Wieteke Conen

Wieteke Conen is a Senior Researcher at the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies – Hugo Sinzheimer Institute (AIAS-HSI) within the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

She is the Principal Investigator of various projects, including Hybrid work (2023-2025), Value of Work (2018-ongoing) and ERC Starting Grant project Moonlighting: Understanding the quality and consequences of working multiple jobs (2024-2029).

Her main research interests lie in the area of changing labour markets, quality of work, value of work, multiple jobholding, technological developments, self-employment, non-standard work arrangements, personnel strategies and employers’ behaviour. Holding a PhD in Economics, she has developed proficiency across diverse fields such as labour economics, organisation studies, sociology of work and occupations, industrial relations, and labour law. Her analytical toolkit encompasses a wide range of quantitative and qualitative techniques, including cross-national survey research, panel data analyses, and semi-structured interviewing.

Wieteke is actively engaged in additional professional activities. These include serving as a Board Member (chair) of the Dutch Labour Market Conference, contributing as a member of the Expert Committee ‘Labour’ for Statistics Netherlands and supervising several PhD candidates (including supervising both PhD candidates in the MOONLIGHT project). Furthermore, she is an Associate Fellow at the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre.

Carla Brega

Carla Brega works as a postdoctoral researcher in Wieteke Conen’s ERC project Moonlighting: Understanding the Quality and Consequences of Working Multiple Jobs, based at the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies – Hugo Sinzheimer Institute (AIAS-HSI) within the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Previously, she worked as a doctoral researcher in Mara Yerkes’ ERC project CAPABLE: Enhancing Capabilities? Rethinking Work-Life Policies and their Impact from a New Perspective, at the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on the persistent gender and class inequalities in the articulation of paid work and care responsibilities, as well as the impact of employment and social policy (e.g., national-level regulations), labour relations (e.g., collective bargaining), and work arrangements (e.g., flexible work, multiple jobholding) on such inequalities. Her strong methodological skill set combines qualitative and advanced quantitative research methods.

Laurent Wirtz

Laurent Wirtz is one of two PhD researchers working within the MOONLIGHT project. He is responsible for the Dire Straits project and his research will focus on precarious forms of multiple jobholding across seven advanced economies.

He has studied labour from a psychological (bachelor degree, Utrecht University), organizational science (master degree, Utrecht University) and legal perspective (master degree, University of Amsterdam); enabling him to analyse research topics from various angles. He was trained in the research methodologies of these different disciplines and has combined them in the past.

Sara Lone

Sara Lone is one of two PhD researchers working within the MOONLIGHT project. She is responsible for the Career Pathways project, which focuses on transitions, career development and wellbeing among different types of multiple jobholders in seven advanced economies.

Hailing originally from the Unites States, Sara received her bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Michigan State University and her master’s degree in public policy from the University of California. Her varied academic and work experiences have given her a firm grasp of both quantitative and qualitative research methods, ensuring her research consistently embodies a mixed-methods and highly interdisciplinary approach.