Sebastiano Sabato

Chercheur senior

Sebastiano Sabato holds a PhD in Political Science at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane / Italian Institute of Human Sciences (SUM) in Florence. Since February 2014 he has been working as researcher on European integration at the OSE. Previously, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Milan and he also collaborated with the Centre on Inequalities, Poverty, Social Exclusion and the City (OASeS) of the University of Antwerp.

Since December 2018 he is member of the scientific board of the journal ‘Politiche Sociali / Social Policies’. His current research interests include EU socio-economic governance, comparative social policy, social investment and social innovation, industrial relations, interest groups analysis, policy learning and policy transfer.

Publications

2024

The European Green Deal and the ‘Leave No One Behind’ principle

Sabato S. and Vanhille J.

OSE Paper Series, Research Paper No. 63, Brussels: European Social Observatory, May 2024, 53p.
Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2023

Vanhercke B., Sabato S. and Spasova S. (eds.)

Brussels, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and European Social Observatory (OSE), 183 p.
A ‘social’ paradigm shift in the shadow of austerity and competitiveness reload

Vanhercke B., Sabato S. and Spasova S.

in Vanhercke B., Sabato S. and Spasova S. (eds.), Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2023, An ambitious implementation of the Social Pillar, Brussels: ETUI and OSE, pp. 133-156.

2023

Monitoring the quality of public consultations with trade unions on implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans

Sabato S., Atanasova A., Fiorucci L. and Spasova S.
A just transition towards climate neutrality for the EU
Sabato S., Büchs M. and Vanhille, J.
OSE Paper Series, Research Paper No. 52, May 2023, 52p.
Bilan social de l’Union européenne 2022

Vanhercke B., Sabato S. and Spasova S. (eds.)

Brussels, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and European Social Observatory (OSE), 198p.
La dimension socio-écologique de la relance de l’UE : une nouvelle impulsion pour le Green Deal européen ?

Sabato S. et Theodoropoulou S.

in Vanhercke B., Sabato S. et Spasova S. (eds.), Bilan social de l’Union européenne 2022, Élaborer des politiques publiques en temps de crise permanente, Bruxelles: ETUI et OSE, pp. 47-74.
L’élaboration des politiques dans un état de crise permanente : l’Union européenne est-elle en mesure de maintenir ses ambitions sociales ?

Vanhercke B., Sabato S. et Spasova S.

in Vanhercke B., Sabato S. et Spasova S. (eds.), Bilan social de l’Union européenne 2022, Élaborer des politiques publiques en temps de crise permanente, Bruxelles: ETUI et OSE, pp. 151-171.

2022

Institutional and societal players should raise their voice: the time for an ambitious Social Imbalances Procedure is now

Vanhercke B. and Sabato S.

OSE Paper Series, Opinion Paper No. 29, Brussels: European Social Observatory, 2022, 12 p.
Making access to social protection for workers and the self-employed more transparent through information and simplification

Spasova S., Atanasova A., Sabato S. and Moja F.

European Social Policy Network (ESPN), Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
Social protection for atypical workers during the pandemic

Spasova S., Ghailani D., Sabato S. and Vanhercke B.

ETUI, The European Trade Union Institute, Working paper 2022.10, April 2022, Brussels
A ‘Social Imbalances Procedure’ for the EU

Sabato S. with Vanhercke B. and Guio A.C.

ETUI, The European Trade Union Institute, WP 2002.09, 10 Mars 2022, Brussels, 59p.

2021

Social protection of non-standard workers and the self-employed during the pandemic

Spasova S., Ghailani D., Sabato S. and Vanhercke B. (Eds.)

Brussels, ETUI, 117p, 2021
Protection sociale pendant la pandémie

Spasova S., Sabato S., Ghailani D., Fronteddu B. et Vanhercke B.

Cahier FEC, Bruxelles : Formation Education Culture, 60 p.
Social protection and inclusion policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis

Baptista I., Marlier E., Spasova S., Peña-Casas R., Fronteddu B., Ghailani D., Sabato S. and Regazzoni P.

European Social Policy Network (ESPN), Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
The Socio-Ecological Dimension of the EU Recovery

Sabato S., Mandelli M. and Vanhercke B.

Madrid: EUROsociAL Programme, EUROsociAL Collection No 24, 63p.
Non-standard workers and the self-employed in the EU

Spasova S., Ghailani D., Sabato S., Coster S., Fronteddu B. and Vanhercke B.

Brussels, ETUI and OSE, 51 p.
The European Commission’s entrepreneurship and the social dimension of the European Semester

Vesan P., Corti F. and Sabato S.

Comparative European Politics, 19, pp.277-295.
Intégrer les objectifs de développement durable dans le Semestre européen

Sabato S. et Mandelli M.

in Vanhercke B., Spasova S. et Fronteddu B. (eds.), Bilan social de l’Union européenne 2020, Bruxelles: ETUI et OSE, pp. 127 - 148.

2020

A socially just transition through the European Green Deal?

Sabato S. and Fronteddu B.

ETUI Working Paper 2020.08., Brussels, European Trade Union Institute, 40p.
Participation des syndicats nationaux dans le Semestre européen

Sabato S.

Bruxelles, février 2020, 38p.
Rapport final du projet INVOTUNES
‘Going European’: domestic politics and expertise matter, National trade union strategies for involvement in the European Semester

Spasova S., Sabato S. and Porchez M.

Analytical Report Work Package 4 –INVOTUNES project, OSE Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 46, Brussels, European Social Observatory, January, 43p.

2019

Country Case Study: Italy

Belletti C., Sabato S. and Vanhercke B. (2019)

Public service trade unions: effective intervention in the European Semester (EFISTU) Brussels: European Public Service Union (EPSU), 32 p.
The EU needs a ‘Social Imbalances Procedure’

Sabato S., Vanhercke B. and Corti F.

Social Europe, 17 July 2019
The European (Social) Union is in need of a ‘Social Imbalances Procedure’

Corti F., Sabato S. and Vanhercke B.

EuVisions, 3 May 2019.
The Multi-Level Governance of Social Innovation: How the EU Supports Socially Innovative Initiatives

Sabato and Verschraegen

Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche, 1/2019, pp. 35-66.
Integrating the European Pillar of Social Rights into the roadmap for deepening Europe's Economic and Monetary Union

Sabato S., Corti F., Vanhercke B.and Spasova S. (2019)

Brussels: European Economic and Social Committee, 78 p.
‘The historical trajectory of Social innovation in the European Union’

Verschraegen G., Oosterlynck S., Sabato S. and Novy A.

in Oosterlynck,S., Novy, A. and Kazepov, Y. (eds), Local social innovation to combat poverty: A critical perspective, Bristol: Policy Press: pp. 19-42.

2018

The EU’s potential for promoting an eco-social agenda

Sabato S. and Mandelli M.

Report prepared for the project “Sustainable welfare societies: Assessing linkages between social and environmental policies”, NOVA Norwegian Social Research. Brussels: European Social Observatory, December, 35p.
Le socle européen des droits sociaux comme tournant majeur

Vanhercke B., Sabato S. et Ghailani D.

in Vanhercke B., Ghailani D. et Sabato S. (dir.), Bilan social de l’Union européenne 2018, Bruxelles, Institut syndical européen (ETUI) et Observatoire social européen (OSE), pp..165-186.
‘The times they are a-changin’?’ Le socle européen des droits sociaux : des débats à la confrontation avec le réel

Sebastiano S. and Corti F.

in Vanhercke B., Ghailani D. et Sabato S. (dir.), Bilan social de l’Union européenne 2018, Bruxelles, Institut syndical européen (ETUI) et Observatoire social européen (OSE), pp. 53-73.
Bilan social de l’Union européenne 2018

Vanhercke B., Ghailani D. and Sabato S. (eds.)

Bruxelles, Institut syndical européen (ETUI) et Observatoire social européen (OSE), 211p.
Towards inclusive service delivery through social investment

Baeten R., Sabato S., Signorelli P., Moth R. and Neary D.

Deliverable, November 2018, Leuven: RE-InVEST
Linking Lisbon and Europe 2020: The “Peer Reviews” in the Social OMC

Sabato S.

in Jessoula M. and Madama I. (eds.), Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU. A Chance in Europe 2020, Routledge, pp. 166 - 185.
Europe 2020 and the fight against poverty

Sabato S., Agostini C. Natili M. and Jessoula M.

in Jessoula M. and Madama I. (eds.), A chance for social Europe. Europe2020 and the fight against poverty and social exclusion, Routledge, pp. 14 - 35.
Implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights

Sabato S., Ghailani D., Peña-Casas R., Spasova S., Corti, F. and Vanhercke B.

Brussels: European Economic and Social Committee, 45 p.

2017

Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2017

Eighteenth annual report
Bart Vanhercke, Sebastiano Sabato and Denis Bouget (Ed.)

ETUI, OSE, Brussels, 2017, 237p.
Social policy in the EU: high hopes but low yields

Vanhercke B. ; Sebastiano S. and Bouget D. (2017)

in Vanhercke B. ; Sebastiano S and Bouget D. (eds.), Social Policy in the European Union: State of Play 2017, Brussels: European Trade Union Institute and European Social Observatory, pp. 201-214.
Listened to, but not heard ? Social partners' multilevel involvement in the European Semester

Sabato S. and Vanhercke B. with Spasova S.

OSE Paper Series, Research Paper No.35, March 2017, 46p.
La politique sociale au sein de l’UE : grands espoirs mais faibles résultats

in Vanhercke B., Sebastiano S. and Bouget D. (eds.)
Connecting entrepreneurship with policy experimentation? The EU framework for social innovation

Sabato S., Vanhercke B. et Verschraegen G.

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research
Bilan social de l'Union européenne 2017

Bart Vanhercke, Sebastiano Sabato et Denis Bouget (dir.)

ETUI, OSE, Bruxelles, 2017, 237p.
Listened to, but not heard? Social partners' multilevel involvement in the European Semester

Sabato S. and Vanhercke B. with Spasova S.

OSE Paper Series, Research Paper No.35, March 2017, 46p.
Governing occupational pensions and unemployment benefits: the state, the market and the social partners in-between?

Natali D., Sabato S. and Mapelli L. with Vanhercke B.

OSE Paper Series, Research Paper No.33, January 2017, 31p.
Le socle européen des droits sociaux : d’une première ébauche à une Recommandation de la Commission européenne

in Vanhercke B., Sebastiano S. and Bouget D. (eds.)

2016

Balancing protection and investment: structural reforms in five countries

Agostini C., Lisi V., Natali D. and Sabato S.

Brussels: European Trade Union Institute, 124 p.
Set aside, embedded or relaunched?

Sabato S.

Politiche Sociali/Social Policies, n. 2/2016, May-August, pp. 371-386, DOI: 10.7389/84012
The usage of EU resources in local social innovation

Sabato S. and Verschraegen G.

ImPRovE Working Paper No. 16/03

2015

The European Semester and modernisation of public administration

Peña-Casas R., Sabato S., Lisi V. and Agostini Ch.

OSE Paper Series, Briefing Paper No.12, December 2015, 9p.
The EU framework for social innovation. Between entrepreneurship and policy experimentation

Sabato S., Vanhercke B. and Verschraegen G.

ImPRovE Working Paper No.15/21, 2015, 64p.
Social investment in Europe: a study of national policies

Bouget D., Frazer H. ; Marlier E., Sabato S. and Vanhercke B.

European Social Protection Network (ESPN), Brussels: European Commission, 2015
The European Semester and Modernisation of Public Administration

Peña-Casas R., Sabato S., Lisi V. and Agostini C.

OSE Working Paper Series, Briefing Paper No.12 (December), Brussels: European Social Observatory

2014

About the baby and the bathwater: assessing the European Platform against Poverty

Sabato S. and Vanhercke B.

Working Paper 2014.09, Brussels, European Trade Union Institute, 35p.
A Model for Implementing Sustainable and Qualitative Growth in the EU

Sabato S., Natali D. and Barbier C. (2014)

Martens Centre for European Studies
Europa 2020 e lotta alla povertà: obiettivi “hard”, processi “soft”, governance in fieri

Jessoula M., Agostini C. and Sabato S.

in Politiche Sociali, n. 1/2014 (Bologna, Il Mulino)

2012

The peer review meetings in the European employment strategy: Dynamics, opportunities and limits for Member States’ learning

Sabato S.

Working paper for the Einaudi Centre- Laboratory on Comparative Politics and Public Philosophy.

Projects

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2014

2012

2021 - 2022

2022

2020

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2018 - 2019

2017 - 2018

2017