Center of Applied Labour Market Research and InnovationDr. Harm van Lieshout
14-4-2011 Workshop Labour Market Research at EDUPROF Expert Meeting
• 1986: HBO becomes higher education;
• 2001: first chairs of applied research;
• 2003: chair in industrial relations (labour market relations) with 2 FTE research formation (13 chairs at Hanze, about 200 in NL);
• 2007: decision to expand to KCA (6 CfAR&I at Hanze);
• 2008: official opening of KCA;
• current: 4 chairs, 4 (almost 5) professors of applied science, 3 schools, 9 bachelor programs, about 1.2 million euro applied research budget (of which roughly 40% external funding).
Dutch UAS & ResearchA young but emerging tradition
14-4-2011 Workshop Labour Market Research at EDUPROF Expert Meeting
Overview KCA
School of Law
Social Legal Law
Private and Public Law StudiesMore flexicurity through improved regulation
Labour participation
More sustainable HRM
Flexicurity
More labour participation
School of SocialStudies
Social Work & Social Services
Social Work & Social Pedagogics
Applied Psychology
Sustainable HRM
School of Business
Management
Personnel Management & Labour Relations
Smarter organizing
Work Organization and
Labour Productivity
School of Business
Management
Business and Law
Centre of Applied Centre of Applied
Labour Market Labour Market
Research and Research and
InnovationInnovation
14-4-2011 Workshop Labour Market Research at EDUPROF Expert Meeting
• Labour market – both external and internal – and its ‘organisation’ as research object;
• Multi-level labour market governance: interplay of different coordination mechanisms;
• External orientation: e.g advisory board with ten-plus regional partners, public (e.g. municipality, province) as well as private (e.g. employer’s associations, union federation) and mixed;
• Regional and growing international orientation;• Overlapping chairs as a policy;• Interdisciplinary orientation – both in teaching (bachelor
programs) and in research (staff from multiple programs).
Partners in labour market organisation
14-4-2011 Workshop Labour Market Research at EDUPROF Expert Meeting
1. Multi-level labour maket governance– Theoretical orientation: actor-centered institutionalism, e.g. Different Hands– Implementation oriented: e.g. Capacity Management in Agricultural SMEs– Change oriented: i.e. Flexicurity concept
2. Institutionalisation of education and training in labour markets– International comparison of markets for intermediate skills (Different
Hands)– E.g. Co-makership Lifelong Learning
3. Legal labour market aspects– E.g. Regulation of cross-border labour movement from EU-8 in NL– E.g.Contract compliance
Flexicurity3 main research themes
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