CURRICULUM VITAE Koen Van Laer Contact information Work address Universiteit Hasselt Campus Diepenbeek Agoralaan Gebouw D 3590 Diepenbeek Belgium Room F2 Postal address Universiteit Hasselt Martelarenlaan 42 3500 Hasselt Belgium Telephone number: 0032-11-268669 Fax: 0032-11-268679 E-mail: koen.vanlaer@uhasselt.be Education 2006-2011 Doctoral Program Faculty of Business and Economics KU Leuven (Belgium) PhD in Business Economics (2011) 2000-2006 Faculty of Business and Economics KU Leuven (Belgium) Bachelor in Business Engineering (2003) Master in Business Engineering Specialization: Personnel & Organisation (2006) 1994-2000 Secondary school - Latin-Mathematics Sint-Jozef-Klein-Seminarie, Sint-Niklaas (Belgium)
CURRICULUM VITAE Koen Van Laer Professional experience 2011 Now Universiteit Hasselt Faculty of Business Economics SEIN Identity, Diversity & Inequality Research Post-doctoral researcher KU Leuven Faculty of Business and Economics Research Centre for Organisation Studies Research Fellow 2006 2011 KU Leuven Faculty of Business and Economics Research Centre for Organisation Studies PhD Student & Researcher Teaching experience Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in Organizations (2062), replacing coordinator Patrizia Zanoni Year 2012-2013 UHasselt, 2nd Master Business Engineering 6 credits Sociaal Verantwoord Ondernemen, member of the teaching team Years 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011 KU Leuven, Master Applied Economic Sciences Course design, teaching assistant & guest lecturer Guest lectures o Postgraduaatopleiding Diversiteitsmanagement, KU Leuven, Instituut voor de Overheid, 2009-2010, 2010-2011 Title: Management van diversiteit in organisaties (Managing diversity in organizations) o Opleiding Diversiteitsmanagement, KU Leuven, Instituut voor de Overheid, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 Title: Management van diversiteit in organisaties (Managing diversity in organizations) o Sociaal Verantwoord Ondernemen, KU Leuven, Master Applied Economic Sciences, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 Title: Critical Management Studies o Onderzoeksmethodologie HRM, Thomas More Antwerpen, Master Business Management (HRM), 2011-2012, 2012-2013 Title: Kwalitatief onderzoek: Data analyse (Qualitative research: Data analysis) o Diversity in Organizations, VU Amsterdam, Master Business Administration (Specialization Human Resource Management), 2012-2013 Title: Subtle discrimination in the workplace Seminars on qualitative research for master students (KU Leuven & UHasselt)
CURRICULUM VITAE Koen Van Laer Research supervision Membership doctoral committees Raffie Petronilla, The Effects of Identity Regulatory Organisational Discourse on Minority Employees: An Employees Perspective, Promoter: Prof. R. Govricharn, Co-promoter: Prof. Dr. Patrizia Zanoni, Tilburg University, Start: 1/9/2008 Eline Jammaers, Beyond disabling material and symbolic structures: A study of employees with disabilities as agents in Flemish workplaces Promoter: Prof. dr. Patrizia Zanoni, Co-promotor: dr. Stefan Hardonk, Universiteit Hasselt, Start: 1/5/2012 Christina Vogt, Highly skilled intra-european labor migration in the context of the economic crisis: Recruitment and professional integration processes in Belgian enterprises, Promotor: Prof. Dr. Patrizia Zanoni, Universiteit Hasselt, Start: 01/10/2012 Mehdi Ould Kherroubi, The professional integration of people with a migration background, Promotor: Prof. Dr. Annie Cornet, Co-Promotor: Prof. Dr. Patrizia Zanoni, Universiteit Luik & Universiteit Hasselt, Start: 15/2/2012 Master s thesis supervision KU Leuven 2006-2007: Professional networks of women (2 students). 2006-2008: Experiences of ethnic minority employees with individual or groupbased HR practices (1 student) 2007-2008: I-deals & justice in organizations (6 students). 2008-2009 Workplace experiences of blue-collar workers of foreign descent (3 students). 2009-2010 Workplace experiences of LGBT employees in Belgium (3 students). 