I write about how political institutions, labour markets, and welfare regimes shape social outcomes across the European Union.
This thesis examines how social policy regimes mediate the relationship between immigration and unemployment across EU member states, drawing on comparative panel data and welfare regime theory.
A comparative analysis of how institutional design across Nordic, Continental, Liberal and Southern welfare regimes redistributes the burden of unemployment and precarity.
Why anti-immigration sentiment correlates with labour market insecurity in some member states but not others — the role of social policy compensation.
EU institutions, member-state dynamics, and political economy.
Welfare design, decommodification, and policy regimes.
Labour migration, integration, and political effects.
Labour market risk, insurance, and active policy.
Comparative regimes across Northern, Continental, Liberal, and Southern Europe.
Institutions, labour markets, and distributive outcomes.
Dualised labour markets and the political economy of fragmented social protection in Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal.
Competitiveness, productivity, and the missing social dimension of the EU's industrial agenda.
A comparative look at how active labour market policies are implemented across regimes — and what survives translation.
Five methodological pitfalls when reasoning from aggregate migration data to political conclusions.
Why the Bismarckian model struggles with ageing, fertility, and the social investment turn.
From SURE to a permanent reinsurance scheme: where the political constraints actually bind.
Maria Saridou is interested in the politics of welfare states, migration, unemployment, and European social policy. Her work combines comparative political analysis with attention to how institutions shape real social outcomes across the European Union.
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