The Recent Development and Impact of Populism on European Labour Law

The Recent Development and Impact of Populism on European Labour Law 21 NOVEMBER 2023 | LUND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (LUSEM)

Welcome to LUSEM! Welcome to this open Symposium at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) arranged by the Department of Business Law:

The Recent Development and Impact of Populism on European Labour Law About the symposium: Political calls in terms of anti-globalisation, anti-elites, anti-EU, anti-migration, differentiation between “us and them”, and sometimes a general retrospective ambition to go back to a “better past”, are heard across Europe.

One of the more challenging developments of contemporary Europe is the recent rise of populism across the continent. This symposium offers a venue to elucidate the impact, actual or potential, of populist movements with a focus on labour law including labour related social policies. The keynote speakers provide insights from different member states of the European Union, such as Hungary Poland, Greece, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Labour market regulations usually affect very broad groups in the society and are of significant importance for the development of companies and societies. Some countries, such as the Scandinavian, are more dependent on the collective labour law and industrial relations, while detailed legislation is more commonly applied in other countries. The impact of political populism can be either accelerated or held back by the way the labour market is organised and regulated.

Looking forward to an interesting afternoon,

Andreas Inghammar, Associate professor in Business Law Department of Business Law, LUSEM

PROGRAM (ALL SESSIONS IN EC3:207)

13.30 SESSION 1 Welcome and introduction to the Symposium.

Jörgen Hettne, Professor in Business Law, LUSEM, Director of Lund University Centre for European Studies Representatives from LUSEM/Lund University The Rise of Populism and its impact on Labour Law, Social law and Social Policy – concepts and definitions.

Piotr Grzebyk, Vice Dean, Faculty of Law and Admin, University of Warsaw 14.00 SESSION 2 Populist Reforms in Hungary and Poland: Same Song, different melodies. Łukasz Pisarczyk, Associate Professor, University of Silesia, Katowice and University of Zielona Gora The Impact of Populism on Scandinavian Labour Law. The Cases of Norway and Sweden.

Alexander Sønderland Skjønberg, Associate Professor, Norwegian Business School BI, Oslo Andreas Inghammar, Associate Professor in Business Law, LUSEM Discussion, comments.

External commentator: Mette Søsted Hemme, Adjunkt, Ph.D. Juridisk Institut, Aarhus BBS, University of Aarhus 15.30 COFFEE 16.00 SESSION 3 Populism and Social Law: The Case of Southern Europe.

Effrosyni Bakirtzi, Doctoral Fellow, University of Kassel Emanuele Menegatti, Professor, University of Bologna Maria Salas Porras, Associate Professor, University of Malaga Discussion, comments.

Andrea Iossa, Senior Lecturer, Kristianstad University College, Sweden 16.45 SESSION 4 The recent development, the future development – differences and patterns in the European Union understanding of populism and labour market regulation.

Participants from the different sessions 17.30 CONCLUDING REMARKS Moa Berglöf, editorial writer, author, Sydsvenska Dagbladet Andreas Inghammar, Associate Professor in Business Law, LUSEM

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