Center of Applied Labour Market Research and InnovationDr. Harm van Lieshout

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• 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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