Jeff Bridgford

Special Advisor, Non-Executive Director

Telephone: +32 (2)2240535

Bio/Description

Languages spoken: English, French, German Italian

Studies

  • BA (hons), French and German (with Russian) – Coventry University, UK - 1972
  • Diplôme, European Studies - IEHEI, Nice, France - 1974
  • MA, European Community Studies – University of Manchester, UK - 1975
  • Maïtrise, English – Strasbourg II, France - 1982
  • PhD, Political Science – Newcastle University, UK - 1989

Teaching/Research Experience

  • Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg 1975-1977
  • Ecole de Management de Normandie, le Havre 1977-1979
  • Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne 1979-1987
  • Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh – 1987-1990
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (UK)

Coordination of trade union education activities

  • Director, European Trade Union College 1990-2007
  • Director, AFETT 1995-2007

Books

  • The Politics of French Trade Unionism, Leicester University Press/Pinter, 1991
  • Employee Relations in Europe (with J Stirling), Basil Blackwell, 1994
  • Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders, 2 volumes, (co-editor), Greenwood Press, 1995
  • Trade Union Education in Europe (editor, with J Stirling), ETUCO, 2000

Training Activities

  • ETUC/ETUI-REHS Summer School 2005, 2006
  • Project Director, Trade Unions Anticipating Change in Europe (TRACE) 2004-2006
  • Project Director, Dialog On 2001-2003
  • Project Director, Transatlantic Labour Dialogue (TALD) 2001-2003
  • Project Director, ETUE-net II 1999-2001
  • Project Director, European Trade Union Distance Education (ETUDE) 1998-2000
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