November 21, 2026. Théâtre de La Concorde – First Paris Summit Against International Oligarchy
Isabelle Ferreras at the Théâtre de La Concorde, Paris, on 21 November 2026, in a Grand Débat on AI and the universal ownership of knowledge.
November 20, 2026. London, Westminster – AI: Worker Voice as Critical Internal Condition. From Code to Boardroom
Isabelle Ferreras frames the discussion at a Westminster conference on AI and worker voice inside frontier AI labs, 20 November 2026.
November 3, 2026. Brussels, European Economic and Social Committee – Trade Unions for Democracy
Isabelle Ferreras presents Voice and Ownership at the Trade Unions for Democracy event at the EESC in Brussels, 3 November 2026.
October 29, 2026. Rome, CGIL – Eurocadres General Assembly: Towards Strengthened Democracy at Work
Isabelle Ferreras presents the Report on Democracy at Work to Eurocadres in Rome; delegates vote unanimously to push its implementation.
October 20, 2026. Luxembourg Climate Policy Observatory – Competitiveness within a Safe and Just Operating Space
Isabelle Ferreras spoke on democracy at work and institutional transformation at the symposium “Competitiveness within a Safe and Just Operating Space,” organised by the Luxembourg Climate Policy Observatory (OPC) at Neimënster Abbey on October 20, 2026. The full-day symposium brought together participants from government, academia, economic institutions, municipalities, civil society and international organisations to explore…
October 16, 2026. Brussels, EESC – Cooperatives Europe’s 20th Anniversary: Economic Democracy, a Strategic Asset for Europe’s Future
Isabelle Ferreras, took part in Panel Session 2, “Making resilient and democratic territories: focus on the social economy and public spending,” at the Cooperatives Europe 20th Anniversary conference, held at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels on October 16, 2026. The conference, “What’s the Next Chapter towards Economic Democracy?,” marked 20 years…
October 14, 2026. European Parliament – S&D Conference: Quality Jobs for All
Isabelle Ferreras at the S&D conference on the Quality Jobs Act, European Parliament, Brussels, 14 October 2026.
September 8, 2026. European Parliament – Countering the Campaign Against Social Europe
Isabelle Ferreras, Chair of the International Committee of High-Level Experts on Democracy at Work, delivered a keynote at the European Parliament on the Report on Democracy at Work, prepared for the Spanish Government. The event, “Countering the Campaign Against Social Europe,” was organised with the Left and S&D groups.
June 29, 2026. Brussels – ETUI / Minerva Think Tank. Board-level Employee Representation in Belgium: What Are the Prospects?
Co-organised by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and the Minerva Think Tank, this high-level event tackles a striking gap in European industrial democracy: in Belgium, there is virtually no system of board-level employee representation in for-profit companies. Yet the debate on industrial democracy is experiencing a resurgence, driven by academic research and civil society…
June 25, 2026. Oxford University – Reimagining the future of work – towards a right to shape AI
In this one-day high-level conference, we explore the right to shape AI as key to the future of work in a democratic society. Hosted by Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI and the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights, the conference will bring together policy makers, academics, business leaders and employee representatives to explore concrete proposals to…
June 5, 2026. Paris School of Economics – World Inequality Conference
Isabelle Ferreras will discuss the Report of the Expert Committee on Friday June 5th in a Plenary Session: ‘How Much Should the Wealth Scale be Compressed?
May 12, 2026. Sciences Po, Paris – Comment démocratiser le travail ?
Alors que l’extrême-droite semble poursuivre sa marche inexorable vers le pouvoir, divers travaux scientifiques récents montrent que sa progression chez les salariés s’explique en grande partie par l’effritement de leur autonomie, leur isolement, le sentiment de ne pas être écoutés : bref, un manque de démocratie au travail. Pourtant les travailleurs et travailleuses aspirent profondément…
April 9-10, 2026. Université de printemps : Entreprises & Démocratie : à la croisée des chemins. Enjeux et perspectives nationales et européennes.
Pour son lancement officiel, la Chaire 3D&C organise une Université de printemps, « Entreprises et Démocratie ». Durant deux jours chercheur·ses et acteur·rice·s de la société civile débattent ensemble de l’avenir de notre système productif sur en partant d’un constat : celui d’un changement d’ère. La phase néolibérale se clôt, dans le chaos, et deux voies s’ouvrent à nos…
June 3, 2026. Annual meeting of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association
The Report will be presented by Isabelle Ferreras to the Canadian Industrial Relations Association During the annual meeting of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association (CIRA), Isabelle Ferreras has been invited to give the H.D. Woods lecture to present the Report on Democracy at Work to the Spanish Government on this occasion. Visit the conference website: https://www.cira-acri.ca/home…
March 31, 2026. London School of Economics – International High-Level Expert Committee on Democracy at Work
A new report for the Spanish government presents offers a different future for how people can influence decisions about their workplaces, and for how companies are governed and owned. The report of the International High-Level Expert Committee on Democracy at Work is an important new policy-oriented study of how concentrations of wealth and power can be…
March 30, 2026. London School of Economics – Is a democratic economy possible? Lessons from history, horizons for the future (In-person and online public event )
Fifty years after powerful labour movements launched radical plans to democratise the economy and gain control of large businesses, what is the legacy of these efforts and what are the prospects for economic democracy today? Join us to discuss the anniversary of the “Meidner plan”, a famous moment in the history of socialism when Swedish…
March 25, 2026. New Horizons Webinar – The new democratic paradigm
Time: 10am CDMX, 12pm New Haven, 1pm Buenos Aires & Montevideo, 5pm Louvain la Neuve, Madrid, Paris, 6pm Johannesburg, 10pm Dhaka, 12am Shanghai Amid growing concerns about the state of democracy, this session explores new ideas to strengthen participation, accountability, and economic democracy. Speakers will discuss the crisis of representative politics, the role of citizen…
March 19-20, 2026. UCLouvain – Journées juridiques Jean Dabin, Faculté de droit de l’UCLouvain
Journées Jean Dabin, Faculté de droit de l’UCLouvain: Le droit et les limites planétaires et sociales : le droit, frein ou accélérateur d’une économie durable ? Depuis leur création en 1965, les Journées d’études juridiques Jean Dabin sont organisées en hommage au professeur Jean Dabin (1889-1971) autour de thématiques caractérisées par leur actualité et l’intérêt…
March 16, 2026. ARA – Isabelle Ferreras: “Los trabajadores conocen mejor el negocio que quien participa una vez al mes en un consejo de administración”
Isabelle Ferreras (Bélgica, 1975) ha estado coordinando el Informe sobre la democracia en el trabajo. El texto, presentado recientemente por una comisión de expertos de alto nivel que depende del ministerio de Trabajo y que ella misma ha dirigido, cuestiona las estructuras de poder en el ámbito laboral: “Están conectadas con la posibilidad de vivir…
March 6, 20206. UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgique) – Midi du CriDIS.
