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Dr Horen Voskeritsian

Positions held:
  • Lecturer, Birkbeck Business School
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  • Overview

    Overview

    Biography

    Horen Voskeritsian joined the Department of Management in 2018. Prior to this he was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management at the University of the West of England, Bristol. 

    Horen holds a PhD in Employment Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, an MSc in Comparative Industrial Relations and HRM from the same university, and a BSc in Business Administration from the Athens University of Economics and Business.

    Horen’s research interests fall within the broad field of industrial relations, ranging from the philosophical and historical foundations of the field, to collective bargaining, the digitalisation of labour and the future of work, workers' participation, and industrial conflict. Ηe has actively researched the transformation of employment relations in Greece as a result of the 2010-2016 bailout programmes. He is currently researching the role of new automation technologies in the transformation of work and employment.

    Horen is one of the founding members of the Greek Labour Market Research Network, a loose network of academics researching the effects of the economic crisis on the Greek labour market. His research has been published by internationally renowned journals such as Economic and Industrial Democracy, International Journal of HRM and Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations. 

    Horen has gained research funding from various bodies, including the Greek Foundation of State Scholarships (IKY), the British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA), the Institute of Employment of the Greek Confederation of Trade Unions (INE-GSEE), and the National Bank of Greece.

    During 2016-2017, he acted as a consultant to the Greek Minister of Labour in the negotiations with the Troika.

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    Qualifications

    • PhD Employment Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2009
    • MSc Comparative Employment Relations and HRM, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2002
    • BSc Business Administration, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2001

    Administrative responsibilities

    • Exam Officer, PG Programmes, Department of Management
    • Programme Director, MSc Management with HRM
    • Member, Department of Management Research Committee
    • Steering Committee Member, Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image

    Professional activities

    Country Reporter (Greece and Cyprus) for the Workers Participation-Europe Network of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)

    Ad hoc Reviewer for Economic and Industrial Democracy, Human Resources Management Journal, European Journal of Industrial Relations

  • Research

    Research

    Research interests

    • AI, Digitalisation of Work and the Future of Employment
    • Political Economy of Work and Employment
    • Collective Bargaining
    • Deregulation of Employment Relations
    • Workers' Participation
    • Undeclared Work and Employment
    • Industrial Conflict
    • Greek Employment Relations
    • European and Comparative Employment Relations
    • Qualitative Methods

    Research clusters and groups

    • Employment Relations and HRM
  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Supervision

    I am interested in supervising PhD students on topics related to my research interests

    Teaching

    I teach in the broad areas of Employment Relations and Management. I currently serve as the module leader and lecturer to the PG module 'Principles of Organisation and Management' and to the UG module 'Employment Relations and HRM'. I also contribute to the teaching of the PG module 'Perspectives on Political Economy'.

    Teaching modules

    • Varieties of Capitalism and Employment Relations (BUMN003H7)
    • Understanding Organisations (BUMN167H3)
  • Publications

    Publications

    Article

    Book

    Book Section

    • Voskeritsian, Horen and Kapotas, P. and Kornelakis, A. and Veliziotis, M. (2019) The dark side of the labour market: institutional change, economic crisis and undeclared work in Greece. In: Pulignano, V. and Hendrickx, F. (eds.) Employment Relations in the 21st Century. Kluwer Law International. ISBN 9789403517643.
    • Voskeritsian, Horen and Kapotas, P. and Niforou, C. (2019) Conclusion. In: Voskeritsian, Horen and Kapotas, P. and Niforou, C. (eds.) Greek Employment Relations in Crisis: Problems, Challenges, and Prospects. Routledge Studies in the European Economy. London, UK: Routledge. pp. 206-212. ISBN 9781138207356.
    • Voskeritsian, Horen and Kapotas, P. and Niforou, C. (2019) Introduction. In: Voskeritsian, Horen and Kapotas, P. and Niforou, C. (eds.) Greek Employment Relations in Crisis: Problems, Challenges, and Prospects. Routledge Studies in the European Economy. London, UK: Routledge. pp. 1-13. ISBN 9781138207356.
    • Voskeritsian, Horen and Kornelakis, A. (2019) Power, institutional change and the transformation of Greek employment relations. In: Voskeritsian, Horen and Kapotas, P. and Niforou, C. (eds.) Greek Employment Relations in Crisis: Problems, Challenges, and Prospects. Routledge Studies in the European Economy. London, UK: Routledge. pp. 14-30. ISBN 9781138207356.
    • Kornelakis, A. and Voskeritsian, Horen (2015) International and comparative human resource management. In: Camilo, A.A. (ed.) Global Enterprise Management: New Perspectives on the Challenges and Future Developments. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 21-36. ISBN 9781137429599.

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