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- News: Prof. Lisa Carstensen was appointed as the new ICDD Executive Director as of October 2022
- ICDD Interview Series: Episode 10, featuring Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer
- Publication: Eradze, I. (2022). Unravelling the persistence of dollarization: the case of Georgia, Routledge.
- Publication: ICDD Working Paper 39 “Right-Wing Politics in the Current Conjuncture -The "Kurz project" as an example of a mode of neoliberal crisis management” (by Ajla Rizvan)
- Event: 14.09-16.09, Kassel - Conference "Challenges of Sustainability Research"
- ICDD Interview Series: Episode 9, featuring Javier Becerril
- Publication: Article: Scherrer, C. (2022). Krieg und Abschottung: Das Ende der Globalisierung? Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik
- Publication: Article: Karg, H., Bouscarat, J., Akoto-Danso, E. K., Heinrigs, P., Drechsel, P., Amprako, L., & Buerkert, A. (2022) Food Flows and the Roles of Cities in West African Food Distribution Networks. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 193.
- Publication: Article: Scherrer, C. (2022). Globale Produktionsnetzwerke – eine gramscianische Perspektive; Z. Zeitschrift für marxistische Erneuerung, Nr. 129, 41-50.
- Publication: Book: Jha, P., Yeros, P., Chambati, W. & Mazwi, F. (2022) Farming and Working under Contract: Peasants and Workers in Global Agricultural Value Systems. Tulikabooks.
- PhD Toolbox has been launched
- Event: Public Talk by Dr. Sara Cufré on Health, Safety and Security: The Everyday Struggles of Cabin Crew Workers in Aerolíneas Argentinas
- Event: 14.04 - Public Talk "War in Ukraine - Impact on People - Impact on Theory"
- ICDD Interview Series:Episode 8, featuring Prof. Dr. Eleonor Faur
- ICDD Interview Series:Episode 7, featuring Prof. Dr. Pravin Sinha
- Event: 22.06, Kassel - Farewell lecture by Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer
- Event: 23.06-24.06, Kassel - The Symposium Frontiers of International Political Economy convened by Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer
- Global Labour Column: Special series: Organising under authoritarian regimes
- Job Offer: Student Assistant Position at the ICDD (Apply until 30 March, 2022)
- Publication: ICDD Working Paper 38 "Impacts of Lockdown on Livelihood Conditions of Informal Workers in Bihar, India" (by Santosh Verma)
- Publication: Scherrer, C. 2022: Surplus Labour: Imperialist Legacies & Post-Imperialist Practices, in: The Oxford Handbook of Economic Imperialism
- ICDD Interview Series: Episode 6, featuring Prof. Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan
- ICDD Interview Series: Episode 5, featuring Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Herr
- Publication: Book Chapter: Embeddedness of Power Relations in Global Value Chains (by Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87320-2_5
- Publication: Article by ICDD Alumna: Co-developing Local Feminist “Conceptual Vocabularies” While Strengthening Activism Through Critical Consciousness Raising with South Africa’s Mine and Farm Women (Asanda-Jonas Benya & Sithandiwe Yeni)
- Event: Book Launch "Decent Work or Decent Income: 'Corona Crisis' Experiences"
Earlier
- Newsletter - December 2021 is published
Event: 2nd GLU Alumni Regional Workshop in Africa: “Building Capacities in Trade Union Online Education and Global Exchange on Post Corona Policy Responses”
- Recording: Theoretical debate co-hosted by the ICDD - Will the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) reshape the global economy and world order in the coming post-COVID-19 world?
