News https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden.html Workshop Review: The Global Pesticide Complex – New Research Directions in a Multipolar World https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Workshop-Review--The-Global-Pesticide-Complex.html Pesticide markets, regulation, and geographies of toxicity and exposure are shifting fast, reshaped by new actors and evolving power dynamics. A three-day workshop gathered international scholars and civil society actors engaged with pesticide issues to map emerging research directions in an increasingly multipolar world.

]]> Sun, 14 Dec 2025 23:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Workshop-Review--The-Global-Pesticide-Complex.html 2025-12-14T23:00:00Z Xiaohui Jiang presenting at the Global Conference on Economic Geography (GCEG), 2025 https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Workshop-Review--The-Global-Pesticide-Complex0.html I had the privilege of presenting at the Global Conference on Economic Geography (GCEG) 2025, held from June 4-8 at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. The event was especially significant as it also marked the 100th anniversary of Economic Geography, one of the most prestigious journals in the field, which has been historically based at Clark. The centennial celebrations added a unique dimension to the conference, reinforcing its academic depth and historical importance.

]]> Tue, 03 Jun 2025 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Workshop-Review--The-Global-Pesticide-Complex0.html Xiaohui Jiang 2025-06-03T22:00:00Z Launch of the Geography Creative Lab: Innovative student work at UZH in the spotlight https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Launch-of-the-Geography-Creative-Lab.html The new UZH Geography Creative Lab website is a collaborative ‘lab’ space created to showcase creative and engaged research produced in various formats by students at our department. Our aim is to move beyond traditional forms of knowledge production and assessment, and to create a space where students’ ideas, innovation, and creativity are showcased and celebrated publicly.

]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2024 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Launch-of-the-Geography-Creative-Lab.html Xavier Balaguer Rasillo & Jasnea Sarma 2024-09-23T22:00:00Z Bridging academia and social media: Gallopping with the Critical Pony https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/The-Critical-Pony.html The Critical Pony is a project designed to make the field of human geography more approachable and entertaining for a broad audience. Through bite-sized, engaging videos, this initiative tries to turn complex academic ideas into content that resonates on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts.

]]> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 23:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/The-Critical-Pony.html Xavier Balaguer Rasillo 2024-11-26T23:00:00Z Research Award for Dr. Soledad Castro https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/ICTA-UAB-Research-Award.html Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Soledad Castro receives ICTA-UAB Best Prizes

]]> Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/ICTA-UAB-Research-Award.html 2024-10-19T22:00:00Z Panel on Chemical Geographies at DKG 2023 https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/DKG_2023.html Christian Berndt co-hosts a panel on debates at the interface of chemistry and human geography

]]> Mon, 11 Sep 2023 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/DKG_2023.html Soledad Castro 2023-09-11T22:00:00Z Seminar "Regulatory challenges in a changing global pesticide complex" https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Regulatory_Challenges.html UZH researcher Soledad Castro organized a seminar on pesticide regulation at ICTA-UAB, in Barcelona.

]]> Thu, 13 Jul 2023 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Regulatory_Challenges.html Soledad Castro 2023-07-13T22:00:00Z Research Award for Xiaohui Jiang https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Research-Award.html Xiaohui Jiang is awarded IPO Best Research Award from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

]]> Mon, 22 May 2023 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Research-Award.html 2023-05-22T22:00:00Z The multiple spaces of the global economy https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Space-and-Organizing.html Christian Berndt and Marc Boeckler have contributed to a new edited book that explores how space emerges as people attempt to organize and reorganize their everyday activities.

]]> Wed, 10 May 2023 11:17:53 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Space-and-Organizing.html 2023-05-10T11:17:53Z AAG 2023: Global Pesticide Complex Sessions https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/AAG-2023.html Together with Marion Werner (SUNY Buffalo), Annie Shattuck (Indiana University) and Becky Mansfield (Ohio State University) Christian Berndt co-organized two paper sessions at the AAG Annual Meeting in Denver.

]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/AAG-2023.html 2023-03-22T23:00:00Z Chemical Geographies: Analyzing global pesticide supply chains https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Chemical-Geographies.html A new research project analyzes selected global herbicide supply chains linking sites of agricultural use in Latin America with places of production in Asian countries.

