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Driving Denmark's 'biggest simplification of the employment system in history' — a 31-initiative reform (April 2025) including major changes to disability and reduced-work-capacity support. Closing job centres and giving municipalities freedom to design activation support differently.

Leading German empirical economist on disability employment quotas and their effectiveness. His IZA-affiliated work examines whether Germany's compulsory hiring quota for severely disabled workers actually improves employment — particularly relevant given Germany's 2024 Inclusion Act reform.

Finland's Minister of Employment overseeing labour market reform in a high-stakes context — Finland faces structural pressures on disability and sickness benefits while pushing for higher employment rates. Inherited complex negotiations on disability activation vs. welfare.

France's dedicated disability minister overseeing the RQTH employment quota system (6% of workforce) and the AAH disability allowance reform. Led the French Employment Disability Week (SEEPH) in November 2024 with the statement that disabled people 'wish to work and be autonomous'.

Published in 2024 (with Dario Sciulli) on the relationship between poverty, work intensity, and disability across UK, Germany, France, and Italy using EU-SILC data — demonstrating 'genuine state dependence' between disability and poverty. One of Europe's most active disability–labour economics empiricists.