Joop Schippers

Joop Schippers is a full professor of Labour Economics at Universiteit Utrecht (The Netherlands) and one of the coordinators of the Future of Work hub. Throughout his career he worked on issues regarding labour market inequality by gender and age, looking for explanations from different angles, like human capital, discrimination and the role of institutions. Earlier he served as the PI of the European project Activating Senior Potential in Ageing Europe (ASPA). Currently, his focus is on labour market shortages and lifelong learning and development. Next to his teaching and research he has always been active in dissemination of his research and policy advice.