EU Funding for Collaborative Project on Paid Parental Leave

Photo: Pixabay Newborn and parent: the project goal is a sustainable basis for parental leave research. What is required if parental leaves laws are to contribute to a sustainable society? And what does paid parental leave mean for children's health and development? The Parental Leave Policies and Social Sustainability project takes a look at these very questions. Social scientists Dr. Thordis Reimer from Universität Hamburg is the leading grant applicant for the project. The project focuses on the funding and dissemination of research findings and knowledge related to the significance of paid parental leave for social sustainability in given societies. The most important challenges include identifying and closing gaps in parental leave research, the development of future-oriented parental leave terminology, and improving data for future research. Five research groups will illuminate various aspects of parental leave regulations, for example, the amount of parental leave pay, differences within Europe, or the significance to childhood development of paid parental leave. -Parental leave is important for parental social security, but, above all, for our newborns.