WP3 (Interdisciplinary Research) member
Professor of Private Law at University of Bordeaux – France
Jérôme Porta is a Professor of Private Law and Criminal Sciences at the University of Bordeaux, where he teaches Labour Law, International Social Law, and Comparative Law. He is a member of COMPTRASEC (Centre for Comparative Labour Law and Social Security Studies, UMR CNRS 5114), one of the leading French research centres dedicated to the comparative study of labour law and social protection systems. His research focuses particularly on the transformations of labour law in the context of globalization, fundamental rights at work, and comparative law methodologies. Since 2020, he has led the research project “Labour Rights in Africa” (LABAFRICA, University of Bordeaux), which examines labour legislation and labour justice in West Africa, with particular attention to the methodological challenges surrounding the concept of “informal work”. He also conducts research on labour inspection and informal employment in Africa (Morocco and Côte d’Ivoire) within the framework of the IPORA programme and has co-supervised a joint PhD thesis on these topics with Alassane Ouattara University (Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire).
