Amparo Serrano Pascual is researcher and lecturer in Sociology (Social Psychology) at the Complutense University, Madrid. Her main research areas are social and labour market policies, gender mainstreaming, comparative research on social policies in Europe, activation and flexicurity. Some of her most recent publications include Reshaping Welfare States and Activation Regimes (edited with L. Magnusson, PIE Peter Lang, 2007) and Unwrapping the European Social Model (edited with M. Jepsen, 2006).