Christian Ibsen

Christian Lyhne Ibsen is Associate Professor at Michigan State University and Associate Professor at University of Copenhagen, where he also earned his PhD in Sociology. His research focuses on collective bargaining, vocational education and training, and the future of work and employment relations. His work has been published in journals such as World Politics, Socio-Economic Review, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Cambridge Journal of Economics and European Sociological Review.

Education

• 2013: PhD in Sociology, University of Copenhagen
• 2009: MA in Political Science, University of Copenhagen.
• 2007: MA (with distinction) European Industrial Relations, Warwick Business School.

Employment

• 2017- : Associate professor, FAOS, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
• 2020: Associate Professor, School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, Michigan State University
• 2017-2020: Assistant Professor, School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, Michigan State University
• 2013-2017: Assistant professor, FAOS, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
• 2010-2013: PhD fellow, FAOS, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
• 2008-2009: Research Assistant, FAOS, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.

Selected publications

• Ibsen, C. L. and Thelen, K. (2017) “Diverging Solidarity: Labor Strategies in the New Knowledge Economy,” World Politics, 69(3), pp. 409–447. doi: 10.1017/S0043887117000077.

• Ibsen, C. L. (2016). The role of mediation institutions in Sweden and Denmark after centralized bargaining. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 54(2), 285–310. DOI:10.1111/bjir.12142

• Tapia, M., Ibsen, C. L., & Kochan, T. A. (2015). Mapping the frontier of theory in industrial relations: the contested role of worker representation. Socio-Economic Review, 13(1), 157-184. 10.1093/ser/mwu036

• Ibsen, C. L. (2014). Three approaches to coordinated bargaining: A case for power-based explanations. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 21(1), 39-56.10.1177/0959680114527032