Comparative social policy

Social protection and inclusion policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis

An analysis of policies in 35 countries

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.

Gathering Good Practices on Social Insurance Extension for National Workers in Seasonal Work Sectors in EU Member States and Neighbouring Countries

An ILO project under the LEAP Albania – Lifelong Empowerment and Protection in Albania programme (March—July 2025)

Health care reforms and the crisis

The OSE was awarded a contract with the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), in order to conduct research on health care reforms undertaken during the Great Recession. In a scenario of increasing budget constraints, the health sector has become an attractive target for policymakers seeking to rein in social spending, not least due to its size and potential for efficiency gains.

Sebastiano Sabato

Sebastiano Sabato holds a PhD in Political Science at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane / Italian Institute of Human Sciences (SUM) in Florence. 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.

Team OSE

Paolo Graziano

Research interests: Europeanisation, European public policy, comparative welfare state politics and policies, social movements, (neo)populism, urban participatory

Research Associate

Comparative social policy