Research Clusters

Global Labour Relations

We study all types of work and labour relations. How are they interrelated, how can we explain the changes in labour relations and what are the effects of these changes on workers, their position and social inequality?

Global Labour Relations

Social and Economic Inequality

In this cluster we study various forms of social and economic inequality. Some projects address categorical /durable inequality in relation to labour relations, other projects study unequal regional demographic, economic and infrastructural developments.

Social and Economic Inequality

Commodities, Labour and Environment

Projects in this cluster look at the consequences of commodity extraction, production, exchange and consumption and the consequences for labour and environment.

Commodities, Labour and Environment

Individual and Collective Action

How do people perceive their position and social inequality and how do they try to change their situation individually and collectively? Projects look at individual life courses, social mobility, collective action and the trade union movement.

Individual and Collective Action

Individual and Household Strategies

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Social inequality can be slowed down or decreased by individual and collective strategies. In this project cluster the IISH studies two themes on individual and household strategies: Life Course Studies and Migration.