Career

Current Professional Position

From October 2015: Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London, UK

October 2012-September 2015: Professor of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK

August 2006-January 2013: Professor of Economic Security, University of Bath, UK

April 2006-February 2009: Professor of Labour Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

June 1999-March 2006: Director, Socio-Economic Security Programme, International Labour Organisation, Geneva

1998-99: Member of “Transition Team” of ILO Director-General Elect, Juan Somavia

1996-98: Director, Special ILO Project on Global Labour Flexibility

1994-96: Director of Labour Market Policies, Employment Department, ILO

1992-94: Director, ILO Central and Eastern European Team, Budapest

1985-92: Coordinator of Labour Market Research, Employment Department, ILO

1975-85: Economist and Senior Economist, Population and Labour Policies Branch, Employment and Development Department, ILO

1973-78: PhD in economics, University of Cambridge, UK

1972: MA in labour economics and industrial relations, University of Illinois, USA

1968-71: BA in economics, University of Sussex, UK