The Monitoring, Indicators and Impact Evaluation Unit at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre invites you to an online round table with experts on:
Effective actions to address loneliness
- applied sciences | social policy | social analysis
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On October 11th 2022, the JRC organised an online Roundtable to discuss the findings of the work on loneliness so far, collect emerging effective actions, and contribute to the discussion at EU level.
With 11 speakers and some 80 participants, the event provided an opportunity to exchange between academics, policymakers and practitioners about loneliness interventions.
The key questions that were discussed included:
- What kind of interventions can reduce loneliness across the EU?
- How do we tackle loneliness among different target groups?
- How do we tell if interventions are effective?
Speakers:
- Colin Scicluna, Head of Cabinet of Vice-President Šuica
- Ettore Marchetti, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
- Minna Nurminen, JRC
- Elizabeth Casabianca, JRC
- Susanne Bücker, Ruhr University Bochum
- Mathias Lasgaard, DEFACTUM
- Christopher Mikton, WHO
- Anu Jansson, Finnish Association for the Welfare of Older People
- Karen Vestergård Jacobsen, Ventilen
- Steffi Augter, Department of the Bundesprogramm Mehrgenerationenhäuser
- Chiara Maccacaro, City of Verona
The event was moderated by JRC.
Slides and other materials from this event can be found on the Loneliness events page.