Events

Overview

The ICDD organises a large variety of formats and participatory events, including the Annual Thematic / ’exceed’ conference, the PhD Workshop, the Alumni Applied Research School (AARS), and the Breakfast Talks.

Below you can find the event timeline.

Missed our previous events?

You can watch the recordings or read the write-ups of our previous events here

Timeline

2022

Date	Event	Venue
14-16 September	Conference: Challenges of Sustainability Research	University of Kassel
03 June	Public Talk: Health, safety and security: the everyday struggles of cabin crew workers in Aerolíneas Argentinas Watch the recording Read the write-up	Online
14 April	Public Talk: War in Ukraine - Impact on People - Impact on Theory Read the write-up Read the live Tweets	Online
12 April	PhD Toolbox Launch Webinar Watch the recording Read the write-up	Online
March 30 - April 1, April 4-5	15th Global Labour University Conference: Building a Post-Pandemic World of Work with Social Justice	Online
26 January	Book Launch: "Decent Work or Decent Income: 'Corona Crisis' Experiences" Watch the recording Read the write-up	Online

Earlier

2021

Date	Event	Venue
8-16 November	2nd GLU Alumni Regional Workshop in Africa “Building Capacities in Trade Union Online Education and Global Exchange on Post Corona Policy Responses” Read the write-up	Online
17 November 18.00 (CET)	ICDD Talk: Women in Agriculture in Pakistan Speaker: Dr. Saira Akhtar Read the write-up	Online
08 September 14.00 (CET)	Virtual Book Launch: The Phantom of Upgrading in Agricultural Supply Chains Watch the recording Read the write-up	Online
29 April	Online discussion with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer about German Supply Chain Act	Online
29 April	Debate "Will the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) reshape the global economy and world order in the coming post-COVID-19 world?" Watch the recording Panellists: Daniel Drache, York University, Canada Xing Li, Aalborg Universitet, Denmark Adam T. Kingsmith, Ryerson University/York University, Canada Chair: Clara Baumann, Max Planck Institute/Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany Discussant: Xiao Alvin Yang, Universität Kassel, Germany	Online
30 March	Online roundtable on "Defining Authoritarianism" Report: ICDD Workshop on Authoritarianism from a Comparative Perspective	Online
3-5 March	GLU online event: Migration and Trade Unions	Online
9 Feb	Debating Capitalisms in Asia Speakers: Alexander Chen (University of Copenhagen), and Anil Shah (University of Kassel) Moderator: Xiao Alvin Yang (University of Kassel/York University) Recordings: Debating Capitalisms in Asia (co-hosted by the ICDD) Broadening the Variegated Capitalism Research Program: Perspectives of China's New Normal (by Alexander Chen) COVID-19, Migrant Labour and Re/Productive Finance in India (by Anil Shah) Debating Capitalisms in Asia: Discussion among Anil Shah, Alexander Chen and Xiao Alvin Yang	Online
19 Jan	Digital workshop discussion: 'Cold War 2.0? What the Conflict between China and the US means for Europe?' Speaker: Dr. Peter Walkenhorst (Bertelsmann Stiftung, Senior Project Manager Program Germany and Asia)	Online

2020

Date	Event	Venue
29 Oct	Public Talk: The Brazilian Transition - State Formation and Capitalist Development	Kassel, Germany (Hybrid format)
22 Oct	Public Talk: Harvesting consent: South Asian tea plantation workers' experience of Fairtrade certification	Kassel, Germany (Hybrid format)
24-25 Sep	LPG Thesis Defense	Kassel, Germany
16-17 July	Symposium - Shadow Banking	Hannover, Germany
15-19 June	International Kassel Summer School (cancelled due to Coronavirus)	Hofgeismar, Germany
25-29 May	GPED and ESI Excursion to Brussels and Geneva (cancelled due to Coronavirus)	Brussels and Geneva
09 May - 01 Jul	ESI Summer School (cancelled due to Coronavirus)	Kassel, Germany
02-04 Apr	GLU Migration Workshop (cancelled due to Coronavirus)	South Africa
29 Mar - 01 Apr	LPG Excursion to Geneva (cancelled due to Coronavirus)	Geneva, Switzerland
27-29 Feb	GAPS Conference (cancelled due to Coronavirus)	India
17 Feb	Public Talk with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer: German Experience of Exports and Value Chains	Pakistan
17 Feb	Public Talk with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer: Surplus Labor: Challenges to a Decent Work Agenda	Pakistan
30 Jan	Breakfast Talk: Decent Work or Decent Finance? The Contradictions of Finance and Development Anil Shah (ICDD, University of Kassel)	Kassel, ICDD
17 Jan	Workshop: Labour Markets and Syrian Refugees	Kassel, ICDD