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Eleni De Becker is an assistant professor (Free University Brussels) and a substitute professor (KU Leuven) in (EU, comparative and national) social security law. Eleni focuses on fundamental social rights from a comparative, international and European perspective, as well as the social security protection for atypical workers and the role of the EU.
Eleni worked as a teaching and research assistant from 2013-2018 at the Institute for Social Law – KU Leuven focusing on EU, international and Belgian social security law. In 2017-2018 Eleni was also a research assistant for the Institute of European law at the KU Leuven, where she assisted professor Elise Muir in organizing several workshops, international conferences and a lunch seminar series. Eleni defended her PhD research on the right to social security in the EU in September 2018 at the KU Leuven, and immediately took up a position as a lawyer for a Brussel-based law firm (2018-2021). She worked on cases of EU, international and Belgian labour law and social security law and fundamental social rights. She combined her work as a lawyer with a position as a lecturer (replacement) responsible for a course on Belgian social security law at the KU Leuven (2019-2020) and a position as a (part-time) postdoctoral researcher at the KU Leuven (2020-2021). Since October 2021, Eleni returned to academia on a full-time basis, where she worked on the Horizon 2020 project “WorkYP: Working Yet Poor”. As of October 2021, Eleni took up her position as an assistant professor at the Free University Brussels.
Eleni has been invited to speak at several meetings and conferences and has published different articles on fundamental social rights, EU social security law and the social security coverage of atypical workers. Since 2021 she is also responsible for the case law reports for cases dealing with social security before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Committee of Social Rights for the European Journal of Social Security. Eleni is also a member of the Board of Directors of BEGASOZ (2022), and part of the work group on atypical work in the European Institute for Social Security (2021). Recently, she has also advised both Belgian and Dutch social security institutions on matters of social security.
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FOD173: Analyseren van een enquête over het thema ‘Toegang tot de Sociale Bescherming’
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AIIFUND122: Een menswaardig bestaan in de sociale zekerheid: naar een versterking van de rol van sociale grondrechten
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FOD172: Aanbeveling toegang tot sociale bescherming
De Becker, E. & Van Limberghen, G.
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Atypische vormen van werk en toegang ervan tot de sociale bescherming
De Becker, E., 11 Oct 2024, Themaboek Armoede en werk. POD Maatschappelijke Integratie, p. 1-60 60 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Delivering on social protection for all: Despite the European Pillar of Social Rights, social protection remains patchy for atypical and self-employed workers
De Becker, E., 9 May 2024, Social Europe.Research output: Contribution to specialist/vulgarizing publication › Blog › Research
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Een rechtvaardige klimaattransitie? Welke principes vallen af te leiden uit het recht op gezondheid?
Delodder, M. & De Becker, E., 30 Apr 2024, Tijd voor Mensenrechten.Research output: Contribution to specialist/vulgarizing publication › Blog › Research › peer-review
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Exploring unemployment insurance for the self-employed and platform workers: How to navigate difficult waters? A comparative, conceptual and European perspective
De Becker, E., Jun 2024, In: European Journal of Social Security. 26, 2, p. 97-108 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gemeenschapsdienst in Vlaanderen: tussen droom en daad staan grondrechten in de weg?
De Becker, E. & Lebon, K., 6 Nov 2024, In: Nieuw juridisch weekblad. 2024, 509, p. 798-809 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Seminar on socio-fiscal welfare
Eleni De Becker (Organiser) & Marthe Delodder (Organiser)
12 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in or organizing a public lecture/debate
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Navigating between policy choices and fundamental social rights
Eleni De Becker (Speaker)
29 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Innovative approaches, the role of a different concept of income and its impact on sustainable social security systems in Europe
Eleni De Becker (Speaker)
22 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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On the road to nowhere: Labour law, social security law, and tax law and perspectives on digital nomadism
Eleni De Becker (Organiser), Evelien Timbermont (Organiser), Jean-Philippe Van West (Organiser), Luka Misic (Organiser), Primoz Rataj (Organiser) & Marjan Kos (Organiser)
26 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in or organizing an event at an external academic organisation
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The unemployment protection for the self-employed in Belgium
Eleni De Becker (Speaker)
6 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
Press/Media
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Vlaams Belang lanceert meer dan 100 voorstellen voor strenger asiel- en migratiebeleid: ‘Dit is geen verkiezingsboek’
15/04/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Een aparte socialezekerheidskas voor nieuwkomers: mag dat wel volgens de Grondwet?
11/03/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment