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10/05/2026 | Research | Internationale Beziehungen mit Schwerpunkt Lateinamerika

Kristina Dietz is conducting research as part of the “PALMWORK” research consortium from 2027 to 2029

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DFG: Working the Plantationocene. Ecological Labor Regimes of the Palm Oil Value Chain (PALMWORK)
PALMWORK examines the relationship between labor and ecology along the palm oil value chain, particularly in the areas of production (plantations and oil mills) and social reproduction. The project is designed as a qualitative comparative analysis of case studies from Northeast India, Ghana, and Colombia. It builds on research from the fields of labor regime analysis, (feminist) labor geography, environmental labor studies, and political ecology on the materiality of nature and the society-nature metabolism. The project is funded as part of the DFG Priority Program 2575, “Sustainability and Resilience of Agricultural and Food Supply Chains in Times of Multiple Crises?” It consists of three subprojects being carried out at the University of Bonn (PD Dr. Oliver Pye), the Free University of Berlin (Prof. Dr. Bettina Engels), and the University of Kassel.

The project is led by Prof. Dr. Kristina Dietz