from the following organisations: the European Labour Authority, Eurofound, the European Network Against Racism, the Social Platform,...
PATHS2INCLUDE: the 3-year European research project kicks off in Oslo
On the 18th and 19th of April 2023, consortium members met in Oslo for the kick-off meeting of the PATHS2INCLUDE, a new Horizon Europe research project coordinated by Nova, the social science research institute of the Oslo Metropolitan University. The kick-off meeting...