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Personal Statement
My main research interests and specialisation lie in European, national and comparative labour and employment law. I am currently working on the relationship between historical studies and labour law in order to understand the development of labour/employment laws and their role in society. I was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship in 2021 for a project entitled ‘Revealing the Importance of Ideas: The Intellectual History of Labour Law’. The project compares the different debates taking place on worker representation on company boards in German and British intellectual circles at a critical historical juncture in the 1940s. It uses these debates as a case study to trace the movement of legal ideas across national boundaries, and to explore alternative narratives which have escaped legal attention. The eventual aim of the project is to provide a better understanding of the intellectual history of labour laws which should facilitate a deeper and more nuanced understanding of labour laws’ origins and their distinctiveness.
I have published widely in the field of (European) labour law including a monograph entitled New Labour Laws in Old Member States (CUP, 2017). The book was reviewed in (2020) Edinburgh Law Review, (2018) 47(2) Industrial Law Journal and (2018) 43(3) European Law Review. My contribution to the field of labour and employment relations research was acknowledged in 2018 when I was a runner up of the International Labor and Employment Relations Associations’ (ILERA) Luis Aparicio Prize for emerging scholars. Together with Prof Elaine Fahey and Dr Fabien Terpan, I coordinate the EUFutures research network funded by UACES and the John Madison Charitable Trust (2022-2025).
I teach EU law, labour law, commercial law and Scots contract law, and have previously also taught delict (tort).
I am the book review editor for the Industrial Law Journal, and a case and comment editor for the Juridical Review (the Law Journal of the Scottish Universities). I am on the Research Committe of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, the management board of the Scottish Universities Legal Network on Europe (SULNE) and am one of the lead academics in the Civil Society Brexit Project, funded by the Legal Education Foundation until 2022, which helps civil society organisations in Scotland to prepare for Brexit consequences for themselves or their service users.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The History of Law and Labour in Scotland
Clark Foundation for Legal Education
1/09/24 → 30/06/25
Project: Knowledge Exchange
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Revealing the Importance of Ideas: The Intellectual History of Labour Law
1/05/22 → 31/10/24
Project: Research Fellowship
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The status of European Works Councils in UK law post-Brexit: a commentary on EasyJet PLC v EasyJet European Works Council and Olsten (UK) Holdings Limited v Adecco Group European Works Council
Zahn, R., 5 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Industrial Law Journal. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Post-enlargement (free) movement in the EU: who really counts as EU CITIZEN? understanding Dano through the lens of Orientalism
Da Lomba, S. & Zahn, R., 4 Sept 2024, In: Griffith Law Review. 32, 4, p. 387-409 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Convenor of the Labour Law Section of the Society of Legal Scholars
Zahn, Rebecca (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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Founders and Shapers of Labour Law
Rebecca Zahn (Organiser) & Johanna Wolf (Organiser)
2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of major conference
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Human Rights Consortium Scotland (External organisation)
Rebecca ZAHN (Member)
2023 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of board