Partnership between the

International Center for

Development and Decent Work,

University of Kassel, Germany, and

the University of Campinas, Brazil

(2009-2018)

Kassel, July 2018

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List of Contents

1. About Unicamp ............................................................................................................................... 2

1.1 Historical Background .................................................................................................. 2

1.2 Faculties and Institutes ................................................................................................ 2

1.2.1 Institute of Economics........................................................................................................ 3

1.2.2 The Trade Union and Labour Economic Centre (CESIT) ............................................ 3

2. ICDD and Unicamp Partnership ................................................................................................. 5

2.1 The DAAD Exceed Program ........................................................................................ 5

2.2 Study Programs ........................................................................................................... 6

2.2.1 PhD program ....................................................................................................................... 6

2.3 Ela-Bhatt Professorship and Guest Lectureships ......................................................... 7

3. Research ........................................................................................................................................ 10

3.1 Joint Research Projects ............................................................................................. 10

3.1.1 Research Projects ............................................................................................................ 10

3.1.2 Research Clusters ............................................................................................................ 12

3.2 Publications .......................................................................................................................... 16

3.3 Cooperation with other Partner Universities in the ICDD Network .............................. 17

4. Conferences and Workshops ................................................................................................... 18

5. Professors and Scholars ........................................................................................................... 22

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1. About Unicamp

1.1 Historical Background

Officially founded in 1966 to promote science education in the industrial pole of the state of

São Paulo, the State University of Campinas (Universidade Estadual de Campinas –

Unicamp) is currently (2018) the host University of 18,338 undergraduate students, 16,195

graduate students and 1,759 faculty members.1

Unicamp, according to the Times Higher Education 2017 World University Rankings, is ranked

the best university in Latin America and the 2nd best university in Brazil. The Times Higher

Education-QS World University Rankings (2016) also pointed Unicamp as the 61st best

"young" university in the world.2

Unicamp is responsible for around 8% of Brazil’s articles in scientific journals3 and has a range

of institutes which include units of teaching and research, interdisciplinary centers, technical

colleges (COTUCA and COTIL), and units of service and support to the community (University

Clinical Hospital – HC).4 It also offers 70 undergraduate programs, and 156 graduate

programs in several areas of knowledge: biological, health, arts, humanities, exact,

technological and earth sciences.

1.2 Faculties and Institutes

Unicamp, has courses and institutes of medicine, nursing, speech therapy, pharmacy,

dentistry, biology, physical education, chemistry, physics, mathematics (pure, applied and

computational), statistics, computer science, engineering (control and automation, chemical,

environmental, food, electrical, computer, mechanical, agricultural, and civil), architecture,

geography, geology, economics, arts, music, social communication, literature, linguistics,

philosophy, history and social science. It runs two professional vocational high schools,

COTUCA (in Campinas) and COTIL (in Limeira).

1 For more information, check: http://www.internationaloffice.unicamp.br/english/international-visitors/the-university/facts-figures/ 2 For more information, check: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/state-university-campinas 3 For more information, check: http://www.internationaloffice.unicamp.br/english/international-visitors/the-university/ 4 For more information, check: http://www.internationaloffice.unicamp.br/english/aboutunicamp/about-unicamp/

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Unicamp's teaching hospital, University Clinical Hospital, is the largest public hospital in the

region. Unicamp has a semi-independent structure of more than 20 interdisciplinary centers,

labs, and groups.

1.2.1 Institute of Economics5

The Institute of Economics of Unicamp (Instituto de Economia da Universidade Estadual de

Campinas) is located in the main campus of the University in Barão Geraldo, Campinas, State

of São Paulo, Brazil.

Originally created as a research institute within the Institute of Philosophy and Human

Sciences (IFCH in Portuguese), it is today one of the most important public policy think-tanks

in economics and related areas in Brazil. It is also a great supplier of policy makers in the

country, such as: Celso Furtado, influential economist in the country, Zélia Cardoso de Mello

(served as Brazil’s Minister of Economy), Fernando Haddad (former Mayor of São Paulo),

Aloízio Mercadante (former Minister of Education of Brazil), Luciano G. Coutinho (former

chairman of BNDES), José Serra (former Brazilian Foreign Affairs’ Minister), Guido Mantega

(former Brazil’s Finance Minister) and many others.

