Robin Wilson

Jul 5, 2024 | socialeurope.eu | Robin Wilson

This week in Vilnius, at a conference on the European Social Charter, it felt like a paradigm shift was taking place. It was as if the ghost of Karl Polanyi hung over political leaders and top government officials as they plotted the social future of Europe in Vilnius this week.

Aug 31, 2023 | socialeurope.eu | Robin Wilson

The outlines of a new progressive narrative for Europe are emerging amid the smoke from forest fires and the war in Ukraine.

Jul 28, 2023 | socialeurope.eu | Robin Wilson

By Social EuropeFree PDF DownloadDossier descriptionEurope has faced a mammoth challenge, of spiralling energy prices feeding into wider inflation on a scale unseen since the 1970s ‘stagflation’. Short-term responses have been immediately required, and a number of European Union member states have taken measures such as energy-price regulation and various forms of subsidy. The debate on the effectiveness of such measures, from a social, economic and environmental point of view, continues.

Apr 26, 2023 | socialeurope.eu | Jason Ward |Robin Wilson

Research Essay DescriptionIn countries where responsibility for long-term care of a growing elderly population has shifted significantly to the private sector, expectations of quality of service and standards of care are not being realised. This essay draws on prior research, analyses and case studies from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and the United States.