Publications (peer review)

• Deschacht, N. (2021). The digital revolution and the labour economics of automation: A review. ROBONOMICS: The Journal of the Automated Economy, 1, 8.

Other publications

• Deschacht, N. & Détilleux, C. (2023). The restructuring of the Belgian labour market, 1986-2020 – Sectoral and occupational change, job polarization, mobility, and worker characteristics. SEAD working paper 2023.02. (+ Appendix)
• Détilleux, C. & Deschacht, N. (2023a). The changing task composition of Belgian workers, 1995-2021. SEAD working paper 2023.03. (+ Appendix)
• Détilleux, C. & Deschacht, N. (2023b). L’évolution de la composition des tâches des travailleurs belges entre 1995 et 2021. In: Thil, L, et al., Jobkwaliteit in België in 2021. https://werk.belgie.be/nl/onderzoeksprojecten/2023-analyse-van-de-belgische-gegevens-ivm-de-arbeidsomstandigheden-verzameld

• Deschacht, N. & Détilleux, C. (2024). The effects of the digital revolution on individuals’ labor market outcome. SEAD working paper 2024.02. (+ Appendix)

Participation in national congresses/workshops/symposia

• International webinar “Digitalisation and the world of work: the effects on jobs, occupations and workers.” 22 April 2021. (Speakers from the SEAD consortium: Nick Deschacht, Karen Van Aerden. External speakers: Steven Dhondt, Janine Berg and Zachary Kilhoffer)

Participation in international congresses/workshops/symposia

• Détilleux, C. & Deschacht N. (2021). Occupational change, skills and gender in the Belgian labour market, 1986-2020. Presented at the Applied Economics Conference, Belgrade, Serbia, 28-29 October 2021. 

Media contributions, policy briefs & other output

• Interview with Prof. Dr. Nick Deschacht about ‘The End of Work’ by Jeremy Rifkin. (2021). Dumpen of (her)lezen, HR Square Magazine, p.86-88.
• SEAD policy brief 2024.01 ‘Occupational change in the Belgian labor market 1986-2020’.

Publications (peer review)

• Dessers, E., Ramioul, M., Vereycken, A., Bal, M., Smits, I. & Van Hootegem, G. (2023). Analysing production disturbances for aligning work organisation, human resource management and digital transformation. In: P. Oeij, S. Dhondt, A. McMurray (Eds.), A Research Agenda for Workplace Innovation: The Challenge of Disruptive Transitions, Chapt. 3, (35-50). (Elgar Research Agendas). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN: 978 1 80088 193 8.
• van Dijk, W., Baltrusch, S.J., Dessers, E. & De Looze, M.P. (2023). The Effect of Human Autonomy and Robot Work Pace on Perceived Workload in Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly Work. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 10, 01-09. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2023.1244656

Other publications

• Dhondt, S. & Dessers, E. (Eds.) (2022). Robot zoekt collega. Tielt: Kritak. ISBN: 9789401484268.
• Habraken, M., Dessers, E., Berx, N. & Pintelon, L. (2022). Samenwerken met cobots: goed nieuws voor de kwaliteit van arbeid? Over.Werk – Tijdschrift van het Steunpunt Werk, 32 (2), 113-121.
• Smits, I., Franssen, M., Beuker, L., Van Aerden, K., Lamberts, M. & Dessers, E. (2022). Sustainable employment in the age of digitalisation: unpacking the organisational level. In: Inclusive futures for Europe: addressing the digitalisation challenges, (21-34). Presented at the BEYOND4.0, Sofia, Bulgaria. ISBN: 978-619-245-254-4.
• Smits, I., Dessers, E. & Van den Broeck, A. (2023). The impact of digital transformation on line managers’ work.
• Dessers, D., Smits, I. & Pollet, I. (2024). Analysing Organisational Crossroads for Job Quality in the Digital Age (EGOS short paper).
• Pollet, I., Dessers, E. & Smits, I. (2024). Unpacking the organisational level. Comparative analysis of 22 case studies. Report WP2 SEAD project.
• Smits, I., Verbeek, K., Focacci, C., Rondeaux, G., Pichault, F. & Dessers, E. (2024). 22 case reports from different types of employment and economic sectors. SEAD project.

