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Professor of Socio-Economics (Labour Market and Social Security Studies) at the Department of Sociology of Tilburg University
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Prof.dr. Ruud Muffels (MA economics, Tilburg) is full professor of socio-economics (labour market and social security science) at the Department of Sociology of Tilburg University. He is also programme director at the Institute for Labour Studies (OSA) at Tilburg University and fellow at NETSPAR, the network for research on ageing, of the Economic Faculty. He was involved in a number of comparative research projects for the European Science Foundation and the European Commission. His primary interests concern labour market dynamics, income and poverty dynamics, comparative analysis of the welfare state and socio-economic policies. He has published in a wide range of economic, sociological and interdisciplinary journals (Journal of Population Economics, Social Indicators Research, Journal of Public Policy, Journal of Socio-Economics, Journal of European Social Policy, Acta Sociologica, Work Employment and Society, Vocational Training and others) and in a large number of international academic volumes. Among his most recent (English) books are Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe: Labour Markets in Transition, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (forthcoming in 2008) and Innovating Labour Markets in Europe: Dynamics and Perspectives, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (together with Ester, Schippers and Wilthagen; forthcoming in 2008). Earlier books are Enabling Social Europe (with B. von Maydell & R. Leitner, Springer-Verlag, 2006), Social Exclusion in European Welfare States in 2002 (with P. Tsakloglou and D. Mayes, Edward Elgar, 2002) and The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism in 1999 (with Robert E. Goodin and Bruce Headey, Cambridge University Press, 1999).
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Current position: Professor of Socio-Economics in particular Labour Market and Social Security Studies, Department of Sociology, Tilburg University. Research Professor at the Institute for Labour Studies (OSA), Fellow NETSPAR (Economic Faculty)
Previous employment: Professor of Ageing Policies; Managing Director Work and Organisation Research Centre (WORC). Research Fellow WORC, Chairman Department of Social Security Studies, Senior Researcher Department of Labour Market studies of the Institute for Social Scientific Research (IVA).
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