- Global Labour Column: A remarkable day and a new bad experience (by Khaing Zar Aung)
- New Publication: Footwear industry, and plastic recycling: a case of circular economy and green jobs in Yucatán, México (by Francisco Iván Hernández-Cuevas, Norma Elena Pérez-Herrera, Javier Becerril-García, Javier Humberto Perera-Rios & Allan Sosa) > Read the write-up
- Event: Public Talk - Women in Agriculture in Pakistan (by Saira Akhtar)
- Global Labour Column: Corporate power and intellectual property rights: closing the vaccine gap (by Peter Rossman)
- News: The ICDD is featured on the website of the DAAD
- Event: Virtual Book Launch The Phantom of Upgrading in Agricultural Supply Chains (08 September 2021, 02:00 PM (CET)) > Read the write-up
- News: Prof. Dr. Eleonor Faur (ICDD Guest Professor) & Prof. Dr. Edward Webster (ICDD Ela Bhatt Visiting Professor) send regards for the 50th anniversary of the Kassel University
- Event: African Excellence Initiative: Pro-RUWA - Invitation to join the kick-off event (28.07.2021)
- New Publication: The “Nested” Power of TNCs: Smallholders’ Biggest Challenge (by Christoph Scherrer)
- Global Labour Column: Clear words from the ILO on Belarus, though China and Russia stand with the dictator (by Frank Hoffer)
- New Publication: The Phantom of Upgrading in Agricultural Supply Chains: A Cross-Country, Cross-Crop Comparison of Smallholders
- Global Labour Column: The national strike in Colombia: a trade union perspective (by Daniel Hawkins)
- CfPs: XV Global Labour University Conference: "Building a Post-Pandemic World of Work with Social Justice" (until September 1st, 2021)
- Job:Website Assistant (40h/month) at the ICDD (the call for applications is closed now)
- Publication: GPE alumna Kathrin Birner's book on the working and living conditions of migrant workers in Germany
- Job: Student Assistant (approx. 35h/month) at the Global Partnership Network
- Global Labour Column: On the fight for paid sick days across Canada (by Jesse McLaren)
- Global Labour Column: Biden’s economic confrontation strategy for China: implications for workers (by Christoph Scherrer)
- Global Labour Column: Home-based workers launch their global network (by Chris Bonner and Janhavi Dave)
- CfA: MA Thesis Research Grant Program 2021 at the Global Partnership Network (until June 20)
- Global Labour Column: Indian Farmers against neoliberalism - Part 1 & Part 2 (by Praveen Jha)
- Publication: America second? Die USA, China und der Weltmarkt (by Christoph Scherrer)
- CfA: Master's Degree in Global Political Economy and Development (until 15 May for degrees earned outside Germany/ until 31 July for degrees earned in Germany)
- CfA: GLU Honours & Masters Programme at WITS in South Africa starting in 2022 (until 31 August)
- Global Labour Column: Making Threats: Credible Strike Threats and Worker Power (by Robert Ovetz)
- Global Labour Column: Work from home: challenges amidst opportunities (by Abhijeet)
- Event co-hosted by the ICDD: 29 April: Online debate "Will the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) reshape the global economy and world order in the coming post-COVID-19 world?"
- Free online course from the Global Labour University Online Academy: "Just and Green: Labour's Ecological Question"
- Global Labour Column: Nineteen Myanmar protesters sentenced to death: the military needs to be stopped (by Frank Hoffer)
- Publication: Buerkert, A., Dix, B.A., Al Rawahi, M.N. et al.Agro-ecological landuse transformation in oasis systems of Al Jabal Al Akhdar, northern Oman. Sci Rep 11, 7709 (2021).
- Report: ICDD Workshop on Authoritarianism from a Comparative Perspective
- 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
- ICDD Working Paper No. 35: The rational of minimum wages (by Hansjörg Herr)
CfP: Conference: "International Finance and World Trade: On the Way to a Democratic and Social-Ecological Transformation?" (until 30 April, 2021)
CfA: Four W 3 professorships (m/f/o) in Sustainable Development and Transformation at Kassel University (until 27 May, 2021)
Global Labour Column: Forced into silence: the challenges of eliminating workplace violence against domestic workers (by Izwi Domestic Workers Alliance)
Event: 30th March: (Online) Roundtable on "Defining Authoritarianism"
Book from the ICDD network: Labour Questions in the Global South (edited by Jha, P., Chambati, W., & Ossome, L.)
Book supported by the ICDD: Regime Change in Turkey: Neoliberal Authoritarianism, Islamism and Hegemony (edited by Babacan, E.; Kutun, M.; Pınar, E.; Yılmaz, Z.)