Participation in national congresses/workshops/symposia

• Dessers, E. (2021). Digitalisering in de zorg. Presented at the Digital Experience Event. Empowering Public Workers, Brussels. (professionally oriented)
• Dessers, E. (2022). Technostress of technopower? Over technologie, arbeidsorganisatie en werkbaar werk. Presented at the Flanders Make event “Slim inzetten van technologieën – een verdere stap naar werkbaar werk”, Leuven, 26 april 2022. (professionally oriented)
• Dessers, E. (2023). Technology and organizational design for motivational work. Gastcollege prof. Anja Van den Broeck.
• Dessers, E., Jacobs, T. & Vierendeels, L. (2023). Webinar Federgon: Proeftuin Industrie 4.0 – Technologie voor werkbaar werk.
• Dessers, E. & Moorkamp, M. (2023). Werkbaar werk in het digitale tijdperk: Hoe technologie en arbeidsorganisatie elkaar kunnen versterken. Presented at the Technologie voor Werkbaar Werk event, Gent.
• Dessers, E., Habraken, M. & Van Hootegem, G. (2023). Werkbaar werk: Knelpunten in de Vlaamse maakindustrie. Presented at the Technologie voor werkbaar werk. Persconferentie, Pelt, 6 February 2023.
• Dessers, E., Vranken, R. & Heyman, R. (2023). Technologie in functie van werkbaar werk. Presented at Werkbaar Werkt!, Brussels, 29 March 2023.
• Dessers, E., Vranken, R. & Vannieuwenhuyse, D. (2024). Revolutie op de werkplek. Innovatieve technische oplossingen voor sociaal betrokken werk. Presented at the INDUmation, Kortrijk, 31 January – 2 February 2024. (professionally oriented)
• Dessers, E. (2024). Meer robots op het werk?! Hoe ontwikkelen we technologie op mensenmaat? – Webinar Economische Reflecties. Opleiding georganiseerd door Postuniversitair Centrum KU Leuven, 19 Maart 2024.

Participation in international congresses/workshops/symposia

• Smits, I., Franssen, M., Beuker, L., Van Aerden, K., Lamberts, M. & Dessers, E. (2021). Sustainable employment in the age of digitalisation: unpacking the organisational level. Presented at the BEYOND4.0 Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, 30 September – 1 October 2021.
• Smits, I., Dessers, E., Lamberts, M. & Van den Broeck, A. (2021). Sustainable employment in the age of digitalisation: unpacking the organisational level. Presented at WORK2021 Conference, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, 9 December 2021. Abstract included in: WORK2021 WORK III Abstract Book. ISBN 978-951-29-8718-4 (e-book).
• van Dijk, W., Baltrusch, S., Dessers, E. & de Looze, M. (2022). The effect of autonomy on perceived workload in human-robot collaborative assembly work. Presented at the HFR 2022 (15th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics), Delft, the Netherlands, 22-23 September 2022.
• Dessers, E., Habraken, M. & Van Hootegem, G. (2022). Bridging the gap between technology development and organization design for better quality jobs. Presented at the Sociotechnical System Roundtable Meeting, Austin, TX, USA, 27-30 September 2022.
• Habraken, M., Dessers, E., Berx, N. & Pintelon, L. (2022). The impact of cobots on work design. Presented at the 12th Biennial International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network, Enschede, The Netherlands, 9-11 November 2022.
• Dessers, E. (2023). Technostress or technopower? New technologies for improving job quality in today’s tight labour markets. Presented at The 2nd Labor Policy and Occupational Safety and Health Conference. Invited by Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health & Safety (ILOSH), Ministry of Labour, Tapei, Taiwan, May 2023. (invited lecture)
• Habraken, M., Dessers, E., Kacafírková, K., Elprama, S., Jacobs, A. & Van Hootegem, G. (2023). Addressing Technology & Workable Work (AKA Job Quality): A Workshop Format. Presented at the WORK 2023. Digital Capitalism: Peril and Possibilities, Turku, Finland & Online, 23-25 August 2023. Abstract included in: Abstract Book Work 2023.
• Dessers, E., Habraken, M. & Van Hootegem, G. (2023). Technology for workable work? Developing personas to assess job quality impact of new technologies. Presented at the 14th Organizational Design and Management Conference, Bordeaux, France, 11-13 July 2023.
• Smits, I., Dessers, E. & Van den Broeck, A. (2023). The impact of digital transformation on line managers’ work. Presented at the 14th Organizational Design and Management Conference, Bordeaux, France, 11-13 July 2023. (full paper)
• Smits, I. (2023). Presentation on WP2 results. Presented at the STS Conference: Moving Forward in Time, 13-15 September 2023, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Media contributions, policy briefs & other output

• SEAD policy brief 2024.02 ‘Digital transformation and job quality: Insights from Belgian case studies’.

