Back from our first Summer School
From 1 to 4 July 2024 we ran our first Summer School. 10 participants and 8 speakers got together at the Institut du Travail (Labour Institute) in Strasbourg, joined by several local researchers from the Labour Law team and beyond. The topic of our Summer School was “Interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the legal […]
E-BoP workshop on qualitative research
On 26 June, the E-BoP team organised a workshop on Qualitative Research Methods, was presented by Catharina Lopes Scodro, one of our PhD researchers. Catharina has recently followed several trainings and worked on preparing her theoretical framework for her own fieldwork, comprising interviews, covering au pairs working in both France and Ireland. During her presentation, […]
One of our researchers at the workshop “Digital Intermediaries in Domestic and Care Work”
From 02 to 03 May 2024, our PhD Student Catharina Lopes Scodro attended the workshop “Digital Intermediaries in Domestic and Care Work” organised by Eva Kocher (Europa-Universität Viadrina) and Lorena Poblete (CONICET – Universidad Nacional de San Martín). The workshop took place at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Oñati (Basque Country/Spain), […]
E-BoP Journal Club #11 – Revisiting the EU’s new mobility regime, JEMS 49(16) 2023
On 23 April 2024 we had another session of our (more or less) monthly journal club. In this occasion we discussed the special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies “Revisiting the EU’s new mobility regime“, coordinated by Jens Arnholtz and Janine Leschke. We also had the pleasure to welcome professor Daniela Urse […]
One of our researchers at the Oxford Spring School in Advanced Research Methods
Between 08 and 12 of March 2024, one of our PhD Students, Catharina Lopes Scodro, attended the Oxford Spring School in Advanced Research Methods 2024, in the course Qualitative Methods 1 – Interviews & Fieldwork. Organised by the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Oxford, the Spring School was an excellent […]
An EBoP researcher at the Annual Conference of the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA)
Between 26 and 28 of March 2024, one of our PhD Students, Catharina Lopes Scodro, participated of the Annual Conference of the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA), organised at the University of Portsmouth (UK). She presented her research “Disputes on the discourse of labour migration in au pairs’ European legal documents”, investigating the use of a […]
PhD Opportunities in European Labour Law
We welcome expressions of interest from potential PhD students with an interest in the broader research area of European Birds of Passage. We are happy to support suitable applications for the ITI MAKErS PhD Contracts. The deadline of this year’s call is 14 June 2024. The 3 year award will commence on 1 October 2024. […]
E-BoP seminar on statistics and data analysis
On 20 February 2024, our colleague Justyna Hejman-Mancewicz presented the Seminar “Statistics crash course: Introduction to data analysis” at the Maison Interuniversitaire des Sciences de l’Homme – Alsace (MISHA). In the two-parts seminar, she presented the main introductory concepts to data analysis – related to types of statistical data, relationships between data, key statistical concepts […]
E-BoP Journal Club #8 – Workers without Borders – posted work and precarity in the EU (Wagner, 2018)
On 30 January 2024 the EBoP team came together to discuss “Workers without Borders – posted work and precarity in the EU” (2018) by Ines Wagner – a book touching on the very essence of what lies at the heart of the EBoP project, namely the unequal treatment of distinct categories of labour migrants in the […]
E-BoP Journal Club #5 – Law, Precarious Labour, and Posted Workers (Lasek-Markey, 2023)
On 14 September 2023, we had our 5th Journal Club, discussing the book of Marta Lasek-Markey (2023) “Law, Precarious Labour, and Posted Workers: a sociolegal study on posted work in the EU”. This book examines the role of the law and its impact on the experiences of posted workers in Europe, both for those considered […]