Call for Proposals: The RU Global Future of Workers Grant Opportunity
The Center for Global Work and Employment is accepting proposals for small innovation grants (~$1000) from PhD students pursuing research on work that includes one or more of the following: relevance to global dynamics or systems and/or underrepresented regions/voices in labor research; interdisciplinary framing and accessible language; application to practice; and, broad relevance to the Future of Work(ers) discourse. The deadline for proposals has been extended to September 30, 2021.
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Revaluing Work(ers) – 2021 LERA Research Volume Book Launch Event - 10/27/21
This LERA research volume edited by SMLR’s Tobias Schulze-Cleven and Todd Vachon explores how we can build a world of work that delivers for workers and addresses systemic crises.
Germany After Merkel: A Roundtable Discussion of the Federal Election Results - 09/29/21
The Center for Global Work and Employment and the Center for European Studies hosted an online roundtable discussion of the German federal election results.
Hybrid Talk: The Evolving Political Economy of Labor in China & Indonesia - 09/15/21
Speaker: William Hurst, Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development at the University of Cambridge
The Need for Effective Leadership in Uncertain Times - 04/13/21
Speaker: Chris Rowley, Professor Emeritus at The Business School, City, University of London
Order Overload? Demand Spikes and Labor Violations in Global Supply Chains - 12/18/20
Speaker: Greg Distelhorst, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto
Preventing Unemployment During COVID-19: Lessons from European "Short-Time" Employment Schemes - 06/18/20
This webinar explores how European countries have used “short-time” employment schemes to buffer economic displacement by allowing companies to apply for publicly sponsored wage replacement as they reduce employees’ work hours (including to zero).
