PROFIL PRACOWNIKA: Aneta Tyc

Aneta Tyc is an Associate Professor at the University of Lodz, Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of European, International and Collective Labour Law in Poland. In 2015 she obtained the degree of Doctor of Law (summa cum laude) on the basis of the thesis entitled “Ciężar dowodu w prawie pracy” [“The Burden of Proof in Employment Law”]. The dissertation was published as a monograph entitled “Ciężar dowodu w prawie pracy. Studium na tle prawnoporównawczym” [“The Burden of Proof in Employment Law. The Study Against the Legal-Comparative Background”] (Wolters Kluwer 2016). In 2022 she obtained the highest university degree - doctor habilitated - on the basis of the monograph: “Global Trade, Labour Rights and International Law: A Multilevel Approach” (Routledge 2021). Aneta is author, co-author and co-editor of more than 100 publications in the field of labour law in five languages, including the recent: J. Carby-Hall, A. Tyc, Z. Góral (eds.), International Workplace Discrimination Law (Routledge 2024); J. Carby-Hall, Z. Góral, A. Tyc (eds.), Discrimination and Employment Law. International Legal Perspectives (Routledge 2023). Aneta has delivered several dozen speeches at scientific conferences, including over 50 abroad. She has also been Principal Investigator on seven research projects (most recent entitled: “Towards the EU-Australia and the EU-New Zealand Free Trade Agreements: The Assessment of Labour Provisions”) and co-investigator in several others. She is a winner of many prestigious awards, prizes and scholarships, e.g. a scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education “for eminent young scientists conducting high-quality research and with impressive scientific achievements at the international level”. Under various scientific programmes and grants Aneta conducted research, carried out scientific stays or gave lectures at over 20 foreign universities, including, e.g. the University of Oxford, Fordham University, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Sydney. Her research interests focus on international, European, comparative and anti-discrimination labour law, in particular the trade-labour linkage including labour provisions in international free trade agreements.