CloseThis event has ended. The Fairness Community of Practice at the European Commission Joint Research Centre, Monitoring, Indicators and Impact Evaluation Unit invites you to an online event on: The impact of poverty on mindsets, and what to do about it The event is part of a webinar series on fairness and related issues organised by the Fairness Community of Practice. For details on the upcoming events please see the Fairness CoP page. applied sciences | social inequality | poverty | marginalisation Thursday 25 February 2021, 15:00 - 16:30 (CET)Online only Practical information WhenThursday 25 February 2021, 15:00 - 16:30 (CET)WhereOnline onlyLanguagesEnglish Report Evidence shows that experience of poverty and exclusion over several generations may deeply affect what people believe about themselves, what they expect from the future, and how they take decisions.Understanding this may improve the effectiveness of support measures for people in poverty. Tackling poverty requires an improvement in economic conditions for the poor, and real access to quality education, employment, housing and health services. But it may also require a less visible obstacle to be addressed — that is, how the actual experience of poverty and exclusion hinders aspirations, self-esteem, hope and agency, particularly when poverty and exclusion have permeated families and their environment for many generations.A new JRC report gathers and summarises findings from behavioural, neuroscientific, sociological and economic studies on the impact of prolonged experiences of poverty and exclusion on mindsets. It also outlines possible solutions suggested by research and field experience.This online JRC Fairness Community of Practice event discussed some key findings of the report with renowned experts in the field. It also offered the opportunity for an interactive debate on the implications and relevance of the issue for policy.ModeratorLaura Cassio (European Commission Joint Research Centre)Presentations23 FEBRUARY 2022Poverty and mindsets - How poverty and exclusion over generations affect aspirations, hope and decisions, and how to address itLaura Cassio (European Commission Joint Research Centre)23 FEBRUARY 2022Coaching for Breakthrough Outcomes: The Mobility Mentoring ApproachElisabeth Babcock(Economic Mobility Pathways, USA) José Manuel Fresno(Fresno, the right link, Spain)Fairness Community of Practice©EU
Evidence shows that experience of poverty and exclusion over several generations may deeply affect what people believe about themselves, what they expect from the future, and how they take decisions.Understanding this may improve the effectiveness of support measures for people in poverty. Tackling poverty requires an improvement in economic conditions for the poor, and real access to quality education, employment, housing and health services. But it may also require a less visible obstacle to be addressed — that is, how the actual experience of poverty and exclusion hinders aspirations, self-esteem, hope and agency, particularly when poverty and exclusion have permeated families and their environment for many generations.A new JRC report gathers and summarises findings from behavioural, neuroscientific, sociological and economic studies on the impact of prolonged experiences of poverty and exclusion on mindsets. It also outlines possible solutions suggested by research and field experience.This online JRC Fairness Community of Practice event discussed some key findings of the report with renowned experts in the field. It also offered the opportunity for an interactive debate on the implications and relevance of the issue for policy.ModeratorLaura Cassio (European Commission Joint Research Centre)Presentations23 FEBRUARY 2022Poverty and mindsets - How poverty and exclusion over generations affect aspirations, hope and decisions, and how to address itLaura Cassio (European Commission Joint Research Centre)23 FEBRUARY 2022Coaching for Breakthrough Outcomes: The Mobility Mentoring ApproachElisabeth Babcock(Economic Mobility Pathways, USA) José Manuel Fresno(Fresno, the right link, Spain)Fairness Community of Practice©EU
