TIM VAN RIE studied Sociology at KUBrussel and KULeuven. He obtained a complementary degree 'Master Européen en Sciences du Travail', jointly from Université Catholique de Louvain and University College Dublin. After an internship at the European Commission, he joined the Centre for Social Policy in November 2005. Currently, in the framework of the GINI project, he is analyzing patterns of benefit receipt, based on European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions.
 

Recent projects

• Van Rie, T. & Marx, I. (2013). The case of Belgium. Paper to be presented at the conference 'Current challenges to European Welfare Systems', Siegen, Germany, 11-13 April 2013.

• Van Rie, T.& Marx, I. (2011) Back to square one or on to level two? The European Employment Strategy since 2008. Paper to be presented at the Workshop ‘The Global Economic Crisis and the Welfare State’, University of Bremen, 24-25 November 2011.

• Van Rie, T. (2011) EMU, employment and social inclusion from Lisbon to EU2020. Paper to be presented at the Doctoral workshop ‘Post-Crisis Post-Lisbon Economic and Social Policy: A New Era?’ University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 14-16 September 2011.

• Van Rie, T. & Marx, I. (2011) Welfare with work? Comparative evidence on benefit and labour income in European countries. Paper presented at the Eighteenth FISS Conference, Sigtuna, 6-8 June 2011; 9th Annual ESPANET Conference, Valencia, 8-10 September 2011.

• Van Rie, T. & Marx, I. (2012). The EU at work? The European Employment Strategy from Crisis to Crisis. Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 335-356.

• Van Rie, T., Marx, I. & Horemans, J. (2011). Ghent revisited. Unemployment insurance and union membership in Belgium and the Nordic countries. European Journal of Industrial Relations, Volume 17, Issue 2 (June), pp. 125-140.

• Van Rie, T. & Marx, I. (2010) Belgium vs. The Netherlands: Is the crisis a path-breaking or path-reinforcing event? Paper presented at the 8th ESPAnet Conference, Budapest, 3 September 2010.

• Vade-mecum of common indicators agreed in the context of the Open Method of Coordination on Social Protection and Social Inclusion, project commissioned by the Directorate-General for Employment, social affairs and equal opportunities of the European Commission.

• Marlier, E., Cantillon, B., Nolan, B., Van den Bosch, K. and Van Rie, T. (2009) ‘Developing and learning from measures of social inclusion in the European Union’ Paper prepared for the Joint OECD/University of Maryland International Conference on Measuring Poverty, Income Inequality, and Social Exclusion - Lessons from Europe (Paris, 16-17 March 2009).