Ariane Aumaitre

In my research, I study the micro foundations of welfare state change in a post-industrial context, with the aim of developing a better conceptualization and measurement of this phenomenon. For this, I work with household income surveys from the last three to four decades that allow me to have a better sense of cross-country and time variation in citizens’ needs, risks and living conditions. Driven by my work with large household surveys, I have developed an increasing interest in data science. Surveys are often too large, hard to compare across countries, and require computational skills to work with them. I enjoy spending time coding in R and can spend countless hours in data visualization projects. Before being a welfare state researcher, I focused on EU studies for a while, first in Maastricht University and then at the College of Europe in Bruges, where I obtained my MA in European Public Policy Analysis and later worked as an Academic Assistant. I have previously carried out research on European integration theories and the politics and policies of the Economic and Monetary Union.