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Ivana Dobrotic

@ivanadobrotic.bsky.social
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Professor of Comparative Social Policy @University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law | Associate @DSPI Oxford | Alumna @StAntsCollege | Research on social policy, work-care policy, gender, social inequalities.

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Ivana Dobrotic @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Interested into "family policy change", how to conceptualise and measure it? Then this piece we put together with Sonja Blum may be of interest to you.... journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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‘Family policy change’ and the dependent variable problem: A systematic review of theories, conceptualisations, and measurements - Sonja Blum, Ivana Dobrotić, 2026
The ‘dependent variable problem’ remains a persistent challenge in the analysis of welfare state change, for which family policy is a prime case: it combines he...
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Merve Uzunalioglu @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Our new paper is in Social Politics: One Size Fits Few: The Evolution of the European Union’s Work–Life Balance Agenda over Three Decades academic.oup.com/sp/article/d...
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One Size Fits Few: The Evolution of the European Union’s Work–Life Balance Agenda over Three Decades
Abstract. The article analyzes the evolution of the European Union’s work–life balance agenda over the past three decades, focusing on key policy initiativ
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Ivana Dobrotic @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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One Size Fits Few: The Evolution of the European Union’s Work–Life Balance Agenda over Three Decades
Abstract. The article analyzes the evolution of the European Union’s work–life balance agenda over the past three decades, focusing on key policy initiativ
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Amílcar Moreira @amilcarmoreira.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This is a brief reminder that the Call for Streams for the 24th ESPAnet Annual Conference is now open. The deadline for submissions is the 16th of January 2026. More information at: www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/event/24th-e...
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️ 🌟 Open Section 💡 Welcomes proposals that do not fit readily into the other accepted Sections 🪑 @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social, Anna Elomäki ⌛👇 Deadline: 7 Nov buff.ly/O1INkqY
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Open Section
European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), 15 – 17 June 2026, Newcastle University
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Ivana Dobrotic @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
And Excel file for 2023 to 2025 is here: osf.io/t7sw4/?fbcli...
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International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2025: comparative tables 2023-2025
Hosted on the Open Science Framework
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Merve Uzunalioglu @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Mary Daly @dspi-oxford.bsky.social presenting the recently published @reusilience.bsky.social book of ours at the ESPAnet. Available at www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o... @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social @margaleon.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social @thaning.bsky.social
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rEUsilience @reusilience.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 & 𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲: 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨? This was the central question in our National Event in Croatia, moderated by rEUsilience researcher ivanadobrotic.bsky.social and featured prominent voices in Croatian social policy. Find out more: reusilience.eu/project-upda...
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rEUsilience’s Croatian Stakeholders’ event focuses on “Families, care & poverty: what can cities and municipalities do?” — rEUsilience
On the 10th of April 2025, rEUsilience researcher Ivana Dobrotić moderated a Croatian stakeholders’ conference titled “Families, care and poverty: what can cities and municipalities do?” which gathere...
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rEUsilience @reusilience.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
#rEUsilience researchers @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social and @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social contributed to the 10th International Community, Work & Family Conference, organised by Bielefeld University. 💻 Find out more here 👉 reusilience.eu/project-upda... #ICWF2025 #WorkFamilyBalance #WorkLifeBalance
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rEUsilience researchers contributing to the 10th International Community, Work, & Family Conference 2025 — rEUsilience
On the 27th of March, rEUsilience researchers Ivana Dobrotić and Merve Uzunalioğlu contributed to the 10th International Community, Work & Family Conference in Bielefeld, Germany. They presented the p...
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Ivana Dobrotic @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Very proud that our @reusilience.bsky.social project has been listed as a success story by the @ec.europa.eu 🤩
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rEUsilience @reusilience.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Join us here as we continue discussing #familyresilience by sharing updates on the #rEUsilience research project. You can also keep following us on: 👉 rEUsilience Website: reusilience.eu 👉 rEUsilience Newsletter: lnkd.in/dMSQtFmW 👉 rEUsilience LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/reus...
