Peter Auer

International Labour Organization

Peter Auer holds a PH.D in economics and the social sciences. He was formerly senior research fellow of the Science Center (WZB) in Berlin, head of the European Employment Observatory and co-founder and director of the Institute for Applied Socio-Economics, Berlin (1987-1997) and head of the labour market team in the Employment and Training department of the ILO. At present he is Chief of the Employment Analysis and Research Unit of the Economic and Labour Market Analysis Department of the Employment Sector, ILO in Geneva. He has worked extensively on labour market developments and on labour market policy and regulations and his recent research focuses on a new framework for labour market security in response to the challenges of globalization.