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SUMMARY:Empirical legal research on intra-EU labour mobility - Labour and social security law perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Cross-border labour mobility is a key pillar of the European single market\, promoting economic integration and individual opportunities. It takes various long-term and short-term forms\, ranging from permanent movers of working age over frontier workers to seasonal workers\, posted workers and highly mobile workers. Each of these types of intra-EU labour mobility present distinct legal and policy challenges. \nIn recent years\, intra-EU labour mobility has once again been at the centre of political debates and legislative revisions. Key legal initiatives include the reform of the Posting of Workers Directive\, the proposal to revise the social security coordination regulations\, and the Mobility Package affecting the road transport sector. These reforms have been accompanied by EU-level impact assessments\, which are central to the Commission’s better regulation policy and rely on empirical data to evaluate the impact of regulatory interventions. \nThis conference\, hosted by HIVA-KU Leuven on 20 April 2026\, explores the role of empirical legal research in assessing intra-EU labour mobility and the variety of EU rules regulating cross-border employment. Empirical legal research – whether qualitative\, quantitative\, or mixed-method – offers valuable insights into how legal instruments function in practice\, how national authorities and courts interpret\, implement and enforce legislation\, and how workers and employers experience these legal frameworks. \nWe invite full paper submissions (max. 8\,000 words) that either: \n\nApply empirical legal research to aspects of intra-EU labour mobility; or\nCritically assess the methodology\, findings\, and implications of empirical legal studies on intra-EU labour mobility.\n\nTopics of interest include\, but are not limited to: \n\nImplementation and/or enforcement of EU rules on intra-EU labour mobility;\nImpact of EU legal reforms on mobile workers’ social rights;\nEffects of the Mobility Package on road freight transport workers and hauliers;\nConsequences of the revised Posting of Workers Directive for economic actors;\nEmpirical approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of intra-EU labour mobility policies;\nThe relationship between empirical legal research and the European Commission’s better regulation agenda.\n\nWe welcome contributions from legal scholars\, social scientists\, and economists working at the intersection of legal analysis and empirical research. Selected papers will be presented at the conference and published in a peer-reviewed journal or book. \nSubmission details\n\nDeadline for full paper submissions: 2 February 2026\nPapers (max. 8\,000 words) should be sent to frederic.dewispelaere@kuleuven.be\nNotification of acceptance: March 2026\n\nFor further inquiries\, please contact: \n\nFrederic De Wispelaere frederic.dewispelaere@kuleuven.be or\nAnke van der Hoeven A.M.H.vdrHoeven@tilburguniversity.edu\n\n  \nCall for papers
URL:https://labourlawresearch.net/event/empirical-legal-research-on-intra-eu-labour-mobility-labour-and-social-security-law-perspectives/
LOCATION:HIVA-KU Leuven\, Parkstraat 47\, Leuven\, Flanders\, 3000\, Belgium
ORGANIZER;CN="'HIVA - KU Leuven & Tilburg Univeristy":MAILTO:frederic.dewispelaere@kuleuven.be
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