2030 on the horizon: skills in the online platform economy

Current research interests include self-regulation of learning in the workplace (strategies, antecedents, factors) and skill requirements in AI-mediated work. Professor Margaryan has over 130 scientific publications, including 2 books.

She has led over 20 collaborative, interdisciplinary, intersectoral, international research projects as PI or Co-I, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, the World Bank, Shell, BP, ConocoPhilips, Centrica, Energy Institute, UK Higher Education Academy, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and the Volkswagen Foundation.

She has received international awards for research excellence such as Alexander von Humboldt Senior Fellowship, Excellence in Research to Practice Award from the American Society of Training and Development, and Shell Research Fellowship. Further details at www.anoushmargaryan.com.

His proudest achievement is the development of two waves of the Cedefop European Skills and Jobs Survey. He has been scientific advisor and author on skills anticipation and skill mismatch for the European Commission, the World Economic Forum, ILO and the Greek Ministry of Labour and has been regular instructor for the ILO-ITC. He has represented Cedefop at high-level international conferences in Europe, USA, Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Before joining Cedefop he held posts at the University of Aberdeen and the University of Cyprus and worked for the Bank of Greece and HM Treasury. He has been invited Professor at the Universita Degli Studi Roma TRE and Visiting Research Scholar at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He is Honorary Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen Business School and IZA Research Fellow. He holds an M.Phil from the University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College) and a D.Phil from the Scottish Graduate Program in Economics. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals of education and economic science (e.g. Oxford Review of Education, Economica, Journal of Economic Surveys, Research in Labor Economics, Education Economics, International Labour Review).

His current research projects focus on inequalities in access to managerial careers, the diffusion of union membership (decline) across workplaces, workers' rights in the gig economy, and the effects of outsourcing on pupils and workforces in state education systems.

Jelena’s interests include exploring disruptions stemming from digital technologies. As a researcher at a Belgrade-based think tank, she was a part of the team that carried out the first exploratory research on the socio-economic position of online platform workers from Serbia and an inquiry into emerging digital inequalities in the world of work. She created Fusing Futures, an audio podcast that makes a leapfrog to the digital economy and society. The podcast got awarded as one of the three most innovative media content in the Western Balkans in 2019. Jelena holds a Master of Arts in International Relations and European Studies from Central European University (Budapest, Hungary).

Previously she worked as a Programme Manager and Policy Officer at the European Commission´s Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion in Brussels, being responsible for monitoring the Europe 2020 Strategy’s implementation in the area of employment, education and training, and social policy. She also worked in the Polish Academy of Sciences as an Assistant Professor and researcher-analyst in international economics and political science. While completing her PhD in political science at the University of Barcelona she also lectured at the ESERP Business School.

She has a keen interest on platform economy, and she led the FutureJobs project, among the first attempts to measures platform work in Europe. Annarosa is a member of several task-forces (OECD-ILO -EUROSTAT) on measurement of platform economy with a specific focus on employment and working conditions. Before working for the JRC, she was Research Associate at Imperial College Business School working on intangible economy, growth and labour productivity. Annarosa has a background in applied economics, she holds a PhD from the University of Milan and a MSc from Queen Mary University.

He previously contributed to research projects on skill matching and development in crowdwork (project website), as well as the impact of automation on future labour demand (executive summary) led by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) and the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), respectively.

He is currently on educational leave from McKinsey & Company, where he worked for three years as a consultant and junior project manager focusing on the impact of technology on organizations in the healthcare and transportation sector. Julian holds an MSc in Economics from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford. His research is funded by the Foundation of German Business (sdw).

An economist by training, Antonio has taught regional economics at the University of Rome since 2002. He also lectured at the National High School of Public Administration on cost-benefit analysis and public expenditure.

Prior to joining Cedefop, in 2010, he was Head of Research and Studies at the public services authority of the Municipality of Rome. Until 2007, he was Head of Area at CLES, an independent centre of studies on labour market and economic development based in Rome. In this capacity, he coordinated a number of key projects of the organization, including monitoring and evaluation of large-scale EU funded programmes, research projects on the green economy, job- and enterprise-creation, labour market analysis and skills development.

He has a master degree in quantitative and general economics and holds a Ph.d. in social sciences. As a researcher and project manager at the Dutch research centre for education and the labour market (ROA) Jasper led research projects on labour market issues, skills, employability and obsolescence of knowledge. He also worked on HRD and HRM, taking an economic perspective to human resources issues. Jasper started working for Cedefop in 2007. He led the centre’s early work on skill mismatch, coordinated the centre’s work on national VET systems and policies for several years, and led the centre’s skills governance work.