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Hartmut Seifert
Hartmut Seifert, Düsseldorf, 2022
Born (1944-01-23) 23 January 1944 (age 80)
Tilsit (East Prussia)
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipGermany
Alma materFree University of Berlin
Known forContributions to labour economics
Leader of the Institute of Economic and Social Research [de] of the Hans Böckler Foundation
Scientific correspondent for the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT), Tokyo
Scientific career
FieldsLabour economics
InstitutionsFree University of Berlin
Federal Institute for Vocational Training Research [de] in Berlin
Institute of Economic and Social Research [de] of the Hans Böckler Foundation in Düsseldorf

Hartmut Seifert (born 23 January 1944 in Tilsit (East Prussia) is an influential German labor market and working time researcher, former leader of the Institute of Economic and Social Research [de] of the Hans Böckler Foundation and scientific correspondent for the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT), Tokyo.[1][2]

Life

Hartmut Seifert studied economics at the University of Würzburg and the Free University of Berlin and graduated in 1971 with a degree in economics. In 1983 he received his PhD. rer. pol. from the University of Paderborn. Hartmut Seifert started his scientific career as a research assistant at the Free University of Berlin (1972-1974), then moved to the Federal Institute for Vocational Training Research [de] in Berlin (1974–1975), from 1975 to 1994 he has worked as a research officer at the Economics and Social Science Institute (WSI) of the DGB. From 1995 to early 2009, he headed the Economic and Social Sciences Institute (WSI) of the Hans Böckler Foundation in Düsseldorf. Since 1990, Seifert has been a corresponding researcher at the Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training (JILPT), Tokyo. He has had study visits to the United States (Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC) and Japan (JILPT), and since 2009 he has been a retired independent researcher and policy advisor. From 2012 to 2018 he was a senior research fellow at the WSI of the Hans Böckler Foundation.[1][2]

Research

Seifert's research activities cover a wide range of working time and labor market issues. They relate to the organization of working hours, their flexibilization and working time autonomy. He also examines the institutional structure of the labor market, investigates questions of deregulation and flexibilization of forms of employment and their social effects. This also includes work on the relationship between flexibility and social security, on Flexicurity.[3]

Publications (selected)

References

  1. ^ a b Dr. Hartmut Seifert (in German). 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Jutta Rump und Silke Eilers (Hrsg.) (2022). Arbeiten in der neuen Normalität. Sieben Trilogien für die neue Arbeitswelt. IBE-Reihe (in German). Springer-Gabler. p. 187. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-64393-8. ISBN 978-3-662-64392-1.
  3. ^ Pernicka, Susanne (2014). "Berndt Keller, Hartmut Seifert (2013): Atypische Beschäftigung zwischen Prekarität und Normalität. Entwicklung, Strukturen und Bestimmungsgründe im Überblick". Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie (in German). 39 (2): 171–173. doi:10.1007/s11614-014-0125-7. S2CID 255355275.
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