Thomas Prosser
Professor of European Political Economy
- ProsserTJ@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 76796
- Aberconway Building, Room T28, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
- Welsh speaking
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Professor Thomas Prosser has over fifteen years of research experience, publishing two monographs and multiple journal articles. He is a political economist, researching subjects such as European social democracy, party and trade union support bases and European social dialogue with qualitative and quantitative methods.
Publication
2023
- Galetto, M., Weber, S., Larsson, B., Bechter, B. and Prosser, T. 2023. ‘You see similarities more than differences after a while’. Communities of Practice in European industrial relations. The case of the hospital European Sectoral Social Dialogue. Industrial Relations Journal (10.1111/irj.12396)
2022
- Prosser, T., Bechter, B., Galetto, M., Weber, S. and Larsson, B. 2022. Institutions or resources and capabilities? Explaining engagement in European sectoral social dialogue. Economic and Industrial Democracy 43(3), pp. 1420-1439. (10.1177/0143831X211016052)
2021
- Prosser, T. 2021. European insiders and outsiders? Assessing the reaction of German and French trade unions to EU austerity. Political Studies Review 19(4), pp. 624-636. (10.1177/1478929920931350)
- Galazka, A. and Prosser, T. 2021. Social partners’ bargaining strategies in Germany and Spain after the introduction of the Euro: a morphogenetic perspective on corporate agency. European Journal of Industrial Relations 27(3), pp. 289-306. (10.1177/0959680120970755)
- Bechter, B., Weber, S., Galetto, M., Larsson, B. and Prosser, T. 2021. Opening the black box: actors and interactions shaping European sectoral social dialogue. European Journal of Industrial Relations 27(3), pp. 269-288. (10.1177/09596801211000012)
- Prosser, T. 2021. What's in it for me? Self-interest and political difference. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Prosser, T. 2021. How do social movements behave within EMU? The case of trade union reaction to EU austerity. Journal of European Integration / Revue d'Intégration Européenne 43(3), pp. 263-277. (10.1080/07036337.2020.1730345)
2020
- Larsson, B., Galetto, M., Weber, S., Bechter, B. and Prosser, T. 2020. What’s the point of European Sectoral Social Dialogue? Effectiveness and polycontexturality in the hospital and metal sectors. Industrial Relations Journal 51(5), pp. 410-426. (10.1111/irj.12305)
2018
- Prosser, T. 2018. European labour movements in crisis: from indecision to indifference. Manchester University Press.
- Prosser, T. and Giorgadze, G. 2018. Towards a theory of illiberal dualisation? Conceptualising new employment and social policy divisions in Poland and the United Kingdom. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 24(2), pp. 151-162. (10.1177/1024258918762693)
2017
- Bechter, B., Brandl, B. and Prosser, T. 2017. Engagement in European social dialogue: an investigation into the role of social partner structural capacity. Industrial Relations Journal 48(4), pp. 365-382. (10.1111/irj.12192)
- Prosser, T. J. 2017. Explaining implementation through varieties of capitalism theory: the case of the telework and work-related stress agreements. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 55(4), pp. 889-908. (10.1111/jcms.12514)
- Prosser, T. J. 2017. Insiders and outsiders on a European scale. European Journal of Industrial Relations 23(2), pp. 135-150. (10.1177/0959680116668026)
2016
- Prosser, T. 2016. Economic union without social union: the strange case of the European social dialogue. Journal of European Social Policy 26(5), pp. 460-472. (10.1177/0958928716664298)
- Prosser, T. 2016. Dualization or liberalization? Investigating precarious work in eight European countries. Work, Employment and Society 30(6), pp. 949-965. (10.1177/0950017015609036)
2015
- Prosser, T. 2015. Accounting for national and sectoral variance in the implementation of European social partner 'soft' law: the cases of the implementation of the Telework and Work-Related Stress Agreements. British Journal of Industrial Relations 53(2), pp. 254-277. (10.1111/bjir.12036)
- Prosser, T. J. and Perin, E. 2015. European tripartism: chimera or reality? The 'new phase' of the European social dialogue in the light of tripartite theory and practice. Business History 57(3), pp. 376-397. (10.1080/00076791.2014.983481)
2014
- Prosser, T. 2014. Financialization and the reform of European industrial relations systems. European Journal of Industrial Relations 20(4), pp. 351-365. (10.1177/0959680113505178)
2012
- Prosser, T. J. 2012. Europeanization through 'procedures and practices'? The implementations of the telework and work-related stress agreements in the UK and Denmark. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 18(4), pp. 447-460. (10.1177/1024258912458874)
2011
- Prosser, T. J. 2011. The implementation of the telework and work-related stress agreements: European social dialogue through 'soft' law?. European Journal of Industrial Relations 17(3), pp. 245-260. (10.1177/0959680111410964)
- Prosser, T. J. 2011. Private interest groups in the EU. Presented at: Industrial Relations in Europe Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 1-2 September 2011.
