National Experts

The members of our Network are highly qualified experts in the field of collective and individual labour law. The Network represents all Member States of the European Union and the EEA states.

The experts’ task, in general, is to provide information on national labour laws in relation to European labour law. The following individuals represent their country in the Network as national experts (in alphabetical order of countries):

Prof. Martin Risak (Marie-Curie Fellow) University of Vienna Institute of Labour Law and Social Law AUSTRIA	Dr. Kristīne Dupate University of Latvia Faculty of Law Riga LATVIA
Prof. Wilfried Rauws Free University of Brussels Department of Social Law BELGIUM	Prof. Wolfgang Portmann University of Zurich, Switzerland Jurisprudential Institut representing LIECHTENSTEIN
Prof. Krassimira Sredkova Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Department of Labour and Insurance Law BULGARIA	Dr. Tomas Davulis Vilnius University Faculty of Law LITHUANIA
Dr. Petr Húrka University Karlovy Prague Faculty of Law CZECH REPUBLIC	Jean-Luc Putz Judge at Luxemburg District Court LUXEMBURG
Dr. Nicos Trimikliniotis University of Nicosia PRIO Cyprus Centre CYPRUS	Dr. Gabriella Pace Lawyer Directorate General Legal Services European Central Bank representing MALTA
Prof. Jens Kristiansen University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law DENMARK	Prof. Guus Heerma van Voss University of Leiden Dept. of Labour and Social Security Law THE NETHERLANDS
Dr. Gaabriel Tavits University of Tartu Faculty of Law ESTONIA	Dr. Helga Aune University of Oslo Institute of Public Law NORWAY
Prof. Francis Kessler Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne Faculty of Law FRANCE	Dr. hab. Leszek Mitrus Jagiellonian University (Krakow) Faculty of Law and Administration POLAND
Matleena Engblom,LL.Lic. Finnish Metalworker´s Union, Lawyer Turku FINLAND	Prof. José João Abrantes New University of Lisbon Faculty of Law PORTUGAL
Prof. Bernd Waas University of Frankfurt Institute of Civil, Labour and Commercial Law GERMANY	Prof. Raluca Dimitriu Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies Law Department ROMANIA
Prof. Costas Papadimitriou University of Athens School of Law GREECE	Prof. Robert Schronk Comenius University Bratislava Mateja Bela University Faculty of Law SLOVAKIA
Prof. György Kiss University of Pécs Faculty of Law Budapest HUNGARY	Prof. Polonca Končar University of Ljubljana Faculty of Law SLOVENIA
Prof. Elín Blöndal Bifröst University Faculty of Law ICELAND	Prof. Joaquín García Murcia University of Oviedo Faculty of Law SPAIN
Anthony Kerr University College Belfield Faculty of Law Dublin IRELAND	Associate Prof. Mia Rönnmar University of Lund Faculty of Law SWEDEN
Prof. Edoardo Ales University of Cassino Faculty of law ITALY	Prof. Catherine Barnard University of Cambridge Trinity College UNITED KINGDOM