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Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

Published in Association with European Trade Union Institute

eISSN: 19967284 | ISSN: 10242589 | Current volume: 30 | Current issue: 2 Frequency: Quarterly


Transfer, The European Review of Labour and Research, is the quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Research Department of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). Since 1995, the journal has published research findings of relevance to both the European trade union movement and the academic and research community with the aim of stimulating dialogue between the two.

Transfer helps to foster understanding of significant developments in the field of European trade union policy and industrial relations. The journal presents research findings of practical relevance to industrial relations. At the same time, it enables the academic and research community to gain access to the world of industrial relations in practice. Transfer contains contributions from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, economics, political science, law and history.

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Manuscripts and illustrations should be submitted to the Managing editor by email attachment to:
Marina Luttrell
Managing editor, Transfer
Boulevard de Jardin Botanique, 20
1000 Brussels
Belgium Microsoft Teams phone number: +32 (0) 2 224 05 10
Email: mluttrell@etui.org

Transfer stimulates dialogue between the European trade union movement and the academic and research community. It contributes research findings on issues of strategic relevance for trade unions, in particular with regard to developments at the European level. Transfer publishes original peer-reviewed research on issues such as new developments in industrial relations, social policy, and labour market developments.

Three issues per year of Transfer are thematic. The remaining issue is non-thematic. The Editor and Editorial Committee of Transfer invite submissions to the non-thematic ('open') issues of articles whose subject matter falls within the aims and scope of Transfer.

Given the European perspective of Transfer, the journal particularly welcomes submissions which take a comparative approach or which situate their specific discussion in a wider European framework. In line with its aims, Transfer welcomes contributions not only from academics and researchers but also from practitioners. Transfer also welcomes proposals from external editors for thematic issues of the journal.

Managing Editor
Marina Luttrell European Trade Union Institute, Belgium
Co Editors-in-Chief
Philippe Pochet Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium
Maarten Keune Professor, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced labour Studies (AIAS)/Law Department, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jane Parker Adjunct Professor, Department of Management, Massey Business School, Massey University, Auckland New Zealand; and ETUI, Brussels, Belgium
Editorial Committee
Vera Šcepanovic Institute for History and International Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Kristin Alsos Fafo, Institute for Labour and Social Research, Oslo, Norway
Chiara Benassi Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
Tomas Berglund Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Jean-Yves Boulin Associated researcher in sociology, IRISSO-Université Paris Dauphine, France
Maria da Paz Campos Lima Dinâmia’CET– Lisbon University Institute, Portugal
Virginia Doellgast Anne Evans Estabrook Professor of Employment Relations and Dispute Resolution, Cornell University, ILR School, USA
Roland Erne Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University College Dublin, Ireland
Anke Hassel Professor of Public Policy Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany
Christian Lyhne Ibsen University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Marta Kahancová Central European Labour Studies Institute, Slovakia
Evelyne Léonard UCLouvain, Belgium
Antonio Martin Artiles Universidad Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Sociología, Spain
Oscar Molina Sociology - Sociologia Centre d'Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotiadiana i el Treball - Institut d'Estudis del Treball, Barcelona
Adam Mrozowicki Institute of Sociology, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Gregor Murray Full Professor, Director, School of Industrial Relations, University of Montreal, Canada
Roberto Pedersini Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Arianna Tassinari Assistant Professor, University of Bologna, Italy
Bart Vanhercke European Social Observatory, Brussels, Belgium and ETUI, Brussels, Belgium
Editorial Board Members
Shivarajan Manickavasagam Amudhavalli, MBBS, FACMG,FAAP Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
Lindsay Burrage, MD, PhD Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Ann E. Frazier, PhD Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia
Sandesh C.S. Nagamani, MBBS, MD Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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