Europe’s green, digital and demographic transition: a social policy research perspective

Maria Petmesidou and Ana M. Guillén
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Maria Petmesidou: Democritus University, Greece
Ana M. Guillén: University of Oviedo, Spain

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 2022, vol. 28, issue 3, 317-332

Abstract: This article lays out an agenda for researching the social policy challenges facing the EU under the combined impact of a triple transition: green, digital and demographic. It takes as its starting point the double bind confronting the welfare state, pressured by increasing costs and serious socio-ecological concerns on the one hand, and the need, more daunting than ever, for protection against a vast array of imminent socio-economic, demographic and environmental risks, on the other. Against this background, it explores the complex web of synergies and trade-offs between the three transitions, examines the disjointed manner in which EU social policy has so far developed, and demonstrates the controversial stance of the EU’s overarching strategic framework – the European Green Deal – on the issue of a socially just transition. It also maps key research foci and gaps deserving further study, including the role of key players in the transition.

Keywords: Demographics; digitalisation; European Green Deal; European Pillar of Social Rights; governance; just transition; social investment; welfare state sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/10242589221107498

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