Network of Eurofound Correspondents (NEC)
As part of its knowledge base, Eurofound has at its disposal a network of national correspondents, based in all Member States plus Norway.
Input from the correspondents supports Eurofound’s research by gathering, analysing and reporting on specific developments (policies, practices and regulations) in the EU Member States in relation to the thematic areas covered in Eurofound’s Multiannual research programme 2025–2028, and supporting Eurofound outreach at national level.
The network has the following roles:
Monitoring and reporting on developments in working life
Contributing to comparative research and thematic work
Validating and/or updating Eurofound databases
Supporting Eurofound outreach at national level
For more information on the thematic activities, see also:
1 January 2025
National correspondents report regularly on developments in working life and restructuring. Working life country profiles are also in place and regularly updated based on information from the network. National contributions for representativeness studies are provided. Alongside these regular inputs, national correspondents also provide national information related to specific research questions which are either published in a comparative overview or feed into larger-scale research reports.
Given the tripartite structure of governance in Eurofound, national correspondents also assist Eurofound in reaching out to relevant stakeholders (primarily social partners, government departments and other key decision-makers/opinion-formers) in their respective Member State in a variety of ways. Correspondents are also in regular contact with members of Eurofound’s Management Board from the country concerned.
Participating in a European-wide network provides correspondents with a unique opportunity to share their expertise, to contribute to debates and to engage with topics relevant to the EU employment and social policy agenda.
The Network of Eurofound Correspondents is managed and administrated by Eurofound. The following staff members can be contacted for further information.
Christine Aumayr-Pintar
Senior research managerChristine Aumayr-Pintar is a senior research manager in the Working Life unit at Eurofound. She coordinates Eurofound’s research on social dialogue and industrial relations and oversees the Network of Eurofound Correspondents (NEC). Her primary research expertise – approached from a comparative EU-wide standpoint – centres on minimum wages, collectively negotiated pay and gender pay transparency. Prior to joining Eurofound in 2009 she was a labour markets and regional economics researcher at Joanneum Research in Austria. She earned a Master's degree in Economics and a PhD in Social Science/Economics having studied economics in Graz, Vienna and Jönköping.
Pietro Malacalza
Research assistantPietro Malacalza is a research assistant in the Working Life unit at Eurofound, having previously worked in operational support. His work involves support for the Network of Eurofound Correspondents including quality control, summarising national contributions for research reports and databases, monitoring individual deliverables and coding information in qualitative research software. Before joining Eurofound, he worked as a project management consultant for the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), and also worked in various roles in the IT, aerospace and food industries. He holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Milan and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Eurofound works with the following organisations at the national level.
