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For further informationabout the Doctoral Research SchoolThe School for Advanced Studies, set up by Adaptand the Marco Biagi Foundation as a centre forexcellence accredited at international level for research,study and the postgraduate programmes inthe area of industrial and labour relations, promotesresearch programmes in collaboration with the MarcoBiagi Centre for International and ComparativeStudies and the Department of Business Administrationat the University of Modena and ReggioEmilia, with external agreements to obtain fundingfor the wide range of study programmes of theSchool, including:• a postgraduate degree in Labour Relations;• an International Doctoral Research School inLabour Relations;• a first-level Master’s degree for Labour MarketProfessionals;• numerous advanced apprenticeship programmes.MICHELE TIRABOSCHI tiraboschi@unimore.itDirector of the Doctoral Research SchoolWILLIAM BROMWICH william.bromwich@unimore.itInternational Relations OfficeOLGA RYMKEVITCH rymkevitch@unimore.itInternational Relations OfficeINTERNATIONALDOCTORAL SCHOOL INLABOURRELATIONSAcademic Year 2008/2009The Adapt and Marco Biagi Foundation School forAdvanced Studies in Industrial and Labour Relationsbenefits from strategic partnerships and financialsupport from: Aidp, Aidp Lazio, Ali, Barilla G. & R.Fratelli, CISL nazionale, Comune di Milano, Confcommercio,Confindustria Modena, ConfindustriaVicenza, Conquiste del Lavoro, Crif Teleservice, E-lectrolux Italia, Esselunga, Federdistribuzione, Ferrari,Gruppo Cremonini, KCS Caregivers, Ikea, IstitutoBruno Leoni, Legacoop Modena, Lindbergh, LowaraITT, Manutencoop, MCL, Metis, Micron TechnologyItalia, Obiettivo Lavoro, Policlinico di Modena, PosteItaliane, Provincia di Verona, Randstad, Telecom,Umana, Unirec.Marco Biagi University FoundationLargo Marco Biagi, 10 – 41100 Modena – ItalyTel. +39 059.2056042 – Fax +39 059.2056068www.fmb.unimore.it – csmb@unimore.itPromoted by:Adapt and Marco Biagi FoundationUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaIn collaboration with:

InternationalDoctoral School inLABOUR RELATIONSOUR OBJECTIVESThe Doctoral Research School aims to promote an innovativeapproach to higher education. Adopting an interdisciplinaryresearch method, with a focus on developments ininternational markets and a strong practical orientation, theSchool aims to select and train young researchers and labourmarket professionals from all over the world. From theearly stages of their research programme, our doctoralstudents are expected to play an active role in Italian andinternational undertakings, international bodies, nationaland local institutions, employers’ associations and tradeunions.WHY SUPPORTOUR PROGRAMMES?In Italy there are clearly many higher education institutionsfocusing on the fascinating area of human relations thatincludes industrial and labour relations. The added value ofour School derives from the fact that we have adopted – orrather inherited – a method laid down in the teachings ofProfessor Marco Biagi. This is a profoundly innovativemethod as it is based on an interdisciplinary and comparativeapproach to labour relations, with close connectionswith the business world. This method is also characterisedby the high level of motivation and sense of belongingamong the faculty members, researchers, external collaboratorsand students (past, present and future) and thenumerous partners and supporters of the School.WHO WE AREAND HOW WE OPERATEThe Doctoral Research School in Labour Relations set up bythe University of Modena and Reggio Emilia together withthe Marco Biagi Foundation and Adapt is supported by aconsolidated network of relations and partnerships consistingof:• international cooperation agreements with various highereducation and research centres including the Universitiesof Budapest, Buenos Aires, Castellòn, UniversityCollege Dublin, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Lodz, MexicoCity, Middlesex, Montevideo, St. Petersburg, São Paulo,Tilburg, Warwick and the Wharton School of theUniversity of Pennsylvania;• links and exchanges with Italian and international businesseswith the active involvement of Adapt memberswho contribute to the School not only by funding researchgrants, but also by sharing the strategic goalsand the research and training objectives;• an international Teaching Faculty including eminentacademics of international standing, human resourcesmanagers, company directors, trade union officials andlabour market operators, with courses held in Englishand Italian.PARTNERSHIP AND FUNDINGThe School operates thanks to both public and private funding.The allocation of funding for a doctoral research studentmay be conditional on the implementation of a specifictraining or research project, with the doctoral researchstudent spending a number of months in the course of theyear with the sponsor of the research project. National programmesprovide incentives for doctoral research fundingand the hiring of doctoral research students.THEMATIC AREASThe doctoral research programme lasts three yearsand covers the following thematic areas:• human resource management;• industrial relations;• labour market law;• labour economics;• international economics.Priority is given to the interdisciplinary method with aneducational approach characterised by the empiricaland experimental dimension. Theoretical analysis issupplemented by intense periods of internship in theenterprise (that may in some cases be preponderant)enabling the participants to apply at a practical level ina business context the knowledge and skills acquired.RESEARCH PLANSResearch plans are drawn up in agreement with ourpartners and with those providing funding for our researchprojects. The main strands of research are inthe following areas:• change, innovation and organisational learning;• labour productivity, variable remuneration, salarydifferentials;• labour market institutions and policy;• outsourcing and insourcing of labour;• labour market globalisation and corporates internationalisation;• certification of employment contracts and the outsourcingof labour;• workplace environment, organisational well-being,health and safety at work;• skills, competences, professional and career development;• migration, bargaining and the opening up of labourmarkets.