About

I am a social scientist specializing in comparative family policies (parenting leave and childcare services) and the gender division of paid and unpaid work. My research examines how policy design shapes access to social rights, with a particular focus on policy accessibility for different social groups. I also examine how policy knowledge shapes policy use.

To support comparative analysis of family policy entitlements, I developed the Open Family Policy Program (OFPP), a microsimulation model that estimates parenting leave eligibility, duration, and benefit levels using EU-SILC data across European countries.

I am currently based at Leiden University, where I work on the international project TransEuroWorks. The project analyses the effects of digitalisation, the green transition, and globalisation on European labour markets, and assesses the capacity of European welfare states to mitigate associated social risks.

I am also the science communication coordinator of the COST Action CA21150 Sustainability@Leave, and a paid consultant for the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) on the project Parental leave in the EU: eligibility, policy synergies, and encouraging shared care.