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Sonja Blum @sonjablum.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Papers invited on the politics and policies shaping access to social rights, e.g.: How do policy actors perceive social citizenship + deserving groups? How is social citizenship redefined? 🇮🇹 ESPAnet Milan ⏳CfP til 24 April @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...
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CA21150: Sustainability@Leave @leave-policies.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Paid parenting leaves are vital for gender equality, poverty reduction, and parents' well-being. But understanding their true impact requires quality data. Read our comprehensive review of existing data to learn more about the Parenting Leave Policy Data Gaps. #COST #CA21150 osf.io/preprints/so...
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CA21150: Sustainability@Leave @leave-policies.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The EU Work-Life Balance Directive that came into effect in 2022 took a huge step towards equal access to paid parenting leave. But do we have the data to truly measure its impact? Our latest policy brief dives deep into this crucial question. osf.io/preprints/so... #COST #CA21150
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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
📣Announcement📣 Politics & Gender Conference 2025 A conference celebrating 20 years of P&G for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics. 📅 May 28-29, 2025 📍 Rutgers University CFP: mlkrook.org/PAGC_CFP_202... Website: www.pagconference.org Submit: forms.gle/nc6ZpaEX7qnz...
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Call for Participation
Dates May 28-29, 2025 (with graduate student pre-conference reception on May 27) Location Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA Contact pag@apsanet.org Conference Website http://pagcon...
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Ashlee Christoffersen @drashleec.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
1)To all members of the @ecpr.bsky.social Standing Group on Gender & Politics, please VOTE in the steering committee elections, that opened today! There are 4 places to join myself, @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social, Ayse Dursun & Dorota Szelewa on the committee!
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Kati Kuitto @katikuitto.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Are you doing #research on #pensions and want to discuss your results with a wide international audience of adademics, policymakers and stakeholders? Still one week (dl 5 December) to submit your proposal for the first ETK Pension Research Forum in March 2025. 👇 www.etk.fi/en/topical-i...
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ETK Pension Research Forum on 17 March 2025 – Open call for presentations - Finnish Centre for Pensions
We invite presentations of relevant finished or ongoing research on pensions, retirement, careers and population ageing. For this first online ETK Pension Research Forum we welcome especially…
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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Just joined Bluesky? Here is an aspirational starter pack on social policy! I hope it is a useful nudge to connect the network: go.bsky.app/AvJWyV4
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Jennifer Hook @jenlhook.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I made a Starter Pack! But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT @wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social go.bsky.app/63Jq944 #Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky
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Ivana Dobrotic @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social · 07/10/2024
Going to ISA 2025, 6-11 July, Rabat? Please consider submitting to the stream Family Policy, Gender and Intersecting Inequalities Marga Leon and myself are hosting
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Ivana Dobrotic @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Where are parenting leave policy data gaps & how to work towards improving data to examine the significance of paid parenting leave policy for sustainable societies? Read more in Sustainability@Leave COST Action report 👇 osf.io/preprints/so...
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Sonja Blum @sonjablum.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
10th International Community, Work and Family Conference: Exploring changing structures, policies, and practices in a global perspective Bielefeld University, 25-28 March 2025 Session proposals invited until 31 January. Details: blogs.uni-bielefeld.de/blog/soziolo... Polisky Gendersky #Sociology
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Merve Uzunalioglu @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
In Croatia, financial struggles, caregiving-related pressures and grievances associated with inadequate services dominated the discussions. The full report is co-authored by myself, Anja Iveković Martinis and @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social and is available here reusilience.eu/publications...
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Exploring Resilience with Families in Croatia — rEUsilience
This report presents the analysis of the primary research conducted in Croatia for Work Package 4 (WP4) of the rEUsilience project. The report’s underpinning evidence was obtained through seven focu...
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Ivana Dobrotic @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Spread the word or apply! A great (and COST-funded) opportunity for learning, networking, but also exploring beautiful Dubrovnik 😍
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