Tom Huisjes is assistant professor in social law at the law department of Utrecht University.

His PhD focused on social and inclusive commissioning, i.e. the integration of social objectives concerning non-discrimination, diversity and inclusion into public procurement policy. The research dealt with both a ‘repressive approach’, which entails that economic actors that discriminate on the labour market are excluded from public procurement procedures, and a ‘positive approach’ that promotes diversity and inclusion through the use of labels, award criteria and special conditions relating to the performance of a contract.

Since his PhD he has done research into both social procurement as well as non-discrimination law within labour law.

Besides teaching in labour law courses in the bachelor and master, he also teaches in the Masterclass Nieuwe Europese Verplichtingen voor Groen en Sociaal Aanbesteden (Continuing Education).

He is a member of among other things the programme committee for the Master Labour Law, the research platform Equality Legal Studies (EQUALS) and the Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (Building Block ‘Social Justice, Welfare and Participation').