2010-2011 Dirty Work (6 students). Promoter Master s thesis Universiteit Hasselt 2012-2013 Islam in organisations (1 student) 2013-2014 Careers & work experiences of LGBT employees (1 student) International activities Visiting researcher at the Department of Business Administration, Lund University (Sweden): March & April 2010. PhD pre-colloquium Workshop of the 24th EGOS Colloquium (Amsterdam, 2008) International PhD course Critical Management Studies (Lund, 2007) Member of EqualDiv@Work, a regional, transnational academic network of researchers investigating topics related to diversity in organizations and work settings International conferences (see below) Organization of conferences & events Co-organizer of the event Diversiteit in loopbanen 20/9/2012 (Faculty of Business and Economics, KU Leuven) Organisation of EqualDiv@Work meeting, Universiteit Hasselt, 11/10/2011
CURRICULUM VITAE Koen Van Laer Publications Articles published in international peer-reviewed journals Van Laer, K. & Janssens, M. (2011) Ethnic minority professionals experiences with subtle discrimination in the workplace. Human Relations 64(9), 1203 1227 (2012 Impact Factor: 1.938) Articles accepted for publication in international peer-reviewed journals Van Laer, K. & Janssens, M. Between the devil and the deep blue sea: Exploring the hybrid identity narratives of ethnic minority professionals Scandinavian Journal of Management (2012 Impact Factor: 0.986) Articles in other journals Van Laer, K., Verbruggen, M. & Janssens, M. (2012). Ongelijke kansen in werk: kansengroepen in loopbaanbegeleiding. Over.Werk Tijdschrift van het Steunpunt WSE, 22(1), 44-51. Books Van Laer, K., Verbruggen, M. & Janssens, M. (2011) Diversiteit in loopbanen. Over (on)gelijke kansen op de arbeidsmarkt. Leuven: Acco Chapters in edited volumes Hamde, K., Janssens, M., Van Laer, K., Wåhlin, N. & Zanoni, P. (2011). Diversity and Diversity Management in Business and Organization Studies. In: Knotter, S, De Lobel, R, Tsipouri, L & Stenius, V (Eds.), Diversity Research And Policy. A Multidisciplinary Exploration. Pallas Publications - Amsterdam University Press: Amsterdam, pp 159 179. Van Laer, K., Verbruggen, M. & Janssens, M. (2011). Kansengroepen in werk en ondernemerschap. In : Capita selecta uit Vlaams arbeidsmarktonderzoek. Vlaamse Overheid - Beleidsdomein Werk en Sociale Economie. pp. 124-129 PhD thesis Van Laer, K. (2011) Workplace struggles of ethnic minority professionals: Essays on subtle discrimination, resistance, and hybridity KU Leuven Reports & research notes Van Laer, K (2013) De huidige en toekomstige arbeidsmarkt in Vlaanderen vanuit het perspectief van diversiteit en de manieren waarop organisaties hiermee kunnen omgaan Adviesnota Dienst Emancipatiezaken Vlaamse Overheid Van Laer, K., Verbruggen, M. & Janssens, M. (2011) Kansengroepen in werk en ondernemerschap Viona Rapport Papers presented at international academic conferences Van Laer, K., Verbruggen, M. & Janssens, M. Towards inclusive careers: New careers models from the perspective of disadvantaged groups The 16th congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (Münster, 22-25/5/2013)
CURRICULUM VITAE Koen Van Laer Van Laer, K & Janssens, M Ethnic Minority Professionals Resistance: Workplace Struggles Over Discourses of Ethnicity The International Seminar "Diversity and Inequality in Contemporary Organizations" (Hasselt, 11-12/9/2012) Van Laer, K. & Janssens, M. Identities beyond Boundaries: Ethnic minority professionals negotiation of the boundary between work and non work domains The 10th International Conference Discourse and Organization (Amsterdam, 17-20/7/2012) Van Laer, K. The dynamics of sexual identity work: Experiences of gay & lesbian employees in Belgian workplaces The Sexuality at Work Stream of the Gender Work and Organisation 7 th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference (Keele, 27-29/6/2012) Van Laer, K. Opening the organization s closet: gay & lesbian employees sexual identity work in the workplace Stream 29: Identities and Critical Management Studies, the 7 th International Critical Management Studies Conference (Napels, 11-13/7/2011) Van Laer, K. & Janssens, M. Diverse Resistance to Diversity Discourses: Minority