Inequality
Updated: 19 January 2026
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Employment research
Tadas Leončikas
Tadas Leončikas is Head of the Employment unit at Eurofound since 2022. Since joining Eurofound in 2010, he has worked on developing Eurofound’s survey research covering many topics, such as quality of life, trust, social mobility, social inclusion and social services. His current research focuses on the changing structure of employment and strategically important sectors for the EU. With a background in sociology (PhD), in his earlier career Tadas led the Institute for Ethnic Studies in Lithuania, working on studies related to the situation of ethnic minorities, migrants and other vulnerable groups, and also helped to facilitate the integration of Roma people into the labour market. As a researcher, he has collaborated with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the United Nations Development Programme and the International Organization for Migration.
Topics of expertise
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Research outputs
Tadas is the author of the following publications.
Events, podcast and blog
Tadas has contributed the following events, blog posts and podcast episodes.
In-person event
Joint event
Foundation Forum 2025: Europe’s social model – the key to competitive growth
Event recording available
Date19 – 20 November 2025
LocationDublin
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This event is in the past
18 January 2021
Blog post
Protecting access to healthcare during COVID-19 and beyond
Healthcare providers have been overwhelmed by the demand for COVID-19-related care. Medical appointments and treatments for other conditions have often been delayed, potentially leading to escalating health problems and greater future care needs among those who have missed out. If the pandemic leads to an economic crash, this rise in unmet medical needs could spiral, as happened during the last economic crisis – policymakers should take heed.
2 December 2020
Blog post
Shaping the future of long-term care: A good outcome will benefit all
An ageing Europe and rising public expenditure on long-term care have signalled for some time that the fundamentals of care provision need to be addressed. However, the shocking death toll in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that many long-term care services were ill-equipped to protect their vulnerable users have lately focused the public mind on the issue. Most people in the EU will need such care for themselves or someone close to them at some stage in their lives. Demand is already escalating, as the rise in the long-term care workforce – by a third in just a decade – testifies. Calls for a European care strategy rightly insist that care users be listened to, but here we highlight others in the system whose needs deserve attention too.
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