- Call for submissions: The 2022 Elmar Altvater Prize (until 31 October, 2021)
- Job position: Student Assistant position at ICDD (until 31 March, 2021)
- Press release: the recently granted research project at the ICDD - Promoting Academic Capacities for Sustainable Agricultural Resources Use in West Africa (Pro-RUWA)
- Event: 29th April, 18:00-19:30: Online discussion with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer on German Supply Chain Act
- Global Labour Column: Whatsapp and workers: not a commercial issue (by Sofia Scasserra)
- Call for Applications: Long-term Scholarships (4-6 months) at the ICDD
- Event: 9th March, 3.00PM: GPN Public Talk (Online): Global Partnerships, Global Finance and Uneven Inclusion
- Event: 3rd-5th March: GLU online event - Migration and Trade unions
- Global Labour Column: My country needs you: No cooperation, no recognition and no business with the military junta in Myanmar (by Khaing Zar Aung)
- Global Labour Column: Migrant organizing as a pathway to union renewal (by Michele Ford)
- ICDD Working Paper - No. 34: Inequalities in childcare strategies among domestic workers and teachers in Argentina (by Eleonor Faur)
- ICDD Working Paper - No. 28: Social Sustainability Challenges and the Role of Middle Managers (by Aleksandra Draganic & Nazmul Arefin)
- Interview with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer on Labor rights issues and the EU-China investment deal on the South China Morning Post
- CfA: Thomas Sankara PhD Scholarships open for applications (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
- Global Labour Column: Black-led, antiracist unionism: Ben Fletcher and the IWW (by Peter Cole)
- Global Labour Column: Build back better with the interests of working people (by Cathy Feingold)
CfA: 2021 GLU Masters Programme in Germany and in the U.S. open for application
- Public talk recording: Inclusive Finance and Credit Constraints in Pakistan (by Prof. Dr. Juvaria Jafri)
- ICDD Working Paper No. 32: The Informal Economy and Collective Cooperation in India: Lessons from Ela Bhatt (by Pravin Sinha)
- Book Series Labor and Globalization - Volume 20: Assessing the Level of Self-Reliance and Livelihood of Encamped Refugees (by Anna-Mara Schön)
- Publication: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer (et al.) on free trade agreements and related issues
- Nachhaltigkeit und Menschenrechte im Welthandel. Sozialklauseln allein reichen nicht. (by Groneweg, Merle und Christoph Scherrer)
- Trade and industrial policy: Implications for development and international labor standards (by Herr, H. & Scherrer, C. et al.)
- Publication by a ICDD PhD alumnus: State Policies Decrease Movement during COVID-19 (by Belayeth Hussain)
- Event: 19 January: Digital workshop discussion "Cold War 2.0? What the Conflict between China and the US means for Europe?"
- CfA: Wangari Maathai Visiting Professorship Program
- CfA: A global team of online tutors and local trainers at the GLU Online Academy
- Publication supported by ICDD-Rosa Luxemburg Foundation: The Cultural Political Economy of the Construction Industry in Turkey: The Case of Public Housing (by Dr. Ismail Doga Karatepe)
- Interview with Prof. Laplane (Director of International Office at Unicamp) on the cooperation between Unicamp and ICDD
- The ICDD is featured on the homepage of the DAAD
- New publications by Prof. Dr. Scherrer:
- 2021 GLU MA Program in Brazil open for applications
- Prof. Dr. Scherrer's speech (online): Rural-Urban Connections, Decent Work in Agricultural Value Chains and Organizing the Informal Economy
- New Publication: Superfruit in the Niche-Underutilized Sea Buckthorn in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- GLU free online course: Global Supply Chains in Times of Covid-19
- ICDD alumna Dr. Verna Dinah Q. Viajar has published on Philippines's response to Covid-19
- Former ICDD scholarship holder Roman Hinz has published on Land Use Change in India
- Prof. Dr. Pillay's reflection on Buddhism and Marxism inspied by an ICDD sponsored visit to Bhutan
- CfA: Thomas Sankara PhD Scholarships at the Global Partnership Network
- CfA: Water Securtiy and Climate Change (WSCC) Conference 2021 in Hanoi, Vietnam
- ICDD is featured on the journal of Kassel University
- Interview with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer on Inequality
- CfA: GPN Visiting Professor Program - Academic Years 2020-2024
- A virtual Fair about Research Options in Germany held by DAAD on July 07
- ICDD member Debdulal Saha from TISS-Guwahati published on
"Producer collectives through self-help: sustainability of small tea growers in India" - Former ICDD post-doc Janne Mende published on "Business Responsibility for Modern Slavery"
