IRLE Visiting Scholars
IRLE Visiting Scholars spend from a month to a year in residence at IRLE working on a research project and interacting with UCLA scholars and students.
Our research network is global!
For more information on UCLA’s visiting scholar program please see the UCLA Graduate Division.
Research Affiliates
IRLE Research Affiliates form a community of scholars conducting research and dialogue on issues of work and employment. Though most are based at UCLA, the IRLE network extends nationally and globally.
2017-2018
![Susanne Pernicka](https://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Foto-Mozartstudie-August-2017-1.jpg)
Susanne Pernicka
Sociology Professor from Austria, Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Craig Zabala](https://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Zabala_Craig-1.jpg)
Craig Zabala
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Concorde Group, Inc.
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment2016-2017
![Zeynep Sisli](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Sisli_Zeynep-1.jpg)
Zeynep Sisli
Associate professor in Faculty of Law at Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Paolo Marinaro](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Marinaro_Paolo-1.jpg)
Paolo Marinaro
PhD candidate at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Jorge Carrillo Viveros](https://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Carrillo_Jorge-1.jpg)
Jorge Carrillo Viveros
Researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Tijuana, Mexico
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment2015-2016
![Roberto Véras de Oliveira](https://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Oliveira-1.jpg)
Roberto Véras de Oliveira
Associate Professor, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Ju Kong](https://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Kong_Ju_000.jpg)
Ju Kong
PhD Candidate, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment2014-2015
![Rebecca Oliver](https://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Oliver_Rebecca_000.jpg)
Rebecca Oliver
Lecturer, University of Southern California
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Xingguo Li](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Li_XIngguo-1.jpg)
Xingguo Li
Associate Professor, China Institute of Industrial Relations
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Huaying Wei](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Wei_Huaying_001.jpg)
Huaying Wei
Senior Lecturer, Capital University of Economics and Business
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Laysha Ostrow](https://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Ostrow_Laysha_000-1.jpg)
Laysha Ostrow
Postdoctoral Fellow, John Hopkins School of Public Health and University of California, San Francisco
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Minor Mora-Salas](https://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Minor_000.jpg)
Minor Mora-Salas
Professor, Sociological Studies Center, Nanjing El Collegio, Mexico
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Helge Schwiertz](https://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/schwiertz_Helge.jpg)
Helge Schwiertz
Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, University of Kassel, Germany
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment2013-2014
![Xiaohui Ban](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Ban_Xiaohui_001.jpg)
Xiaohui Ban
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Law, Wuhan University, China
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Jennifer Pabelonia Nazareno](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Nazareno_Jennifer_000.jpg)
Jennifer Pabelonia Nazareno
Ph.D. Candidate, Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Franscisco
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Ni Tang](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Tang_Ni_001.jpg)
Ni Tang
Ph.D. Candidate, Institute of Vocational and Adult Education, East China Normal University
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Rolando Javier Salinas Garcia](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Salinas_Javier.jpg)
Rolando Javier Salinas Garcia
Coordinator & Professor, Multidisciplinary Unit for Labor Studies, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Erik Mygind du Plessis](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/duPlessis_Erik.jpg)
Erik Mygind du Plessis
PhD Fellow, Institute for Society and Globalisation, Roskilde University, Denmark
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Inés Durán](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/duran_ines.jpg)
Inés Durán
PhD Student, University of Sydney, Australia
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Jenny Jungehülsing](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Jungehulsing_Jenny.jpg)
Jenny Jungehülsing
PhD Doctoral Fellow, University of Kassel, Germany
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Tomoyuki Shimanuki](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Shimanuki_Tomo-1.jpg)
Tomoyuki Shimanuki
Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Pelle Korsbæk Sørensen](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Soerensen_Pelle.jpg)
Pelle Korsbæk Sørensen
PhD Fellow, Institute for Society and Globalisation, Roskilde University, Denmark
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment2012-2013
![Rodolfo García Zamora](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GarciaZamora_Rodolfo_000.jpg)
Rodolfo García Zamora
Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Idrees Khawaja](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Khawaja_Idrees.jpg)
Idrees Khawaja
Associate Professor, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Sascha Krannich](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Krannich_Sascha.jpg)
Sascha Krannich
PhD Student, University of Münster, Germany
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Young Sun Ra](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Ra_YoungSun_000.jpg)
Young Sun Ra
Senior Research Fellow, Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training (KRIVET)
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Francesca Sperotti](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Sperotti_Francesca_000.jpg)
Francesca Sperotti
PhD Student, University of Bergamo, Italy
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment2011-2012
![Eduardo López Ahumada](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ELA.jpg)
Eduardo López Ahumada
Professor of Labor and Social Security Law, University of Alcalá, Spain
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Yujie Chen](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/yujiechen.jpg)
Yujie Chen
PhD Candidate, Labor Economics, School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Michel Lallement](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/logo.jpg)
Michel Lallement
Professor and chair of the Sociology of Labor, Employment and Organizations, CNAM
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Inés Montarcé](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/montarce.jpg)
Inés Montarcé
PhD Candidate, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Todd Sorensen](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Sorensen.jpg)
Todd Sorensen
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Riverside
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Teresa Vásquez](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/logo.jpg)
Teresa Vásquez
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment2010-2011
![Erik Bengtsson](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bengtsson.jpg)
Erik Bengtsson
PhD Candidate, Economic History, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Noemí Serrano Argüello](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/serrano.jpg)
Noemí Serrano Argüello
Professor of Labor Law and Social Security, University of Valladolid, Spain
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Xueying Zhang](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/xueying-1.jpg)
Xueying Zhang
Professor, College of Economics and Management, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment2009-2010
![Jin Nam Choi](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/choi.gif)
Jin Nam Choi
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Barry Eidlin](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/eidlin_001.jpg)
Barry Eidlin
PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Guillaume Mesmin](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Mesmin.jpg)
Guillaume Mesmin
Department of Sociology and the Laboratory for the Analysis of Social Problems and Collective Action (LAPSAC), Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment![Suresh Naidu](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/naidu.jpg)
Suresh Naidu
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment2008-2009
![Kirsty Newsome](http://irle.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Newsome.jpg)
Kirsty Newsome
Kirsty Newsome Senior Lecturer, Department of Human Resource Management at University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom)
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment