Annual Workshop of the Working Group (AK) Labour Geography Conceptualised as Global Commodity Chains or Global Value Chains (GVCs), transnational production within global capitalism has traditionally been analysed through the lens of intra-firm relations and interactions, often within an affirmative, “win-win-win” framework of sustainable development. This annual meeting of the […]
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Symposium 13.02.25, 5.30 pm with John Holloway and Lucí Cavallero Moderation: Tine Haubner and Stefanie Hürtgen Link to Live Steam: https://www.youtube.com/live/e5ydvrXc_P0 In the name of economic strength, growth and prosperity, we are experiencing the ruthless destruction of our social and ecological foundations. There are worldwide protests against obscene inequalities and […]
The Working Group on Labour Geography of the German Society of Geography (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie/DGfG) invites all members and interested researchers to its next annual meeting. For the CfP, see here. Below you find the final program:
Call for Papers, International Conference Feminist perspectives on the platformisation of care work in European cities at Europa Universität Flensburg, 2nd-4th of July, 2025 Organised by the trinational research project “Urban Platform Economies”:Sybille Bauriedl, Mê-Linh Riemann and Nicola Techel, University of FlensburgAnke Strüver, Janne Martha Lentz and Helena Bellgardt, University […]
On February 8 and 9, this year’s networking meeting of the Working Group (AK) Labour Geography took place at the Leibniz Institute for Spatial Social Research (IRS) in Erkner. Since the foundation of our working group in 2020, it has been growing steadily ever since. Around 40 geographers and scientists […]
Networking meeting of the working group Labour Geography 8 / 9 February 2024, Leibniz Institute for Spatial Social Research (IRS), in Erkner near Berlin The working group Labour Geography invites all members and other interested researchers to the networking meeting in Erkner near Berlin. It aims at fostering exchange and […]
Networking meeting of the working group Labour Geography 8 / 9 February 2024, Leibniz Institute for Spatial Social Research (IRS), in Erkner near Berlin The working group Labour Geography invites all members and other interested researchers to the networking meeting in Erkner near Berlin. The meeting starts on 8th of […]
The schedule is set: The next annual meeting of our Arbeitskreisse Labour Geography will take place on 8/9.02.2024 at the IRS in Erkner (near Berlin). A call for participation and the possibility to register will follow in November. Alica Repenning, Anna Oechslen, Karin Schwiter, Lea Molina Caminero and Yannick Ecker […]
The 4th annual meeting of the AK Labour Geography took place from 09-10 February 2023 at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB). The meeting was organized by Tatiana López, Anne Engelhardt, Isabella Stingl, Barbara Orth, Yannick Ecker und Alica Repenning. Programme Thursday, February 9th / Donnerstag 09. Februar 13:30:Willkommen, […]
On February 10-11, 2022, the 3rd annual meeting of the AK Labour Geography took place at the Department of Geography, University of Bonn. Here, for archival purposes, we mirror the program at that time: Day 1: Thursday 10th, 2022 13:00:Welcome and introduction 13:30:Current research and publications of the working group […]
The second annual meeting took place on February 11-12, 2021 as an online event. Here we document the program at that time. Thursday, 11 February 2021 / Donnerstag, 11. Februar 2021 09:00:Begrüßung und Einführung/ Welcome and introduction 09:15:Keynote Speech: Covid-19 policy measures for circular migrant care workers in Germany,Austria and […]
On February 07, 2020, 30 geographers and scholars from related disciplines responded to the call for the establishment of a working group ‘Labour Geography’ of the VGDH. After intensive discussions, the working group was established and its spokesperson team was elected (consisting of the authors of this report). It was […]