Competence Centre on Composite Indicators and Scoreboards

The last decades have witnessed an increased participation of women in politics. Although many have welcomed this achievement, others have expressed their discontent. In extreme cases...

This policy brief showcases the new mapping tool developed by the JRC to browse and search for loneliness interventions across the EU. Most interventions identified in the non-exhaustive mapping are...

Energy poverty is a significant issue, affecting many Europeans. Already in 2020, 8% of EU population reported not being able to keep their homes adequately...

Based on a review of European national online surveys during the Covid lockdowns, this Policy Brief shows that in all the places, during lockdowns parents had to cope with a massive...

According to a recent Eurobarometer, 81% of EU citizens perceive income inequalities as too great. Support for greater redistribution is high (77% of EU citizens) and correlates with perceived...

The policy brief uses representative data from two Eurobarometer surveys to investigate how perceptions and attitudes towards fairness and inequality have changed over the past five...

In addition to the offer of interventions, understanding people’s views is essential for the design and implementation of such programmes and initiatives to reduce loneliness: what do individuals think of the role of different...

A new EU-wide survey yields insights into how feelings of loneliness are related to the size and quality of social relationships, major life events and other important factors...

Growing disparities on multiple socio-economic dimensions have contributed to a sense of unfairness and discontent in Europe. Fairness is a subjective phenomenon, but the far-reaching consequences of perceptions of unfairness warrant a closer...

In some EU regions women are able to flourish, while in others they languish behind. This paper presents two regional indices: the Female Achievement Index...