Labour Law and Lifelong Learning

Jari Murto is associate professor in labour and social law at the Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Finland. His main research interest are doctrines of labour law, determination of the terms of employment, lifelong learning, regulation of labour market transitions, industrial relations, and labour market policy at the national and EU levels. Murto is a member in international research networks and groups, and he has extensive experience in research projects combining legal and empirical research approach. Murto is a founder and co-leader of research group “Labour Law and Lifelong Learning”. Valentina Franca is an Associate Professor of Labour Law and Social Security Law at the Faculty of Public Administration, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She has published extensively on collective labour relations, lifelong learning, digitalisation in the workplace, and new forms of work. She serves on the editorial boards of scientific journals and contributes as a national expert to international associations, including the Worker Participation Network at the ETUI in Brussels and CEELEX at the International Labour Organization. Actively engaged in both national and international research, she has collaborated with organisations such as Eurofound, EIGE, the ILO, and the OECD, and is a regular lecturer at professional and scientific conferences across Europe.