It offers one undergraduate major in Economics (BA Economics), many specialization courses

(in Management, International Relations and Diplomacy, Labour Economics and Banking),

and two Masters programs (Development Economics and Economic Theory) and one PhD.

program.

1.2.2 The Trade Union and Labour Economic Centre (CESIT)6

CESIT was founded within the Institute of Economics in 1989. Composed of researchers with

multiple academic backgrounds, CESIT has, since its creation, worked together with different

government organs, trade unions (including CUT) and other institutions; establishing

partnerships and producing studies, research and publications. Besides being a research

center, CESIT has been offering for 26 years a specialization course in labour economics for

trade union leaders, trade unionists, magistrates, civil servants and members of NGOs. Since

1992, CESIT has developed 181 specialists in Labour Economics and Trade Unionism.

CESIT's major objective is to strengthen bonds between the university and the trade union

movement as well as provide support to research activities related to the labour world. Since

5 For more information, check: http://www.eco.unicamp.br/ 6 For more information, check: http://www.cesit.net.br/

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its foundation the Centre has given priority to issues such as labour relations, employment,

labour conditions, actual and historical aspects of trade unionism, technological innovations

and social policies. In addition, the Centre seeks to combine the rigidity of academic works

with the practical experience of those involved in labour relations and politics. Finally, the

participation of DIEESE in the Orientation Council aims the attendance of trade unions

demands.

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2. ICDD and Unicamp Partnership

ICDD and Unicamp have been successfully working together since 2009. ICDD and Unicamp

partnership involves various types of activities including study programs, exchange of students

and faculties, research, conferences, workshops, among others.

Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), São Paulo, Brazil

Organogram: ICDD-Unicamp, 2017

2.1 The DAAD Exceed Program

ICDD has been conducting different research projects with Unicamp within the DAAD exceed

(Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation) program.

The program aims at supporting German Higher Education Institutions (HEI) together with

their partners in developing countries. Support is given to those institutions that contribute to

the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and other goals of development

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cooperation policy in an innovative manner. The aim is to strengthen the HEIs in the domains

of education, research and consultancy. The major concerns of the program are:

bringing together working units in the HEIs with a direct linkage to the MDGs

expanding education and research on issues of relevance to development cooperation

policy in German and partner country HEIs

increasing the visibility of activities related to the MDGs in the general public in

Germany and DCs

constructing Competence Centers for development cooperation by developing

excellent research that can serve as a scientific "lighthouse”, is internationally

attractive and competitive

strengthening north-south as well as south-south cooperation in higher education and

research

expanding policy analysis and consultancy on issues in development cooperation in

developing countries and Germany

By these activities, researchers and institutes are encouraged to continue and expand their

commitment in development cooperation. The competence centers are meant to become think

tanks for development co-operation that develop approaches for the solution of global

challenges and transfer them to policy makers, donors and practitioners.

2.2 Study Programs

2.2.1 PhD program

The ICDD's objective is to generate and transfer knowledge on how to create and improve

work and income opportunities in rural and urban regions in developing countries in light of

globalization, climate change and urbanization processes. PhD projects are rooted in either

the natural or social sciences and focus primarily on actor- and problem-oriented research on

sustainable human-environmental relationships and decent livelihoods. Currently (2016),

about 25 doctoral candidates within the graduate school are pursuing PhDs at the seven ICDD

partner universities.

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PhD Fellows/Alumni

Duffles Donato Moreira, Juliana (2017-2020): The contradictions of Brazilian social

policy. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Denis Maracci Gimenez.

Li, Cheng (2015-2019): Analysis of Feasible Policies as Response to the Transitional

& Post Labour Surplus Economy. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Herr.

Dr. Marcelo Mazano, Post-doc (2017): The key role of minimum wage in the recent

cycle of development in Brazil. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez.

Evangelista Duarte, Pedro Henrique (2010-2013): The Neoliberal dependent

accumulation pattern and workforce super exploitation in Brazil. Supervisors: Prof. Dr.

José Darin Krein and Prof. Dr. Trevor Evans.

Sabbag Fares, Lygia (2010-2013): Working time flexibilization in Brazil and its

implications to Brazilian working class. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. José Darin Krein.

