Invited lectures, presentations and seminars
2012 Reflect,
RECwowe, ESPAnet summer school, Flexibility and Security: Challenges to Modern
Labour Markets and Social Protection in Europe: “Work-life Balance &
Flexicurity: linking the company, country and individuals” Tilburg University,
Tilburg, the Netherlands, 2nd - 6th, July.
2012 Sociology
seminar: “Explaining work-life conflict of men & women in Europe
: gender differences and disentangling the impact of social policy”, Cambridge
University Sociology department. 15th of May.2011 Eurofound expert meeting on Organisation of working time: implications for productivity: “The varying performance outcomes of working-time arrangements across countriesand sectors” European Foundation, Dublin, Ireland, 2nd of June
2011 Community, Work and Family conference, EuroFound Symposium: “Performance outcomes of working time flexibility arrangements in establishments across Europe” & “Work-Family Conflict across 28 European Countries”, Tampere, Finland, 19th-21st May
2010 EWERC Seminar - European Work and Employment Research Centre, Manchester University: “Performance outcomes of working time flexibility”, Manchester, UK, 1st of November, 2010.
2010 CCSR Seminar - Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, Manchester University: "Perceived Employment Security of European Individuals: a Multi-level approach", Manchester, UK, 2nd of November, 2010.
2009 Seminar on flexible work - The European Centre for Workers’ Questions (EZA) & Kristelig Fagbevægelse (KRIFA) and in cooperation with the World Organization of Workers (WOW) with the support of the European Commission: “Flexibility for whom? Working time flexibility in a European perspective”, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1st of October, 2009.
2008 External Seminar Series of Tjalling C. Koopmans Institute, Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University: "Do institutions matter: Explaining the cross-national variance of working time practices of companies across Europe using a multi-level model”, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 19th Nov, 2008.
2008 Company Network Seminar, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: “The importance and benefits of flexibility practices in organizations: the case for internal flexibility”, Brussels, Belgium. 1st ~2nd Oct., 2008.
2008 AB-Kolloqium, Labour market policies and employment unit, Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB): "What about countries matter? Explaining the use of working time flexibility options of companies across 21 European countries using a multi-level model focusing on country level determinants", Berlin, Germany, 4th Mar., 2008.
2008 Working Time Workshop, Oslo University - "What about countries matter? Explaining the variation in the use of flexibility arrangements across European companies using a multi-level model", Oslo, Norway, 10th ~11th Jan., 2008.
2007 ETUI-REHS, EPSU and SALTSA conference, European Trade Union Institute: "Provision of work–life balance arrangements in European companies: public vs private" Brussels, Belgium, 19th -20th Nov., 2007.
2007 AB-Kolloqium, Labour market policies and employment unit, Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB): "Do countries matter? Explaining the variation in the use of numerical flexibility arrangements across European companies using a multi-level model", Berlin, Germany, 21st Aug., 2007.
International Conference (Session) Organization
2012 European Social Policy Analysis Network conference:
organiser of session “Social Insecurity and Institutions”. University of
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. 6th -8th of September.
2010 Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economic Research (SASE) 22nd Annual Meeting: organiser of sessions “Indicators, measurement and outcomes of flexicurity approaches in labor market” & “Job and employment insecurity”, Philadelphia, U.S.A, 24th-26th June, 2010.
2010 Network of Excellence Reconciliation of Work and Welfare (RECwowe) Annual Integration week: organizer of sessions “State of the art of EDACwowe” & “Data Retrieval Workshop I&II” Nantes, France, 8th-12th June, 2010.
2006 Institute for Labour Studies (OSA)/Flexicurity Conference: organizer of session “Theoretical Cross national aspects of TLM and Flexicurity” Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 30th Nov.-1st Dec., 2006.
Selected Conference Presentations
2012 European Social Policy Analysis Network conference: “Explaining
work-life conflict of men & women in Europe”. University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh, UK. 6th -8th of September.
2012 Social
Policy Association & East Asian Social Policy Association Joint conference:
“Explaining work-life conflict of men & women in Europe: gender differences
and disentangling the impact of social policy” & “Multi-dimensions of
gender norms across European countries” York, UK, 16th - 18th
July.
