etui.podcast
Episodes
Counter-app (1/4): Negotiating the algorithm
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Counter-app series explores how app-based workers can counter the power of their algorithmic bosses. Each episode is based on cutting-edge researc...
Labour relations in today's United States w/ Kayla Blado
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To close this season, etui.podcast went a little further afield than usual to take a look at the United States labour relations landscape with Kayla B...
Public procurement for the public good w/ Niklas Bruun and Stan De Spiegelaere
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The European Commission recently launched an evaluation of the 2014 directives which shape the rules around public procurement, the process by which p...
The fight for Europe’s industrial workforce w/ Judith Kirton-Darling and Ludovic Voet
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
‘Invest now or deindustrialise’ was the recent, stark warning put to the EU by industrial trade unions. Continued heavy losses in manufacturing jo...
What's really behind Europe's labour shortages? w/ Wouter Zwysen
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amidst all the current debates in Europe about competitiveness, productivity, migration, and economic transitions – both ‘green’ and ‘digital’...
‘Security Europe’ and the socio-environmental agenda w/ Christophe Degryse
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Security is the watchword across European politics today.But what is the place for social and environmental policy in a security-conscious, or even se...
Working time: rethinking the norm w/ Agnieszka Piasna
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The standard 40-hour work week has been around for a while now as our full-time norm. But in recent times, debates about working time reduction appear...
20 years after: industrial relations in central and eastern Europe w/ Vera Scépanović
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An anniversary can be a good occasion for reflection. 20 years ago, in 2004, eight central and eastern European countries joined the European Union. ...
What makes the Platform Work Directive a milestone? w/ Tea Jarc and Silvia Rainone
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year, after a long and embattled process, the EU adopted new rules to improve working conditions on digital labour platforms, particularly regar...
Burnout: time for a diagnosis w/ Evangelia Demerouti
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The term ‘burnout’ has become a common one in recent times. But are we clear on what it really means and, even more importantly, exactly what caus...
Where next for EU social policy? w/ Bart Vanhercke and Sotiria Theodoropoulou
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recent years have arguably seen a ‘social turn’ in EU policymaking, with initiatives on minimum wages, pay transparency, platform work, corporate...
The future of Social Europe with Maarten Keune
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The resurgence of the social dimension of the EU raises a number of questions: in what way and to what extent has the EU social dimension indeed been ...
Regulating AI at work with Valerio De Stefano and Virginia Doellgast
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
AI is now widely used to automate business processes and replace labour-intensive tasks while changing the skill demands for those that remain. How ar...
A house of dignity for domestic workers in Europe with Maddalena Colombi, Aude Cefaliello and Grace Papa
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are almost 2.6 million domestic workers in Europe working in private homes or others. Though representing a huge and vital workforce, their econ...
What is happening in the world of work? with Nicola Countouris and Sotiria Theodoropoulou
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can the European Union steer a course towards long-term social and ecological well-being in the context of incessant emergencies? Two decades of p...
What are eco-social policies? with Philippe Pochet & Béla Galgóczi
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Until recently, the discussion of social welfare systems in Europe was disconnected from ecological concerns and policies. The relevant objectives, in...
How should we think about modern capitalism? with Lucio Baccaro, Mark Blyth, and Jonas Pontusson
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Advanced capitalist societies seem to limp from one existential crisis to the next, becoming ever more fragile and unstable. Yet the dominant theoreti...
The EU adequate minimum wages directive with Esther Lynch and Torsten Müller
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One should be careful using the word ‘historic’. But in the case of the directive on adequate minimum wages in the European Union it might actuall...
Trade unions, unemployment benefits and labour market outsiders with Daniel Clegg and Elke Heins
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Even in Continental Europe, trade unions are the most powerful voice defending outsiders in welfare state politics, and reducing their institutional p...
How is AI impacting our lives? with Hamid Ekbia and Nicola Countouris
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, you will be hearing a conversation between Hamid Ekbia and Nicola Countouris on AI, the concept of Heteromation and how artificial in...
Psychosocial risks in Europe with Aude Cefaliello
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are psychosocial risks? PSRs are increasingly impacting all industries in every Member State. The effects of psychosocial risks can be long-lasti...
Covid-19 and the world of work with David Natali
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode with David Natali (Professor of Comparative and EU politics at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies) addresses some of the key questi...
European social citizenship: what does the public think? with Marius Busemeyer and Gianna Eick
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What type of European social citizenship does the public across the European Union (EU) prefer on the national- and EU-levels? This episode looks into...
The platform economy in Europe with Wouter Zwysen and Jan Drahokoupil
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic seems to have accelerated the expansion of all kinds of platform work and at the same time, platform work is being increasingly associate...
Re-emerging social ambitions in EU policy making? with Bart Vanhercke and Slavina Spasova
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The European Union is currently fighting on two main fronts, Covid-19 and climate change, though with skirmishes elsewhere – including migration and...
Quo vadis, Social Europe? with Caroline de la Porte, Maurizio Ferrera and Philippe Pochet
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Caroline de la Porte (Copenhagen Business School), Maurizio Ferrera (Università degli Studi di M...
