Selected publications on welfare issues by Ursula Huws

'We are very interested in the relationship between labour markets and welfare systems and how they mutually shape each other during times of social and economic change. We are also interested more broadly in the relationship between global forces and national institutions. Here are some publications that address or touch on these issues:

The Transformation of Work in a Global Knowledge Economy: Towards a Conceptual Framework, a report from the WORKS Project, edited by Ursula Huws with many co-authors, 2006

'Women, Participation and Democracy in the Information Society  in Shade, L. and Sarikakis, K. (eds)  Feminist International Communication Studies,  Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming  

The Challenges confronting Welfare Systems in Europe and how ICTs can help solve them    LAW project report    August, 2005 
            
Labour Market Changes and Welfare Perspectives in the EU: a Review of the Evidence    LAW project report    March, 2005 

e-Government, Work and Welfare in Europe: Case Studies from France, Germany, Italy and the UK,  LAW project report, October, 2005

ICT-related Skills and Lifelong Learing: case studies from France, Germany, Italy and the UK  (ed) LAW Project report, Pctrober, 2005

Labour Market Changes and Welfare Perspectives in the EU, LAW final project report, December 2005
 
'Flexing the Balance of Power', in Employment Review, Industrial Relations Services/Eclipse,  March 2003        

'The Restructuring of  Employment in the Information Society and its Implications for Social Protection' in Work Organization and Social Exclusion in the European Information Society, Campus Frankfurt/M, Frankfurt, 2002

‘‘The Persistence of National Differences in the New Global Division of Labour in eServices’ in Globalisation, Innovation and Human Development for Competitive Advantage, Asia Institute of Technology, Bangkok, December, 2002

Equality and Telework in Europe in  European Trade Union Confederation, 2001

‘Societa dell’informazione, occupazione e cittadinanza sociale’ in Mirabile, M.L. (ed)  Lavoro e Welfare della New Economy,   L’Assistenza Sociale, Oct-Dec 2000

 ‘The Changing Gender Division of Labour in the Transition to the Knowledge Society’ in Rubenson, K. and Schuetse, H.G. (eds) Transition to the Knowledge Society:  Policies and Strategies for Inidividual Participation and Learning, University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 2000

'Flexibilisierung und Sicherheit:  Auf dem Weg zu einem neuen europäischen Gleichgewicht', in Zilian, H.G. and Flecker, J (eds), Flexibilisierung - Problem oder Lösung?. Edition Sigma, Berlin April, 1998

'Flexible Labour Markets and Equality Between the Sexes:  threat or opportunity?' in Mosconi, N., (ed) Égalité des Sexes en Éducation et Formation, Presses Universitaries de France, Paris, 1998

Flexibility and Security: towards a new European Balance, Citizens Income Trust, 1998

Flexible Labour Markets and Social Protection in Europe, Report to the European Commission, DGV, 1996