INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND CO-DETERMINATION

The labour market actors (labour, management, trade unions, state, etc.) are embedded in institutional structures that shape the relationships between these actors.

The research area ‘industrial relations and co-determination’ addresses issues of regulation of these relationships and participation at an individual, sectoral and international level.

The research is focused on the following topics:

  • Company and external co-determination
  • Analysis of national institutions and industrial relations practices
  • International comparison at sectoral level
  • International collective bargaining
  • Practices of European Works Councils
  • Development of international framework agreements

Research projects

Project titleKey project staffStatusDuration
Understanding the impact of outsourcing in the ICT sector to strengthen the capacity of workers‘ organisations to address labour market changes to improve social dialoguePhilip Schörpf, Annika Schönauercompleted01/2016 - 12/2016
Provision of the Representativeness Study on Hairdressing & Beauty sectorGeorg Adamcompleted01/2016 - 12/2016
Testing EU citizenship as “labour citizenship” from cases of labour rights violations to a strengthened labour-rights regimeBettina Haidingercompleted01/2015 - 08/2016
The Role of Trade Unions and Workers´ Interests in the Social-Ecological Transformation towards a Climate-Friendly Society. The Case of AustriaHubert Eichmann completed03/2014 - 08/2016
Arbeitsbedingungen im österreichischen Transportsektor – eine Bestandsaufnahme Erstellung eines Fact Sheets zur Unterstützung der Europäischen Bürger/inneninitiative „Fair Transport“Bettina Haidingercompleted03/2016 - 05/2016
Arbeitsbeziehungen in liberalisierten Wirtschaftssektoren in ÖsterreichGeorg Adamcompleted12/2014 - 03/2016
Provision of the Representativeness Study on Agriculture SectorGeorg Adamcompleted01/2015 - 12/2015
Provision of the Representativeness Study on ConstructionGeorg Adamcompleted04/2013 - 09/2015
Provision of the Representativeness Study on PortsGeorg Adamcompleted06/2014 - 08/2015
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)Bernadette Allinger, Jörg Fleckercompleted03/2010 - 02/2014