Learning in EU workplaces

Steven Dhondt is a work and organisation sociologist interested in how technology plays a role in shaping organisations. His aim is to understand what employees can contribute to organisations by using technology and influencing technology decisions. He works at the Dutch TNO, one of the largest research and technology organisations (RTO) in Europe. At the same time, he is a guest professor at the KU Leuven (Belgium). 

The topic of Industry 5.0 is currently one of his core focuses as he leads the Horizon Europe Bridges 5.0 project and plays a central role in the Horizon Europe Seismec project. He supports the European Commission and agencies as an expert advisor.

Juan José Luis Delgado is a Spanish–Venezuelan Policy Advisor at industriAll Europe, where he focuses on industrial policy in the Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Paper sectors. 

He is also part of the Collective Bargaining team, working on issues related to job quality, the European Minimum Wage, and other key areas concerning workers’ rights and social dialogue. Before joining industriAll Europe, Juan José did a traineeship with the Workers’ Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and he is an Erasmus Mundus Master Scholar in South European Studies, a joint program offered by the University of Glasgow, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and LUISS Guido Carli di Roma.

As a Senior Policy Advisor Pär is an expert in all aspects of Skills Provision and works in this capacity with The Swedish Installation Federation, which represents more than 4.300 companies that install, optimize and control heating, ventilation, water, electrical and telecommunications technology. Pär is also well connected within The Swedish Confederation of Enterprise and related European contacts with Europe On as the main stepping stone

You can follow him on LinkedIn or via Skills4Climate - EuropeOn. He is also a member of The Cedefop Management Board. He has a degree in Political Science from Uppsala University, Pär Lundström | LinkedIn

Antonio Ranieri is Head of Department for VET and Skills at Cedefop.

He leads a team of European experts investigating skills trends and changes in the worlds of work and support the development of the Union policy in the field of vocational education and training. The Department work covers a wide range of research and policy analysis in two Cedefop strategic areas of operation, namely skills and labour market and learning and employability. 

Giovanni Russo is an Expert at Cedefop. 

His background is in labor economics and behavioral economics. He has a PhD in Economics from the VU University of Amsterdam. Before joining Cedefop in 2010 he was associate professor at Utrecht University, he also had short stints at the University of Turin, Trieste and the VU University. 

His current main line of research revolves around Industry 5.0 and focuses on the importance of human capital for the competitiveness of EU establishments.

Dominik Sobczak graduated from Warsaw School of Economics in Finance and Banking and in European Studies, where he also worked as a research project manager and a researcher in macroeconomics, financial markets and European integration. After joining the European Commission in 2005 he worked in the area of socio-economic sciences and humanities in DG Research and Innovation, developing the European research agenda in macroeconomics, finance, demography and corporate social responsibility among others. In 2014 he joined the Research Infrastructures unit as Executive Secretary of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), coordinating the support of the European Commission to the Forum and following up the implementation of the ESFRI Roadmap. In April 2021 appointed as Deputy Head of Unit for Research and Innovation Actors and Research Careers, he continued his work on research infrastructure policy. In June 2023 Dominik joined the Industrial Research, Strategy and Coordination unit, which currently coordinates Commission’s work on Industry 5.0.

Jasper Van Loo is coordinator of Cedefop’s department for VET and Skills.

He currently coordinates the labour market and skills analysis work of the agency. He is also part of the team investigating EU skills trends using online job vacancies.

He has a master degree in quantitative and general economics and holds a Ph.d. in social sciences.