2012 International
Conference on Cross-national comparison of working time (For the Industrial
and Labor Relations Review): “The varying company performance outcomes of
working-time flexibility practices”, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
19th - 20th, April
2012, IZA
Workshop Non-Standard Employment in a Comparative Perspective: “Employment
insecurity across Europe: variance across occupations and sectors”. Institute
for Labour Studies (IZA), Bonn, Germany. 29th - 30th,
March
2011 Annual ESPAnet Conference: “Needs, ideology and accessibility in explaining support for government lead childcare”, Valencia, Spain, 2nd-4th Sept.
2011 ISA-RC19 Annual Conference: “Sharing the burden: The role of gender norms and social policy in explaining the cross-national variance in the gender gap in work-family conflict”, Seoul, Korea, 25th-27th Aug.
2011 SASE Annual Conference: “Employment insecurity across Europe: variance across occupations and sectors”, “The varying company performance outcomes of working-time flexibility practices” & “Flexibility in the labour market: a generation conflict?”, Madrid, Spain, 22nd -25th June
2011 RECwowe Annual Integration Week: “Work-Family Conflict across 28 European Countries”, Brussels, Belgium, 15th-18th June
2011 Community, Work and Family conference: “Performance outcomes of working time flexibility arrangements in establishments across Europe” & “Work-Family Conflict across 28 European Countries” & “Who should care for the children? Support for government intervention in childcare” Tampere, Finland, 19th-21st May
2011 International Labour Process Conference: “Market or Institutions: Employment Insecurity of European Individuals (During the Financial Crisis)”, “Work-family conflict across Europe importance of contexts”, Leeds, United Kingdom, 5th~7th Apr.
2010 Work Employment Society Conference: “Provision of work-life balance options of 21 European countries: public versus private” (Winner of the WES best paper award), “Multinational Diffusion of Working-time Practices in Eastern Europe”, Bristol, United Kingdom, 7th-9th September, 2010.
2010 International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) European Congress: “Provision of work-life balance options of 21 European countries: public versus private” & “Employment Insecurity of European Individuals”, Copenhagen, Denmark, 28th June - 1st July, 2010.
2010 Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economic Research (SASE) 22nd Annual Meeting: “Employment insecurity of European individuals: a multi-level approach” & “Measuring flexicurity in Europe”. Philadelphia, U.S.A, 24th-26th June, 2010.
2010 Network of Excellence Reconciliation of Work and Welfare (RECwowe) Annual Integration week: “Employment insecurity of European individuals – a multi-level approach” & “Work-family conflict: a multi-level approach” Nantes, France, 8th-12th June, 2010.
2009 SASE 21st Annual Meeting: "Do countries matter? Explaining the variance of working time practices of European companies using a Multi-level model", Sciences-Po, Paris, France, 16th-18th July, 2009.
2009 RECwowe Annual Integration week: “Tensions between work and family life” Utrecht, the Netherlands, 9th -13th June, 2010.
2009 British Sociological Association Conference: "Working time components of European companies", Cardiff, Wales, 16th-19th April, 2009.
2008 Centre for Labour Market Research(CARMA) 25th Anniversary conference, Aalborg University: “Measuring Flexicurity: State of art report and a new framework of Flexicurity indicators for research and policy making" & "Do institutions matter? Explaining the cross-national variance of working time practices of companies across Europe using a multi-level model”, Aalborg, Denmark, 9th-10th Oct, 2008.
2008 International Sociological Association Research Committee 19 on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (ISA-RC19) conference,: “Do institutions matter? Explaining the use of working time flexibility arrangements of companies across 21 European countries using a multi-level model focusing on country level determinants”, Stockholm, Sweden, 3rd -6th Sept., 2008.
2007 IIRA European Congress: "Do countries matter? Explaining the variation in the use of flexibility arrangements across European companies", Manchester, 3rd - 6th Sept., 2007.
2007 International Social Security Association (ISSA) International Research Conference on Social Security: “Flexibility, but for whom? A new approach to examining labour market flexibility with an application to European companies”, Warsaw, Poland, 5th -7th Mar., 2007.
2006 Institute for Labour Studies (OSA)/Flexicurity Conference: “Labour Market Flexibility, for Employers or Employees? A multi-dimensional study of labour market flexibility across European welfare states”, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 30th Nov.-1st Dec., 2006.
