Silke Maes is a European Studies graduate from Ghent University in Belgium. She studied abroad at Sciences Po Toulouse and has completed an Erasmus Mundus master's programme in European Politics and Society at Charles University in Prague and Leiden University. Her research interests revolve around European social policy and the external aspects of European migration management. Within Europeum, Silke's research focus as part of the Just Europe Programme spans the realms of digitalisation, the Digital Single Market, and the future of work.