Doctoral researcher in Social Policy at the European University Institute (EUI) working on atypical employment growth, labour market policy and social security systems across EU countries. Based on cross-sectional and longitudinal micro-data analysis, her PhD project investigates the socio-economic characteristics and labour market transitions of independent workers in France, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria. It also analyses the policy-settings, focusing on labour market and welfare state institutions, that have accompanied non-standard work growth. Previously, she worked as an Analyst at the OECD and holds a Masters in Comparative Social Policy from the University of Oxford, as well as a Bachelors Degree from the University of Cambridge.

I am a PhD-Researcher at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. In my thesis, I work on the effects of outsourcing on internal and external workers across firms, education, and income. The aim is first to develop the concept of the “fragmented workplace” where internally employed staff and external contractors are working together. Second, I am particularly interested in the social and political attitudes of workers in these fragmented workplaces. I started my dissertation in fall of 2019, after having worked for more than two years in Berlin. My work experience includes working as a researcher in the 2017 national election campaign for the Social-Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), and working as a public sector consultant for PD, the in-house consultancy of the German federal government. My background is in Sociology, Political Science, and Social Psychology, having completed a Master in Social Psychology at the University of Cambridge (2017), and a Bachelor in Sociology, Politics, and Economics at Zeppelin University in Germany (2016) with an exchange stay at UC Berkeley (2015). https://me.eui.eu/lennart-schulze/

Predoctoral researcher EUI on Political Science

Richard Albert is Professor of World Constitutions and Director of Constitutional Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. A counselor to multinational organizations, governments, and political parties, he is an expert in democratic innovation and constitutional reform. He has published over 20 books, including Constitutional Amendments: Making, Breaking, and Changing Constitutions (Oxford University Press 2019). He is the Founder and Director of the International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism, whose mission is to marshal knowledge and experience to build a world of opportunity, liberty, and dignity for all. Born and raised in Ottawa, he is a former law clerk to the Chief Justice of Canada and a graduate of Yale, Oxford and Harvard. As of July 2021, he is Co-President of the International Society of Public Law, the world’s leading organization for the study and practice of public law.