2006 CARMA Annual Conference: “Labour Market Flexibility, for Employers or Employees? A multi-dimensional study of labour market flexibility across European welfare states” Aalborg, Denmark, 12th -13th Oct., 2006.
2006 European Social Policy Analysis Network (ESPAnet) Annual Conference: “Labour Market Flexibility, for Employers or Employees? A multi-dimensional study of labour market flexibility across European welfare states”, Bremen, Germany, 21st - 23rd Sept., 2006.
2006 ESPAnet post-graduate conference: “Labour Market Flexibility, for Employers or Employees? A multi-dimensional study of labour market flexibility across European welfare states” Helsinki, Finland, 7th ~ 9th, Sept., 2006.
2005 ESPAnet Annual Conference: “Different Paths Towards Flexibility: Deregulated employment protection or temporary employment”, Fribourg, Switzerland, 22nd -24th Sept., 2005.
2005 2nd Network of Excellence, Transitional Labour Market Network (TLMnet) Conference: “Different Strategies for Flexibility- EPL and temporary work”, Budapest, Hungary, 19th - 21st, May, 2005.
2003 Academy of Critical Social Welfare Fall Conference: “Analysing the Welfare State by the Articulation of Work and Welfare, and the Korean Welfare State Regime”, Seoul, Korea, 8th, Nov., 2003.
2002 Academy of Critical Social Welfare Fall Conference “A Unified Approach to the Dutch Social Welfare and Labour Market Reform: over the ‘Miracle’ towards ‘Flexicurity’.” (with Kim, Jong-Gun), Seoul, Korea 2nd, Nov., 2002.
Internal seminars
2012 SSPSSR seminar - SSPSSR, University of Kent - staff round table "Growth of inequality : cause consequences and responses" - Canterbury, UK, 26th of January.
2011 Sociology Seminar – Department of Sociology, Tilburg University. “Sharing the burden: The role of gender norms and social policy in explaining the cross-national variance in the gender gap in work-family conflict” Tilburg, the Netherlands, 12th of May
2011 Welfare Opinion Seminar – Department of Sociology, Tilburg University. “Market or Institutions? Employment insecurity of European individuals (during the financial crisis), a multi-level approach” Tilburg, the Netherlands, 21st of Mar.
2011 AIAS Seminar- Amsterdam Institute for Labour Studies, University of Amsterdam: "The role of cultural norms in explaining work-family conflict across countries", Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 10th of Mar.
2012 SSPSSR seminar - SSPSSR, University of Kent - staff round table "Growth of inequality : cause consequences and responses" - Canterbury, UK, 26th of January.
2011 Sociology Seminar – Department of Sociology, Tilburg University. “Sharing the burden: The role of gender norms and social policy in explaining the cross-national variance in the gender gap in work-family conflict” Tilburg, the Netherlands, 12th of May
2011 Welfare Opinion Seminar – Department of Sociology, Tilburg University. “Market or Institutions? Employment insecurity of European individuals (during the financial crisis), a multi-level approach” Tilburg, the Netherlands, 21st of Mar.
2011 AIAS Seminar- Amsterdam Institute for Labour Studies, University of Amsterdam: "The role of cultural norms in explaining work-family conflict across countries", Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 10th of Mar.
2010 ReflecT lunch Seminar- Research Institute for Flexicurity, Labour Market Dynamics and Social Cohesion at Tilburg University : “Employment insecurity of European individuals (during the financial crisis), a multi-level approach” Tilburg University, the Netherlands, 13th October 2010.
2010 AIAS Seminar- Amsterdam Institute for Labour Studies, University of Amsterdam: "Perceived Employment Security of European Individuals: a Multi-level approach" Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 18th of March, 2010.
2009 AIAS Seminar- Amsterdam Institute for Labour Studies, University of Amsterdam: "What is it good for? Performance outcomes of working time flexibility practices of European companies", Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 14th of May, 2009.
2008 AIAS Seminar- Amsterdam Institute for Labour Studies, University of Amsterdam: "Working time flexibility components of European companies", Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 23rd of October, 2008.
2008 AIAS Seminar- Amsterdam Institute for Labour Studies, University of Amsterdam: "Explaining the variance in the use of flexibility option (bundles) of companies across 21 countries in Europe using a multi-level model", Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 31st of January, 2008.
