prof. dr. Irmgard Borghouts

Bio

Prof.  dr. Irmgard Borghouts is endowed professor HRM & Social Security at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. This chair has been endowed by Instituut Gak. She leads a team of motivated researchers and PhD candidates in the field of inclusive labor market within the HR Studies department, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. She is the director of the People Management Center and a visiting professor at University West in Sweden. Borghouts is a Labor Market & Social Security Scientist and obtained her Ph.D. in 2012 with an international comparative study on employment security systems. She conducted research in five European countries. This work was awarded the German Science Prize in 2016. Borghouts is a member of the Independent Commission on the Future of the Disability Insurance System (Octas). She serves as a board member of the Willem II Betrokken foundation and as a member of the Supervisory Board at the ETZ Hospital.

Expertise

Her multidisciplinary expertise lies in the fields of employment security, labor market policy, social security and inclusive HRM. Social policy and social security are her starting point and she links this with strategic HRM issues within organizations. Two transitions are central in her work: 1) the transition from inactivity to employment with special attention for vulnerable groups (e.g. people with disability, unemployed) and 2) the transition From Work to Work for people who (threaten to) lose their jobs. Irmgard has extensive experience in acquiring, leading and implementing (international) scientific and applied research. She has been involved in many quantitative and qualitative research projects, among others commissioned by the European Commission, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. She has over 100 publications to her name and is a much sought-after speaker at home and abroad. 

Courses

• Inclusive HRM

Recent publications

1. How Dutch higher HRM education prepares future HR professionals for t…

   van Beurden, J., Borghouts, I., van den Groenendaal, S. M., & Freese, C. (2024). How Dutch higher HRM education prepares future HR professionals for the impact of technological developments. International journal of management education, 22(1), Article 100916.

2. De inclusieve arbeidsmarkt - Het samenspel tussen HRM & Sociale Zeker…

   Borghouts, I., & Freese, C. (2023). De inclusieve arbeidsmarkt: Het samenspel tussen HRM & Sociale Zekerheid. Tijdschrift voor HRM, 26(3), 22-42.

3. HRM and social security - It takes two to create a transitional labou…

   Borghouts, I., & Freese, C. (2023). HRM and social security: It takes two to create a transitional labour market. In J. Ingold, & P. McGurk (Eds.), Employer engagement: Making active labour market policies work (pp. 182-201). Bristol university press.

4. Werkloosheidspreventie door van werk naar werk- en levenlang ontwikke…

   Borghouts, I. (2023). Werkloosheidspreventie door van werk naar werk- en levenlang ontwikkelen-beleid in België, Zweden en Nederland. Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken, 39(1), 53-77.

5. Bewegen naar een inclusieve arbeidsmarkt met nieuwe zekerheden - Het …

   Borghouts, I., & Freese, C. (2022). Bewegen naar een inclusieve arbeidsmarkt met nieuwe zekerheden: Het samenspel tussen HRM & Sociale Zekerheid. Tilburg University.