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Director, Associate Professor
Øster Farimagsgade 5
1353 København K
I am the head of FAOS, Research Center for Labor Market and Organizational Studies. My research has a national as well as an international dimension. National because we at FAOS focus on the Danish employment relations system – i.e. collective bargaining and the relations between employers’ associations and trade unions. Therefore, my research is rooted in Danish labor market regulation and the dissemination of this research, not only to the academic public, but also to decision-makers and the wider public. At the same time, my research is international, as I publish internationally and collaborate with foreign colleagues in a number of different areas.
My research focuses on the renewal of collective agreements, how bargaining systems change or remain stable as well as the role of employers and trade unions in these processes. Theoretically, it is mainly based on institutional theory and how institutions change or remain characterized by continuity. In particular, I have focused on agreements in the private labor market. I also focus on areas that present special challenges for the Danish employment relations system. For instance the relatively large number of Eastern and Central European migrant workers who have come to Denmark to work, as well as the related debate on social dumping. In recent years, I have also dealt with the emergence of platform work.
Over the years, I have participated in a large number of Nordic and European research projects, but in the last few years, I have also collaborated with Australian colleagues. It gained momentum when we successfully applied to KU and the University of Sydney for the so-called Partnership Collaboration Awards. This has led to cooperation on collective bargaining and wage regulation in the two countries.
Education
2001: Ph.D., Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
1993: Mag.art., Cultural Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
Employment
2006-2015: Director at Employment Relations Research Centre (FAOS), Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
2004-: Associate professor at FAOS.
2001-2004: Assistant professor at FAOS.
1996-2001: Ph.D. student at FAOS.
1995-1996: Research assistant at FAOS.
1993-1995: CASA, Center for Alternativ Samfundsanalyse (Centre for Alternative Social Analysis, Copenhagen).
2009-2013: Visiting associate professor, Department for Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School.
International research stays
2019: Awarded the University of Sydney and University of Copenhagen Partnership Collaboration Award.
2018: Awarded a Visiting Scholarship in Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney Business School, Australia. Visiting scholarship planned for February/March 2019.
2016: Short-term visiting researcher (September/October 2016) at The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), The Netherlands.
2015: Short-term visiting researcher (May 2015) at The University of Milan, Italy.
Memberships and other engagements
Member of Academic Committee, International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress, Lund University, Sweden 2021.
Member of PhD Evaluation Committee, Milan University, Italy, 25/03/15-09/06/15
Member of Scientific Review Committee, Université Leuvan, 24/01/15-15/03/15
Member of Executive Committee, International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA), ILO, Geneva, 2009-2015
Head of the Organising and the Scientific Committees, International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) European Congress 2010, Copenhagen University, 28 June – 1 July.
Expert roles
2015 – 2022: Member of Expert Board on Wages, Conditions and Health and Safety, Copenhagen Metro Company.
2002-2004: ‘Short-term expert', EU PHARE-Twinning projects in Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary
Fundraising and leadership
FAOS is an employment relations research centre at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen. FAOS is funded exclusively by external stakeholders. As director of FAOS Søren Kaj Andersen is responsible for the yearly budget averaging DKK 11 million/EUR 1.5 million. The funding of FAOS splits between a basic five-year basic grant and a running portfolio of individual projects. The current five-year grant (app. DKK 7.700.000/ EUR 1.000.000 p.a.) consists of donations from the largest employers’ organisations and trade unions as well as the Danish Ministry of Employment. Among the contributing employers’ organisations are The Confederation of Danish Industries, DI, and among the trade unions The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions. The current basic grant is running from 2019 – 2023.
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Søren Kaj Andersen (Other)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Søren Kaj Andersen (Other)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Søren Kaj Andersen (Other)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Søren Kaj Andersen (Organizer)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Søren Kaj Andersen (Organizer)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Søren Kaj Andersen (Participant)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
Søren Kaj Andersen (Organizer)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Søren Kaj Andersen (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference