Projects
Unilateral variation of contracts of employment in the public sector: the difficult interplay between administrative and labour law Hasselt University
Unilateral variation of contracts of employment in the public sector: the difficult interplay between administrative and labour law. University of Antwerp
Women, labour and land in the late medieval Low Countries: coastal Flanders, c. 1275 - c. 1575. Ghent University
My proposal deals with the economic activities of women in the countryside of coastal Flanders, between c. 1275 and c. 1575. Recently, scholars in economic history have focused on the opportunities for women offered by the rise of labour markets in North-western Europe during the late middle ages. However, scholars specialized in women’s history emphasized the persistent cultural, institutional or technological constraints that women ...
Employment rights and labour protection in the on-demand economy KU Leuven
This research proposals investigates the impact of the so-called "on-demand","gig" or "platform" economy on labour protection. This includes forms of work executed online via platforms such as the Amazon Mechanical Turk and Clickworker or working activities channelled by companies such as Uber or Deliveroo. These forms of work are rapidly spreading in many countries, affecting both developing and developed economies. They provide firms and ...
Mobility as a driver for human development: A critical analysis of Peruvian low-skilled labour mobility in Rio de Janeiro in the context of global sports events. KU Leuven
This research project analyses the drivers, dynamics and human development outcomes of recent Peruvian low-skilled labour mobility in Rio de Janeiro in the context of the global sports events in Brazil; the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. It examines within a broader framework of local, national and regional migration and development processes and policies in general and the world sporting events in particular, ...
Project on the Enforcement of Non-Discrimination Law (PENDL): design of a legal framework for evidence and remedies. KU Leuven
When someone is discriminated against by an authority or another citizen (eg as an employee on the basis of age or as a tenant on the basis of ethnic origin), international, European, national and regional legislation offer protection. Recent evaluation reports show, however, that a citizen who wants to call on this protection faces considerable difficulties. First, it is not clear how one should prove that discrimination has taken place. ...
Taming ecosystem power of platforms through contract and competition law. University of Antwerp
Understanding and addressing economic power in EU competition law KU Leuven
Powerful firms impact evermore parts of our society. Traditionally, competition law aims to maintain the balance on the market. However, certain traditional notions may have reached their limits. Crucial for competition law are the evolving and diverse ways in which an undertaking can accumulate power. The proposed project will apply a fundamental perspective to the notion and treatment of economic power.
The first part focuses on the ...
Telework as autonomous work: a legal evaluation of time and place independent work KU Leuven
Telework is on the rise on labour markets around the world, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The consequences of telework have become noticeable and created many questions for policy actors, employers and teleworkers. Yet, the rising phenomenon of telework fits in a broader evolution referred to as New Ways of Working (New WoW). A significant New WoW is autonomous work, covering time and place independent work by means of ICT. In this ...