]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2022 23:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Chemical-Geographies.html Christian Berndt 2022-12-06T23:00:00Z Video-Podcasts von Studierenden der Wirtschaftsgeographie https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/VertiefungsmodulGEO364.html Im GEO364 Seminar des Herbstsemester 2022 vertieften die Studierenden ihr bereits vorhandenes Wissen zur Wirtschaftsgeographie und analysierten wirtschaftliche Prozesse und Zusammenhänge aus einer kritischen Perspektive. Dabei entstanden viele grossartige 10-minütige Video-Podcasts.

]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2023 23:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/VertiefungsmodulGEO364.html 2023-02-08T23:00:00Z Ein Labor, das die Grenze schafft https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/frontex.html Die europäische Aussengrenze existiert nicht von sich aus. Sie wird seit zwanzig Jahren praktisch in die Tat umgesetzt. Simon Noori zeichnet die Geschichte der umstrittenen Grenzschutzagentur Frontex in einem Beitrag für die WOZ nach.

]]> Mon, 25 Apr 2022 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/frontex.html 2022-04-25T22:00:00Z FinGeo Doctoral Dissertation Prize 2021 awarded to Manuel Wirth https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/FinGeo-Dissertation-Prize-2021.html Manuel Wirth has been awarded the 2021 Dissertation Prize by the Global Network on Financial Geography (FinGeo)

]]> Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:50:06 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/FinGeo-Dissertation-Prize-2021.html 2021-10-21T11:50:06Z Welche Verantwortung trägt die Schweiz? https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/verantwortung-schweiz.html Die Schweiz beruft sich immer wieder auf ihre humanitäre Tradition. Auch, wenn es um Geflüchtete geht. Was bedeutet das in Bezug auf die Situation der Geflüchteten im Mittelmeer? Eine Diskussion mit Simon Noori, Migrationsforscher am GIUZ und an der Universität Neuchâtel.

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2021 14:30:41 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/verantwortung-schweiz.html 2021-08-12T14:30:41Z Handbuch Feministische Geographien https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Handbuch-Feministische-Geographien.html Karin Schwiter collaborated as an editor and author in this recently published book by the Autor*innenkollektiv Geographie und Geschlecht.

]]> Thu, 20 May 2021 15:21:43 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Handbuch-Feministische-Geographien.html 2021-05-20T15:21:43Z Contribution to the debate on socialist modernism, Degrowth and technology https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Digital-degrowth.html Peter Howson, Jillian Crandall and Xavier Balaguer Rasillo published an article entitled "Digital Degrowth innovation: less growth, more play". The paper contributes to the special issue: "Environmental limits, scarcity and Degrowth" published by the Journal of Political Geography.

]]> Mon, 10 May 2021 09:22:55 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Digital-degrowth.html 2021-05-10T09:22:55Z New paper on glyphosate and global pesticide production and use https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Glyphosate-and-pesticide-production.html Marion Werner, Christian Berndt and Becky Mansfield published a paper titled "The Glyphosate Assemblage: Herbicides, Uneven Development, and Chemical Geographies of Ubiquity" in Annals of the American Association of Geographers.

]]> Thu, 06 May 2021 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Glyphosate-and-pesticide-production.html 2021-05-06T22:00:00Z Decent Care without Decent Work? https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Decent-Care-Book.html Karin Schwiter, Jennifer Steiner and their collaboration partners published a book with key findings of their project on live-in care. The book examines how the commodification and formalization of live-in care work is gradually affecting the public understanding of decent work and decent care.

]]> Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:40:59 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Decent-Care-Book.html 2021-04-22T14:40:59Z Artikel zu Live-in-Betreuung unter Corona https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Live-in-Betreuung.html Karin Schwiter und Anahi Villalba haben in der Zeitschrift «Die Volkswirtschaft» des Schweizer Staatssekretariats für Wirtschaft (SECO) einen Artikel über Live-in-Betreuung  unter Corona publiziert.

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:13:30 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Live-in-Betreuung.html 2021-02-25T11:13:30Z Arbeiten für die Gig-Economy https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Gig-Economy.html Zwei neue Beiträge über das Arbeiten in der Gig-Economy von Karin Schwiter und Marisol Keller wurden soeben in der Fachzeitschrift "Frauenfragen" publiziert.

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2020 23:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Gig-Economy.html 2020-11-18T23:00:00Z Geographies of Care Work https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Article-Geographies-of-care-work.html In their new article published in the economic geography section of Geography Compass, Karin Schwiter and Jennifer Steiner review the existing literature on care work within geography. They trace current transformations based on commodification and digitalisation processes and point to alternative caring visions.

