Projects
Improving Collective Bargaining in European Union. Comparison of Different Industrial Relations Regimes KU Leuven
The project ImproCollBar, coordinated by CITUB, aims to expand the expertise in the field of industrial relations in 7 EU member-states (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy and Romania) through comparative research of the factors and mechanisms that improve the scope and coverage of collective bargaining in different industrial relations regimes in the context of the proposed European Directive for Minimum Wages and the Covid-19 ...
Visualising and measuring the role of industrial relations in addressing gender equality KU Leuven
VIRAGE aims to study how industrial relations and social dialogue can shape progress towards the achievement of gender equality in Europe. Given that gender equality is a multifaceted concept, encompassing many dimensions, VIRAGE considers several aspects of gender equality related to the labour market, such as earnings, work-life balance, occupational or sectoral segregation, discrimination, and sexual harassment at the workplace. VIRAGE ...
Industrial relations and social dialogue to kick-in inclusive adult learning KU Leuven
I SKILL is a research project to study how industrial relations and social dialogue can drive progress in adult learning in the EU. It will look at how these can support universal right to adult learning and ensure that all workers can exercise this right through access to quality learning opportunities during the green and digital transition. The project will provide comparative knowledge on how industrial relations and social dialogue ...
Fairness, freedom and industrial relations across Europe: Up and down the meat value chain Hasselt University
The opportunities for industrial relations to prevent and manage psychosocial risks in post-pandemic workplaces KU Leuven
The PSYR-IR project zooms in on occupational safety and health, with a particular focus on mental health and worker well-being. It is our aim to identify the broad challenges and issues at play, as well as their underlying drivers, across all EU Member States and all economic sectors. This will be done by implementing an overarching conceptual framework on OSH and linking it with the existing empirical evidence and the policy/regulatory ...
GDPiR: Managing Data Processing in the Workplace through Industrial Relations KU Leuven
GDPiR: Managing Data Processing in the Workplace through Industrial Relations. The project idea is to provide trade unionists with adequate information and training in order to manage the dynamics connected to workers' data processing and to data processing in the workplace in the broad sense. The objective is to provide workers' organisations with the skills and knowledge needed to harness, with a proactive attitude, the potential of small ...
Role and prospects for industrial relations and social dialogue in green transition management of local economic systems KU Leuven
This project is aimed at understanding the current and potential role of industrial relations and social dialogue in managing the greening of local economies. The COVID-19 crisis, with the equivalent of 255 millions jobs lost, exacerbated the situation of some regions, economic sectors and population groups leading to an increase in poverty and inequalities and hindering the convergence process, one the main priorities of the Union. These ...