France – FEPS Young Academic Network

PhD student at Sciences Po Paris

Interests : Economy Social Europe Inequality
Countries : France Poland

Jan Bogusławski is a PhD student at Sciences Po Paris, researching
the evolutions of the welfare state in Central and Eastern Europe.
He also taught courses pertaining to social policy and comparative
politics across two campuses of Sciences Po. Over the years, he has
worked on various policy-related projects with multiple companies,
NGOs (the German Marshall Fund of the US) and academic institutions
(the College of Europe).
Jan holds degrees from University College London, London School
of Economics, and has been a visiting researcher at the Max Planck
Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne and at the Department
of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford.
His writings have been featured in several media outlets, including
Jacobin and Politico.

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Tightening welfare belts again?

To what extent do EU fiscal rules constrain governments' social and labour market spending? Exploring the critical cases of France and Italy, this policy study gathers evidence from two decades of interactions between national welfare priorities and EU fiscal rules and, through this comparison, sheds light on the mechanisms underlying recent recalibrations and what it means for the Social Pillar implementation.

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Political Mentor: Jonás Fernández, MEP S&D
Academic Mentor: Carlo d'Ippoliti, Associate professor of political economy at the Department of Statistical Sciences of Sapienza University of Rome.

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Alessandro Liscai

Researcher at the Astrid Foundation, and an Associate Research Assistant in the Economic Policy and Jobs & Skills Unit at CEPS.

Interests : Economy
Countries : Italy

Jan Bogusławski

PhD student at Sciences Po Paris

Interests : Economy Social Europe Inequality
Countries : France Poland

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Matilde Ceron

Affiliated Postdoctoral Researcher in the Horizon projects ActEU and PUSH*BACK*LASH

Interests : Economy Gender Equality
Countries : Italy

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Robin Huguenot-Nöel

Researcher at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute (EUI)

Interests : Inequality Economy
Countries : France Italy

Severin Rapp

Research and teaching associate at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.

Interests : Economy Social Europe Inequality
Countries : Austria

Publications

14/05/2024

Tightening welfare belts again?

FEPS YAN Series

Robin Huguenot-Nöel

Researcher at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute (EUI)

Interests : Inequality Economy
Countries : France Italy

Robin Huguenot-Noël is a researcher at the Department of Political and
Social Sciences at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence.
His research mainly focuses on the governance of employment and
social policies in the EU.

Trained in economics and political science, he worked between 2014
and 2020 as policy advisor to the UK Treasury, the German co-operation
and development agency (GIZ), and the European Policy Centre (EPC).
He also published several reports for the European Commission, the
Council and the Parliament on the EU budget, cohesion policy, and
welfare reforms in the EU.

His work has featured in various academic journals, including the
Journal of European Public Policy (JEPP), the Journal of European
Social Policy (JESP), Transfer: European Review of Labour and
Research. He is the co-author of the book Resilient Welfare States in
the European Union - In Search of Capacitating Solidarity, written with
Anton Hemerijck, and published with Agenda Publishing in 2022.

Publications

Tightening welfare belts again?

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Members

Alessandro Liscai

Researcher at the Astrid Foundation, and an Associate Research Assistant in the Economic Policy and Jobs & Skills Unit at CEPS.

Interests : Economy
Countries : Italy

Jan Bogusławski

PhD student at Sciences Po Paris

Interests : Economy Social Europe Inequality
Countries : France Poland

Twitter Website

Matilde Ceron

Affiliated Postdoctoral Researcher in the Horizon projects ActEU and PUSH*BACK*LASH

Interests : Economy Gender Equality
Countries : Italy

Twitter Mail

Robin Huguenot-Nöel

Researcher at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute (EUI)

Interests : Inequality Economy
Countries : France Italy

Severin Rapp

Research and teaching associate at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.

Interests : Economy Social Europe Inequality
Countries : Austria

Publications

14/05/2024

Tightening welfare belts again?

FEPS YAN Series

13/11/2023

EU Treaties - Why they need targeted changes

An approach based on European public goods, citizenship and democracy

01/09/2023

Bidding farewell to workfare?

Recovery Watch series

13/06/2022

A new EU strategy for rural areas

Just Transition & Revitalisation

27/05/2021

Our European Future

FEPS contribution to the Conference on the Future of Europe

31/01/2020

Social Investment Now! Advancing Social EU through the EU Budget

Paul Hadji-Lazaro

PhD candidate Université Paris 13

Interests : Economy Climate
Countries : France

Paul is a PhD student in energy macroeconomics from Paris, France. His researches focus on the structural changes our economies need to undertake to move to a low-carbon world. In contrast to mainstream economics, a heterodox standpoint on the issue allows for a realistic vision where the transition is not only a cost to put in balance with other economic benefits, but a thermodynamic necessity as well as an opportunity to rebuild a better economy.

