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Brief report from Early-stage Researchers' Conference - Bordeaux.

Report
Fuertes, V., Zimmermann, K., Bourgeois, C. & Bussi, M. (2014)
Brief report from Early-stage Researchers' Conference - Bordeaux. Bordeaux, France: European Commission
At a time of major challenges to welfare systems and specifically to labour market policies the theme of the conference is extremely topical. Understanding of the most effecti...

The urban and national governance of active labour market policies in the UK

Presentation / Conference
Fuertes, V. (2014, May)
The urban and national governance of active labour market policies in the UK. Paper presented at Early-career Researchers Conference, Bordeaux, France
This paper is part of the development of my PhD thesis. The paper is at an early stage; therefore, it is work in progress and it is incomplete, especially with regards to the ...

Local Worlds of Marketization: Employment Policies in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom compared.

Journal Article
Zimmermann, K., Aurich, P., Graziano, P. R., & Fuertes, V. (2014)
Local Worlds of Marketization: Employment Policies in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom compared. Social Policy and Administration, 48, 127-148
The majority of the European countries have experienced a turn towards activation policies during the last two decades (Serrano Pascual and Magnusson 2007; van Berkel and Borg...

Personalization, new public management and street-level practice in activation: the case of the UK’s Work Programme.

Presentation / Conference
Lindsay, C., & Fuertes, V. (2014, January)
Personalization, new public management and street-level practice in activation: the case of the UK’s Work Programme. Paper presented at 12th Annual Conference ESPAnet Oslo 2014, 4-6 September, Oslo

Sustainable Integration of Long-term Unemployed: From Work First to Career First.

Presentation / Conference
McQuaid, R. W., & Fuertes, V. (2014, January)
Sustainable Integration of Long-term Unemployed: From Work First to Career First. Paper presented at European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring conference, At Frankfurt-a-M., Germany, Germany

Sustainable integration of the long term unemployed: From Work First to Career First.

Book
McQuaid, R. W., & Fuertes, V. (2013)
Sustainable integration of the long term unemployed: From Work First to Career First. In C. Larsen, S. Rand, A. Schmid, & R. Keil (Eds.), Sustainable Economy and Sustainable Employment: Approaches to Measuring Sustainability in Regional and Local Labour Market Monitoring, 359-373. Rainer Hampp Verlag
In recent decades, governmental approaches to employment activation policy in many countries have been driven by principles of individual skills development with a focus on “W...

At the cross roads of politics in local activation policies France, Germany and the United Kingdom compared.

Presentation / Conference
Bourgeois, C., Fuertes, V., & Zimmermann, K. (2013, September)
At the cross roads of politics in local activation policies France, Germany and the United Kingdom compared. Paper presented at 11th Annual ESPAnet Conference 2013 (Stream 9: The local welfare state - Chairs: Per H. Jensen, Evelyn Mahon), Poznan University of Economics, Poznań, Poland

Do politics matter in employment policy processes at the local level? France, Germany and the United Kingdom compared

Presentation / Conference
Bourgeois, C., Fuertes, V., & Zimmermann, K. (2013, July)
Do politics matter in employment policy processes at the local level? France, Germany and the United Kingdom compared. Paper presented at 8th IPA Conference “Societies in Conflicts: Experts, Publics and Democracy”, Vienna

The Local Governance of Social Cohesion in EuropeINTERNATIONAL COMPARISON - LOCALISE programme WP4 Comparative report

Report
Fuertes, V. & McQuaid, R. W. (2013)
The Local Governance of Social Cohesion in EuropeINTERNATIONAL COMPARISON - LOCALISE programme WP4 Comparative report. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission
Local Worlds of Social Cohesion - The Local Dimension of Integrated Social and Employment Policy, LOCALISE for short, is a Seventh Framework collaborative research project fun...

The governance of active-focus labour market policies in the UK and the effects on active policy types.

Presentation / Conference
Fuertes, V. (2013, June)
The governance of active-focus labour market policies in the UK and the effects on active policy types. Paper presented at FP 7 PhD conference “Local welfare systems and social cohesion”, June 10-12 2013, Barcelona
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The Impact of an Ageing Workforce on Employers in Hong Kong: A Study of Service Sectors

2016 - 2017
The aim of this research is to explore the impact of the ageing population on employers in the Hong Kong service sector.
Funder: ENU Development Trust | Value: £28,780

Women in ICT in Scotland

2015 - 2016
Investigation into the Numbers of Women working in ICT in Scotland and the nature and conditions of that work
Funder: Skills Development Scotland | Value: £26,650

Capital City Partnership - Employment and Inclusion - A Baseline Study

2014 - 2014
The aim of this project was to review the labour market and policy context for, and make an evaluation of, CCP's Joined Up For Jobs (JU4J) strategy, Edinburgh's employability agreement. An ERI researc...
Funder: Capital City Partnership | Value: £1,000

Glasgow Lone Parents Project

2013 - 2015
Exploring the challenges and opportunities facing lone parents, with children over the age of five, in receipt of out of work benefits and moving into paid work as part of the UK government’s welfare ...
Funder: Glasgow Centre for Population Health | Value: £25,063

City of all Ages review

2012 - 2013
Research Advisory group for City of all Ages including literature review
Funder: City of Edinburgh Council | Value: £3,623

LOCALISE (Local Worlds of Social Cohesion)

2011 - 2014
Funding: European Commission Duration: June 2011 - July 2014 Participating Countries: UK, Germany, Poland, Italy, France, Sweden Research Team (Edinburgh Napier University): Prof. Ron McQuaid, Vanesa ...
Funder: European Commission | Value: £210,730

EU PROGRESS: Social Experimentation for Active Ageing

2010 - 2012
Funder: EU Framework Programme 7 and FP6 and earlier programmes | Value: £19,255

Promoting Jobs Growth to Benefit Disadvant. People

2009 - 2011
Funding: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland Duration: April 2009 – December 2010 Research Team: Prof Ron McQuaid, Dr Ariel Bergmann, Dr Jesus Canduela, Vanesa Fuerte...
Funder: Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Investment | Value: £54,700

Parents and Recurrent Poverty

2008 - 2008
A major reason for recurrent poverty is leaving the workforce due to childbirth and childcare and returning to low paid, insecure work. However, there are relatively few studies that give qualitative ...
Value: £1,000

Working For Families Monitoring of Client Data

2006 - 2012
Funder: Scottish Government | Value: £118,585

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