Research news

The effects of union mergers and internal restructuring: a bottom-up perspective by Danish shop stewards
2018.10.12
How does recent union mergers and restructuring affect union’s service provision, interest representation and perceived union influence. … »
A division of labour? Labour market segmentation by region of origin
2018.09.25
In a new article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Jonas Felbo-Kolding, Janine Leschke and Thees F. Spreckelsen analyze EU-migrants labour market integration in Denmark, Germany and the UK. … »
Dealing with austerity and migration in the northern European cleaning sector
2018.08.23
In a new article Trine P. Larsen, Sissel Trygstad and Kristine Nergaard compares the employers’ role in collective wage regulation in industrial cleaning in Denmark, Germany, Norway and the UK. … »
Collective wage bargaining under strain in northern European construction
2018.08.07
In a new article Jens Arnholtz, Guglielmo Meardi and Johannes Oldervoll shows how internationalization, trade union decline, enforcement problems and rising self-employment all strain the effectiveness of collective wage bargaining arrangements in northern European construction. … »

Teaching and events

15 Sep 2017

Visiting Scholar at Harvard

Associate Professor Christian Lyhne Ibsen from FAOS is joining Harvard as a Visiting Scholar in September. Until end of December he will join Center of European Studies (CES) at Harvard. ... »
21 Aug - 25 Aug 2017

Copenhagen Summer University

FAOS takes part of the Copenhagen Summer University for the fifth time this year. The course is specifically made for employees with practical experience from the labour market. ... »
10 Mar - 31 Mar 2017

Research visitor from FAFO, Norway

The next three weeks, FAOS has the pleasure of hosting dr. philos Jon Erik Dølvik from the Norwegian research center FAFO. ... »