Agnieszka Sowa-Kofta

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Name	Agnieszka Sowa-Kofta
Affiliation / organisation	Associate Professor at the Institute of Labour and Social Studies, Member of the Supervisory Council at the CASE Research Foundation
Website	https://www.case-research.eu/en/agnieszka-sowa
Professional role	Research
Area of expertise	Care workforce Community-based care Long-Term Care data and information systems Long-term care financing Long-Term Care policy Long-term Care systems Regulation and governance of long-term care Unpaid care
Associated countries	Poland
Short bio	Sociologist and economist, holding PhD in European Social Protection Policy from the Maastricht University. As an expert on health and long-term care she has been working within the European Social Policy Network, cooperating with the World Bank, the OECD and the United Nations.
Research interests	social protection policy, healthy and active ageing, long-term care, health inequalities, disability
Research projects on COVID and Long-Term Care	Project entitled “Mitigating the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic among high risk groups – people 60+”
Key publications	Sowa-Kofta A., “The impact of COVID-19 on residential care in Poland”, ESPN Flash Report 2020/43, European Commission Sowa-Kofta A., “Challenges in addressing excess mortality caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, ESPN Flash Report 2021/33, European Commission