• EXCEPT IS LOOKING FOR REAL STORIES ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE IN EUROPE!

    EXCEPT IS LOOKING FOR REAL STORIES ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE IN EUROPE!

  • EXCEPT LETS YOUTH TELL HOW THEIR DIFFICULTIES IN LIFE HAVE MADE THEM BETTER!

    EXCEPT LETS YOUTH TELL HOW THEIR DIFFICULTIES IN LIFE HAVE MADE THEM BETTER!

  • EXCEPT GIVES A VOICE TO YOUTH WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HARDSHIP IN THEIR LIVES

    EXCEPT GIVES A VOICE TO YOUTH WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HARDSHIP IN THEIR LIVES

  • EXCEPT SUGGESTS EFFECTIVE POLICIES FOR SOLVING YOUTH RELATED PROBLEMS

    EXCEPT SUGGESTS EFFECTIVE POLICIES FOR SOLVING YOUTH RELATED PROBLEMS

 

What Is Going On?

New book "Social exclusion of youth in Europe. The multifaceted consequences of labour market insecurity" (edited by Marge Unt, Michael Gebel, Sonia Bertolini, Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzi and Dirk Hofäcker) published by Policy Press is freely accessible here https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-exclusion-of-youth-in-europe

 

 

 

 

New article on achievement of autonomy in Germany, Italy and Poland
New article focusing on housing autonomy based on EXCEPT
EXCEPT acknowledged by the EU commission as a policy impact success story
Long lasting impact of EXCEPT
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Summary for youth now published

Read here!

 

Our goals

(I) Understand what life conditions make youth especially vulnerable & complicate their finding a job
(II) Study personal stories of people with unemployment experience or insecure jobs
(III) Learn & share with others success stories of people who overcame hardship in their youth
(IV) Evaluate policies in the EU & partner countries in terms of youth unemployment
(V) Recommend specific ideas for policy improvement

 

Our Team

Our team includes social science researchers from nine European countries:

Estonia, Germany, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Poland, Sweden, the UK and Ukraine.

Read more about the team and project partners HERE.

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