Publications (peer review)

• Focacci, C.N., Pichault, F. & Rondeaux, G. (2024). Managers in the Era of Digital Transformation: Navigating the Dual Realities of Time. New technology, Work and Employment. (Forthcoming)
• Rondeaux G., Focacci, C.N. & Pichault, F. (2024c). The socio-material impact of digitalization: an occupational perspective. (Forthcoming)

Other publications

• Doms, J. (2024). Case reports for specific occupations: the case of R&D managers. Report WP3 SEAD project.
• Focacci, C., Rondeaux, G. & Pichault, F. (2024). Case reports for specific occupations: the case of middle managers. Report WP3 SEAD project.
• Joukovsky, A. (2024a). Case reports for specific occupations: The case of customer advisors. Report WP3 SEAD project.
• Joukovsky, A. (2024b). Case reports for specific occupations: the case of assembly line workers. Report WP3 SEAD project.
• Rondeaux, G., Focacci, C. & Pichault, F. (2024a). Case reports for specific occupations: the case of recruiters. Report WP3 SEAD project.
• Rondeaux, G., Focacci, C. & Pichault, F. (2024b). Transversal analysis. Report WP3 SEAD project.

Participation in national congresses/workshops/symposia

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Participation in international congresses/workshops/symposia

• Rondeaux G. & Beuker L. (2023). Being a recruiter in the age of digitalization: a sustainable job? Analysis of technological-related changes from the professionals perspective in Belgium. Presented at the Annual SASE (Society for the Advancement of socio-economics) conference: Socio-Economics in a Transitioning World: Breaking Lines and Alternative Paradigms for a New World Order, 20-22 July 2023, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Rondeaux, G. (2023). Striking the Balance: A comprehensive Examination of Impact of Digitization on Sustainable Careers Perspectives from Five Occupations in Belgium. Presented at the CERIC research seminar. November 2023, Leeds, UK.
• Focacci, C., Pichault, F. & Rondeaux, G. (2024). Managers in the era of digital transformation: Navigating the dual realities of time. Presented at the 40th EGOS Colloquium: Crossroads for organisations: Time, space, and people. 4-6 July 2024, Milan, Italy.

• Rondeaux, G., Beuker, L., Pichault, F. (2024) “Competing rationalities on the use of digital technologies in the selection and recruitment process : a sociomaterial reading”, Presentation at the Dutch HRM Network Conference 2024. 6-8 November 2024, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Media contributions, policy briefs & other output

• SEAD policy brief 2024.03 ‘Enhancing sustainable careers in the digital era’.

Publications (peer review)

• Brodersen, M. & Martinez, E. (2020). De la empresa-red a la economía de plataforma: la negociación colectiva ante las transformaciones del empleo. In: A. Riesco-Sanz (eds.) Fronteras del trabajo asalariado. Madrid: Catarata. 185-208.
• Brodersen M. & Martinez E. (2022). De l’entreprise-réseau à l’économie de plateforme, les impasses des négociations. La nouvelle Revue du travail, n°21, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/nrt.12858
• Brodersen, M., Doms J., Joukovsky A. & Vandevenne E. (2024a). On common ground? Gendered (in)formalisation and intermediation in domestic service platforms in Belgium. (Forthcoming)

• Brodersen, M., Dufresne, A., Joukovsky, A. & Vitali, Z. (2024b). Dynamiques de l’organisation collective des coursiers et des chauffeurs en Belgique. Histoires parallèles et rapprochement ambigus. Relations industrielles/Industrial Relations, 78(3). https://doi.org/10.7202/1110484ar

• Gevaert, J., Doms, J., Vandevenne, E. & Van Aerden, K. (2024). Strategies for Surveying Platform Workers: Lessons from a Belgian Case Study. Quality & Quantity. (Forthcoming: in review after minor revisions)
• Vandevenne, E., Vanroelen, C., Stas, L. & Gevaert, J. (2024). Measuring and understanding job quality and its relation to well-being in the Belgian platform economy. Towards an empirical assessment. (Forthcoming)

