Lunch Seminars
Every month, researchers both from ReflecT and from elsewhere, will engage in discussions based upon their work. Topics will vary across the broad research scope of ReflecT. Lunch will be provided for seminar participants. We cordially invite you to participate. Please register in advance by sending an e-mail to the Secretariat of ReflecT.
15 September 2010, 12.00-14.00, Montesquieu Building (M1002), Tilburg University
Paul de Beer (UvA) will speak about 'employment security' and to what extent
employment security is a form of security to strive for in labour market
policy. He is sceptical about the concept and claims (ESB 95(4581) 19 March
2010) is too one-sided in the sense that it focuses only at individual
workers and relies heavily on a sufficient number of available jobs. Clearly
this has not been the case in the past two years.
Paul de Beer is professor of labour relations affiliated with 'De Burcht'
and the Amsterdam Institute for Labour Studies (AIAS) of the University of
Amsterdam. Furthermore he is editor of the "Tijdschrift voor
Arbeidsvraagstukken" and of "Socialisme en Democratie".
17 June 2010, 12.00-14.00, Montesquieu Building (M1002), Tilburg University
Employment security and the psychological contract with Charissa Freese (ReflecT, Tilburg University).
Charissa Freese will speak about the research on employment security in the HRM group at the faculty of social sciences. Their research deals with questions about the existence of a 'new' psychological contract between employers and employees in more flexible labour markets. Furthermore, specific questions are raised about the potential trade-off between job security and employment security in the psychological contract.
Charissa Freese is senior researcher in ReflecT and the HRM department at the Faculty of Social Sciences (Tilburg University). Individualized employment relationships, i-deals, employee commitment and retention are other themes in her research.
You are cordially invited to participate in this seminar. Please register in advance.
20 May 2010, 12.00-14.00, Prisma Building (PZ 004), Tilburg University
Objective and perceived outcomes of social policy and support for the
welfare state with Wim van Oorschot (ReflecT, Tilburg University) and Ferry Koster (Leiden University) will act as second speaker.
Wim van Oorschot will speak about support for the welfare state and how it
is influenced by the outcomes of social policy. The talk is based on a
paper which is joint work with Bart Meuleman (University of Gent). Wim van
Oorschot is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology of
Tilburg University (NL), and Honorary Professor at the Centre for
Comparative Welfare Studies at Aalborg University (DK). He is also
co-founder and honorary president of ESPAnet, the Network for European Social Policy Analysis and director of EDACwowe, the European Data Centre for Work and Welfare.
You are cordially invited to participate in this seminar. Please register in advance.
15 April 2010, 12.00-14.00, Simon Building (M1002), Tilburg University
Freelancers in the Dutch labour market: Empirical evidence and theoretical
explanations.
Ronald Dekker (ReflecT) will speak about the often discussed growth in
freelancing in the Dutch labour market. It has been argued in the policy
debates in the Netherlands that freelancing is an important development,
both in quantitative and in qualitative terms. Some claim that there are now
1 million freelancers (so-called 'zzp'ers'), others argue that
self-employment as a 'one-person business' is, or even should be, developing
into a dominant form of employment.
The empirical evidence for the first claim is rather scarce, both for the
Netherlands and some other countries. Furthermore, there are many
theoretical reasons for the continuing prevalence of the 'traditional'
employment contracts, either temporary or not.
You are cordially invited to participate in this seminar. Please register in advance.
18 March 2010, 12.00-14.00, Montesquieu Building (M1002), Tilburg University
The European Social Fund and Domestic Activation Policies: Europeanization
Mechanisms with Gert Verschraegen (University of Antwerp).
Gert Verschraegen will give a talk on the role of flexicurity as an
important regulatory principle in the integration of national policy
instruments. In particular the European Social Fund, a financial
instrument fulfils an important role in the implementation of Member
States? active labour market policies. One could argue that the ESF has
paved the way for flexicurity and has put its principles in practice for a
long time already. The talk is based on a paper with the same title which
is joint work with Bart Vanhercke (Observatoire social europen, Brussels)
and Rika Verpoorten (University of Leuven). Gert Verschraegen is
Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology at University of
Antwerp, where he teaches theoretical sociology, cultural sociology and
sociology of knowledge. His current research interests are in sociological
theory, sociology of Europeanization, welfare state evolution and the
sociology of knowledge.
You are cordially invited to participate in this seminar. Please register in advance.
18 February 2010, 12.00-14.00, Montesquieu Building (M1002), Tilburg University
Life-long learning with Loek Nieuwenhuis (IVA & University of Twente).
Loek Nieuwenhuis will give a talk on 'life-long learning', an important
ingredient in flexicurity and employment security policies. Professor Loek
Nieuwenhuis is senior researcher at IVA, Tilburg and professor of
vocational education, adult education and life-long learning (Max Goote
chair) at University of Twente. More details tba.
You are cordially invited to participate in this seminar. Please register in advance.
17 December 2009, 12.00-14.00, Montesquieu Building (M1003), Tilburg University
Maurice Rojer (Dutch Employers Association AWVN)
Maurice Rojer of the Dutch Employers Association AWVN will give a talk on the future of the collective agreement (CAO) in the Dutch labour market. Some claim that this institution is beyond it's 'sell-by date', others would argue that we need this institutional arrangement to cater for the changing needs of the labour market of tomorrow. One of ReflecT's researchers will be second speaker to give additional food for thought.
You are cordially invited to participate in this seminar. Please register in advance.
15 Oktober 2009, 12.00-14.00, Montesquieu Building (M1003), Tilburg University
Ronald Dekker and Ton Wilthagen (ReflecT)
ReflecT researcher Ronald Dekker will present joint work
with Ton Wilthagen on employment security. This will be presentation of
'work in progress' from the Employment security project funded by Stichting
Instituut GAK and will consist of two parts. Firstly, employment security is
firmly grounded in and connected with theoretical concepts such as
flexicurity, transitional labour markets and the capabilities approach.
Secondly, employment security is juxtaposed against job security with the
use of empirical data for the Netherlands. This seminar is meant especially,
but by no means exclusively, for the colleagues in the employment security
team.
17 September 2009, 12.00-14.00, Montesquieu Building (M1003), Tilburg University
Nicolette van Gestel (Radboud Universty, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
'The quagmire of welfare state reform: changes in the organisation of social security' (in Dutch: 'Het hervormingsmoeras van de verzorgingsstaat; veranderingen in de organisatie van sociale zekerheid').
Nicolette van Gestel will give a presentation on her latest book, which is joint work with Paul de Beer and Marc van der Meer.
11 June 2009, 12.00-14.00, Dante building (DZ8), Tilburg University
Ingo Geishecker (Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany)
"International outsourcing and job loss fears: an econometric analysis of individual perceptions".
Ingo Geishecker will present his paper, which is joint work with Paul Frijters (Queensland University of Technology, Australia). The paper can be downloaded here.
Charissa Freese (ReflecT) will act as second speaker and respond to this paper with insights from organisational psychology and HRM studies.
Powerpoint presentations delivered by speakers in PDF:
28 May 2009, 12.00-14.00, Montesquieu building (M1002), Tilburg University
Arjan van den Born (University of Antwerp):
"The Drivers Of Freelance Career Success - A Test Of The Boundaryless Career Model In An Archetypical Environment" (joint work with Arjen van van Witteloostuijn).
Arjan van den Born (University of Antwerp, Belgium) will present his paper. This paper is a follow-up of his dissertation: "The drivers of career success of the jobhopping professional in the new networked economy".
You are cordially invited to participate in this seminar. Please register in advance.
19 March 2009, 11.30-13.30, Tilbury's, Tilburg University
Beryl ter Haar (Leiden University) and Sonja Bekker (ReflecT): Open Method of Coordination and the European Employment Strategy.
The title of Beryl ter Haar's paper is: "Soft law or no law: How to determine the legal status of the OMC?" and can be downloaded here.
Sonja Bekkers' title will be: "The participation of stakeholders in the development of the European flexicurity concept". To download her paper in PDF please click here.
You are cordially invited to participate in this seminar. Please register in advance.
12 February 2009, 12.00-13.30, Tilbury's, Tilburg University
Ton van Schaik (Tilburg University) vs. Alfred Kleinknecht (Delft University of Technology): Employment protection legislation and productivity: a debate.
A paper of Ton van Schaik can be downloaded here.
The presentation of Alfred Kleinknecht can be downloaded here. You will find an article written by Alfred Kleinknecht and Ronald Dekker by clicking this link.
See also
Lunch Seminars in 2010
15 September
13 Oktober
17 November
15 December