He is also passionated about issues related to the nature of money, to auto-organisation problems, and to the complexity of social material relations. Aside from his interest in abstract issues, he is also deeply interested in the political dynamics that frame the world he lives in and want to participate in it. His activism has been so far concentrated in university movements and in other national causes against the neoliberal agenda or against other forms of domination.

Taking the temperature of the EU Green Deal

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EU Green Deal

The European Green Deal (EGD) aims to make Europe climate neutral by 2050 while ensuring a just transition for all. However, the EGD’s high level of ambition and broad scope is not adequately reflected in member states’ commitments, and interest groups attempt to shape the EGD according to their preferences.

Given these circumstances, how can the promise of a green and just European Green Deal be realised? To shed light on this research question, the authors of this FEPS YAN Policy Study build on insights from political economy on the influence of interest groups in policymaking. Analytically, the authors propose a framework that integrates distinct sources of power (structural vis-à-vis instrumental) and a range of political strategies (quiet vis-à-vis noisy politics).

Empirically, they study two cases central to the EGD: the ‘EU Biodiversity Diversity Strategy for 2030’ to protect nature and ecosystems; and the ‘Hydrogen Strategy’ to power a climate-neutral economy. Based on lobbying activities with members of the European Commission and the European Parliament, the authors identify key stakeholders, their framing, and strategies. The findings have important implications for understanding the interplay of relevant actors and EU institutions and their influence on European policy.

Read the paper:
Taking the temperature of the EU Green Deal

Political Mentor: S&D MEP Delara Burkhardt
Academic Mentor: Robert Ladrech, Emeritus Professor of European Politics, Keele University, UK

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Publications

25/01/2022

Taking the temperature of the EU Green Deal

23/04/2018

Global Challenges and their impact in the Middle East

Justine Gangneux

Post Doctoral Researcher University of Glasgow

Interests : Democracy Digital
Countries : France United Kingdom

Justine works as a post-doctoral researcher at the Urban Big Data Centre at the University of Glasgow. Her current research focuses on the materialisation of the ‘smart city’ and the ways in which citizens interact with data and digital infrastructures in urban spaces, as well as on the collection, use and governance of data in local contexts. Her research interests sit at the intersection of digital sociology, critical data studies, governance and urban studies.

A Progressive Framework for Remote Working: Fairness, Sustainability and Digital Inclusion

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European Investment Bank

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the EU’s multilateral development bank. In this FEPS YAN policy study, the authors suggest four reforms that would help progressive policymakers to utilize unlock the EIB’s potential to play a greater role in the EU economy and its transition to a more resilient, climate-neutral, and progressive economy.

First, the authors suggest the EIB adopts more comprehensive lending targets based on social and environmental criteria. Second, they highlight the need for a stronger focus on equity-like instruments rather than debt instruments, especially in the ongoing response to the Covid-19 crisis. Third, they propose to strengthen the EIB’s accountability towards the European Parliament to ensure a legitimate political direction and democratic control of its activities. Fourth, they propose to convert the EIB’s retained profits into paid-in capital, unlocking up to €110 billion of additional lending capacity. To simultaneously accomplish increased democratic accountability, the authors suggest converting the EIB’s retained profits into EU capital and thus making the EU an EIB shareholder.

Read the paper:
How to unlock the European Investment Bank’s potential: four reforms

Political Mentor: EP Vice President and S&D MEP Pedro Silva Pereira
Academic Mentor: Carlo d' Ippoliti, Associate professor of political economy at the Department of Statistical Sciences of Sapienza University of Rome.

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Christian Koutny

PhD candidate Kingston University London

Interests : Social Europe Economy
Countries : United Kingdom Austria

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Remote Work

This policy brief is an attempt to sketch out the baselines of a new progressive approach towards remote work. An approach that fosters social justice. An approach that takes seriously the promises and perils of digital transformation. Crucially, an approach that is compatible with ecological boundaries. In other words, the fact that proximity does not seem to play as big a role in shaping our world of work as it used to play does not have to go hand in hand with the erosion of workers’ rights. It does not have to exacerbate the worst excesses of digital capitalism. And it does not have to compound the destruction of the planet. These drawbacks are outcomes of political choices – not of natural laws. They are not inevitable.

Across three strategic levels, the policy proposals illustrate that progressives all across Europe have powerful strategies and tools at their disposal to prevent these outcomes: information; institutions; and labour law.

Read the paper:
A Progressive Framework for Remote Working: Fairness, Sustainability and Digital Inclusion

Political Mentor: S&D MEP Brando Benifei
Academic Mentor: Stewart Wood (Lord Wood of Anfield), Chair of the United Nations Association – UK

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Publications

09/02/2022