- Book Series Labor and Globalization Volume 19: Competitive Pressures and Labor Rights by Hariati Sinaga
- Event: European Parliament Member of the Greens, Anna Cavazzini, discusses with Prof. Dr. Scherrer "The future of trade policy after Corona" (Link to the recording)
- Online ICDD Breakfast Talk recordings
- Decent work or decent finance? The contradictions of finance and development, Anil Shah (ICDD, University of Kassel), Kassel, 30 January 2020
- Ecosocialism - rereading Elmar Altvater, Dr. Raul Zelik, Kassel, 12 December 2019
- The rise of the far right and the exhaustion of Merkelism, Dr. Alexander Gallas, Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer (ICDD, University of Kassel), Kassel, 14 November 2019
- Interview with GLU students in the DGB North-South Network
- Interview with Prof. Dr. Bürkert and Prof. Dr. Scherrer in ZEIT on the impact of Corona pandemic
- Call for Contributions: Decent work or decent income? "Corona crisis" experiences (Edited volume)
- CfA: PhD Scholarships at the Global Partnership Network
- CfA: MA Thesis Research Grant program
- CfA: 1st Unicamp International School on Development Challenges
- CfA: GLU MA program in Labour Policies and Globalization (Germany)
- CfA: GLU MA program in Development and Labour Studies (India)
- New exceed center 'Global Partnership Network' (GPN): Press release from Kassel University (in German)
- 18 February 2020 - Public Talk with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer: German Experience of Exports and Value Chains at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
- 17 February 2020 - Public Talk with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer: Surplus Labor: Challenges to a Decent Work Agenda
- 17 January 2020 - Workshop "Labour Markets and Syrian Refugees"
- Global Partnership Network (GPN) wins DAAD EXCEED award Talk by Green Member of Parliament Jürgen Trittin on Global Governance at the Current Conjunction
- Birgit Felmeden, executive manager of the ICDD, presented the result of the collaboration project EANLAR at the conference held in Brussels A new study by ICDD members: "Superfruit in the Niche—Underutilized Sea Buckthorn in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan" A new study by ICDD member Debdulal Saha: "Decent Work for Tea Plantation Workers in Assam"
- CfA: Scholarships for an exchange semester at the IdAES of the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM) in Buenos Aires / Argentina for WiSe 2020/2021
- CfA: 2020 GLU Masters Programmes “Social Economy and Labour” at UNICAMP, Brazil open for application
- CfA: International Workshop on Green Energy Technologies - Opportunities and Challenges on October 29-30, 2019
- CfA: GLU ENGAGE Programme „Union Rights, Policy and Practice: Training for Global Union Activists“ at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), starting in 2020
- EANLAR Conference: Capacity building for Third Party Funded Research Projects in East Africa
- Tropentag Conference: "Filling gaps and removing traps for sustainable resources management"
- Dr. Tony Rinaudo's Talk: "Getting Your Assumptions Right"
- GLU Africa Alumni in Harare
- ICDD Alumni & PhD Workshop '10 Years ICDD Graduate School: Looking Back to Look Ahead'
- Invitation to the exhibition TrikotTausch
- ICDD's first Ela Bhatt Visiting Professor, Prof. Edward Webster, was honored with lifetime achievement award
- The second pilot training for the mid-level managers working in the Bangladeshi garment industry took place on the 26th and 27th of July
- ICDD Guest Lecturer Mondli Hlatshwayo won the Ruth First Prize
- Breakfast Talk Video with ICDD Visiting Professor Vishwas Satgar
- TV broadcasts on the climate crisis with ICDD Visiting Professor Vishwas Satgar
- Has the media narrative changed around climate change? (Al Jazeera English)
- Carbon emissions need to stop (Interview with eNCA, South Africa)
- South Africa is bracing for an electoral storm over the climate crisis (Real News, USA) Part I and Part II - ICDD and UAF cooperated to organize an international Symposium
- 1st pilot workshopon training for mid-level managers started successfully in Dhaka on 28.06.2019
- CfA: Erasmus + Scholarships for PhD study visits to UCC, Ghana
- The Indian Consul General's Visit to ICDD
- CfA: MA Thesis Research Grant Program
- ICDD Working Paper No. 25: "Care Extractivism and the Reconfiguration of Social Reproduction in Post-Fordist Economies"
- The Brown Bag Seminar with ICDD Guest Professor Meenakshi Rajeev - "Crop Insurance in India: Where does it stand?"
