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Economic and employment policy

PhD candidate, London School of Economics; MA in advanced European Studies, University of Basle, CH; undergraduate Political science studies, Free University of Berlin; BSc. Economics and modern languages, University of Surrey, UK.

List of publications since 2000

1. Books and journal editions
2. Full academic journal articles and book chapters
3. Discussion papers, shorter articles, reports, and reviews
4. As editor/coordinator of joint publications

1. Books and journal editions

2006

• 'Jobs on the move - the challenges of relocation', special issue of Transfer, European Review of Labour and Research, 13(4), Winter 2006, Editor (with B. Galgóczi, and M. Keune)
• Delivering the Lisbon goals: The role of macro economic policy, ETUI: Brussels, Editor (with Ronald Janssen)

2004

• The State of Working Europe, ETUI: Brussels, www.thestateofworkingeurope.org/ (co-authored with John Morley and Terry Ward)

2003

• 'EMU after five years', Transfer, European Review of Labour and Research, 10 (4), Winter 2003, Editor

2. Full academic journal articles and book chapters

2007

• 'The role of wage-setting in a growth strategy for Europe', Philip Arestis, Michelle Baddeley and John McCombie (eds.) Economic growth. New directions in theory and policy, Edward Elgar
• Macroeconomic developments and policy issues', in: ETUI/ETUC (ed.) Benchmarking Working Europe 2007, Brussels: 14-27 (with Bela Galgoczi)
• 'EU trade and competitiveness', in: ETUI/ETUC (ed.) Benchmarking Working Europe 2007, Brussels: 133-145, (with Gintare Kemekliene)

2006

• 'Relocation: concepts, facts and policy challenges', Transfer, European Review of Labour and Research, 2006-4: 499-520 (with Bela Galgóczi and Maarten Keune)
• 'The rise of China as an economic power: what impact on the EU economy and labour markets?', Transfer, European Review of Labour and Research, 2006-4: 539-562
• 'The coordination of economic policy in EMU. What contribution can Macroeconomic Dialogue make to higher growth and employment?', in Watt A. and R. Janssen (eds) Delivering the Lisbon goals: The role of macro economic policy, ETUI: Brussels:199-229
• 'Foreword and overview', in Watt A. and R. Janssen (eds) Delivering the Lisbon goals: The role of macro economic policy, ETUI: Brussels: 9-16 (with Ronald Janssen)
• 'European economic trends and policy in 2005: Renewed disappointment on outcomes, incremental improvements in economic governance', in Ph. Pochet and Ch. Degryse (eds.) Social developments in the European Union 2006, Observatoire social europeen/ETUI-REHS: Brussels
• 'Macroeconomic developments and policy issues', in: ETUI/ETUC (ed.) Benchmarking Working Europe 2006, Brussels: 14-27
• 'EU in the world economy', in: ETUI/ETUC (ed.) Benchmarking Working Europe 2006, Brussels: 133-145, (with Gintare Kemekliene)

2005

• 'Learning to be Realistic: Some limitations of Lifelong Learning in Employment Policy' in Thomas Bredgaard and Flemming Larsen (eds.), Employment policy from different angles, DJOEF Publishing, Copenhagen. 2005.
• 'Can reform of the Macroeconomic Dialogue improve economic policy-making in Europe?', in E. Hein, T. Niechoj, T. Schulten and A. Truger (eds) Macroeconomic policy coordination in Europe and the role of the trade unions, ETUI: Brussels 2005: 237-259
• 'Macroeconomic dialogue', in: ETUI/ETUC (ed.) Benchmarking Working Europe 2005, Brussels:
• 'Delocalisation', in: ETUI/ETUC (ed.) Benchmarking Working Europe 2005, Brussels (with Bela Galgoczi)

2004

• 'Reform of the EES after five years: A change of course or merely of presentation?' European Journal of Industrial relations, 10 (2), 117-137.
• 'Bessere Makropolitik durch Reformen des Makroökonomischen Dialogs', in E. Hein, T. Niechoj, T. Schulten and A. Truger (eds) Europas Wirtschaft gestalten. Makroökonomische Koordinierung und die Rolle der Gewerkschaften, Hamburg: VSA-Verlag, 176-191.
• 'European labour market flexibilisation: issues and policies', in H. Jørgensen, M. Bærentsen and J. Monks (eds.) European Trade Union Yearbook 2003/2004, Brussels: ETUI, 197-234 (with Maria Jepsen)
• 'Economic security and employment: trade-off or synergy?', Transfer, 10 (4), 630-640.
• 'Macroeconomic dialogue and convergence', in ETUI and ETUC (eds.) Benchmarking working Europe 2004, Brussels: ETUI, 96-105.

