November 2007

 

CV

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen

 

 

Summary:

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen is Professor and Director of the Centre for Labour Market Research (CARMA) at the Department of Economics, Politics and Public Administration, University of Aalborg. His main research interests include comparative labour market and employment policy. He is currently the Danish representative within the European Employment Observatory and has also conducted research for the Nordic Council of Ministers, the ILO and other international organisations.  In recent years he has published numerous articles on the theme of "flexicurity" or the challenge of combining flexible labour markets with social protection and security for employees.

 

 

Contact information:

Centre for Labour Market Research (CARMA)

Department of Economics, Politics and Public Administration,

University of Aalborg, Fibigerstraade 1, DK-9220 Aalborg Oest, Denmark

Phone: +45 9635 8179, mobile phone + 45 2243 1077, fax: +45 98155346

E-mail: pkm@socsci.aau.dk; web: www.carma.aau.dk

 

Home:

Skovvej 10, DK-4230 Skaelskoer, Denmark,  +45 5819 2442, fax: +45 5819 1332

E-mail: per_kongshoej@vip.cybercity.dk

 

Personal

Born 1949 in Lyngby, Denmark. Danish citizen. Married. Three children.

 

Education

1973: M.A. in economics, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. 

 

Academic employment

2005-                                          Professor in labour market research and director of the Centre for Labour Market Research, Department of Economic, Politic and Public Administration, University of Aalborg

1977-2005:               Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

1975-77:                   Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen.

1974-75:                   Fellowship at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

1973-74:                   Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen.

 

Fellowships:

1990:                        Visiting fellow for six months at the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle (financed by the American Council of Learned Societies)

 

1993:                        Visiting fellow for three months at the European University Institute in Florence (financed by the Danish Research Council)

 

Professional activities

2007-            Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labour (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit), Bonn

2006-            Chairman of the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (Arbej-derbevægelsens Erhvervsråd)

2006-            Member of the Economic Council (Det Økonomiske Råd)

2005-2007    Member of the Government Committee on work-life balance (Familie- og Arbejdslivskommissionen)

1997-:           Danish correspondent for the SYSDEM-network of national experts within EU's Employment Observatory.

 

 

Management of major research projects:

2002-2003:               Project Manager for study of labour market integration in the Nordic countries financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers.

2002-2003:               Danish partner in the EU-financed research project “Cost of non-social policy” headed by Professor Iain Begg, London School of Economics.

1998-2000:                           Project for ILO, Geneva: Analysis of Danish labour market policy (headed by Peter Auer)

1999-2000:                           Project Manager for study of supply of labour in the Nordic countries financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers.

1999-2001:               Responsible for the Danish contribution to the EXSPRO-project (financed by EU’s TSER-programme)

1986‑1989:               Project Director, Evaluation of experi­ments in Nordic employment policy, Nordic Council of Mini­sters.

1983‑1985:               Project Director, Research project on Costs of Unemplo­yment in Scandinavia, Nordic Council of Ministers

1981‑1983:               Research Coordinator, Rese­arch programme on Cri­sis and Unemployment, Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Educa­tion. 

 

Teaching and lecturing:

 

1970‑73:                   Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

1973-                        Teaching as part of academic positions at University of Copehagen. Courses in economics, economic policy, labour market and employment policy taught in Danish and in English

1985-1996                External lecturer, Copenhagen Business School

1995:                        Nominated as ”Teacher of the Year” at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

 

Editorial work:

 

2005-                        Member of the editorial committee of Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift                           

2004-                        Member of the editorial board of Tidsskrift for Arbejdsliv                     

 

1992-1995                Editor of Arbejdsmarkedspolitisk Årbog (published by the Ministry of Employment)

1983‑1989:               Editor of Samfundsøkonomen (published by Danmarks Jurist- og Økonom­forbunds Forlag)  

1975-1981:               Editor of  Nordisk Tidskrift for Politisk Eko­no­mi

 

Referee for:              European Journal of Industrial Relations, Journal of Development Studies, Politica

 

Academic administrative positions include:

1996-1999:               Head of Department, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

1991-1993:               Member of the Board of Directors, University of Copenhagen

1986‑1989:               Chairman, Faculty of Political Science, Univer­si­ty of Copenhagen

1984‑1986:               Deputy Head of Department, Institute of Political Science, Univer­si­ty of Copenhagen

 

Consultancy and advisory activities include:

2003:            Advisor to the Slovenian Ministry of Welfare concerning a labour market indicator system (employed by COWI A/S)

2002-2003:   Advisor to the Estonian Ministry of Welfare concerning guidelines for national employment strategy (employed by Nordic Consulting Group Ltd.)

2001-2003:   Project-manager for component of Phare-Twinning project on “Preparing Lithuania for participation in the European Employment Strategy”

1991-2003:   Scientific Secretary to the Scientific Council of the Danish Ministry of Employment

1999-2000: Team-leader for project “Policy Integration”, Danish-Lithuanian Sector Programme.

1998:            Assistance to International Secretariat of the Danish Ministry of Labour (SISA): Survey of labour market cooperation Baltic Sea States

1996:            Assistance to International Secretariat of the Danish Ministry of Labour (SISA): Sectoral Programme in Poland

 

 

Publications (selected 1995-2006):

 

1. Monographs

Per Kongshøj Madsen (2005): Udredning om tendenser på fremtidens arbejdsmarked. Bilag Til Arbejdstilsynets rapport om ”Fremtidens arbejdsmiljø”, København 2005 (www.at.dk)

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen og Christofer Lindgren (2003): Arbete til alla. En nordisk profil för en öppen europeisk arbetsmarknad, Nordisk Ministerråd NORD 2003:13, København

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen et al (2001): Social Exclusion and Social Protection in the European Union: Policy Issues and Proposals for the Future Role of the EU, South Bank University, European Institute

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (1995): A Nordic Approach to Labour Market Policy, Nord 1995:29, Nordisk Ministerråd, København,  84 sider.

 

2. Edited volumes

Jørgensen, Henning; Madsen, Per Kongshøj (eds.) (2007):  Flexicurity and Beyond: Finding a new agenda for the European Social Model. Copenhagen: DJØF Publishing, 2007.

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen og Lisbeth Pedersen (red.) (2003): Drivkræfter bag arbejdsmarkedspolitikken, Socialforskningsinstituttet 03:13, København

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (ed.) (1998): Work and welfare - Proceedings of the workshop of the COST A7 final conference, Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1998, 156 s.

 

Pekka Kosonen & Per Kongshøj Madsen (eds.) (1995): CON­VERGEN­CE OR DIVERGENCE? WELFARE STATES FACING THE EUROPEAN IN­TEGRA­TION, COST Social Sciences, EC, Directorate General. Science, Research and Development, Brussels

 

3. Contributions to edited volumes (in foreign language publications)

Jørgensen, Henning og Per K. Madsen (2007). "Flexicurity and Beyond - Reflections on the Nature and Future of a Political Celebrity. In Flexicurity and Beyond: finding a new agenda for the European Social Model. Copenhagen: DJØF Publishing, 2007. 7-34.

 

Bredgaard, Thomas, Flemming Larsen og Per K. Madsen (2007). "The challenges of identifying flexicurity in action - A case study on Denmark.in  Flexicurity and beyond: finding a new agenda for the European social model. Red. Henning Jørgensen og Per Kongshøj Madsen Copenhagen: DJØF Publishing, 365-391.

 

Madsen, Per Kongshøj (2006): “How can in possibly fly? The paradox of a dynamic labour market in a Scandinavian welfare state”, in John A. Campbell, John A. Hall and Ove K. Pedersen (eds.): National Identity and the varieties of Capitalism: THE DANISH EXPERIENCE, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal, pp. 321-355

 

Madsen, Per Kongshøj and Plougmann, Peter (2002): Flexibility, Employment Development and Active Labour Market Policy in Denmark and Sweden in the 1990s, in Howell, David (ed.): Fighting Unemployment : The Limets of Free Market Orthodoxy. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. s. 284-309.

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (2005): “The Danish road to flexicurity: Where are we. And how did we get there?”.  in Thomas Bredgaard & Flemming Larsen (eds.): Employment policy from different angles, DJØF Publishing, Copenhagen, pp. 269-290

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (2003): “”Flexicurity” through labour market policies and institutions in Denmark”, in Peter Auer & Sandrine Cazes (eds.): Employment stability in an age of flexibility. Evidence from industrialized countries, International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, pp. 59-105

 

Madsen, Per Kongshøj & Thomas P. Boje (2003): ”Wage Formation, Institutions and Unemployment”, in Thomas P. Boje & Bengt Furåker (eds.) (2003): Post-industrial Labour Markets. Profiles of North America and Scandinavia, Routledge, London, pp. 213-238.

 

Madsen, Per Kongshøj (2002): “Security and flexibility: Friends or foes? Some observations from the case of Denmark”, in Peter Auer and Bernard Gazier  (eds.): The Future of Work, Employment and Social Protection. The dy­namics of change and the protection of workers, pp. 49-62, International Labour Organization, Geneva (Originally: Paper presented at the Symposium on The future of work, employment and social protection: The dynamics of change and the protection of workers, arranged med ILO, Lyon, January 17-18, 2002

 

Madsen, P. Kongshøj, Munch-Madsen, P. and Langhoff-Roos, K. (2002): “How well do European Employment Regimes Manage Social Exclusion?” in Muffels, R.; Tsakloglou, P.; Mayes, D (eds.) (2002): Social Exclusion in European Welfare States, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 235-263

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (2002): “The Danish model of flexicurity: A paradise - with some snakes”, in Hedva Sarfati & Giuliano Bonoli (Eds.): Labour market and social protections reforms in international perspective: Parallel or converging tracks ?, Ashgate, pp. 243-265. I fransk version som: Per Kongshøj Madsen (2002): “Le modèle danois de le “flexicurité”: un paradis non sans quelques serpent”, I Hedva Sarfati & Giuliano Bonoli (eds.): Mutations de marché du travail et protection sociale dans une perspective internationale. Voies parallèles ou convergentes?, Peter Lang, Bern, pp. 313-341

 

Madsen, P. Kongshøj, Munch-Madsen, P. and Langhoff-Roos, K. (2001): ‘All Hands on Deck! - Fighting Social Exclusion in Denmark’, in Mayes, D. G., Berghman, J. and Salais, R. (eds.) (2001): Social Exclusion and European Policy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 124-151

 

Madsen, Per Kongshøj, and Munch-Madsen, Peter (2001): ‘European Employment Policy and National Policy Regimes’, in Mayes,  D. G., Berghman, J. and Salais, R. (eds.) (2001): Social Exclusion and European Policy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 255-276

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (1998): “A Transitional Labour Market: The Danish Paid Leave Arrangements”, i: New Institutional Arrangements on the Labour Market. Transitional Labour Markets as a New Full Employment Concept, s. 68-73, Berlin, 1998.

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (1998): „Elemente erfolgreicher Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Dänemark“, Peter Scherrer et al: Von den Nachbarn lernen, pp. 148-152, Marburg, Schüren, 1998

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (1997): "Chapter 11: Lifelong Learning and Paid Leave Arrangements: Some General Arguments and an Illustration Using the Danish Experience in the 1990s", in CREATIVITY, INNOVATION AND JOB CREATION, OECD Proceedings, pp. 113-129, OECD. Paris, 1997

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen and Jørn Loftager (1997): "Denmark" in Hugh Compston (ed.): The New Politics of Unemployment - Radical Policy Initiatives in Western Europe", Routledge, London, pp. 123-145.

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (1996): "The young and the labour market - Some general arguments and an illustration by Nordic and European experiences in the 1990s", in Youth Unemploy­ment in the North, TemaNord 1996:592, pp. 275-283

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (1996): "Labour Market Policy Reform: From Rules and regulations to worksharing and decentralization", in Iain Hampsher-Monk & Jeffrey Stanyer: Contemporary Political Studies 1996, Volume III, Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 1370-1383

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen & K.V. Andersen (1995): "Expelled from the Garden of Eden: The Politics of Economic Modeling in Denmark", in K.V. Andersen (ed.): INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE POLITICAL WORLD. Implementation, Use and Implications of Economic Modeling, IOS Press, Amsterdam, 1995, pp. 233-256.

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (1995): "The Politics of Macro-Economic Modeling", in K.V. Andersen (ed.): INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE POLITICAL WORLD. Implementation, Use and Implications of Economic Modeling, IOS Press, Amsterdam, 1995, pp. 147-172.

 

4. Articles in scientific journals (* indicates refereed journal)

Per Kongshøj Madsen (2006): "Labour Market Flexibility and Social Protection in European Welfare States - Contrasts and Similarities", Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol. 32(2), 2006, pp. 139-162 (*)

 

Madsen, Per Kongshøj (2006): “Flexicurity – Hvordan kan fleksibilitet og sikkerhed forenes?”, Søkelys på arbeidsmarkedet, nr. 1, 2006, pp. 89-95 (ISSN

 

Madsen, Per Kongshøj with Thomas Bredgaard and Flemming Larsen (2006): “Opportunities and challenges for flexicurity – The Danish example”, Transfer – European Review of Labour and Research, Volume 12(1), pp. 61-82 (*)

 

Madsen, Per Kongshøj (2006): “De ældre, arbejdsmarkedet og efterlønnen”, Samfundsøkonomen, Marts 2006, nr. 1, pp. 12-14

 

Madsen, Per Kongshøj (2006): ”Das Dänische Modell der Flexicurity”, Neue Gesellschaft/Frankfurther Hefte, Vol 1+2, pp. 65-68.

 

Madsen, Per Kongshøj med Thomas Bredgaard og Flemming Larsen (2005): ”Flexicurity på dansk – et lærestykke for Europa?”, Økonomi & Politik, Vol. 78(4), pp. 56-71

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (2004): “The Danish model of ‘flexicurity’: experiences and lessons”, TRANSFER. European Review of Labour and Research, Volume 10 (2), pp. 187-207

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (with Hugh Compston) (2001): “Conceptual innovation and public policy: unemployment and paid leave schemes in Denmark”, Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 11(2), pp. 117-132 (*)

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (2000): ”Etniske minoriteter på arbejdsmarkedet - En sammenligning af position og integrationsindsats i fem europæiske lande”, Arbejdsliv 2. årg. Nr. 2,  pp. 85-106 (*)

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (2000): ”Det danske jobmirakel - Fra massearbejdsløshed til fuld beskæftigelse”, Søkelys på arbeidsmarkedet, Vol. 17, pp. 115-123.

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (1999): ”I medgang og modgang ... Om behovet for en fleksibel arbejdsmarkedspolitik”, Tidsskrift for Arbejdsliv, 1. årg., nr.1, pp. 91-95

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (1996): "Koulutus ja aktivointi - pohjoismaisen työvoimapo­litiikan linjaukset", Työpoliittinen Aikakauskirja (Finnish Labour Review), 3/1996, pp. 16-22.

 

5. Research papers and similar publications

Per Kongshøj Madsen (2006): “Youth employment in Denmark”, European Employment Observatory. Review: Autumn 2005, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, pp. 39-43.

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen with Thomas Bredgaard og Flemming Larsen (2005): The flexible Danish Labour Market – A Review, CARMA Research Papers 1:2005. Aalborg University, CARMA

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (2004): “Quality in Work: A priority for European Employment Policy?”, European Employment Observatory. Review: Spring 2004, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, pp. 66-70

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (2004): “Fighting the immeasurable? Addressing the phenomenon of undeclared work in the European Union”, European Employment Observatory. Review: Autumn 2004, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, pp. 71-74

 

 

6. Book reviews (in English only)

Per Kongshøj Madsen (2004): “Book Review: Knut Roder: Social Democracy and Labour Market Policy, London: Routhledge 2003”, West European Politics Vol. 27(1), pp. 178-179.

 

Madsen, Per Kongshøj (2002): “Book Review: Unemployment in the New Europe. Edited by Nancy Bermeo, Cambridge University Press, 2001”, in American Political Science Review, Volume 96, Number 3, September 2002, pp. 651-652.

 

7. Textbooks

Per Kongshøj Madsen og Ernst Jensen (2004): Samfundets økonomi, Columbus, København

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen (1995): Tema: Arbejdsmarkedet, i Henrik Adrian m.fl.: EUROPAØKO­NOMI, Gyldendal Undervisning, København,  pp. 149-172.

 

Ernst Jensen og Per Kongshøj Madsen (1993 and subsequent years): Vismandsspillet. En samfundøkonomisk edb-model, BSU Finansrådet, København 1993, 79 sider samt diskette med edb-program (Reviderede og opdaterede udgaver udkommer årligt)

 

Papers and presentations at international conferences and seminars 2005-2006

 

2005:

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen: The Danish model of flexicurity – Any Lessons to Learn?, Presentation at seminar arranged by the Bank of Finland, Helsinki, May 30, 2005.

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen: Labour Market Flexibility and Social Protection in European Welfare States – Contrasts and Similarities, Refereed paper presented to the Transitions and Risk: New Directions in Social Policy Conference Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne 23 - 25 February, 2005

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen: Flexicurity in Danish - Learning from a Nordic Model?, Presentation at  EFTA seminar, Brussels, October 11, 2005

 

2006:

Thomas Bredgaard, Flemming Larsen & Per Kongshøj Madsen: The challenges of identifying flexicurity in action, International conference “Flexicurity and Beyond”, 12-13 October 2006, Aalborg, Denmark.

 

Thomas Bredgaard, Flemming Larsen & Per Kongshøj Madsen: Flexicurity for whom? A disaggregate study of the Danish model of flexicurity, Paper and presentation prepared for the EQUALSOC EMPLOY Group Seminar “Atypical Employment and Welfare Regimes”, December 13-14, 2006, Milan

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen: Flexicurity – A new perspective on labour markets and welfare states in Europe, International conference “Flexicurity and Beyond”, 12-13 October 2006, Aalborg, Denmark.

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen: Flexicurity – A new perspective on labour markets and welfare states in Europe, Paper prepared for the International Conference on INNOVATING LABOUR MARKET POLICIES Workshop Session 9 “The future of the European Employment Strategy”, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2006, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen: Flexicurity – Policies Addressing Job Mobility, Paper for presentation at EU/China seminar, Brussels, November 13, 2006 

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen: The Danish Model of “Flexicurity”, European Foundation for Living and Working Conditions, Flexicurity and Employability Seminar, May 23, 2006

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen: "Flexicurity in Danish - Lessons to Learn?", IMF seminar on “Flexicurity - Danish for all?”, Thursday 22 June 2006 14-16 in Danmarks Nationalbank.

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen: Flexicurity – A new perspective on labour markets and welfare states in Europe, Presentation and Paper prepared for the informal meeting of EU labour ministers, January 19-21, 2006 in Villach, Austria

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen: Flexicurity – Conceptual, Methodological and Political Questions, Presentation and Background paper for presentation at expert meeting on flexicurity strategies and the implications of their adoption at the European level,  Lisbon, the 25th September 2006 

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen: Flexicurity på dansk, Præsentation på seminar i Näringsdepartementet, Stockholm, den 17. maj 2006

 

Per Kongshøj Madsen: Flexicurity – a new perspective on labour markets and welfare states in Europe, Social Justice and Public Policy in Scotland, Seminar Series, 22 February 2006, University of Stirling