After working at the Ministry of the Economy in Luxembourg during Luxembourg’s 2005 Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and subsequently assuming the role of Committee Secretary for the Economy, Transport, Lisbon Strategy, and Agriculture Committees in Luxembourg’s Parliament, Patrick Thill joined LISER’s Labour Department in 2008.

Dr Patrick Thill holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He earned an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Warwick and previously studied politics and literature at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Valencia.

He currently serves as Luxembourg’s national expert within several European and international frameworks, including the European Commission’s European Centre of Expertise (ECE), the Mutual Learning Programme (MLP), and the SEEurope network of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). He is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Institut national pour le développement de la formation professionnelle continue (INFPC) in Luxembourg. Dr Thill has conducted extensive research, consultancy assignments, and peer reviews for a wide range of international institutions, including the European Commission, the OECD, Eurofound, and the ETUI, as well as for multiple ministries, public agencies, and social partners in Luxembourg.

His current research interests encompass the Europeanisation of employment policies, European Union integration, actors and modes of governance, employment relations, youth policies and unemployment, and the digital transition and its effects on labour markets and work.