Professor in Sociology at the Centre for Sociological Research (CESO), KU Leuven. Valeria Pulignano is also the Principal Investigator for Fairwork Belgium and PI of the ERC Advanced Grant ResPecTMe “Resolving Precariousness: Advancing the Theory and Measurement of Precariousness Across the Paid/Unpaid Continuum” and Full Partner in the EU WorkYP “Working and Yet Poor”.

She has published extensively on topics related to the sociology of work, comparative European industrial (employment) relations, labour markets and inequality, working conditions, job quality and workers’ voice.