professionals engagement with discourses in the Flemish workplace. Stream 4 (Diversity is not enough: Interrogating difference and inequality in organisations), the 2nd 'Equal is not enough' Conference (Antwerpen, 1-3/12/2010). Van Laer, K. & Janssens, M. Ethnic Minority Professionals' Experiences with Subtle Discrimination in the Workplace. The 2010 Academy of Management Meeting (Montreal, 6-10/8/2010). Van Laer, K. & Janssens, M. Lives Beyond Boundaries: Exploring Hybrid Identity Constructions of Second-generation Minority Professionals. The Gender and Diversity Stream, the Critical Management Studies Workshop (Montreal, 4-5/8/2010). Van Laer; K. & Janssens, M. Diversity & Resistance: Minority professionals experiences & engagement with diversity discourses in Flanders, Stream 9 (Exploring the Intersection Between Diversity, Control and Resistance in Organizations), the 6th International Critical Management Studies Conference (Warwick, 13-15/7/2009). Van Laer; K. & Janssens, M. Minority professionals experiences with subtle, everyday racism in the workplace, Sub-theme 41 (Equality and diversity in organization studies: Discovering new notions by revisiting common discourses), the 25th EGOS Colloquium (Barcelona, 2-4/7/2009). Van Laer, K. & Janssens, M. The workplace experiences of second- generation minority professionals: upsetting practices and hybrid identity work [revised and extended version], Critical Gender and Diversity Issues in Management and Organization Theory, the Critical Management Studies Research Workshop (Los Angeles, 7-8/8/2008) Van Laer, K. & Janssens, M. The workplace experiences of second-generation minority professionals: upsetting practices and hybrid identity work, Sub-theme 36 (Identity Work and Organizations), the 24th EGOS Colloquium (Amsterdam, 10-12/7/2008).
CURRICULUM VITAE Koen Van Laer Van Laer, K & Janssens, M The workplace experiences of second-generation minority professionals: Upsetting practices and hybrid identity work Identity and Diversity at Work - International seminar Sus.Div project (Tilburg, 21/2/2008) Presentations at other conferences and meetings The dynamics of sexual identity work: Experiences of gay & lesbian employees in Belgian workplaces EqualDiv@Work meeting, Universiteit Hasselt, 11/10/2011 Ethnic Minority Professionals' Experiences with Subtle Discrimination in the Workplace EqualDiv@Work meeting, Lessius Antwerpen, 13/9/2010 Identiteit van succesvolle allochtonen, workshop Identiteit, Centrum voor Gelijke Kansen & Diversiteit, 11/03/2008 Other publications Contributions to the section Gelezen en Onderstreept of Over.Werk, journal of the Policy Research Center of Work & Social Economie (Steunpunt WSE) Contributions to Küchler, Suzanne & Wallman, Sandra (Eds.) (2009) Diversity management in practice: a cross-cultural & multi -disciplinary annotated bibliography addressing policy and well-being Contribution to the First Annual Report for the OECD-European Commission Project on Inclusive Entrepreneurship Invited speeches Subtiele discriminatie & diversiteit in organisaties Stad Antwerpen 25/4/2013 Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen: De basis voor bedrijfsprestaties? 7de colloquium MVO GDF Suez 22/3/2013 Diversiteit in loopbanen. Over (on)gelijke kansen op de arbeidsmarkt Meeting sectorconsulenten SERV 29/11/2012 Etnisch-culturele diversiteit: bedreiging of verrijking?, Sectordag Limburgse integratiesector 25/5/2012 Subtiele discriminatie in (en rond) organisaties, KMS netwerkdag netwerk racisme keren, 28/3/2012 Hoe draag ertoe bij dat hooggeschoolde allochtonen vallen voor mijn bedrijf? Event Eminenta Hooggeschoolden vallen voor uw bedrijf- valt uw bedrijf voor Eminenta?, 22/11/2011 The importance of (cultural) identity and workplace experiences, Multiplier group meeting of the project Managing Change through Diversity of Eurocadres, 29/05/2008 Other information Reviewer for international journals such as Human Relations, Gender, Work & Organization, Organization, Social Problems Member of the jury of the diversity price Jobkanaal 2010-2013 CEFR level C1 Interuniversity Test of Academic English (ITACE)