Other publications

• Gaublomme, F., Gevaert, J. & Kruithof, E. (2023). Describing the socio-demographic, professional and economic profile of platform workers based on administrative platform data. SEAD working paper 2023.01.
• Lenaerts, K., Van Aerden, K., Gillis, D., Gevaert, J., Pollet, I., Steenssens, K., Smits, I. & Vanroelen, C. (2023). Personen met een (grote) afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt en de platformeconomie in Vlaanderen. Is platformwerk een opstap tot kwalitatief en duurzaam werk? Lessen uit een ESF-project met aanbevelingen voor beleid en praktijk. https://kuleuven.limo.libis.be/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=lirias4079650&context=SearchWebhook&vid=32KUL_KUL:Lirias&lang=en&search_scope=lirias_profile&adaptor=SearchWebhook&tab=LIRIAS&query=any,contains,LIRIAS4079650&offset=0

• Joukovsky A., Brodersen M. & Vandevenne E. (2024). Working paper – WP4 qualitative fieldwork. SEAD working Paper 2024.01

• Gevaert, J. & Vandevenne, E. (2024). In-depth online study of work and employment conditions in the Belgian Platform Economy. SEAD Working Paper 2024.3.

Participation in national congresses/workshops/symposia

• Brodersen, M. (2021). Guest lecture ‘Making sense of the platform economy in Belgium – The SEAD project’, for 3th BA students Social Sciences, in the course Sociology of Work and Employment, VUB, Brussels, 21 April 2021. 
• Martinez, E. & Brodersen, M. (2021). ‘Qu’est-ce que l’économie de plateforme? Premiers apports du projet SEAD’ at Journée d’étude ‘Sécurité et santé dans l’économie de plateforme, Service public fédéral Emploi, Travail et Concertation sociale, Bruxelles, 6 Octobre 2021.
• Joukovsky, A. (2023). Guest lecture ‘Mobilisations collectives des coursiers et des chauffeurs en Belgique’ in the course of Structure de l’entreprise, ULB, Brussels, 21 March 2023.
• Vandevenne, E. (2023). Measuring and understanding job quality and its relation to well-being in the Belgian platform economy. Presented at CfP Untangled Final Conference, HIVA – KU Leuven, Leuven, November 2023.
• Joukovsky, A. & Vitali, Z. (2024). Guest lecture ‘L’économie de plateforme. Dans le prolongement de l’entreprise-réseau’ in the course of Structure de l’entreprise, ULB, Brussels, 19 March 2024.

Participation in international congresses/workshops/symposia

• Brodersen M. (2021). ‘Ciels troubles et terrains nouveaux – les mobilisations face aux reconfigurations des frontières spatiotemporelles du travail’. Intervention at Journées Internationales de Sociologie du Travail (online), 10-11 November 2021.
• Brodersen M. (2021). ‘Ceci n’est pas du travail – vocations professionnelles, autonomies et déni du travail au frontières du salariat’. Intervention at Journées Internationales de Sociologie du Travail (online), 10-11 November 2021.
• Brodersen M. & Martinez E. (2021). ‘De l’organisation en réseau à l’économie de plateforme : la négociation collective à la périphérie de l’entreprise’. Intervention at Journées Internationales de Sociologie du Travail (online), 10-11 November 2021.
• Brodersen, M. (2022). Keynote address ‘Platform working – the Good Gig? Questions of digitalisation in the Platform Economy’. Presented at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 16 September 2022.
• Gevaert, J. (2023). Strategies for Surveying Platform Workers: Lessons from a Belgian Case Study. presented at the Industrial Relations in Europe Conference, September 2023, Durham University, Durham, UK.
• Gevaert, J. (2023). Strategies for Surveying Platform Workers: Lessons from a Belgian Case Study. Presented at the Britisch Sociological Association (BSA) Work, Employment & Society Conference 2023, September 2023, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.
• Vitali, Z., Joukovsky, A., Dufresne, A. & Brodersen, M. (2023). Intervention on ‘Dynamiques de l’organisation collective des coursiers et des chauffeurs en Belgique’ in the seminar ‘Transformation du travail et de sa représentation: perspectives comparées’, Séminaire METICES-SYMETT, 10 November 2023.
• Vandevenne, E. (2023). Measuring and understanding job quality and its relation to well-being in the Belgian platform economy. Presented at ADAPT: Towards a workless society? An interdisciplinary Reflection on the Changing Concept of Work and its Rules in Contemporary Economies, December 2023, Bergamo, Italy.

Media contributions, policy briefs & other output

• Intervention by Esteban Martinez and Meike Brodersen, ‘Qu’est-ce que l’économie de plateforme? Premiers apports du projet SEAD’ at Journée d’étude ‘Sécurité et santé dans l’économie de plateforme’, Service public fédéral Emploi, Travail et Concertation sociale, Bruxelles, 6 October 2021.
• ‘Verhuren van accounts aan sans-papiers is courante praktijk bij Brusselse maaltijdbezorgers’. Nieuwsblad, 25 oktober 2021. https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20211025_93149036
• VUB-onderzoek: ‘Verhuren van accounts is courante praktijk bij maaltijdbezorgers’. BRUZZ, 25 oktober 2021. https://www.bruzz.be/samenleving/vub-onderzoek-verhuren-van-accounts-courante-praktijk-bij-maaltijdbezorgers-2021-10-25
• ‘Ook sans-papiers en minderjarigen werken voor Deliveroo & co’. De Standaard, 26 oktober 2021. https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20211025_97748946
• Maaltijdkoeriers: precairder dan anderen. HR.square, 26 oktober 2021. https://hrsquare.be/nl/maaltijdkoeriers-precairder-dan-anderen-2/
• VUB-onderzoekster Elief Vandevenne onderozcht voor haar doctoraat precariteit en welzijn bij maaltijdkoeriers. Knack, 27 oktober 2021. https://trends.knack.be/nieuws/vub-onderzoekster-elief-vandevenne-onderzocht-voor-haar-doctoraat-precariteit-en-welzijn-bij-maaltijdkoeriers/
• Long hours, unstable wages: a poor deal for food couriers. The Brussels Times, 8 November 2021. https://www.brusselstimes.com/192695/long-hours-unstable-wages-a-poor-deal-for-food-couriers
• On Tuesday the 9th of November 2021, SEAD consortium members had a meeting with representatives from both Kabinet Dermagne and Kabinet Vandenbroucke to inform them about our research project and to present the preliminary results concerning the platform economy in Belgium. Following this meeting, a policy brief with main findings on this topic was shared with them on Monday the 10th of January 2022.
• Hoe de bijklussende en voltijdse maaltijdkoerier verzoenen in één statuut. Knack, 16 februari 2022. https://trends.knack.be/nieuws/macro-economie-beleid/hoe-de-bijklussende-en-voltijdse-maaltijdkoerier-verzoenen-in-een-statuut/
• Jessie Gevaert and Karen Van Aerden have taken part in the Statbel (FOD ECON) Werkgroep ‘Nieuwe statistische behoeften: telewerken & platformeconomie’ / Groupe de travail ‘Nouveaux besoins statistiques: Télétravail & économie des platformes’. Gathering in reporting period: 18 March 2022; 15 May 2023
• Platformbedrijven wentelen risico’s tot in het exrreme af op werknemers. fd., 25 augustus 2022. https://fd.nl/bedrijfsleven/1449425/platformbedrijven-wentelen-risico-s-tot-in-het-extreme-af-op-werknemers
• SEAD policy brief 2023.01 ‘Platform work in Belgium’. Available in English, Dutch and French: SEAD policy brief 2023.01 (English) – SEAD policy brief 2023.01 (Dutch) – SEAD policy brief 2023.01 (French)
• Vandevenne, E. (2023). ‘Vrouwelijk werk blijft nog te vaak onzichtbaar in de platformeconomie’. Bijdrage zomerreeks ‘De Doordenkers van Knack.be: Loon naar Werken’. Knack, 21 Augustus 2023. https://www.knack.be/nieuws/belgie/maatschappij/vrouwelijk-werk-blijft-nog-te-vaak-onzichtbaar-in-de-platformeconomie/
• Vandevenne, E. (2023). Boek review over de kluseconomie. Samenleving & Politiek, Jaargang 31, 2024, nr. 1 (januari), p.70-73. https://www.sampol.be/2024/01/de-kluseconomie