Centre for Employment Studies Research - CESR

Cross-national comparative employment systems

The convergence or continuing divergence of national employment systems, and of regional sub-systems within individual countries, is a focus of current academic debate in Europe and further abroad, and a matter of practical significance for employers, unions and government.

A number of CESR's research themes have been developed through collaboration in international research networks; these include studies of contingent employment, and of 'high performance work practices' in the automotive industry in different national contexts, funded by the EU in both cases.

CESR includes researchers whose focus is on industrial relations change, gender and employment relations in Central and East Europe in the context of EU enlargement and integration. Recently a new European research network has been established to progress cross-national comparative analysis of service sector 'modernisation'. Employment relations in the public sector have been a focus of a number of CESR projects and education and healthcare are selected sites for the new cross-national collaboration.

Professor Andy Danford

Professor Stephanie Tailby

Dr Mike Richardson