Annick Masselot
Position
Marie Curie Fellow
Qualifications
LICENCE en Droit (Law Degree) (Université de Nancy II, Faculty of Law, France, 1991)
MAITRISE mention Droit des Affaires (Honours degree in business law) (Université de Nancy II, Faculty of Law, France, 1992)
MAGISTERE de Juriste d’Affaires Européen (Masters’ degree in European business law) (Université de Nancy II, Faculty of Law, France, 1993)
LLM (NUI) by research, First Class Honours (University College Dublin, Ireland, 1996)
Room
Kirkwood Village KJ01
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8394
Fax: +64 3 364 2634
annick.masselot@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address
Accounting and Information Systems
Kirkwood Village KJ04
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Background
Annick Masselot (1970) read law at the University of Nancy (France) where she graduated with a Magistère in European Business law. She later graduated from University College Dublin with an LLM by research (First class honour) on ‘Legal Protection for the Health and Safety of Pregnant Women in the Workplace: A Comparative Study between the United States and Europe’ (1996). Annick as worked as a lecturer at Strathclyde University in Glasgow Scotland (1996-2000) and as a researcher at Tilburg University in the Netherlands (2000-2002). From 2000 to 2006, she was co-ordinating with Sacha Prechal the European Commission’s Network of legal experts on the application of Community law on equal treatment between women and men. In 2002, Annick was appointed at the University of Leeds where she is a senior lecturer in European law. She is the deputy director of the Centre for the Study of Law and Policy in Europe (University of Leeds). Annick has been successful in securing a number of funded projects, in particular, but not exclusively, with the European Commission. Her research interests are focusing upon gender equality and equal treatment, social law, reconciliation between work and family life, pregnancy and maternity rights.
In 2006, Annick was granted a Marie Curie Fellowship (2007-2010) to study the relationship between scientific excellence, human mobility and gender equality in the context of the European Union and the New Zealand scientific markets. Her project considers the tension present in the development of measures to secure the recruitment and retention of highly skilled women through the promotion of family-friendly policies on the one hand and the increasing relationship between career progression and mobility on the other. The research project is based at the National Centre for the Research on Europe at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch.
Undergraduate Courses
Research Interests
Gender equality and equal treatment; social law; reconciliation between work and family life; pregnancy and maternity rights.
Recent Publications (2004-)
chapters in books
- A. Masselot, ‘La Conciliation de la Vie Familiale et de la Vie Professionnelle en Europe : Le Contexte Juridique’, in Concilier Vie Familiale et Vie Professionnelle Pour les Femmes et les Hommes : Du Droit A la Pratique, AFEM ed. (2005) Sakkoulas, Athens and Bruylant, Brussels, pp. 5-17
- E. Caracciolo di Torella, A. Masselot, ‘The Future of Sex Equality’ in European Union Law For The Twenty-First Century: Volume 2 - Rethinking The New Legal Order, Takis Tridimas and Paolisa Nebbia ed., (2004) Hart publishing, pp. 333-348
refereed journal articles
- S. Hadj-Ayed, A. Masselot, ‘Reconciliation between Work and Family Life in the EU: Reshaping Gendered Structures?’ (2004) 26/3 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law pp. 325-338
- A. Masselot, ‘The New Equal Treatment Directive: Plus Ça Change…’ (2004) 12/1 Feminist Legal Studies pp. 93-104.
- E. Caracciolo di Torella, A. Masselot, ‘Under Construction: EU Family Law’, (2004) 29/1 European Law Review pp. 32-51
reports
- S. Prechal, A. Masselot, Network’s Report on pregnancy, maternity, parental and paternity leave, 3 May 2006
- S. Prechal, A. Masselot, Network’s Report on the Role of Collective Bargaining in Promoting Gender Equality, 24 March 2006
- S. Prechal, A. Masselot, Network’s Report on the Gender Pay Gap in the EU, 21 December 2005
- S. Prechal, A. Masselot, Network’s Report on the Transposition of Directive 2002/73, 24 October 2005
- S. Prechal, A. Masselot, Network’s Report on Positive Action Measures, 30 June 2005
- S. Prechal, A. Masselot, Network’s Report on Gender Equality Bodies, 15 October 2004, http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/equ_opp/rights_en.html
- A. Masselot, ‘Concilier Vie Familiale et Vie Professionnelle pour les Femmes et les Hommes : du Droit à la Pratique’, Report to the European Commission, Leeds, March 2004
- A. Masselot, ‘Contribution to the Annual Report “Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the EU, 2003”, Report to the European Commission, in Annual report on equality and non-discrimination in the EU 2004, http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/jul/equaldiscrim2004_en.html
invited conference papers
- ‘A Critical Reflection on the Changing Shape of Sex Discrimination in EU Law’, RCSL working group on Gender and Law , Oniati, 10-12 July 2006
- 'Recent development in European Community Gender Equality law’, Office of the Ombudsman for Equality of Finland, Helsinki, 7 December 2005
- ‘Conciliation entre vie familiale et vie professionnelle en droit Communautaire’, Association des Femmes de l’Europe Meridionale, 27-28 February 2004, Ferrara, Itlay
conference papers
- ‘Gender Equality as an example of (failed) EU democratic progress’, Knowledge, Identities and Governance: Challenges for Contemporary Europe, New Zealand European Union Centres Network Annual Conference, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 9–10 November, 2006
- ‘Reconciliation between work and family life in Southern Europe’, SLSA 2004, Glasgow
invited lectures
- Annual guest lecturers in ‘EC social policy’ for EU Business Law Programme of the Amsterdam Law School (February 2000 to February 2004)
seminars
- ‘EU Equality and Anti-Discrimination Legislation’, the British Council, Nicosia, Cyprus, 26-27 February 2006
- ‘Recent development of EU gender equality’, Manchester Law School, Matrix seminar in EU law, 11 February 2004
- ‘Combating Discrimination on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation: Implications for the Free Movement of Persons and for Family Law’, European Institute of Public Administration, Luxembourg 17-18 May 2004