The dissertation project examines the factors that hinder the successful integration of refugees into the German vocational training system.

Life-long learning: A Study of the Relationship between Work Orientation and Further Education amongst Workers in Germany

The dissertation asks about the (moral) significance of a decent, secure and socially valued work for the voters of right wing populist parties.

Many current survey instruments are still based on the concept of the standard employment relationship. The article illustrates limitations of current measurements of flexible work arrangements and shows solutions for capturing new ways of working.

Spillover and crossover effects of working time demands on work–life balance satisfaction among dual‑earner couples: Findings indicate that high working time demands negatively impact the work–life balance satisfaction of workers and their partners because of work–life conflict experienced either by the workers only or by both partners.

Does home-based working increase employees' organisational commitment? And how are the experiences of blurred boundaries or improved work-life-balance due to home-based working related to affective commitment?

Multiple jobholding in Europe: job quality, challenges for socialprotection, digital platform work and the implications for unions, policy-makers and the regulation of work

Working in two or more jobs at the same time creates special needs in terms of social security that differ from those of standard dependent employees or the self-employed. The study examines three case studies of countries with different levels and trends in multiple jobholding: Denmark, UK and Germany.

The study provides an exploration of the literature concerning the impacts of digitization and the fourth industrial revolution on the world of work, informed by the experiences of Covid-19 and focusing on the gendered implications.

How are the structure and extent of hybrid employment in Europe developing, what should the flanking measures be in terms of labour, social and collective law? The project examines these questions by comparing seven EU countries.

About 27% of all employees in the EU, UK and Switzerland are working short time. How do support schemes differ across Europe? What are the key criteria for a fair short-time work scheme in times of COVID-19?

Solo self-employed in Germany and the Netherlands: Findings by Karin Schulze Buschoff (WSI) and Witeke Conen (University of Amsterdam) reveal a highly precarious situation in terms of earnings and social security. As compared to the Netherlands, German solo self-employed workers face higher risks concerning income and old age poverty.

The study investigates workers' reasons for not working from home in German workplaces. Yvonne Lott (WSI) and Anja Abendroth (University Bielefeld) ask to what degree cultural barriers, besides technical barriers, are reasons for not working from home. Regression analyses using LPP data show that women - independent of their status positions - are more likely not to work from home due to perceived cultural barriers.

The extension of social security protection to all paid workers – including to self-employed workers and atypical-, flexible- and hybrid-job holders – is a fundamental prerequisite for strengthening Europe’s social dimension. Karin Schulze Buschoff (WSI) shows that the Dutch basic old-age pension system and the Austrian approach could serve as suitable models for other countries.