We are glad to announce the start of the Project “Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe: Cumulative Disadvantage, Coping Strategies, Effective Policies and Transfer (EXCEPT)”, a three year research project within Horizon 2020, the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme.
Against a background of increasing youth labour market insecurities during the recent economic crisis, this interdisciplinary and internationally comparative project aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the consequences of youth labour market vulnerability for risks of social exclusion in Europe.
The EXCEPT consortium brings together ten teams of European research institutes
- Tallinn University in Estonia
- University of Oldenburg in Germany
- University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany
- Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge in Bulgaria
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece
- University of Turin in Italy
- The Educational Research Institute in Poland
- Umeå University in Sweden
- University of Kent
- Kyiv School of Economics in Ukraine:
The research team will identify the complex interrelationships and potential risks of cumulative disadvantages, while examining possible mechanisms to address them. The project will examine the implications of labour market insecurities for young people in the following areas: (a) risk of poverty, (b) material deprivation, (c) subjective well-being, (d) health status, and (e) ability to gain independence from the parental home.
Start date: 01/05/2015, End date: 30/04/2018
Funding of the overall project: € 2 497 416.
AUTH Members that are taking part in the project: Vasiliki Deliyianni-Kouimtzis, Lia Figgou, Christina Athanasiades, Despoina Xanthopoulou, Marialena Kostouli, Anastasia Flouli, & Martina Sourvinou.