- Call for Abstracts: Tropentag 2019 - Conference Theme "Filling gaps and removing traps for sustainable resources management"
- German Turkish Conference Series
- Christoph Scherrer's Talk
April's theme: “Multinational corporations and increasing inequality: what are the effects on global agriculture production networks?” - Expert Workshop: “Developing a training concept for building sustainability-related capacity among mid-level managers in the Bangladesh garment industry”
- Coordination Forum German – Bangladesh Higher Education Network for Sustainable Textiles
- 4th International Congress Hidden Hunger (University of Hohenheim)
- Call for Papers: XIV Global Labour University Conference: Reflecting 100 years of ILO – Shaping the rules for a new century of labour
- Global Labour University 2019 Engage Programme
- Call for Applications: Master of Arts (MA) in “Labour Policies and Globalisation” at the Berlin School of Economics and Law/University of Kassel in Germany
- W. Lazonick - Innovative Enterprise and Sustainable Prosperity (Web Talk)
- Opening of the Centre for Latin-American studies CELA Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos Kassel (German Only)
- Program: Authoritarianism and Resistance in Turkey (Workshop)
- Program: 25 Years Interdisciplinary Research at Tropenzentrum in Witzenhausen
- ICDD Summer School 'Constructing Research Frameworks on the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa's Policy Environment'
- Rethinking Development Cooperation: Joint conference of exceed (Excellence Centers for Exchange and Development) and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
- Call for Participation: Continuing the Struggle: The International Labor Organization (ILO) Centenary and the Future of Global Worker Rights
- CfA: Global Labour University 2019 ENGAGE programme
- CfA: CELA scholarships for research stays in Latin America
- CfA: ICDD Postdoc Fellowships 2019
- CfA: MA Thesis Research Grant Program
- CfP: XIV Global Labour University Conference
- Visit of Economic Development Professors from Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Mexico
- Bundeskanzler-Scholarship for post-graduate scientist at ICDD
- Christoph Scherrer‘s keynote at Lobbycontrol
- Exceed Conference mentioned at CIHLMU Center for International Health
- Book release: "Public Banks in the Age of Financialization" by Prof. Dr. Rajeev and Prof. Dr. Scherrer
- The ICDD participated in the International Conference on Changing Contours of Women's Paid and Unpaid Work.
- Project kick-off meeting in Dhaka, October 2018: Developing a training concept for building sustainability-related capacity among managers in the Bangladeshi garment industry
- Interview with Prof. Scherrer on Trump's trade policy: interview article, interview on 3sat: Trumps Strafzölle - US-Präsident Donald Trump macht ernst: Strafzölle von 25 Prozent auf Stahl, 10 Prozent auf Aluminium und Technologieprodukte aus China. Eine neue Runde im globalen Handelsstreit hat begonnen.
- CfP: International conference on Changing Contours of Women's Work in India
- ICDD PhD Alumna Dr Ellen Ehmke received Georg-Forster Award [German] for the outstanding scientific contribution she made with her PhD thesis on "Southern Welfare Regimes and Implementation".
- Presentation of the book 'Trabajo Decente y Sociedad.Cuba desde la óptica de los estudios sociolaborales'
- Prof Eddie Webster and Karin Pampallis were in Ghana to launch the book ‘Crossing the Divide – Precarious Work and the Future of Labour’ in Ghana. More from the Ghana Launch of 'Crossing the Divide: Precarious Work and the Future of Labour'edited by Edward Webster, Akua Opokua Britwum and Sharit Bhowmik†
- ICDD member Prof. Burchardt promotes the academic cooperation with Cuba
- In a newsletter, the DAAD reports about the ex/ceed summer school 'Constructing Research Frameworks on the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa’s Policy Environment' held at the University of Cape Coast
- University of Cape Coast reports about the fruitful collaboration between the University of Kassel and the University of Cape Coast since signing the Memorandum of Unterstanding
- CfP: Exceed/DIE Conference 'Rethinking Development Cooperation'
- CfA: MA Thesis Research Grant Program 2018 The ICDD offers four thesis research grants for students of Social Sciences and four thesis research grants for students of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Kassel.
- CfP: International Congress - The Latin American social thought facing the idea of crisis - This congress is organized by our partner "Center for Advanced Latin American Studies" (CALAS). It takes place in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on 6-8 September 2018.
