WORKS - Work Organisation and Restructuring in the Knowledge Society - is a pan-European research project which aims at improving our understanding of the major changes in work. Taking account of the global forces and of the regional diversity within Europe, the project will investigate the evolving division of labour within and between organisations and the related changes at the workplace.

Updated: 27 October 2008

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Programme

Day 1 – Wednesday, 8 October 2008

Jolly Hotel, Corso Italia 1, Rome

13:00	R e g i s t r a t i o n a n d c o f f e e
Plenary opening Work in Europe in the 21st Century. Current trends and policy challenges
Chair: Giovanna Altieri, director IRES - Italy
13:30	Giovanna Altieri, director IRES - Italy Welcome
13:45	Monique Ramioul, project manager HIVA-K.U.Leuven & WORKS project co-ordinator - Belgium The WORKS project: some conclusions and insights on changes in work in Europe Download ppt
14:15	Will Hutton, director Work Foundation - UK The future of work in Europe in a global knowledge economy Download ppt
14:45	General discussion
15:30	C o f f e e b r e a k
Chair: Giovanni Principe, director ISFOL - Italy
15:30	Jörg Flecker, scientific director FORBA - Austria Fragmentation of labour processes Download ppt
16:00	Dominik Sobczak, scientific officer, European Commission, DG Research, Directorate L - Science, Economy and society Work and employment related research policy of the European Union Download ppt
16:30	Philippe Pochet, director ETUI-REHS – Belgium The future of work in Europe: the social dialogue agenda Download ppt
17:00	Summary of the day Emilio Reyneri, professor, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milan - Italy Download ppt Birgit Stimmer, acting director of the Labour Relations and Equality between women and men division, Federal Ministry for Economics Affairs and Labour - Austria
17:40	General discussion
18:00	Cocktail reception

Day 2 – Thursday, 9 October 2008

CGIL (Confederazione Generale Italiana di Lavoro), Corso Italia 25, Rome

08:45	R e g i s t r a t i o n a n d c o f f e e
09:15	Agostino Megale, president IRES - Italy Welcome speech
Parallel session 1
Session 1a Global value chain restructuring and organisational change
Chair: Stavros P. Gavroglou, head of labour market studies, Employment Observatory PAEP - Greece
09:30	Ursula Huws, professor, WLRI, London Metropolitan University – United Kingdom Global value chain restructuring Download ppt
09:50	Karen Geurts, senior research associate HIVA-K.U.Leuven - Belgium Measuring global value chain restructuring Download ppt
10:10	Interventions Christian Bellak, associate professor at the Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics - Austria Download pdf Timothy J. Sturgeon, senior research affiliate Institute of Technology - Massachusetts, USA Download ppt
10:40	General discussion
Session 1b The impact on workers. Wellbeing, autonomy and representation
Chair: Peter Hasle, senior researcher National Research Centre for Working Environment - Denmark
09:30	Daniele Di Nunzio , research associate IRES - Italy Health, safety and the quality of working life Download ppt
09:50	Per Tengblad, labour consultant/researcher ATK - Sweden Changes in worker organisation and representation at the workplace Download ppt
10:10	Interventions Kenneth Abrahamsson, adjunct professor, Lulea Technical University - Sweden Download ppt Lorenzo De Santis, research assistant UNI ICTS Global Union - Switzerland Download ppt
10:40	General discussion
11:00	C o f f e e b r e a k
Parallel session 2
Session 2a Flexibility and work-life balance
Chair: Marcello Pedaci, research associate IRES - Italy
11:30	Ursula Holtgrewe, senior researcher FORBA - Austria Strategies to reach flexibility Download ppt
11:50	Bettina-Johanna Krings, senior research fellow ITAS - Germany Working time, gender and work-life balance Download ppt
12:10	Interventions Helge Hvid, associate professor, Roskilde University - Denmark Download ppt Jose Ramalho, professor of sociology, Federal Univerity of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Download ppt
12:40	General discussion
Session 2b Changing career patterns, risks and opportunities for women and men
Chair: Hans Torvatn, senior researcher SINTEF - Norway
11:30	Gérard Valenduc, co-director FTU - Belgium New career trajectories and biographies Download ppt
11:50	Maria Stratigaki, assistant professor, Panteion University - Greece Changes in policy in respect to gender and ethnic power relations at the workplace Download ppt
12:10	Interventions Marcia de Paula Leite, senior researcher State University of Campinas - Brazil Download ppt Greet Vermeylen, research manager European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions - Ireland Download ppt
12:40	General discussion
13:00	L u n c h b r e a k
Parallel session 3
Session 3a Changes in the workplace - in technologies, in skill requirements and in working conditions
Chair: Patricia Vendramin, co-director FTU - Belgium
14:00	Nathalie Greenan, research associate CEE – France Employers’ use of technology and the impact on organisational structures Download ppt
14:20	Monique Ramioul, project manager HIVA-K.U.Leuven & WORKS project co-ordinator - Belgium Global value chain restructuring: the use of knowledge and skills Download ppt
14:40	Ekaterina Kalugina, researcher CEE - France Trends in work organisations and working conditions in Europe Download ppt
15:00	Interventions Sharon Brown, chief Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics, US Bureau of Labor Statistics Download ppt Bill Taylor, associate professor, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong Download ppt
15:45	General discussion
Session 3b Changes at the regional and national level. New paths for Europe?
Chair: Willem Trommel, professor of public policy and VU, University of Amsterdam - The Netherlands
14:00	Csaba Makó, director of research ISB - Hungary The position of transitional economies in the new global division of labour Download ppt
14:20	Vassil Kirov, researcher Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Bulgaria Restructuring of work in transitional economies: the impact on employment Download ppt
14:40	Duco Bannink, lecturer in Sociology, Social Risks and Safety Studies, University of Twente - The Netherlands Emerging typologies Download ppt
15:00	António Brandão Moniz, president IET – Portugal Change processes and future perspectives
15:20	Intervention Valeria Pulignano, professor of Sociology, Centre for Sociological Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Belgium Download ppt
15:45	General discussion
16:00	C o f f e e b r e a k
Plenary session The future of work in Europe in a global economy: what are the policy choices?
Chair: Donald Storrie, acting head of the Employment and Competitiveness Unit, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions - Ireland
16:20	Pamela Meil, senior research fellow ISF - Germany Key findings from the WORKS policy pillar Download ppt
16:40	Ursula Huws, professor, WLRI, London Metropolitan University – United Kingdom The future of work in Europe in a global economy
17:00	Interventions Chris Benner, associate professor, Department of Human and Community Development, University of California - USA Download ppt Emilio Gabaglio, chair EMCO (Employment Committee), European Commission (to be confirmed)
17:40	General discussion
18:00	C o n f e r e n c e e n d