Aristea Koukiadaki

Professor Aristea Koukiadaki serves as Professor of Labour Law and Industrial Relations at the University of Manchester's School of Law, where she joined in September 2014. She maintains significant external affiliations as Research Associate at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Business Research, the London Centre for Corporate Governance and Ethics (Birkbeck College), and the New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute. Her professional standing includes membership in the Transnational Trade Union Rights Experts' Group of the European Trade Union Institute and the executive committee of the Institute of Employment Rights.

Her research expertise spans empirical socio-legal analysis with specialized focus on labour law systems, industrial relations frameworks, and EU social policy development. Key methodological approaches include social systems theory and the capability approach applied to supranational regulation. Current investigations examine the evolution of remedial rules across national labour law systems through the ERC-funded CURE project, while recent work has addressed public procurement's role in promoting decent work and the enforcement challenges of EU labour law.

Analysis of her publication trajectory reveals consistent engagement with critical labour law challenges including collective bargaining adaptation during economic crises, judicial impacts on industrial action, and regulatory responses to precarious work. Her scholarship demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections between legal doctrine, industrial relations practice, and social policy implementation across European contexts.

• ERC Consolidator Grant (2024-2029) for Classifying and Understanding Remedies in Comparative Labour Law (CURE)
• Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship
• European Commission and European Foundation funding for multiple comparative projects
• Global Players' Union (FifPro) research collaboration

Professor Koukiadaki has secured substantial research funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, European Commission, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, and International Labour Organisation. Her policy impact extends through expert consultancy for the European Parliament, European Trade Union Confederation, and Council of Europe committees. Current leadership of the Work and Equalities Institute research beacon demonstrates her institutional commitment to advancing labour market equality research.