Scientific production: 2 books; 4 conference papers; 4 contributions in books; 2 articles in peer review journal; 2 editing of books.
Teaching activities: EU Labour Law Course at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin;
Communication skills: Oral presentations at international conferences/Institutions, e.g. Geneva 2017, ILO; Munich 2016 Max Planck; Rome 2016 SERI; etc.; plenary presentation to team, researchers, students, social partners, Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften; etc.
Networking: International workshop 2016; international conference, 2016 (Humboldt-Universität); WZB Rule of Law Colloquium; BeNa Seminar; etc.
Integration activities: workshop, conference activities, books.
FIRST YEAR: Milestones 1, 2, 3.
In this first year the researcher focused on the European Employment Law and deepened which is the regulation in the field (main key and latest initiatives, e.g. EU Commission´s proposal of a European Unemployment Scheme was also studied). The same year, the researcher analyzed the Danish system: the research showed that the famous Danish system is taking a different direction from its traditional one, which implies also a slight downsizing of insurance unemployment benefits and in terms of quality of activation policies. Denmark seems to re-orient the system towards a contractualization of social right, i.e. the unemployed should receive an unemployment benefit or subsidiary in the case copes with activation initiatives. After completing the Danish part, the research started to study the German system. The Harzt reforms brought a new legal architecture and focused on the contractualization of social right, with several critics from the legal doctrine. At the same time, affords were made to make the public employment services stronger and more efficient. The reorganization of the unemployment benefits and subsidiaries brought several critics, especially in cutting some unemployment benefits.
SECOND YEAR: Milestones 3, 4, 5.
During the second year, the researcher deepened her knowledge of the German system and highlighted the complexity of the last reforms in the field. In particular, the Hartz reforms seem to be, in a certain measure, consistent with the EU guidelines, but to a deeper analysis it was clear that Germany didn´t always follow the EU employment guidelines. For example, problems with mini-jobs are still relevant.The tendency of a flexibility path instead of a flexibility + security ones, was evident in studying the Italian system. The divergences between European employment guidelines and their domestic implementation were even clearer in the Italian system than in the Danish and German ones. This tendency was pointed out also to a international workshop the researcher organized in June 2016. Then in September 2016 she organized an international conference to address the current challenges of the European employment policies.
