The project aims to bridge knowledge gaps on how investments in social services influence macroeconomic stability and the EU’s sustainability transition.
Sustainable wellbeing through investment in social services (SWINS) will develop and test a policy-oriented toolbox for assessing the economic and social returns of investments in social services over the life course.
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The researchers will explore the impacts of different social policy scenarios, from maternal care and early childhood education and care, to education and active labour market policies, up to long-term care, focusing on income, employment, and growth.
By adopting a rights-based social investment approach, SWINS seeks to redefine social services as drivers of sustainable wellbeing.
The methodology includes identifying macro-regularities, analyzing micro-level mechanisms, and projecting long-term results. SWINS will use various methodologies, including microsimulation, synthetic panels, causal analysis, machine learning, and macroeconomic models. A multi-disciplinary (law, economics, sociology, political science) consortium will ensure the integration of research findings into institutional, legal and policy frameworks.
Participants
Partners
- Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)
- PIN SOC.CONS. A R.L., University of Florence (Italy)
- OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway)
- National University of Ireland Maynooth (Ireland)
- Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy)
- University of Belgrade (Serbia)
- University of Antwerpen (Belgium)
- ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies (Germany)
- TÁRKI Social Research Institute (Hungary)
- Social Platform (Belgium)