Présentation par Isabelle Ferreras du Rapport du Comité international d’experts et expertes de haut-niveau sur la démocratie au travail remis à la Vice-Présidente du Gouvernement espagnol le 2 février. Pour plus d’information, voir ici.
February 12, 2026. #DemocratizingWork. Two Promises to Those Who Work. Introducing the Report of the Spanish Government to our Global Community
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the next edition of the #DemocratizingWork Global Workshop Series, co-organized with ASETT. The first seminar of the series will host stellar speakers to discuss the Spanish Report. To register, fill this form. You can view the recording here:
February 5, 2026. Agora DODES – Les assises de la démocratie en organisations. Légiférer pour outiller : échanges avec Isabelle Ferreras et Charles Fournier sur les initiatives espagnole et française
Légiférer pour outiller : échanges avec Isabelle Ferreras et Charles Fournier sur les initiatives espagnole et française La sociologue et politologue Isabelle Ferreras présentera le rapport de la commission d’expert.es sur la démocratie au travail en Espagne. Cette commission, qu’elle a présidé, a été commanditée par Yolanda Diaz, la Ministre du Travail et de l’Economie…
February 4, 2026. Harvard Law School, Annual John T. Dunlop Memorial Forum – Two Promises to Those Who Work: Voice and Ownership with Yolanda Díaz Pérez, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Economy of the Government of Spain
Immediately after releasing the Report in Madrid, Yolanda Diaz and Isabelle Ferreras will join Julie Battilana in Harvard to present it: Join the Harvard Trade Union Program to hear from Minister Yolanda Díaz Pérez, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Economy of the Government of Spain and Isabelle Ferreras, Chair of…
February 4, 2026. Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Briefing breakfast on the Report
SICI and the CLJE at Harvard Law School hosted a briefing on the Report featuring Julie Battilana, Yolanda Diaz, and Isabelle Ferreras.
December 3, 2025. University of Utrecht – From shareholder capitalism to democratic economy
Why is it time to make companies more democratic? With sociologist Isabelle Ferreras. Since neoliberalism took hold in the 1970s, the power of shareholders has increased significantly. For many companies, profit is more important than the interests of employees. According to sociologist Isabelle Ferreras (University of Louvain-la-Neuve), things must and can be more democratic. What…
December 2, 2025. Rencontre de la Louvain House – Quelle place pour l’entreprise dans l’histoire démocratique ?
Quelle place pour l’entreprise dans l’histoire démocratique ? Nous sommes à la croisée des chemins. Si le capitalisme et la démocratie peuvent coexister, ils deviennent de plus en plus incompatibles à mesure que le gouvernement des entreprises reste un système autoritaire où seuls les apporteurs de capitaux détiennent le pouvoir politique et que celles-ci deviennent…
November 20-21, 2026. Second International Labour Congress – World Divided, Labour United
International labour leaders and academic thinkers joined for the second edition of the initiative launched in 2024 by Yolanda Diaz, Vice-Prime Minister of Spain and Minister of Labour and Social Economy. Isabelle Ferreras joined a panel on the role of employee ownership in a democratic economy. Follow online: https://www.labourint2025.org/team Full program link: https://www.labourint2025.org/general-5
August 25, 2025. Alternatives économiques : « Démocratiser l’entreprise : le pari de l’Espagne ».
[Refaire le monde] L’institution la plus puissante de nos sociétés ne pouvant être laissée en dehors du champ démocratique, l’exécutif espagnol veut permettre aux travailleurs de participer à la gestion de l’entreprise. Par Isabelle Ferreras Parfois perçue comme un laboratoire des crises économiques européennes, et plus récemment comme un modèle de résilience, l’Espagne s’attelle aujourd’hui…
May 26, 2025. LAMARTRA Final Conference – “Towards a Green, Just and Competitive Future? Governing the Labour and Climate Transitions through Democratization”
Achieving sustainability within planetary boundaries requires substantial changes in how we produce and consume, and this transformation will affect labour relations. Over the past decade, Belgian federal and regional authorities have developed targets, scenarios, and plans to transition towards a low-carbon economy, aligned with European strategies and international agreements. Simultaneously, a core aim has been…
May 16, 2025. Watch the celebration of the 5th Anniversary of the #DemocratizingWork Manifesto!
Below the full recording of this session: Five years ago, in the midst of the global pandemic, thousands of us came together to recognize workers’ existential investment in their work. With you, we released this op-ed in 27 languages to remind societies that if we wanted to express our gratitude to the essential workers in particular, and truly…