]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2020 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Article-Geographies-of-care-work.html 2020-09-30T22:00:00Z Living with Pervasive Agrichemicals https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Interview-Baldy-Center.html Read the interview with Marion Werner, Christian Berndt, and Becky Mansfield that are co-organizing the upcoming Baldy Center workshop, “Global Glyphosate: New Challenges in Regulating Pervasive Chemicals in the Anthropocene.” 

]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Interview-Baldy-Center.html 2020-09-29T22:00:00Z New research project on glyphosate https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/new_glyphosate_project.html The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a research grant to Marion Werner (SUNY Buffalo), Christian Berndt (University of Zurich), Ryan Galt (UC Davies) and Becky Mansfield (Ohio State University Columbus) to study the economic geographies of the herbicide glyphosate, focusing on the generics market and on struggles over the regulation of herbicide products based on glyphosate.

]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2020 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/new_glyphosate_project.html 2020-08-04T22:00:00Z Grenzerfahrungen in der Betreuung von Betagten https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Grenzerfahrungen.html Karin Schwiter, Jennifer Steiner und Mitautorinnen beschreiben in Artikeln und Blogbeiträgen die schwierige Lage der Care-Arbeiterinnen aus Osteuropa während der Corona Krise.

]]> Wed, 06 May 2020 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Grenzerfahrungen.html 2020-05-06T22:00:00Z Christin Bernhold - ADLAF-2020-Gewinnerin https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/adlaf_christinbernhold.html Christin Bernhold gewinnt den diesjährigen ADLAF-Preis mit ihrer Dissertation "Upgrading, Competitive Strategies, and Uneven Development. On Corporate Strategies and Class Dynamics in Argentinian Grand and Oilseed Value Chains".

]]> Sun, 10 May 2020 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/adlaf_christinbernhold.html 2020-05-10T22:00:00Z New Book out: Market/Place https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/market-place.html Market/Place - Exploring Spaces of Exchange

Edited by Christian Berndt, Jamie Peck, Norma M. Rantisi

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2020 23:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/market-place.html 2020-03-25T23:00:00Z Problematische 24-Stunden-Betreuung zu Hause https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Blog-Karin-Schwiter-knoten-maschen.html Der bei knoten&maschen publizierte Blogbeitrag von Karin Schwiter zeigt die Schwierigkeiten der 24-Stunden-Betreuungsangebote auf. Besonders die Arbeitskräfte aus Zentral- und Osteuropa spielen eine wachsende Rolle.

]]> Wed, 20 Nov 2019 10:07:17 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Blog-Karin-Schwiter-knoten-maschen.html 2019-11-20T10:07:17Z 24h-Betreuung: Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz im Vergleich https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Radiobeitrag-zu-24h-Betreuung.html Im Interview mit Radio FRO (Freier Rundfunk Oberösterreich) diskutieren aus Deutschland Helma Lutz (Professorin für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung), aus Österreich Brigitte Aulenbacher (Professorin für Soziologie) und aus der Schweiz Karin Schwiter (Forschungsgruppenleiterin "Geographies of labour and migration", Universität Zürich).

]]> Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:41:19 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Radiobeitrag-zu-24h-Betreuung.html 2019-11-20T12:41:19Z Problematische 24-Stunden-Betreuung zu Hause https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/live-in-betreuung.html Immer mehr ältere Menschen werden zu Hause betreut. Dabei spielen 24-Stunden-Angebote mit Arbeitskräften aus Zentral- und Ost­europa eine wachsende Rolle. Blogbeitrag und Radiointerview über Karin Schwiters Forschung zur Live-In-Betreuung.

]]> Tue, 15 Oct 2019 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/live-in-betreuung.html 2019-10-15T22:00:00Z Talkshow «Zoom Persönlich»: Working Mom https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2019-08-28-working-mom.html Vollzeitmamis und Working Moms diskutierten in der Talkshow «Zoom Persönlich» über die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie. Mit dabei als Wissen-schaftlerin: Die Wirtschafts-geographin Karin Schwiter.

]]> Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:09:52 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2019-08-28-working-mom.html 2019-08-30T12:09:52Z Struggling for the moral market: Economic knowledge, diverse markets, and market borders https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Struggling-for-the-moral-market.html Focusing on the rise of behavioral and experimental economics and its implications for social policies, we demonstrate that geographies of marketization are not confined to the study of the models of neoclassical economics.

