Vanessa De Greef is a professor of social law. She teaches labour law and occupational health and safety law. She does research in the field of social and public law. She works regularly with the National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance and the Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue. She has most recently worked on the issues of work reintegration, teleworking, vaccination, work disability assessment, and sexual harassment in the workplace. She did her doctorate at ULB and holds a Master’s degree in Legal Theory from the European Academy of Legal Theory.

 

  • Member of the ULB deconfinement WG (2020)
  • Effective member of the Electoral Commission of the ULB (2012 -2015)
  • Member of the ULB Disciplinary Commission (2012-2014)
  • Vice-president of the Human Rights League (Belgium, French-speaking section) (2012 -2022)
  • Member of the Supervisory Commission of the Forest and Berkendael prison (2007 – 2018)
  • Co-President of the Commission on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the League of Human Rights (January 2016 – )
  • Appearance in the national print media and on national television on topics related to workplace wellness, mandatory vaccinations, etc.
  • Research presentation and hearing at the National Labor Council (reintegration path, teleworking).
  • Labour Law
  • Occupational health and safety law
  • V. De Greef, « Mental Disorders and Work », Research Handbook on Socio-Legal Studies of Medicine & Health, Edward Elgar Publishing, Law and Society series, sous la dir. de Marie-Andree Jacob et Anna Kirkland, 2020, Glos – Massachusetts, pp. 33-51.
  • V. De Greef, « Quel avenir pour l’évaluation de l’incapacité de travail en Belgique ? », Revue belge du dommage corporel et de médecine légale (Consilio), 2021, n°4, pp. 133-146.
  • V. De Greef, « Une obligation de vaccination contre la Covid-19 serait-elle une restriction ou une réalisation de nos droits fondamentaux ? », Journal des tribunaux, 2021, n°6850, pp. 221-229.
  • V. De Greef, « Le harcèlement sexuel au travail en droit belge », n° spécial en hommage à Eliane Vogel-Polsky, coordonné par E. Dermine, V. De Greef, et P. Vielle, paru dans la Revue E-Legal, 18 février 2020, 62 pp. URL : http://e-legal.ulb.be/rubriques/dossiers
  • V. De Greef, « Analysis of Barriers and Facilitators of Existing Programs in Belgium for the purpose of implementing Individual Placement and Support (IPS) », Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 30 mai 2019, pp. 18-23. URL : https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000371.
  • Alice Seghers Prize – intended to reward legal or sociological studies that promote the improvement of the individual in society – for the doctoral thesis “Right to work and mental disorders. A critical analysis of exclusions and inclusions by law in unemployment insurance and social assistance”, defended on April 29, 2015 at the Université libre de Bruxelles, 801 pages.
  • Belgian correspondent for the Revue de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale of the Centre de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale of the University of Bordeaux (2016 – ).
  • Member of the Belgian Association for Labour and Social Security Law (ABETRASS).