Her research interest lies in social and employment law, gender equality and equal treatment, reconciliation between work and family life, pregnancy and maternity rights in the context of the European Union and comparative law. She is the author of Reconciling Work and Family Life in EU Law and Policy, (2010) London: Palgrave Macmillan (with E. Caracciolo di Torella). She is also the main author of the Thematic Policy Report to the European Commission, (2012) “Fighting Discrimination on the Grounds of Pregnancy, Maternity andParenthood - The application of EU and national law in practice in 33 European countries”, Publication of the European Commission.