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Jan­ine Lesch­ke

Professor

Emner
Ansættelsesforhold Arbejdsmiljø Bæredygtighed Krise Socialt ansvar Velfærd Immigration

Primary research areas

La­bour mar­kets and fu­ture of work
Job qual­ity, non stand­ard em­ploy­ment, pre­cari­ous work, plat­form work, AI and work­ing con­di­tions, la­bour mar­ket seg­ment­a­tion
La­bour mar­ket in­teg­ra­tion of mi­grants
In­tra-EU la­bour mo­bil­ity, skills-oc­cu­pa­tion mis­match, over­qual­i­fic­a­tion, mi­grant so­cial net­works
La­bour mar­ket and so­cial policy
Un­em­ploy­ment in­sur­ance be­ne­fits, act­ive la­bour mar­ket policies

Fu­ture of work & so­cial sustain­ability

I research how labour markets and welfare states respond to social, economic and technological change, with a focus on job quality, non-standard work, labour market integration of migrants, and social sustainability. My work bridges institutional analysis with micro-level data across Europe. I’ve been involved in European network projects on youth labour market transitions, social citizenship, and the use of big data in public employment services. A key focus is how labour market flexibilisation interacts with social protection, especially unemployment benefits. My work contributes to shaping inclusive, evidence-based public policy and informs the national and EU labour market and social policy agenda. 

Recent research projects

HECAT: Dis­rupt­ive Tech & La­bour Mar­kets

Ex­plor­ing how big data and AI can sup­port la­bour mar­ket de­cision-mak­ing and act­ive em­ploy­ment policies in pub­lic em­ploy­ment ser­vices.
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EU­SO­CIAL­CIT: So­cial Rights in the EU

Ana­lyz­ing the fu­ture of European so­cial cit­izen­ship and ac­cess to so­cial rights across EU coun­tries with a spe­cif­ic fo­cus on trans­par­ent and pre­dict­able work­ing con­di­tions on la­bour plat­forms.
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SCOaPP-10: So­ci­et­al Chal­lenges Sur­vey

Cross-coun­try sur­vey on pub­lic at­ti­tudes to­ward so­ci­et­al chal­lenges and policy re­sponses in 10 coun­tries.
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Re­NEW: Re­ima­gin­ing Norden

Re­search hub on Nor­d­ic re­sponses to so­cial and polit­ic­al change, in­clud­ing wel­fare and la­bour mar­ket policies.
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STYLE: Youth La­bour Mar­ket Trans­itions

In­vest­ig­at­ing youth em­ploy­ment trans­itions and in­equal­it­ies in European la­bour mar­kets with a spe­cif­ic fo­cus on in­tra-EU la­bour mo­bil­ity and flex­icur­ity.
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Links

The European Net­work for So­cial Policy Ana­lys­is (ES­PAn­et)
The Net­work for European So­cial Policy Ana­lys­is is an as­so­ci­ation of aca­dem­ics in­volved or in­ter­ested in the ana­lys­is of so­cial policy in Europe.
Espanet.org
Nor­d­ic ES­PAn­et
Nor­d­ic ES­PAn­et is the re­gion­al branch of the European Net­work for So­cial Policy Ana­lys­is. It pro­motes re­search and edu­ca­tion on so­cial policy in the Nor­d­ic coun­tries.
Nordic-espanet.org
The In­ter­na­tion­al Work­ing Party on La­bour Mar­ket Seg­ment­a­tion (IWPLMS)
The IWPLMS is ded­ic­ated to un­der­stand­ing the pro­cesses shap­ing in­equal­ity and seg­ment­a­tion in la­bour mar­kets. It or­gan­ises an­nu­al con­fer­ences.
Iwplms.org
WSI-Mit­teilun­gen
WSI-Mit­teilun­gen is an aca­dem­ic journ­al with a polit­ic­al and prac­tic­al fo­cus. It provides in­form­a­tion on new aca­dem­ic re­search find­ings in the broad them­at­ic area of ‘work – eco­nom­ics – so­ci­ety’.
WSI-Mitteilungen
Zeits­chrift für Sozi­alre­form/Journ­al of So­cial Policy Re­search
The Journ­al of So­cial Policy Re­search (Zeits­chrift für Sozi­alre­form, ZSR), foun­ded in 1955, pub­lishes aca­dem­ic art­icles on so­cial policy and the wel­fare state in­clud­ing their so­cial im­pact.
ZSR