Research clusters

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?

Projects in this cluster focus on commodity frontiers:  What are the consequences of commodity extraction, production, exchange and consumption on  labour relations, natural assets and the environment?  

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.  

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.