Dr Horen Voskeritsian
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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.
Office hours
Please email for an appointment
Administrative responsibilities
- Exam Officer, PG Programmes, Department of Management
- Programme Director, MSc Management with HRM
- Steering Committee Member, Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image
- Member, Department of Management Research Committee
ORCID
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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
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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
- Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and the Future of Work
- Critical Perspectives on People Management
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Publications
Publications
Article
- Voskeritsian, Horen and Kornelakis, A. and Kapotas, P. and Veliziotis, M. (2022) United We Stand? Marketization, institutional change and employers’ associations in crisis. Economic and Industrial Democracy 43 (2), pp. 685-704. ISSN 0143-831X.
- Kornelakis, A. and Voskeritsian, Horen (2018) Getting together or breaking apart? Trade union strategies, restructuring and contingent workers in Southern Europe. Economic and Industrial Democracy 39 (2), pp. 357-375. ISSN 0143-831X.
- Kornelakis, A. and Veliziotis, M. and Voskeritsian, Horen (2017) How can competitiveness be achieved in post-crisis Europe: deregulating employment relations or enhancing high performance work practices?. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 28 (21), pp. 3089-3108. ISSN 0958-5192.
- Kapotas, P. and Voskeritsian, Horen (2015) Requisition of labour and constitutional legitimacy: Thoughts on Article 1 Law 4325/2015 - Πολιτική Επιστράτευση και Συνταγματική Νομιμότητα: Σκέψεις επί του άρθρου 1 του ν.4325/2015. Labour Law Review - Επιθεώρησις Εργατικού Δικαίου 74 (7), pp. 863-871.
- Voskeritsian, Horen (2014) The genesis of a scientific community: the British Universities Industrial Relations Association and the field of industrial relations in Britain, c.1950–1983. Labor History 55 (4), pp. 501-518. ISSN 0023-656X.
- Kornelakis, A. and Voskeritsian, Horen (2014) The transformation of employment regulation in Greece: towards a dysfunctional liberal market economy?. Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations 69 (2), pp. 344-365. ISSN 0034-379X.
Book
- Voskeritsian, Horen and Kapotas, P. and Niforou, C., eds. (2019) Greek employment relations in crisis: problems, challenges and prospects. Routledge Studies in the European Economy. London, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138207356.
Book section
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Monograph
- Voskeritsian, Horen and Veliziotis, M. and Kapotas, P. and Kornelakis, A. (2017) Between a rock and a hard place: social partners and reforms in the wage setting system in Greece under austerity. London, UK: London School of Economics and Political Science.
- Kornelakis, A. and Veliziotis, M. and Voskeritsian, Horen and Kapotas, P. (2016) Prospects for new employment relations and labour market model in Greece. Hellenic Observatory.
Other
- Kornelakis, A. and Veliziotis, M. and Voskeritsian, Horen (2018) Improving productivity: the case for employee voice and inclusive workplace practices. ETUI.