Labour and Social Movements: Overcoming the Dichotomy | Global Partnership Network (GPN) Workshop
Programme
09:00 — 09:30 — Registration
09:30 — 09:45 — Welcome & Introduction — Dr. Tolga Tören, Global Political Economy of Labour (GPEL), University of Kassel
09:45 — 10:15 — Opening Keynote — Dr. Anne Engelhardt, Foundations of the Social Sciences, University of Göttingen
Panel I: Migration, Gender and the Recomposition of the Working Class (10:15 — 11:45)
Moderator: Dr. Tolga Tören — University of Kassel, GPEL
Presenters:
- Alena Schütz — Integration Officer, Office for Equal Opportunity, City of Kassel (Amt für Chancengleichheit, Stadt Kassel)
- Aylin Türer — PhD Candidate, University of Kassel / Association for the Emancipation of Migrant Women: mifem e.V. (Migrantische Frauenemanzipation e.V.)
- Dr. Nevra Akdemir — Puduhepa e. V. — Women's Initiative for Solidarity (Berlin)
- Paul Klinger — Care Work Solidarity Alliance Kassel (Solidaritätsbündnis Care-Arbeit Kassel)
11:45 – 12:00 Coffee Break
Panel II: Worker Organising Beyond Unions (12:00 – 13:30)
Moderator:Jahnavi Rao — Global Labour University (GLU) / University of Kassel
Presenters:
- Zeynep Karlıdağ — Gorillas Workers Collective
- Samee Ullah — Lieferando Workers Collective
- Soneye Abdulazez Lekan — PhD Candidate, University of Kassel / Amazon Bad Hersfeld
- Au Lap Hang — LPG Programme / University of Kassel
13:30 – 14:30 – Lunch Break
14:30 — 15:00 — Keynote Lecture: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer, Professor Emeritus, University of Kassel / Associate Fellow of the Global Labour University (GLU)
Panel III: Labour, Climate Justice, and Community-Based Alliances (15:00 — 16:30)
Moderator: Shejzi Sherifi, LPG Programme / University of Kassel
Presenters:
- Jahnavi Rao — Global Labour University (GLU)
- Smita Gupta — Economist / Activist
- Arvid Jasper — Climate Justice Kassel (Klimagerechtigkeit Kassel)
- Dr. Tolga Tören — University of Kassel / GPEL
16:30 — 16:45 — Coffee Break
16:45 — 17:15 — Concluding Reflection — Prof. Dr. Praveen Jha, Jawaharlal Nehru University / Global Partnership Network (GPN)