Global Collaboratory on the History of Labour Relations, 1500-2000

04 April 2019 - 11:45
  • Project-leader: Karin Hofmeester
  • Start: 2013
  • Grant: € 218,500 by Gerda Henkel Stiftung

The International Institute of Social History is working on a Global Collaboratory on the History of Labour Relations in the period 1500-2000. 

The Global Collaboratory on the History of Labour Relations is a collaborative effort to study labour relations in a global perspective. The project has two main goals. First, to provide statistical insights into the global distribution of all types of labour relations (systematically including women's and child labour) in five historical cross-sections: 1500, 1650, 1800, 1900, [Africa: 1950], and 2000. Second, to explain the signalled shifts in labour relations worldwide.

Infographic titled ‘Taxonomy of Labour Relations’ showing a hierarchical classification of labour relations. It branches from the total population into types of exchange, production goals, labour relations, and subcategories, identifying four main labour types: Non-working, Reciprocal, Tributary, and Commodified.

Data Website

History of Labour Relations 1500-2000

Data Website
Infographic titled ‘Taxonomy of Labour Relations’ showing a hierarchical classification of labour relations. It branches from the total population into types of exchange, production goals, labour relations, and subcategories, identifying four main labour types: Non-working, Reciprocal, Tributary, and Commodified.

Project leader

Karin Hofmeester
Karin Hofmeester