A conversation with Nobel Prize winner, Klaus Hasselmann and Susanne Hasselmann-Barthe on climate change and climatology
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we had the honour of discussing with pioneer climate activist in science: Klaus Hasselmann, who laid the foundations for linking clim...
Why is the ETUI’s Education department learning approach unique? with Gabriela Portela
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The ETUI Education department offers a wide range of high-quality training on key competencies and skills to European Trade Union members. The end goa...
Do trade unions and industrial relations effectively reduce inequality? with Lisa Dorigatti and Roberto Pedersini
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Inequality has been a growing concern in recent years. The internationalisation of production and markets, the rampant financialisation of the economy...
The creative industry & Covid-19 with Valeria Pulignano
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Covid‑19 pandemic is still causing tremendous human suffering, with serious and long-term implications for people’s health, wellbeing and qual...
(How) can international trade union organisations be democratic? with Richard Hyman and Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
International trade union organisations, like unions at national level, commonly affirm their commitment to internal democracy. But what does this mea...
What can we learn from Alphabet workers? with Stan De Spiegelaere
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of etui.podcast we will explore the whys and the hows of the Alphabet workers and what this experience means for the wider trade union...
EU Social policy - state of play with Bart Vanhercke
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Despite a spectacular economic reaction to the pandemic crisis, which stands in stark contrast to the austerity-driven response to the 2008 financial ...
The EU pay transparency directive with Kalina Arabadjieva
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The EU Commission has recently released a proposal for a directive on equal pay. Kalina Arabadjieva will unpack the flaws of such a proposal and spell...
Benchmarking Working Europe, the impact of a pandemic with Romuald Jagodzinski
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Romuald Jagodzinsk, points out the main takeaways of the 20th-anniversary issue of Benchmarking Working Europe. The Covid-19 pandemic...
European economic policy developments during Covid-19 with Sotiria Theodoropoulou
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sotiria Theodoropoulou sheds light on the economic developments in Europe since the onset of possibly the deepest recession in Europe...
How Covid-19 has impacted workers in the healthcare sector with Paula Franklin
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Paula Franklin, Senior Researcher at the ETUI will shed light on how the Covid-19 has heightened and amplified the pre-existing ...
Nicola Countouris: Covid-19 and the world of work, an overview
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the ETUI's new Research Director, Nicola Countouris, sheds light on the importance of research for strengthening the trade union move...
Episode #11 with Ludovic Voet, migrant workers and COVID19, trade unions in action
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with Ludovic Voet, Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (www.etuc.org) about the overlooked theme in...
Episode #10 with Torsten Müller and Thorsten Schulten, short-time work and Covid19, is this the new normal?
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of April 2020, in the EU27 there were more than 42 million applications for support for workers on short-time work or similar schemes. This...
Episode #9 with Jan Drahokoupil, COVID19 and platform workers, what rights and protections? A look into Czechia
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we look at the struggle of platform workers during the COVID19 pandemic with Jan Drahokoupil, senior researcher at the ETUI. From the ...
Episode #8 (EN) with Aída Ponce Del Castillo, privacy in times of COVID19, the case of contact-tracing applications
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the 8th episode of etui.podcast, Aída Ponce Del Castillo, senior researcher at the ETUI talks with Elisa Bruno (ETUI) about her recent policy brie...
Episode #7 (EN) with Silvia Rainone, COVID19 with a little help from the EU and the case of Italy
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the 7th episode, Silvia Rainone, legal researcher, in conversation with Elisa Bruno (ETUI) about the EU recovery plans and the different instrument...
Episode #6 (FR) avec Philippe Pochet, Quatre scénarios pour l'avenir de l'Europe après la crise
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Philippe Pochet (directeur général de l'ETUI, Institut syndical européen) discute avec Mehmet Koksal et développe ses arguments sur les quatre scé...
Episode #5 (EN) with Ilaria Costantini, Trade union education in times of crisis: is the online a viable solution?
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Ilaria Costantini, Education Officer at the ETUI about trade union education and how it is evolving in this time of crisis....
Episode #4 (EN) with Bela Galgoczi, COVID19 and the climate crisis: their interconnections and lessons from both
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For the 4th episode of the etui.podcast series, we talk to Bela Galgoczi, senior researcher at the ETUI about the two crisis humanity is facing:the cl...
Episode #3 (EN) with Zane Rasnača, social protection and the rule of law in times of COVID19, the case of Latvia
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this third episode we talk with Zane Rasnača, a senior researcher specializing in labour law at the ETUI and an affiliated member at the Institute...
Episode #2 (FR) avec Laurent Vogel: La crise du Covid-19 analysée sous l'angle de la santé et sécurité au travail
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Laurent Vogel (chercheur sénior à l'ETUI, Institut syndical européen) en conversation avec Mehmet Koksal (ETUI) sur l'angle santé et sécurité au...
Episode #1 (EN) with Stan De Spiegelaere: COVID19, the crisis we did not expect and its impact on work, the case of Belgium.
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode of the ETUI.podcast series on "voices on the world of work". In this episode we talk about how COVID19 is re-shaping o...
Etui.podcast intro
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas