Research and advice center for the world of work
The Research and Advice Center for the World of Work (FORBA) is an interdisciplinary, internationally oriented research institute in Vienna , Austria .
history
FORBA was founded in 1991 by employees of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna. The management lies with Thomas Riesenecker-Caba. The board / management team consists of Hubert Eichmann, Jörg Flecker (club chairman), Thomas Riesenecker-Caba and Annika Schönauer.
FORBA currently employs around 15 people. The aim of the institute is to increase knowledge about work and employment and to contribute to improving working conditions through policy advice.
Areas of activity
FORBA specializes in current labor research topics and combines the disciplines of sociology , political science , socioeconomics and business informatics . The work of the institute is divided into the following areas:
- Work, organization, internationalization
- Work, gender, politics
- Sustainable working and living environments
- Technology design and data protection
Scientific work (selection)
- New precariousness. The consequences of activating labor market policy - European countries in comparison. Campus Verlag , Frankfurt / New York 2012: ISBN 978-3-5933-9656-9
- Use of personal data and limits of employee participation: data protection in the world of work. Vienna Chamber of Labor, Social Policy in Discussion No. 12, Vienna 2011: ISBN 978-3-7063-0407-8
- Internships and interns in Austria. Empirical analysis of internships and the situation of interns. FORBA research report 4/2011 on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Labor, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection (BMASK) , Vienna 2011
- Collective bargaining and balanced recovery: The case of Austria. in: International Labor Office (Ed.), Working Paper No. 23, Industrial and Employment Relations Department, Geneva 2011
- "... what do you want to have a say in?" Flexible work and opportunities to participate in IT services and mobile care. FORBA Research Vol. 5, sigma edition, Berlin 2010: ISBN 978-3-8360-6705-8
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The consequences of activating labor market policy - European countries in comparison
- ↑ Use of personal data and limits of employee participation: Data protection in the world of work ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Internships and interns in Austria. Empirical analysis of internships and the situation of interns. ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 811 kB)
- ^ Collective bargaining and balanced recovery: The case of Austria. (PDF file; 523 kB)
- ↑ "... what do you want to have a say in?" Flexible work and opportunities to participate in IT services and mobile care. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
