The people behind OSE

An engaged team of experts committed to a common cause

Group photo of OSE team in front of vertical garden wall, staff portrait.
Board of Directors
  • Bernaz Oleg – President of the Board of Directors, Formateur chez Formation Education Culture (FEC) 
  • Hafner David – Director, Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB), EU office
  • Pochet Philippe – Professor, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
  • Schoukens Paul – Full Professor, Faculty of Law and Criminology and Institute for Social Law, KU Leuven 
  • Ska Marie-Hélène – Secretary General of the Belgian Confederation of Christian Trade Unions
  • Voet Ludovic – Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) 
General Assembly
  • André Maria Helena – Director, Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) of the International Labour Orgainsation (ILO)
  • Bernaz Oleg – President of the Board of Directors, Formateur chez Formation Education Culture (FEC) 
  • Biard Patricia – Directrice, Formation Education Culture (FEC)
  • de Bonfils Laura – President, Social Platform
  • Denuit François – Co-Director New Economies for Eradicating Poverty(NEEP), Scientific collaborator at the ULB 
  • Guillén Ana Marta – Professor, University of Oviedo
  • Hafner David – Director, Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB), EU office
  • Kohlrausch Bettina – Director, Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) of the Hans Böckler Foundation
  • Lenaerts Karolien – Head of research group, HIVA, KU LEUVEN
  • Magnusson Lars – Professor in Economic history, Dean of the Faculty of the Social Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • Makelova Rositsa – Researcher, Institute for Social and Trade Union Research, Education and Training (ISTURET)
  • Natali David – Professor, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
  • Niemiec Józef – Former Deputy General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
  • Owczarek Dominik – Director of the Social Policy Programme, Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), Poland
  • Pochet Philippe – Professor, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
  • Sapir Marc – Former President of the OSE Board of directors. Former General Director of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
  • Serroyen Chris – Former Director of the Study department of the the Belgian Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (ACV-CSC)
  • Schoukens Paul – Full Professor, Faculty of Law and Criminology and Institute for Social Law, KU Leuven 
  • Ska Marie-Hélène – Secretary General of the Belgian Confederation of Christian Trade Unions
  • Vielle Pascale – Professor, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
  • Voet Ludovic – Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) 
Scientific Committee
  • Iain Begg – Professorial research fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics – UK
  • Janine Goetschy – Chercheuse au CNRS – Université de Nanterre – France
  • Scott L. Greer – Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health – UK
  • Ana Marta Guillén Rodriguez – Professor of Sociology in the University of Oviedo – Spain
  • Bob Hancké – Reader in European Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science – UK
  • Jane Jenson – Professeure, Département de science politique et Titulaire de la chaire de recherche du Canada en citoyenneté et gouvernance, Université de Montréal – Canada
  • Mina van Gerven – Assistant Professor of Sociology of Governance – University of Twente – The Netherlands
  • Pascale Vielle – Professeur de droit social à l’UCL (FOPES – CIRTES) – Belgium
  • Jonathan Zeitlin – Professor of Public Policy and Governance and Distinguished Faculty Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences (FMG) at the University of Amsterdam

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