The Social Isolation and Loneliness in Europe Network: Evidence-Based Policy Recommendations on its Causes, Consequences, and Monitoring

Project Information

LONELY-EU

Grant agreement ID: 101177225

DOI

10.3030/101177225

EC signature date 1 October 2024

Start date 1 February 2025

End date 31 January 2028

Funded under

• Culture, creativity and inclusive society

Total cost

No data

EU contribution

€ 2 999 283,28

Coordinated by

RUHR-UNIVERSITAET BOCHUM
Germany

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Publications

Other (11)

Dynamic Evidence Explorer on Loneliness and Socioeconomic Correlates (LONELY-EU WP4 Technical Report)

Author(s): Yixin Tang, Julia Krasko, Hans Rocha IJzerman, Maike Luhmann
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.21621176

How Social Disconnection Becomes Political: A Probabilistic Model of the Socio-Political Consequences of Loneliness and Social Isolation in Europe. (Preregistration)

Author(s): Alessia Telari, Asrin Yenihayat, Marco Piastra, Mauro Bertolotti, Patrizia Catellani
Published in: 2026
Publisher: OSF
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/C7294

Europe's Loneliness Measurement Challenge: Building Evidence-Based Infrastructure. LONELY-EU Policy Brief No. 3.

Author(s): Hans Rocha IJzerman, Cristiano Vezzoni, Prakhar Srivastava
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18786591

From social characteristics to loneliness: Mapping online and digital pathways of (dis)connection in Europe (Preregistration)

Author(s): Alessia Telari, Marco Piastra, Andrea Bonanomi, Patrizia Catellani
Published in: 2026
Publisher: OSF
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/MNK5Y

Poverty and Loneliness: Evidence and Policy Implications. LONELY-EU Policy Brief No. 6.

Author(s): Yixin Tang, Maike Luhmann, Judith Merkies
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.21100712

Bridging the Gap between Research and Policy: The Next Big Questions in Loneliness Research. LONELY-EU Policy Brief No. 5.

Author(s): Maike Luhmann, Libor Potočár, Yeeun Archer Lee, Fredrica Nyqvist, Pauline Kleinschlömer, Pamela Qualter, Hans Rocha IJzerman, Mathias Lasgaard, Judith Merkies, J.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.20665847

Kick-starting the Dialogue: The Evidence-to-Action Board in LONELY-EU. LONELY-EU Policy Brief No. 1

Author(s): Judith Merkies
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18786451

LONELY-EU WP3_1A: Database of Loneliness Datasets in Europe

Author(s): Arturo Bertero, Katarzyna Growiec, Maike Luhmann, Yixin Tang, Cristiano Vezzoni
Published in: 2026
Publisher: OSF
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/3T9KG

The LONELY-EU Evidence Quality Rating System: A Framework for Reliable Loneliness Measurement in EU Policy. LONELY-EU Policy Brief No. 4.

Author(s): Rocha IJzerman, H., & Silan, M. A.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18786602

A Dynamic Meta-Analytic Database on Loneliness and Its Socioeconomic Correlates (Preregistration)

Author(s): Yixin Tang, Julia Krasko, Hans Rocha IJzerman, Maike Luhmann
Published in: 2025
Publisher: OSF
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/SBMHU

Guidelines for formulating evidence-based policy recommendations on social isolation and loneliness. LONELY-EU Policy Brief No. 2.

Author(s): Judith Merkies
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18786569

Peer reviewed articles (1)

Unpacking Loneliness in Europe: Psychosocial and Sociodemographic Correlates Across Regions

Author(s): Asrin Yenihayat, Mauro Bertolotti, Andrea Bonanomi, Patrizia Catellani
Published in: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2026, ISSN 0265-4075
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/02654075261469659