International Center for Development and Decent Work
The International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD) of the University of Kassel is a global think tank network which contributes to the fight against global hunger and poverty through research and education.
- It focuses on the United Nations Millennium Development Goal 1 target 2:
„Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people“.

The ICDD is one of the five Centers of Excellence for Exchange and Development funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

The programme “ex)I(ceed – Higher Education Excellence in Development Co-operation” is managed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) using funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Major ICDD Events
- 08.07- 09.07.2013
Research Workshop on CSR in SCs ICDD Kassel - 11.07. - 12.07.2013
PhD Symposium on Contemporary China,Kassel - 15.07.-16.07.2013
Labour Relations and Power in Global Production, Kassel - 28.9. - 30.9.2013
Annual Thematic Conference - The Roles of Work, Food and Cash in Overcoming Poverty
-> Call for Papers
ICDD news
- MA Thesis Research Grants
Deadline: 30.06.2013
ICDD related news
Fractured Identities - article in Hindustan Times, Mumbai 24.02.2013.
Fighting the "Hidden Hunger"Entrepreneurial and Social Innovations to Overcome Malnutrition! by KfW and Ashoka - Register now!
My home is my Cassel – Photo contest
Show us your connection to Kassel!Follow this link!
India: BMC has appointed a committee to decide on accomodating
250,000 street vendors - article in Hindustan Times
Indira Gandhi peace price conferred on Ela Bhatt - please click here to read the article in TOI
DAAD Alumni Portal - Want to keep in touch with former students and other alumni? https://www.alumniportal-deutschland.org
New ICDD Member Publications
- Socially Responsible Public Procurement of Information Technology, Working Paper No. 6; Stefan Beck
- Decent work? How self-employed pastoralists and employed herders on ranches perceive their working conditions, Working Papers No. 7; M. Aufderheide, C. Voigts, C. Hülsebusch, B. Kaufmann
- Credit Exclusion of the Poor:A Study of Cultivator Households in India, Working Paper No. 8; Manojiz Bhattacharjee, Meenakshi Rajeev
- Maharjan et all (2012): Do rural women who stay behind benefit from male out-migration? Vol. 16, No. 1.
- Burchardt & Öhlschläger (2012). Soziale Bewegungen und Demokratie in Lateinamerika: Nomos Verlag
- Mosoetsa and Williams (Eds). (2012). Labour in the Global South - Challenges and alternatives for workers
New: Video Lectures
- Trade Unions in Africa, Prof. Sakhela Buhlungu
- Gender still matters in Labour Studies, Prof. Dr. Helen Schwenken
- Do international labour rights undermine competitiveness? Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer
Information
ICDD Office
Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 2
D-34117 Kassel
