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Centre on Labour, Sustainability and Global Production @QMUL
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- We invite you to a conversation to honour and remember Michael Burawoy, who was tragically killed in a hit-and-run car accident last year, including his ongoing legacy. Date/Time: Friday 23rd January 2026, 2-4pm Location: Room 601, Graduate Centre, QMUL. www.claspblog.org/events/remem...
- CLaSP invites you to a seminar followed by a workshop on the fintech industry and building tools for community advocacy. When: Seminar: 16 December, 4-6 PM Workshop: 17 December, 10AM-330 PM Register here: www.claspblog.org/events/semin...
- CLaSP invites you for a lunch-time seminar on EV manufacturing and industrial policy in South America with Felipe Irarrázaval, Universidad de Chile When/Where: Friday 14 November 2025, 13:00 14:00; Room 2.41 Bancroft Building, QMUL Mile End Road #IndustrialPolicy #EV #EnergyTransition
- Another event in the lineup of events at the start of this academic year at CLaSP! This one on Indian policy makers, business ethics, and policy making. This is event is co-supported by QM South Asia Forum and the Centre for the Study of Race, Class and Empire. When: 6th November 2025; 5-630 PM
- Interested about financialisation and why states foster policies that lead to the dominance of financial capital? Come to CLaSP's seminar: Event: Financial Capital, the State, and Politics When: 30th October, 2025; 4-530 PM Where: Graduate Centre, QMUL Mile End Campus Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Bernards
- New on the CLaSP blog: artist & filmmaker Jonathan Om interviews CLaSP's Matan Kaminer about Thai migrant workers in Israel's agricultural frontier settlements. www.claspblog.org/blogposts/sx...
- On October 16th, CLaSP are hosting a preview screening of Om's Behind the Furrow, followed by discussion with the director. Register for a free ticket: www.claspblog.org/events/behin...
- Latest on the CLaSP blog: Why has China’s digital economy developed along such a distinctly consumer-facing path? @js-tan.bsky.social explains 'The Labour Foundations of China’s Consumer-First Internet' www.claspblog.org/blogposts/7l...
- CLaSP is hosting a film screening of BEHIND THE FURROW & discussion with director Jonathan Om. The film focuses on colonial violence & Thai migrant workers in Israel's frontier agriculture. Oct 16th at 6pm. Please register for a free ticket: www.claspblog.org/events/behin...
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- New on the CLaSP blog: Looking at platform workers in Argentina, Sofia Negri asks how we can build a future of work that transforms the salaried relationship to reconcile autonomy with social protection www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ac...
- After the very engaging two days on the hashtag#MaterialitiesOfAI workshop, CLaSP is hosting a launch and conversation with Professor Ariel Salleh on her new book ‘Decolonize Ecomodernism!’ When: 10th June, 4-6 PM. Graduate Centre room 601, QMUL Mile End campus. www.claspblog.org/events/decol...
- Some photos from Day 1 of our #MaterialitiesOfAI workshop with @anavaldi.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social and @katecrawford.bsky.social. Two session exploring the ecological, social and material implications of AI. On Day 2, we move on to workshops on the methodologies of studying AI!
- Our end of the year event is just two weeks away! Over two days and four sessions, we will be covering the social and environmental aspects of the AI industry, including the politics and methodologies for researching AI. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr... (1/3)
- The state is back, and it means business! Just CLaSP for an in-person event with Ilias Alami, University of Cambridge, co-author of the book 'The Spectre of State Capitalism' in discussing this new state capitalism. When/where: 1st of May at Queen Mary, Mile End Campus www.claspblog.org/events
- Intrigued by the workers that OpenAI is lamenting are tired given the surge in #Ghibli images? CLaSP has an event for you! Our end of the year event titled 'Materialities of AI: Labour, Ecology and Inequalities at the Technological Frontier' will delve into the hidden abode of AI.
- New on the CLaSP blog: 'Race, Profit, and Algorithms', @wonyoungso.bsky.social details his research on iBuyers, a new class of real estate actors generating profits in racialized housing markets www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ra...
- CLaSP seminar titled 'Petrochemical Transitions' with Alice Mah and Adam Hanieh engaged in a wide range of discussions on the growing prominence of petrochemical manufacturing and the challenges these pose to labour, geopolitics and sustainability! If you missed this, follow www.claspblog.org!
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