prof. dr. Paul Schoukens

Bio

Paul Schoukens is holding the chair International and European Social Security Law at Tilburg University, endowed by the Instituut Gak. Furthermore he is a full professor at the KU Leuven (Faculty of Law) where he teaches social security law. His research and education interests lie primarily at (Comparative, International, and European) social security (law). He became in 2013 Secretary-General of the European Institute of Social Security, an international scientific network of persons professionally active in the fields of social security and social protection. He is Academic Director of the specialised Master programme Social Security in Europe. He earned his doctorate with research on the impact of European Union law on the social protection of self-employed people and specialised further in the domain of atypical work in social security. He is the author of a high number of academic articles and is often invited to speak at international meetings and conferences. In his capacity a

Courses

• Social Security Law
• International Labour Law & Globalization
• Comparative Labour Law
• Transnational labour law

Recent publications

1. Sociale zekerheid en grensoverschrijdende stiuaties

   Schoukens, P., & de Becker, E. (2023). Sociale zekerheid en grensoverschrijdende stiuaties. In J. Put, Y. Stevens, & V. Verdeyen (Eds.), Praktijkboek sociale zekerheid 2023: Voor de onderneming en de sociale adviseur (pp. 1-86). Wolters Kluwer.

2. De ziekteverzekering - Verstrekkingen, nomenclatuur en financiering

   Schoukens, P., & De Mars, B. (2022). De ziekteverzekering: Verstrekkingen, nomenclatuur en financiering. In T. Vansweevelt, & F. Dewallens (Eds.), Handboek gezondheidsrecht (2de ed., Vol. I, pp. 45-70). Intersentia publishers.

3. In-work poverty in Belgium

   Schoukens, P., De Becker, E., & Dockx, A. (2022). In-work poverty in Belgium. In L. Ratti (Ed.), In-work poverty in Europe: Vulnerable and under-represented persons in a comparative perspective (pp. 37-84). Wolters Kluwer.

4. Liber amicorum Danny Pieters - Durven out of the box denken

   Schoukens, P., Demarsin, B., de Becker, E., & Keermaekers, T. (Eds.) (2022). Liber amicorum Danny Pieters: Durven out of the box denken. Owl Press.

5. Now is the future for social security

   Schoukens, P., & Weber, E. (2022). Now is the future for social security. Web publication/site, Social Europe. https://socialeurope.eu/now-is-the-future-for-social-security