- CfP: XIII Global Labour University Conference- The topic of the conference is "The Future of Work:Democracy, Development and the Role of Labour"
- CfA: Ela Bhatt Professorships for Development and Decent Work
- CfA: WUS-Förderpreis 2018 - The World University Service is looking for graduates from German universities who have written bachelor or master theses (Bachelor, Diplom, Master, Staatsexamen) that relate to the Sustainable Development Goals of Migration, Flight, Human Right on Education, Global Learning, Education for Sustainable Development.
- CfA: 2018 GLU Masters Programmes in India, U.S. and Germany - The Global Labour University (GLU) invites trade unionists and labour activists to apply for its Masters’ Programmes in Germany, India and the USA. The Masters’ programmes focus on policies for social justice including global governance, international labour standards, development, economics, trade and multinational enterprises. Trade unionists with a trade union recommendation letter can apply for scholarships.
- CfA:International Summer School 'Constructing Research Frameworks on the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa’s Policy Environment' 2-14 April 2018 (University of Cape Coast, Ghana)
- Report on International Conference in Merida: Occupational Health and Safety in Agriculture
- CfA [german]: for three fully funded scholarships (including travel costs + 950€ every month) to spend the coming winter semester 2018/2019 (September-February) at Universidad de la Habana in Cuba.
- Report on Dan Hawkins, member of the ICDD research group Decent Work in Global Agricultural Production Systems
- CfAInternational Summer School 'Constructing Research Frameworks on the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa’s Policy Environment' 2-14 April 2018 (University of Cape Coast, Ghana)
- East African Network of Learning of Administrators is growing up. University of Kassel article from 30.11.2017. (German)
Lejos del hogar por escasez de trabajo. Read the article (in Spanish): Dario de Yucatan from 07.11.2017 - Uady es sede de la Conferencia Internacional de la Red EXCEED. Read the article (in Spanish): Diario de Yucatan from 06.11.2017
- Investigadores de 23 naciones abordan la salud, seguridad ocupacional y trabajo decente. Read the article (in Spanish): Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán from 06.11.2017
- ICDD Postdoc Dr. Santosh Verma becomes assistant professor at TISS Hyderabad. Read the article (in German): Publik-Online from 07.06.17
- University of Agriculture Faisalabad presented a solar-based milk chiller the university had developed, to pasteurize and preserve milk and prevent losses in the agriculture sector. Read article here.
- Honorary Doctorate for Prof. Edward Webster: Wits University has awarded Professor Webster an Honorary Doctorate in Literature for his scholarly contributions, commitment and advancement of democracy through labour activism and nurturing several generations of leading labour sociologists.
- Why every generation of students must find, fulfil or betray its mission - article in "The Conversation", by Edward Webster
- Alumni Workshop with Syrian Refugees in Istanbul - full press release on the Website of the University of Kassel
- Ela Bhatt presents the idea of building holistic, mutually beneficial communities in her new book "Anubandh"
- ICDD PhD Halyna Semenyshyn won Poster Prize of the Universitätsgesellschaft Kassel e.V. 2016.
- ICDD Postdoc Santosh Verma comments on the effect of the Indian governments withdrawal of 500 & 1000 rupee notes on farmers. See the article here.
- Sumeet Mhaskar (ICDD Visiting Lecturer) on the ongoing political mobilisation in Western India: article in “The Wire”
- Prof. Dr. Scherrer discussed the possibility of cooperation on labor issues with the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Siddique and Prof. Dr. Rahman,Chairman of DU Criminology Department. Press Release in Bengali Newspaper
- ICDD partner in New York Times: My South African University Is on Fire
- Article about the 1st exceed conference in Berlin, Germany - "DAAD AKTUELL"
- Pictures and News about the ICDD Summer Course in Mérida - Webpage of Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan.
- European Summer Institute (ESI) - Article in public online, University of Kassel, July 2016.
- Prof. Ganeshaiah researching in Witzenhausen - article in HNA, 03 June 2016
- "Passions Run High in Pakistan" - article from seedworld.com, section 'International Agricultural Development'
- Kassel is beautiful - bento-article about Kassel, being the most beautiful german city
- Agreement and Conferences Cycle between Kassel University (Germany) and Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPRRP) (Full article)
- Ela Bhatt guest professorship: A professorship to broaden perspectives - The Ela Bhatt guest professorship brings persons with many varying types of international experiences to the University of Kassel. News-Article on Kassel University.
