DrBianca Föhrer

An Irish Research Council (IRC) postgraduate scholar, I received my PhD in Industrial Relations and Human Resources from UCD in 2016. Driven by my professional background in procurement and recruitment, I decided to leave the academic pathway and remain yet connected to research in the role of project manager.

Currently, I manage Prof Dagmar Schiek's European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant (AdG) project 'Integration through rights in a European Society? A new theory on the role of law for integration within and beyond a fractured EU (RIGHTS-TO-UNITE)' (2024-28) at the School of Law. I am also the project manager of Prof Roland Erne's Jean Monnet Chair of European Integration, Employment Relations and Just Transition (JUSTEU) (2025-28) at the School of Business.

Previously, I managed Prof Erne's ERC Consolidator Grant (CoG) project 'Labour Politics and the EU's New Economic Governance Regime (European Unions)' (2017-24) at the School of Business. In addition, I supported the Jean Monnet Network 'Transnational Political Contention in Europe (TraPoCo)' (2020-24) of which Prof Erne and Dr Graham Finlay (School of Politics & International Relations) were part.