Free radicals: Why self-employment has risen in Britain and how we should support it
IPSE Policy Conference, IPSE and Demos, London, April 2018
The changing world of work: How do we make sure modern employment practices benefit all involved?
Progress Labour Party Conference 2017 fringe event with IPSE and CRSE, Progress, Brighton, September 2017
Discussant
Youth Transitions and Policy Innovation in Europe: Promising Trends and
Tough Challenges, 24th International Conference of Europeanists, Glasgow, July 2017
Chair FEAD Network launch conference
European Commission, Brussels, June 2016
Self-employment: independent âenterpriseâ, or precarious low-skilled work? The case of the UK
International Conference on Microfinance, University of Bordeaux, France, October 2015
Welfare to Work: Commissioning for Innovation
Labour Party Conference Fringe, Social Market Foundation, Brighton, September 2015
The UK Labour Market after Recession
University and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA): Summer Event, UCEA, London, July 2015
Co-ordinator and chair
Harnessing ICT for social action, a digital volunteering programme, at EU Peer Review in Social Protection and Social Inclusion, European Commission, Santiago do Compostela, March 2014
Moderator
European Seminar: Evaluating and monitoring apprenticeship and traineeship schemes, European Commission, Brussels, February 2014
Conference Moderator
Advice on apprenticeship and traineeship schemes with ESF support, European Commission, Brussels, June 2013
Whatâs going on in the UK labour market? Myths and evidence
National Institute for Career Education and Counselling (NICEC), London, May 2013
Self-employment: independent 'enterprise', or precarious low-skilled work? The case of the UK
Ecole Thématique: Emploi Travail et Organisation, CNRS, Annecy, June 2012
Evaluation of the Work Programme
Welfare to Work Convention, Inclusion, Birmingham, June 2012
Skills for self employment
Skills Research Advisory Group, UK Commission for Employment and Skills, London, September 2011
The UK labour Market: what's going on?
Jobs without growth?, TUC, London, July 2011
The Work Programme and Skills
The 2010 Review Work Programme Symposium, UK Commission for Employment and Skills, London, October 2010
Welfare Reform: Can we crack it this time
Seminar, Social Market Foundation, Birmingham, October 2010
Expert panellist
Managing Uncertainty: A new deal? International challenges and the changing face of work. Work, Employment & Society Conference 2010, British Sociological Association, Brighton, September 2010
Keynote presentation: The recession and labour market policy responses in the EU
4th EU-India Joint Seminar on Employment and Social Policy, European Commission, Brussels, July 2010
Setting the scene for labour market research in EU2020
European Employment Research Dialogue, European Commission, Brussels, May 2010
Active labour market policies in the UK: their evolution and evaluation
Annual Flemish Labour Market Congress 2009, Steunpunt Werk en Sociale Economie (WSE), Mechelen, December 2009
Panellist
Fair Treatment at Work, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, London, October 2009
The Impact of the Recession on the Labour Market
Office of National Statistics seminar, London, May 2009
The Employment Act 2008: Creating Fairer Workplaces
Inside Government conference, London, May 2009
Policies to integrate disadvantaged groups in the labour market
Arbeidsparticipatie van iedereen⊠lukt dat?, Leiden, November 2007
Employment of Disabled People in Europe: some key issues (keynote speaker)
Optimising strategies for integrating people with disabilities into work, European Commission, Brussels, October 2007
Facilitator and joint chair
Thematic Review Seminar on Measuring, Improving and Promoting the Effects of Lifelong Learning, Mutual Learning Programme of the European Employment Strategy, Brussels, September 2007
Panel Speaker, roundtable discussion on happiness
DTI Annual Labour Market Conference, DTI, London, December 2006
ICT strategy, disabled people and employment policy in the UK
ICT, Disability and Employment in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK, Oslo, November 2006
Chair, EU Peer Review Programme on Social Inclusion
Peer review on the Dutch model for amnesty of debts, EU, Rotterdam, November 2006
Chair, EU Thematic Review Seminar
Flexicurity in a context of restructuring, EU, Brussels, September 2006
UK Policies for the Labour Market Participation of Disabled People
Disability and Employment: Enabling and Disabling Factors, University of Westminster, London, May 2006
Self-employment dynamics and transitional labour market: some more UK evidence
Managing Social Risks through Transitional Labour Markets, Academy of Social Sciences, Budapest, May 2005
Joint facilitator
Comprehensive Strategies for Active Ageing, Thematic Review Seminar, EU Mutual Learning Programme of the European Employment Strategy, Brussels, April 2005
Labour Market Disadvantage
Department of Work and Pensions Summer School, DWP, Trinity College, Cambridge, July 2004
Co-ordination of European Employment Strategy Peer Review
Data Warehouse Monitoring in the Public Employment Service in Austria, Vienna, June 2004
Monitoring the Disability Discrimination Act
Disability Rights Commission, Disability Rights Commission, London, June 2004
Aspects of health and safety and work-life balance in the UK
European Employment Observatory Conference on Quality in Work, Dublin, April 2004
Disabled People and the Labour Market: has the DDA made a difference?
Working Futures: Policy, Practice and Disabled People, Sunderland University, Sunderland, December 2003
The costs and benefits to service providers of making reasonable adjustments for disabled people, under Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act
Disability Rights Commission Seminar, Disability Rights Commission, London, August 2003
Peer Review of Equal Pay in Belgium: tackling the gender pay gap
Peer Reviews of the European Employment Strategy, Brussels, June 2003
Peer Review of the Rapid Response Programme of Jobcentre Plus
Peer Reviews of the European Employment Strategy, Newcastle, April 2003
Peer Review of the Finnish National Programme for Older Workers
Peer Reviews of the European Employment Strategy, Helsinki, January 2003
What is a 'Healthy Labour Market' for the South East?
Framework for Regional Employment Skills and Action (FRESA) for the SEEDA Region, Seminar for expert practitioners in labour market dynamics, SEEDA, Institute of Directors, London, July 2002
Active Labour Market Policies for Disabled People in the UK
Active Labour Market Policies for People with Disabilities: Facts and figures on use and impact, European Commission, Brussels, July 2002
Peer Review of Active Labour Market Policies
Enterprise Ireland: Building Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Irish Industry, European Commission workshop, Dublin, October 2001
The situation of people with disabilities on the labour market in the EU: Lessons for policies and practice
European Commission seminar, European Commission, Brussels, July 2001
Arbeitsassistenz - Support for the integration of disabled people into the labour market
European Commission, Directorate General for Employment & Social Affairs, Labour Market Policy Peer Review Programme, European Commission, Directorate General for Employment & Social Affairs, Labour Market Policy Peer Review Programme, Vienna, Austria, January 2001
National Programme for Ageing Workers
European Commission, Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs, Labour Market Policy Peer Review Programme, European Commission, Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs, Labour Market Policy Peer Review Programme, Helsinki, Finland, October 2000
Recruiting the unemployed: what can we learn from the existing research evidence?
Submission to the House of Commons Select Committee Inquiry on the recruitment of unemployment people, London, March 2000
Occupational Pensions and Disabled People
Disability Rights Task Force seminar, Disability Rights Task Force, London, July 1999
The self-employed and lifetime incomes: successful entrepreneurs of a new group of âworking poorâ? Evidence from the UK
Self-employment in advanced economies, Mannheim Centre for European Research, Mannheim, July 1999
Targeting the long-term unemployed through early identification
Joint Employment Observatory Conference of the European Commission, Marseilles, June 1999
Gestion de la main dâouvre juvĂ©nile par les entreprise
Places des jeunes sur le marché du travail dans 6 pays européens, IRES, Paris, May 1999
The British Labour Market: unemployment, flexibility and labour market policy
Labour Market in a European Context, VII CEMS Graduate Conference, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, March 1999
Evaluation of cases brought under the DDA: some early research findings
Disability Law Conference, General Council of the Bar, London, February 1999
From salary workers to entrepreneurial workers?
Transitional Labour Markets, WZB, Berlin, January 1999
Developments in the youth labour market in the UK
Les jeunes, les femmes et lâemploi en Europe, MinistĂšre de lâemploi et de la solidaritĂ©, Paris, September 1998
Active Labour Market Policies in Europe - Recent Trends
Global Economic Changes, Skills and International Competitiveness, Employment Policy Institute/International Labour Office, London, November 1997
More intensive jobsearch through less generous benefits?
European Employment Observatory conference, European Employment Observatory, Stockholm, June 1997
Transitional Labour Markets. âBridgesâ between dependent and self-employment
New Institutional Arrangements in the Labour Market, Euro Academy of Urban Environment, Berlin, April 1997
Self-employment and transitional labour markets
Social Integration through Transitional Labour Markets, Wissenschaftszentrum, Berlin, January 1997
Evaluation of policies against long-term unemployment
Evaluation Systems for Employment and Vocational Training, European Social Fund, Portugal, December 1996
Evaluating Wage Subsidies for the Long-term Unemployed in the UK
Labour Market Policy and Evaluation, Lisbon, November 1996
Labour Market Policies Against Long-term Unemployment
Unemployment, Policy and Local Strategies, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, October 1996
British Labour Market Policies for Long-Term Unemployed
Long-Term Unemployment: a European Problem, Landesakademie fur Struktur und Arbeit, Genshagen, Germany, June 1996
Employability and Labour Market Disadvantage
Employability, Industry Parliament Trust, St Andrews, April 1996
Member of a Discussion Panel on Strategic development of TECs - How to Best Fulfil TEC Mission Objectives
Strategic TEC Development, AIC Conferences, London, January 1996
Arbeitsmarktpolitik fur Existenzgrunder: Internationale Erfahrungen der Existenzgrundngsforderung von Arbeitsolosen
Discussion Paper FS1 95-209, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung, November 1995
Wasted Abilities: the labour market position of disabled people
Removing the Barriers: Legal Services & the Legal Profession, Law Society - Research and Policy unit, Law Society, London, June 1995
Economic Strategy Kent and East Sussex
SERPLAN Workshop, Kent and East Sussex County Councils, Maidstone, March 1995
Small Firms and the Rural Labour Market
The Countryside Means Business: Small Firms in the Rural Economy, Rural Development Commission, London, March 1995