- 25.02.2016: "Rinea"-this project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 645809 over a period of 36 months (04/2015-03/2018) and will support the EU-Africa High Level Policy Dialogue (HLPD) on science, technology and innovation (STI)
- 5 February 2016 - ZDF heute: Wie sieht die Banane der Zukunft aus? Internationale Obstmesse - ZDF Beitrag. 14 January 2016: Wie tickt die Megastadt? Wissenschaftler wollen Auswirkung von Städtewachstum auf Umland erforschen - HNA-Artikel über Andreas Bürkert & Ellen Hoffmann
- Hörpunkt "Der Esel - eine Hommage an ein verkanntes Tier"/Homage to the donkey (radio program) - interview conducted by SRF (Swiss Radio & Television) - SRF radio interview (in German) with ICDD member Muhammad Tariq
- A learning adventure at Global Labour University: Article from Helen Russel (unionlearn): Helen Russell is the Trade Union Training Officer at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP). She previously worked for UNISON and the NASUWT before returning to learning with the Global Labour University where she studied a Masters in Labour Policies and Globalisation. See her Article about Global Labour University here.
- Artikel in "Forschung und Lehre" (German) - 10/2015 - Forschung in zeiten von TTIP und CETA - Christoph Scherrer & Eva Walther - see full article
- Article in Huffington Post (German): "Willkommen, liebe Flüchtlinge, gut, dass ihr hier seid" -Christoph Scherrer, Director des International Center for Development and Decent Work Universität Kassel “… weil ich hoffe, dass ihr hier nach eurer langen gefährlichen Odyssee zur Ruhe kommen könnt. Den Studierenden unter euch wünsche ich ein Stipendium, damit eure Qualifikationen nicht verloren gehen, sondern gestärkt werden. Angesichts der vielen Konflikte in der Welt verstehe ich nicht die Selbsteinschätzung von Flüchtlingsgegnern, selbst nie flüchten zu müssen. 70 Jahre Frieden in Deutschland ist historisch eher die Ausnahme.” - See the full article.
- ZEIT article about havens in Oman (German): Seit 3000 Jahren werden in der Wüste Omans Datteln und Weizen angebaut. Von dieser Kultur können wir lernen - falls sie jetzt nicht zerstört wird. Read the Article (German)
- 5 Years ICDD
- KANN ENTWICKLUNG NACHHALTIG SEIN? Artikel in publik online zum ICDD PhD workshop, 1. - 8. März 2014
- Conference on Renewable Energy, Pakistan, 3 Articles: 1. University of Agriculture Faisalabad / 2.Experts stress exploitation of renewable energy, The Nation / 3. Solar Energy is the way to go for Pakistan, Tribune
- TV-Interview with Prof. Scherrer on Transatlantic Freetrade
- Video Clip von Yucatán TV über den PhD Workshop - Merida, Mexico 2013
- "Globalisation and Labour: A View from the South." by Bhowmik, S. The Presentation took place on 02.05.2012 at the ICDD.
- Overcoming Social Insecurity in the Global South, a presentation of South-South research. Two presentations were held, the first by Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer (ICDD): “An introduction to the International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD)”, and the second was a joint contribution by Prof. Dr. Sharit Bhowmik (TISS) and Prof. Dr. Edward Webster (WITS): “Reducing Social Insecurity through Social protection - Lessons from India and South Africa.” Both presentations were held on June 16, 2011 at the Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik - German Development Institute (DIE) in Bonn.
- “What are the causes of the current state of the labour market?” by Prof. Dr. Sakhela Buhlungu. The presentation was held on November 10, 2011 within the context of the CCMA-facilitated 15 Anniversary Think Tank “The state of the South African Labour Market … Looking back and Looking forward” at the Gallagher Estate, Midrand.
- 04.05.2011: Joint seminar on topics in tropical and subtropical agriculture and forestry and on development and decent work "Developing community forest gardens for conservation in situ of agrodiversity in Yucatan". Presentation by Prof. Dr. Juan José Jimenez Osorino, ICDD Ela Bhatt Guest professor, founder of the interdisciplinary research institute Protrópico, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico
- Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD): Pressemitteilung DAAD.
- Exzellenz für Entwicklung: Pressemitteilung des BMZ.
- Menschenwürdige Arbeit für alle: Universität Kassel eröffnet Internationales Zentrum. Das International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD) und wird eröffnet: Pressemitteilung der Uni Kassel 40/10 – 12. April 2010 (not available anymore). Chronik Universität Kassel - 2010.