]]> Sun, 23 Jun 2019 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Struggling-for-the-moral-market.html 2019-06-23T22:00:00Z Unsichtbare Care-Arbeit. Transnationale Sorgeketten für Schweizer Senior*innen https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Unsichtbare-Care-Arbeit.html Was beinhaltet eine feministisch-geographische Perspektive auf Care-Arbeit? Wie funktionieren transnationale Betreuungsketten für Schweizer Senior*innen? Wie sind live-in Betreuer*innen in Privathaushalten arbeitsrechtlich geschützt?

]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2019 23:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Unsichtbare-Care-Arbeit.html 2019-03-21T23:00:00Z Sending Granny to Chiang-Mai https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Sending-Granny-to-Chang-Mai.html This article ties in with existing discussions on global care chains, family separation and the devaluation of social‐reproductive work. We explore the new trend of outsourcing care for the elderly to countries with lower wages.

]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2019 23:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Sending-Granny-to-Chang-Mai.html 2019-03-21T23:00:00Z Auch die Betreuerin braucht mal Pause https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2019-03-18-Auch-die-Betreuerin-braucht-mal-Pause0.html Frauen aus osteuropäischen Ländern kümmern sich in Schweizer Haushalten um Betagte. Ihre Tätigkeit ist gesetzlich kaum geregelt. Wie fair die Bedingungen sind, hängt von den Betreuungsagenturen und den Angehörigen ab, die sie beschäftigen. Wirtschaftsgeographin Karin Schwiter erklärt, was beachtet werden muss.

]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2019 23:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2019-03-18-Auch-die-Betreuerin-braucht-mal-Pause0.html 2019-03-18T23:00:00Z «Männertypische» Berufe sollen sich wandeln https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/M%C3%A4nnertypische-Berufe-sollen-sich-wandeln.html Erobern Frauen den Malerberuf? Die Statistik aus der Grundbildung beantwortet diese Frage mit Ja. Die Herausforderung ist aber, die weiblichen Arbeitskräfte im Beruf zu halten. Eine Stärkung der Teilzeitarbeit würde das einfacher machen.

]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2018 13:37:40 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/M%C3%A4nnertypische-Berufe-sollen-sich-wandeln.html 2018-10-25T13:37:40Z Tango in den Abgrund https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2018-09-04-Tango-in-den-Abgrund.html Keine Investoren, gestrichene Subventionen, massiv steigende Preise: Argentinien droht der grosse Absturz. Christian Berndt, Wirtschaftsgeograf an der Universität Zürich, beantwortet die wichtigsten Fragen.

]]> Mon, 03 Sep 2018 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2018-09-04-Tango-in-den-Abgrund.html 2018-09-03T22:00:00Z Eine Klärung der Präsenz- und Ruhezeiten https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2018-07-12-Care-Info.html Ende Juni 2018 hat der Bund Informationsblätter zur rechtlichen Situation in der 24-Stunden-Betreuung veröffentlicht. Gleichzeitig stellt er einen Modell-NAV für die Ergänzung der kantonalen Normalarbeitsverträge (NAV) Hauswirtschaft zu Verfügung.

]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:06:05 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2018-07-12-Care-Info.html 2018-07-12T14:06:05Z Malerberuf im Wandel https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2018-06-25-Malerberuf-im-Wandel.html War der Malerberuf früher traditionell in Männerhand, schliessen heute in gewissen Kantonen sogar mehrheitlich Frauen die Lehre als Malerin ab: In der Innerschweiz sind es 62 Prozent der Lehrabsolventen. Die Schwyzer Wirtschaftsgeografin Karin Schwiter nimmt im Interview dazu Stellung. Sie untersucht die geschlechtertypische Berufswahl bei Jugendlichen.

]]> Sun, 24 Jun 2018 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2018-06-25-Malerberuf-im-Wandel.html 2018-06-24T22:00:00Z In the Engine Room of the World https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2018-06-15-In-the-Engine-Room-of-the-World.html Can poverty be tackled by systematically influencing the behavior of those affected? Or does that just perpetuate it? Christian Berndt and Guilherme Lichand discuss the effects of social intervention.

]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:00:00 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2018-06-15-In-the-Engine-Room-of-the-World.html 2018-06-14T22:00:00Z Publication: At home with the boss: Migrant live-in caregivers, social reproduction and constrained agency in the UK, Canada, Austria and Switzerland https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Publication-At-home-with-the-boss-Migrant-live-in-caregivers%2C-social-reproduction-and-constrained-agency-in-the-UK%2C-Canada%2C-Austria-and-Switzerland.html Also in Transactions has been recently published a new article by Karin Schwiter, together with Kendra Strauss and Kim England.

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:33:29 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Publication-At-home-with-the-boss-Migrant-live-in-caregivers%2C-social-reproduction-and-constrained-agency-in-the-UK%2C-Canada%2C-Austria-and-Switzerland.html 2018-04-19T14:33:29Z Publication: On the Construction of 24 Hours Care for the Elderly in the Swiss Media https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Neue-Publikation.html A media analysis by Karin Schwiter, Katharina Pelzelmayer and Isabelle Turnherr has been published in the current issue of the Swiss Journal of Sociology.

]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:18:15 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Neue-Publikation.html 2018-04-17T12:18:15Z Virtual Issue https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Virtual-Issue.html Christian Berndt compiled a Virtual Issue for Progress in Human Geography titled  »Uneven development, commodity chains and the agrarian question«.

]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:32:11 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Virtual-Issue.html 2018-03-13T12:32:11Z Publication: Social Impact Bonds / Social Finance https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Publication-Social-Impact-Bonds--Social-Finance.html Christian Berndt and Manuel Wirth have just published a new paper in Geoforum.

]]> Wed, 07 Feb 2018 08:41:43 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/Publication-Social-Impact-Bonds--Social-Finance.html 2018-02-07T08:41:43Z Publication: Uneven development in Argentina https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2018_01_10-Uneven-development-in-Argentina-.html Christian Berndt and Christin Bernhold have just published a new publication in Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie.

]]> Wed, 10 Jan 2018 08:24:39 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2018_01_10-Uneven-development-in-Argentina-.html 2018-01-10T08:24:39Z When Olga from Poland takes care of grandpa https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/08-01-2018-when-olga-from-poland-takes-care-of-grandpa0.html Their names are Olga or Maria and they come from Poland, Slovakia or Romania. They appear as angels in a difficult situation, when grandpa suffers from slight dementia and can no longer take care of himself. They are called 24-h-carers, because they move in with grandpa and care for him 24 hours a day. In a guest commentary for the newspaper Bote der Urschweiz Karin Schwiter explains her research on this new form of labour in private households (in German). Bote der Urschweiz

]]> Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:46:01 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/08-01-2018-when-olga-from-poland-takes-care-of-grandpa0.html 2018-01-08T10:46:01Z Publication: EU's Smart Border https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2017_11_29_EU-s_smart_border.html Simon Sontowski has just published a new article in the Special Issue "Contested Control at the Margins of the State" of the Journal of Ethic and Migration Studies.

]]> Wed, 29 Nov 2017 08:55:32 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2017_11_29_EU-s_smart_border.html 2017-11-29T08:55:32Z Publication: Short-term Circular Migration https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2017_05_09_Circular_Migration.html Chau Huey Shy,  Pelzelmayer Katharina and Schwiter Karin have just published a new article in "Cities".

]]> Wed, 03 May 2017 09:41:14 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2017_05_09_Circular_Migration.html 2017-05-03T09:41:14Z Assembling Neoliberalism https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2017_04_19_Assembling-Neoliberalism.html Christian Berndt and Marc Boeckler have contributed the chapter "Economics, Experiments, Evidence: Poor Behavior and the Development of Market Subjects« to the book »Assembling Neoliberalism«. The books is edited by Vaughan Higgins and Wendy Larner and has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan.

]]> Wed, 19 Apr 2017 09:25:40 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2017_04_19_Assembling-Neoliberalism.html 2017-04-19T09:25:40Z Publication: Stay-at-home fathers on the wane https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2017_03_29_Stay-at-home-fathers.html In joined collaboration Karin Schwiter and Diana Baumgarten just published a new article titled Stay-at-home fathers on the wane – In comes daddy day! Changing practices of fathering in German-speaking countries, in: Dialogues in Human Geography 7(1), 83-87.

]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 07:23:38 GMT https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/wgg/news-hidden/2017_03_29_Stay-at-home-fathers.html 2017-03-29T07:23:38Z