2003

• 'Editorial', Transfer, European Review of Labour and Research, 10 (4), Winter 2003
• 'The policy mix and policy coordination in EMU - how can it contribute to higher growth and employment?', Transfer, European Review of Labour and Research, 10 (4), Winter 2003, (with Volker Hallwirth)
• 'Trouble with EMU: Fiscal policy and its implications for inter-country adjustment and the wage-bargaining process', Transfer, European Review of Labour and Research, 10 (4), Winter 2003, (with Christopher Allsopp)
• 'Economic trends and policy developments in the EU in 2002: inadequate response to prolonged downturn', in Gabaglio, E. and Hoffman, R. (eds.) European Trade Union Yearbook 2002, Brussels: ETUI.
• 'Employment', Benchmarking Working Europe 2003, Brussels: ETUI, 5-20.
• 'Die EZB-interne Überprüfung der geldpolitischen Strategie - eine Kritik', WSI-Mitteilungen, (12) (with Ronald Janssen)

2002

• 'Economic trends and economic policy developments in the EU in 2001: will the downturn strengthen the case for closer coordination?', in E. Gabaglio and R. Hoffmann (eds), European Trade Union Yearbook 2001, ETUI, Brussels.

2000

• '"What has become of employment policy?" Explaining the ineffectiveness of employment policy in the EU', Basler Schriften zur europäischen Integration, no. 47/48.

3. Discussion papers, shorter articles, reports, and reviews

2008

• ‘Bruges bis: David Miliband’s speech in Bruges fails to offer a progressive British vision of Europe’, Compass thinkpiece, No. 31, January 2008 http://clients.squareeye.com/uploads/compass/documents/CTP31EuropeWatt.pdf

2007

• Services Employment in Europe, ETUI-REHS Report no. 104: https://etui-rehs.org/research/activities/Employment-and-social-policies/Reports-and-discussion-papers/Report-104.-Services-employment-in-Europe (with Kemekliene, G., H. Connolly, M. Keune)
• 'European minimum wage policy - a concrete project for a social Europe', European Economic and Employment Policy Brief, 2/2007, ETUI-REHS: https://etui-rehs.org/research/media/files/eeepb/2007/2_2007 (with Thorsten Schulten)
• Zur Rolle von Lohn- und Konjunkturpolitik in Deutschland und Europa, Contribution to ver.di Perspektiven debate: http://perspektiven.verdi.de/wirtschaft/watts_lohn-_und_europaeische_konjunkturpolitik
• Review of Andrew Glyn, Capitalism Unleashed. Finance, globalisation and welfare, Transfer, European Review of Labour and Research, 2007-4:

2006

• 'The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund. A European-level measure to deal with relocation?', Transfer, European Review of Labour and Research, 13(4), Winter 2006 (with Gintare Kemekliene)
• 'Future of the European Social Model in a global economy', Background paper for ETUC High-level summer school, Rüno, SE, June/July 2006 (with Ronald Janssen)
• 'Monetary policy tightening in a fragile recovery. Are the ECB's concerns about wage formation justified?', European Economic and Employment Policy Brief, 1/2006, ETUI-REHS: https://etui-rehs.org/research/media/files/eeepb/2006/1_2006 (with Ronald Janssen)
• 'Assessing the reassessment of the OECD Jobs Strategy: eppur si muove?', European Economic and Employment Policy Brief, 2/2006, ETUI-REHS: https://etui-rehs.org/research/media/files/eeepb/2006/2_2006
• Review of Andrew Martin and George Ross (eds.) Euros and Europeans. Monetary integration and the European model of society, Transfer, European Review of Labour and Research, 13(3), Autumn 2006

2005

• Relocation: Challenges for European trade unions, Discussion paper 1/2005, ETUI: Brussels (with Bela Galgoczi and Maarten Keune)
• 'The high growth and innovation agenda of Lisbon: the role of aggregate demand policies', European Economic and Employment policy Brief, 1/2005, ETUI: Brussels http://etui.etuc.org/etui/publications/EEEPB/2005/EEEPB_1-05.pdf. (with Ronald Janssen)
• Innovation and competitiveness. Comparing the UK, US and Germany, European Economic and Employment policy Brief, 4/2005, ETUI-REHS, Brussels https://etui-rehs.org/media/files/eeepb/4_2005 (with Ronald Janssen)
• 'The on-going saga on the Stability and Growth Pact: is the Spring 2005 reform good for growth and jobs?', European Economic and Employment policy Brief, 5/2005, ETUI-REHS, Brussels, https://etui-rehs.org/media/files/eeepb/5_2005
• 'A trap for the ECB. Low growth potential as a self-fulfilling prophecy' European Economic and Employment policy Brief, 7/2005, ETUI-REHS, Brussels https://etui-rehs.org/media/files/eeepb/7_2005 (with Ronald Janssen)
• 'Rejection of the European Constitution must prompt re-think of economic and employment policies', TRANSFER, Vol. 11, no. 2, Summer 2005, pp. 268-269
• 'China's new 'great leap forward', A threat to Europe's economy and labour markets?', Mitbestimmung, 8/2005
• Between growth and stability: the consequences of the reform of the European Stability and Growth Pact, Report from the London School of Economics Conference, 9 September 2005, Transfer, Vol. 11, no. 4, Winter 2005: 659-661

2004

• 'An extended book review and analysis of the policy conclusions of: Thorsten Schulten, Solidarische Lohnpolitik in Europa. Zur politischen Ökonomie der Gewerkschaften.', TRANSFER, 10 (4), 641-650.
• 'Employment stability in an age of flexibility, Peter Auer and Sandrine Cazes (eds).', Book review, TRANSFER, 10 (2), 335-338.
• 'The world is showing us: Active macro-economic policies do make a difference' ETUC contribution to the Macroeconomic Dialogue on political level (10th May 2004): http://www.etuc.org/ETUI/Publications/ECB/May04Macro.pdf, (with Ronald Janssen)

2003

• 'Trade Union Newsletter' Monitoring the ECB (monthly), (with Emmanuel Mermet, Ronald Janssen and Jo Verwecken)
• 'Is the euro area on the road to deflation?' Spring report 2003 on the monetary policy of the ECB, ETUI/CSC, http://www.etuc.org/ETUI/Publications/ ECB/ECBletrep.cfm (with Ronald Janssen)
• 'Evaluation of the ECB's review of its monetary policy strategy' (http://www.etuc.org/ETUI/Publications/ECB/ECBletrep.cfm) (with Ronald Janssen)
• 'Of TINA and AWIP: Impressions from the 3rd World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, 23-28 January 2003', Transfer, 9 (1).
• Relaunching the Lisbon strategy: a social pact for European growth: Proposals from the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC Resolution, September 2003). (with Ronald Janssen)

2002

• 'Euro notes and coins: what do they really change?', in European Review (18), April 2002, Journal of the Trade Union European Information project for London
• 'The arrival of euro notes and coins: what has changed?', in Transfer, Vol 8(1), 122-123.
• 'Memorandum 2002 on alternative economic policy in Europe', Transfer, 8 (4)
• 'WSI Herbstforum 2002 More market on the labour market', Düsseldorf 28-29 November 2002', Transfer, 8 (4).
• 'Sustainable development and trade unions: recent contributions to the debate', in Transfer, Vol 8 (1), 139-142.
• 'Free trade in services within the European Union?', in Transfer, Vol 8 (3), 536-540.
• '"EMU 2010" Summer School of the ETUC Employment Committee, Rüno, Sweden, 29 June-2 July 2002', in Transfer, Vol 8 (3), 564-567.

2001

• "New German law institutes a right to part-time work - a path to job creation?", Transfer, 1/2001, pp. 141-144
• 'High road partnerships: Building blocks of a new approach to American trade unionism?', Transfer, 2/2001, pp. 515-519
• 'European Commission adopts employment package 2001', Transfer, 2/2001, pp. 529-531
• 'Review of Henry Milner and Eskil Wadenjö, Gösta Rehn, the Swedish model and labour market policies. International and national perspectives', Transfer, 2/2001, pp. 544-547

4. As editor/coordinator of joint publications

• European Labour Network for Economic Policy (ELNEP) Economic forecast and policy recommendations for the euro area, 'Keeping the European recovery on track', April 2007
• European Labour Network for Economic Policy (ELNEP) Economic forecast and policy recommendations for the euro area, 'Growth expected to moderate and increased downside risks', October 2007
• IMK/ETUI-REHS (2006) 'Euro area economic trends 2006 and 2007: gambling with the recovery?', April 2006
• IMK/ETUI-REHS (2006) 'Euro area economic trends 2006 and 2007: the upswing - will it last?', October 2006. Reports accessible under: https://etui-rehs.org/research/Publications/Regular-publications/Economic-forecast-and-policy-recommendations
• Editor of the ETUI European Economic and Employment Policy Briefs. Ca. 15 issued since January 2005. EEEPBs accessible under: https://etui-rehs.org/research/Publications/Regular-publications/European-Economic-and-Employment-Policy-Brief
• Managing editor of ETUI quarterly journal TRANSFER European Review of Labour and Research, Issues 3/2000 to 3/2002. Information on TRANSFER see: https://etui-rehs.org/research/Publications/Regular-publications/Transfer

Projects

• European Employment Policy
• Groupe de reflexion on economic and employment policy
• Macroeconomic dialogue and economic policy coordination in EMU
• Euro area forecasting network
• Cross-border labour mobility within enlarged EU
• Financial capitalism
• Relocation of enterprises in the context of the EU
• Facing relocation in practice - branch- and company-level trade union strategies
• GURN
• European Social Model (ESM)
• Privatisation and marketisation of services - social and economic impacts on employment, labour markets and trade unions
• Does GATS pose a challenge for the European Social Model? Implications for regulatory capacity, employment, labour markets and trade unions.