23. September 2026

Call for Participation! Annual Workshop of the Working Group (AK) Labour Geography

Annual Workshop of the Working Group (AK) Labour Geography (10-12 February 2027)

How do historical dependencies, colonialism, and social reproduction shape contemporary global production?

Join scholars, researchers, and activists in Bonn for the upcoming annual meeting of the Working Group (AK) Labour Geography, co-organized by scholars from the Bonn Center for Slavery and Dependency Studies (BCDSS) and Bonn's Institute of Oriental and Asian Studies.

The event aims to bring labour geographers in conversation with labour historians and Dependency and Slavery Studies scholars by focussing on the topic ‘Labour Agency and Strong Asymmetrical Dependency in Global Re/Production Networks’.

We strongly encourage participation and active contribution of BCDSS colleagues and PhD students.

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Moving beyond standard corporate value-chain frameworks, the event centers embodied labour and investigates how severe asymmetries and worker struggles intersect within Global Re/Production Networks (GR/PNs).

Unlike a traditional conference, this meeting is designed as an interactive workspace. Individual paper abstracts and working group proposals on topics such as colonial continuities, digital restructuring, multi-scalarity, and transnational worker organizing are welcome!

If you want to participate, the registration is open to everyone interested in Labour Geography, whether you are presenting a paper or simply joining the discussion.

Visit AK Labour Geography for more details and to register by November 15, 2026.

Benjamin Etzold
benjamin.etzold@uni-bonn.de
Phone: +49 228 73 62572

Michaela Doutch
michael.doutch@uni-bonn.de
Phone: 49 228 73 9743

Caroline Hambloch
caroline.hambloch@uni-bonn.de 

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