Articles
- Galetto, M., Weber, S., Larsson, B., Bechter, B. and Prosser, T. 2023. ‘You see similarities more than differences after a while’. Communities of Practice in European industrial relations. The case of the hospital European Sectoral Social Dialogue. Industrial Relations Journal (10.1111/irj.12396)
- Prosser, T., Bechter, B., Galetto, M., Weber, S. and Larsson, B. 2022. Institutions or resources and capabilities? Explaining engagement in European sectoral social dialogue. Economic and Industrial Democracy 43(3), pp. 1420-1439. (10.1177/0143831X211016052)
- Prosser, T. 2021. European insiders and outsiders? Assessing the reaction of German and French trade unions to EU austerity. Political Studies Review 19(4), pp. 624-636. (10.1177/1478929920931350)
- Galazka, A. and Prosser, T. 2021. Social partners’ bargaining strategies in Germany and Spain after the introduction of the Euro: a morphogenetic perspective on corporate agency. European Journal of Industrial Relations 27(3), pp. 289-306. (10.1177/0959680120970755)
- Bechter, B., Weber, S., Galetto, M., Larsson, B. and Prosser, T. 2021. Opening the black box: actors and interactions shaping European sectoral social dialogue. European Journal of Industrial Relations 27(3), pp. 269-288. (10.1177/09596801211000012)
- Prosser, T. 2021. How do social movements behave within EMU? The case of trade union reaction to EU austerity. Journal of European Integration / Revue d'Intégration Européenne 43(3), pp. 263-277. (10.1080/07036337.2020.1730345)
- Larsson, B., Galetto, M., Weber, S., Bechter, B. and Prosser, T. 2020. What’s the point of European Sectoral Social Dialogue? Effectiveness and polycontexturality in the hospital and metal sectors. Industrial Relations Journal 51(5), pp. 410-426. (10.1111/irj.12305)
- Prosser, T. and Giorgadze, G. 2018. Towards a theory of illiberal dualisation? Conceptualising new employment and social policy divisions in Poland and the United Kingdom. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 24(2), pp. 151-162. (10.1177/1024258918762693)
- Bechter, B., Brandl, B. and Prosser, T. 2017. Engagement in European social dialogue: an investigation into the role of social partner structural capacity. Industrial Relations Journal 48(4), pp. 365-382. (10.1111/irj.12192)
- Prosser, T. J. 2017. Explaining implementation through varieties of capitalism theory: the case of the telework and work-related stress agreements. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 55(4), pp. 889-908. (10.1111/jcms.12514)
- Prosser, T. J. 2017. Insiders and outsiders on a European scale. European Journal of Industrial Relations 23(2), pp. 135-150. (10.1177/0959680116668026)
- Prosser, T. 2016. Economic union without social union: the strange case of the European social dialogue. Journal of European Social Policy 26(5), pp. 460-472. (10.1177/0958928716664298)
- Prosser, T. 2016. Dualization or liberalization? Investigating precarious work in eight European countries. Work, Employment and Society 30(6), pp. 949-965. (10.1177/0950017015609036)
- Prosser, T. 2015. Accounting for national and sectoral variance in the implementation of European social partner 'soft' law: the cases of the implementation of the Telework and Work-Related Stress Agreements. British Journal of Industrial Relations 53(2), pp. 254-277. (10.1111/bjir.12036)
- Prosser, T. J. and Perin, E. 2015. European tripartism: chimera or reality? The 'new phase' of the European social dialogue in the light of tripartite theory and practice. Business History 57(3), pp. 376-397. (10.1080/00076791.2014.983481)
- Prosser, T. 2014. Financialization and the reform of European industrial relations systems. European Journal of Industrial Relations 20(4), pp. 351-365. (10.1177/0959680113505178)
- Prosser, T. J. 2012. Europeanization through 'procedures and practices'? The implementations of the telework and work-related stress agreements in the UK and Denmark. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 18(4), pp. 447-460. (10.1177/1024258912458874)
- Prosser, T. J. 2011. The implementation of the telework and work-related stress agreements: European social dialogue through 'soft' law?. European Journal of Industrial Relations 17(3), pp. 245-260. (10.1177/0959680111410964)
Books
- Prosser, T. 2021. What's in it for me? Self-interest and political difference. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Prosser, T. 2018. European labour movements in crisis: from indecision to indifference. Manchester University Press.
Conferences
- Prosser, T. J. 2011. Private interest groups in the EU. Presented at: Industrial Relations in Europe Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 1-2 September 2011.
- Prosser, T. J. 2017. Explaining implementation through varieties of capitalism theory: the case of the telework and work-related stress agreements. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 55(4), pp. 889-908. (10.1111/jcms.12514)
- Prosser, T. J. 2017. Insiders and outsiders on a European scale. European Journal of Industrial Relations 23(2), pp. 135-150. (10.1177/0959680116668026)
- Prosser, T. 2016. Economic union without social union: the strange case of the European social dialogue. Journal of European Social Policy 26(5), pp. 460-472. (10.1177/0958928716664298)
- Prosser, T. 2016. Dualization or liberalization? Investigating precarious work in eight European countries. Work, Employment and Society 30(6), pp. 949-965. (10.1177/0950017015609036)
- Prosser, T. 2015. Accounting for national and sectoral variance in the implementation of European social partner 'soft' law: the cases of the implementation of the Telework and Work-Related Stress Agreements. British Journal of Industrial Relations 53(2), pp. 254-277. (10.1111/bjir.12036)
- Prosser, T. J. and Perin, E. 2015. European tripartism: chimera or reality? The 'new phase' of the European social dialogue in the light of tripartite theory and practice. Business History 57(3), pp. 376-397. (10.1080/00076791.2014.983481)
- Prosser, T. 2014. Financialization and the reform of European industrial relations systems. European Journal of Industrial Relations 20(4), pp. 351-365. (10.1177/0959680113505178)
- Prosser, T. J. 2012. Europeanization through 'procedures and practices'? The implementations of the telework and work-related stress agreements in the UK and Denmark. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 18(4), pp. 447-460. (10.1177/1024258912458874)
- Prosser, T. J. 2011. The implementation of the telework and work-related stress agreements: European social dialogue through 'soft' law?. European Journal of Industrial Relations 17(3), pp. 245-260. (10.1177/0959680111410964)
Research
Research interests
- European social democracy
- European social policy
- European social dialogue
- Party support bases
Research projects
- Changing left-wing party support bases and implications for redistribution
- European Commission funded study of European sectoral social dialogue
PhD supervision research interests
- European social democracy
- European social policy
- Party support bases
Teaching
Teaching commitments
- European business environment (final year undergraduate module)
- Qualitative research methods (SSRM master's module)