Cifuentes Silva, Ricardo Andrés (2012-2015): Conditional cash transfers and the job

market: possibilities and limits for integrating public policies. Supervisors: Prof: Dr.

Carlos Salas Páez and Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer.

2.3 Ela-Bhatt Professorship and Guest Lectureships

Ela-Bhatt Visiting Professors

Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez7: In 2018 he was honored as

ICDD Ela-Bhatt Professorship in the summer semester, he will

taught a course about International Economics. Prof. Dr. Salas

is professor at Unicamp and CESIT, his research focus on work

economy, mainly on work precarisation and work at micro

unites.

7 Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez, ICDD files, used with authorization.

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Prof. Dr. Paulo Eduardo de Andrade Baltar:

Honored as ICDD Ela-Bhatt Professorship in the

winter semester 2013/14. His research and teaching

stay at the ICDD was between 23.09.-20.12.2013.

During his stay in Kassel, Prof. Dr. Baltar taught a

course about the Brazilian Labor Market to MA GPE

and LPG students. On 13 November 2013, he also

held a public lecture on “Labor market in an open

economy: The case of Brazil”.

Guest Lecturers

Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez:8 Prof. Dr. Salas was a guest

lecturer at ICDD and taught a block seminar on “Informal Sector

and Development” to GPE and LPG master students in two

opportunities: From 08th to 30th January 2015 and 12th to 30th of

January 2017.

Prof. Dr. Walter Belik: 9 As a guest lecturer, Prof. Dr.

Belik taught the block seminar in “Food Security and

Nutrition” from 18th to 31st October, 2014. The seminar

focused on food security as an important component of

countries’ social policy to contribute directly with their

poverty eradication goal. Professor Dr. Belik works and

specializes on research in the field of agriculture and

agroindustry policies at Unicamp.

8 Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez, ICDD files, used with authorization. 9 Prof. Dr. Walter Belik. Available in: http://www.cpa.unicamp.br/alcscens/images/pesquisadores/walter-belik.jpg ,used with

permission.

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Prof. Dr. Adriana Nunes Ferreira, Prof. Dr. Ana Rosa Ribeiro de Mendonça Sarti and

Prof. Dr. Simone Silva de Deos10

Prof. Dr. Ferreira, Prof. Dr. Sarti and Prof. Dr. de Deos

As guest lecturers, they held a joint course on “Macroeconomics and Finance” in 2013. It was

divided in three parts, the first part focus on the “Effective demand principle” and was given

by Prof. Dr. Sarti. The second part, with prof. Dr. de Deos, discussed “Money, credit and

finance: vulnerability and the current crisis in the global neo-liberal capitalism”. The last and

third part of the course was held by Prof. Dr. Ferreira and focus on “Employment determination

and labour market”.

Prof. Dr. Eugênia Troncoso Leone: 11 From September 23rd to

December 20th 2013, Prof. Dr. Troncoso Leone from Unicamp

was a guest lecture at ICDD and taught quantitative methods to

GPE and LPG master students. Prof. Dr. Troncoso Leone work

and do research in the field of ‘Gender and Labour market’ and

has an active role at GLU Brazil at Unicamp.

10 Prof. Simone Silva de Deos, ICDD files, used with authorization. 11 Prof. Dr. Eugenia Troncoso Leone. Available in: https://www.unicamp.br/unicamp/unicamp_hoje/ju/novembro2007/fotosju381-

online/9a.jpg used with permission.

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3. Research

3.1 Joint Research Projects

The ICDD network worked along 3 main research clusters in the first phase of cooperation

(2009-2014), responding to (1) Sustainable Value Creation for Decent Work, (2) Instruments

for Promoting Decent Work, and (3) Strategies for Empowerment for Decent Work.

In the second phase, there is a shift towards an enhanced cooperation between agricultural

and social disciplines/sciences within the network, implementing 5 new research lines in the

agenda:(1) Decent work along agricultural value chains, (2) Organizing the informal economy,

(3) Extractivism and rural welfare, (4) Rural-urban linkages: transformation processes,

livelihoods, and social protection, (5) Rethinking development cooperation.

3.1.1 Research Projects

Economic Upgrading and Social Stagnation: Mango, Rice and Coffee chapters

(2017- )

Research team: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer (University of Kassel, leader), Dr. Ismail Doga

Karatepe (University of Kassel), Dr. Walter Belik (Unicamp), Dr. Valdenia Apolinario (UFRN),

Dr. Joao Matos Filho (UFRN), Dr. Thales Augusto M. Penha (UFRN), Dr. Rosa Maria Vieira

Medeiros (xx), Dr. Angela Akorsu (UCC), Dr. Mubashir Mehdi (UAF), Manish Kumar (TISS),

Dr: Santosh Kumar Verma (TISS), Dr. Jakir Hossain (Bangladesh), Dr. Quynh Chi (Vietnam).

Global value chains are key to the question where and under which conditions global goods

and services are produced and whether economic upgrading takes place and is accompanied

by social upgrading.

As a joint large-scale research project with funds from DAAD via ICDD, FAO and HBS, the

objectives of this research are to examine how different end markets (and the standards and

requirements, marketing arrangements, governance structures therein) may influence the

economic and social outcomes in agricultural value chains, particularly for smallholders and

landless wageworkers in rural areas. The research also identify the opportunities and

strategies for economic and social upgrading, including the roles of different policies to support

more inclusive market development.

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Structural Aspects of the Melon Production Chain Produced in Brazilian North-

eastern Semiarid Region (within Global Agricultural Production Systems

Project) (2015-2017)

Research team: Prof. Dr. Walter Belik (Unicamp, leader), Prof. Dr. João Matos Filho (UFRN,

collaborator), Prof. Dr. Thales Augusto M. Penha (UFRN, collaborator), Prof. Dr. Valdenia

Apolinário (UFRN, collaborator), Letícia Amaral (UFRN, collaborator), Osmar Faustino

(UFRN, collaborator), Maria Alessandra (UFRN, collaborator).

The Açú-Mossoro in Northeast Brazil annually produces 250,000 tons of melon, with

approximately 80% of this total is exported to European traders. Production is carried out for

about just over 20 producers, who are organized as follows: a cooperative of small producers

(COODAP); a cooperative of medium producers (COPYFRUTAS); plus a large company. The

private company is considered the largest melons producer in the world, with 20,000 hectares

of fruits, employing 6000 workers and contributing for 70% of the region's exports.

The proposed research is developed around three objectives:

a. Investigate aspects of labor conditions on jobs hired by companies and family farmers involved in the melon production. This study includes gender aspects.

b. Analyze the aggregated value produced in melon production chain of Rio Grande do Norte, identifying the share of each link of this chain regarding the final price paid by consumers in domestic and international markets.

c. Describe the changes that are happening in terms of institutional environment, employment, and technology

For further information on the research project, please refer to:

https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-development-and-decent-

work-icdd/research/research-2015-2019/1-global-agricultural-production-systems-gaps.html

Organization of informal workers: experiences and challenges (2015)

Project leaders: Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez (Unicamp), Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt

(University of Kassel)

The research project focused on the following research enquiry: How different forms of

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intervention (government policies, union activities and self-organization) play a role in

increasing informal workers access to social and labor rights?

The high share of informal (unprotected) workers in the occupational structure of many

countries, in particular in urban areas, affects the average income and productivity levels and

imposes a number of hardships on workers in these societies. The organization of self-

employed workers (for example, home based workers) and workers in very small scale units

has shown to have an impact the levels of access to social and labor rights that helps to

overcome poverty levels and social exclusion. By means of national studies, this project

compared the results of diverse forms of intervention in Latin American countries aimed to

organize or formalize the informalized workers, in order to identify common trends and policy

recommendations that could help to design policy guidelines that could be applied in other

geographical or social contexts.

For further information, please refer to:

https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-development-and-decent-

work-icdd/research/research-2015-2019/8-organization-of-informal-workers-experiences-

and-challenges.html

3.1.2 Research Clusters

Within the framework of the Research Cluster “Instruments for promoting Decent Work”

(2011–2014), Unicamp developed together with other centers of the ICDD network a series of

research projects:

Organization of informal workers: experiences and challenges (2015 - 2016)

Project leaders: Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas (Unicamp, coordinator), Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen

Burchardt (University of Kassel, research partner).

The aim of this project is twofold. First, to evaluate the dimension and characteristics of each

country´s urban self-employed and small economic unit sector (a subset of the informal sector)

and the different forms of intervention to organize informal workers. The second aim is to

compare the national forms of intervention in order to identify common trends in those

interventions in order to build a set of policy options that could be put into practice in different

geographical or social contexts. The results of this research should help to design policies and

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form of intervention that can tackle the lack of decent work conditions in many activities in

developing countries, as these interventions have the purpose of including informal workers

in social and labor protection schemes.

The chosen perspective considered issues specific to Southern partners: Argentina, Brazil

and Mexico.

Brief description of the project:

The high share of informal (unprotected) workers in the occupational structure of many

countries, in particular in urban areas, affects the average income and productivity levels and

imposes a number of hardships on workers in these societies. The organization of self-

employed workers (for example, home based workers) and workers in very small scale units

has shown to have an impact the levels of access to social and labor rights that helps to

overcome poverty levels and social exclusion. By means of national studies, this project will

compare the results of diverse forms of intervention in Latin American countries aimed to

organize or formalize the above-mentioned workers, in order to identify common trends and

policy recommendations that could help to design policy guidelines that could be applied in

other geographical or social contexts.

For more information about this project, please see:

http://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-development-and-decent-

work-icdd/research/research-2015-2019/8-organization-of-informal-workers-experiences-

and-challenges-2015.html

Strategies for Overcoming Economic Inequality (2013 - 2014)

Project leaders: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer (University of Kassel), Prof. Dr. Anselmo dos

Santos (Unicamp), Prof. Dr. Sharit Bhowmik (TISS), Prof. Dr. Michelle Williams (WITS)

The project focused on the following issues: What are effective policies for lessening economic

inequality? Further questions are: (1) What measures to combat inequality are being currently

proposed? To what extent are they appropriate with regard to the problem diagnosis? What

additional actions or measures promise a reduction in economic inequality? (2) What social

forces have campaigned for less economic inequality? What strategies have been successful

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thus far? How can these social forces be mobilized for collective action at various levels of

government?

The chosen perspective considered issues specific to Southern partners: Brazil, India, and

South Africa.

Brief description of the project:

While much is known about the drivers of economic inequality, there has been relatively little

research on the remedies for inequality to date and an integrated, interdisciplinary approach

to develop alternatives is particularly long overdue. The main tasks of the project focused on

conceptualizing and developing countermeasures, outline implementation strategies, and

identify relevant stakeholders for the achievement of more inclusive societies.

For more information on this research, please see:

https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-development-and-decent-

work-icdd/research/research-2009-2014/instruments-for-promoting-dw/strategies-for-

overcoming-economic-inequality.html

The Governance of the Financial Sector and its Impact on the Decent Work

Agenda (2011)

Project coordinators: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer, Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Herr (University of

Kassel), Prof. Dr. Simone Deos, Prof. Dr. Ana Rosa Ribeiro de Mendonça, and Prof. Dr.

Adriana Nunes Ferreira (Unicamp).

Proposals for a sounder financial system focus on stricter regulation of private

banks. However, private actors frequently circumvent regulation. Are public banks a better

alternative? The record on how public banks performed in the crisis is mixed. Some public

banks have stayed outside the casino, while others were major gamblers. The following

questions are therefore addressed:

How did public banks fare in the current crisis?

Does the governance structure differ between the sound and the reckless public banks?

Do public banks provide the much needed finance for development?

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Can the public banks make their loans conditional on the adherence to the Decent Work

agenda?

For further information and findings of this project, please see:

https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-development-and-decent-

work-icdd/research/research-2009-2014/instruments-for-promoting-dw/the-governance-of-

the-financial-sector-and-its-impact-on-the-decent-work-agenda.html

The Employment Challenge: Towards a Trade and Currency Regime for Decent

Work (2011 – 2014)

Project coordinators: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer, Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Herr (Berlin School of

Economics and Law), Prof. Dr. Simone Deos, Prof. Dr. Ana Rosa Ribeiro de Mendonça, and

Prof. Dr. Adriana Nunes Ferreira (Unicamp).

The project´s main enquiry was: What kind of trade and currency regime is most conducive

for a Decent Work agenda?

The objective was to identify an employment creating trade and capital account regime that

does not rest on a downward push of working conditions and wages but adheres to the ILO’s

´Decent Work` agenda.

Brief description of the research:

Focus on the relationship between trade and capital account liberalizations, and employment

creation that does not rest on a downward push of working conditions and wages. To what

extent trade and capital account liberalizations have been an obstacle to employment creation

and a more equal income distribution? Are there differences in impact for countries according

to their position in the international division of labour?

For further information on the process, please see:

https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-development-and-decent-

work-icdd/research/research-2009-2014/instruments-for-promoting-dw/the-employment-

challenge-towards-a-trade-and-currency-regime-for-decent-work.html

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3.2 Publications12

Penha, T. A. M., Belik, W., Matos Filho, J. Oliveira, G. M. (2018) “Measuring Value Capture

along the Brazilian Melon Value Chain”, Ch. 6. In: Scherrer, Christoph; Verma, Satosh (Eds.)

Decent Work Deficits in Southern Agriculture: Measurements, Drivers and Strategies, Rainer

Hampp Verlag, Augsburg, 106-132

Krein J.D. (2013) “As transformações no mundo do trabalho e as tendências das relações de

trabalho na primeira década do século XXI no Brasil”, Revista NECAT. 2(1), 04-22.

Müller, M., Seuring, S., Gomes dos Santos, V. (2013) “Environmental standards and

certification in a value chain perspective: NGO’s view on the legitimacy of the process” In:

Lindgreen, A., Maon, F., Vanhamme, J., Sen, S. (Eds.) Sustainable value chain management

– A research anthology, Gower Publishing, 179-195.

Krein, J.D. and dos Santos, A.L. (2012) “La formalización del trabajo. Efectos de la política

laboral en Brasil”, Nueva Sociedade, n 239. Março/abril, Buenos Aires, 60-74.

Krein, J. D. and dos Santos, A. L. (2012) “La formalización del trabajo en Brasil. El crecimiento

económico y los efectos de las políticas laborales”, Nueva Sociedad 239, 90-101.

Dari Krein, J. and Weishaupt Proni, M. (2011) “Economia informal: aspectos conceituais e

teóricos”. Série Trabalho Decente no Brasil. Documento de Trabalho, Brasil: OIT.

Krein, J. D. and Proni, M.W. (2010) “Economia Informal: Aspectos Conceituais e Teóricos”.

In: Série Trabalho Decente no Brasil - OIT, documento n 4, v. 1, Brasília, p. 1-39.

Krein, J. D. and Biavaschi, M. B. (2009) “A contribuição das instituições públicas na

formalização dos contratos de trabalho”. Presented in Anais do XI Encontro Nacional da

ABET: a crise mundial e os dilemas do trabalho. Campinas. ABET, v.1. p.1 – 20.

Krein, J.D., et. al. (2009) “Financialization, employability and their impacts on the bank

workers' union movement in Brazil (1994-2004)”. In: Lee, F. S. and Bekken, J. (Eds.) Radical

Economics and Labor, New York: Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics, v.1, p. 173-

192.

12 Note that these are exemplary of the work developed. Not all publications are listed in this section.

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3.3 Cooperation with other Partner Universities in the ICDD

Network

In the framework of one of the ICDD’s agenda research lines, Unicamp extends its cooperation

to the whole network, within the research project on “Decent work along agricultural value

chains”/Global Agricultural Production Systems.

This research area is embedded in the network’s second phase (2015-2019). Social and

political obstacles to innovations are studied, together with the value chain in the production

process with emphasis in small farmers/producers.

The cooperation and exchange is realized between the University of Kassel (including DTSL,

Witzenhausen), the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai and Guwahati), the University

of Agriculture Faisalabad, the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Egerton University, and

University of Cape Coast.

In order to extend the cooperation to the less developed areas of Brazil, particularly in the

North-East region of Brazil, Unicamp and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Norte (UFRN)

have developed a strong partnership. They have intensely cooperated with other partners

universities of the ICDD network in the Global Agricultural Product Systems (GAPS) with a

focus on Mango production chain.

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4. Conferences and Workshops

Within the framework of ICDD and University of Unicamp partnership different thematic

conferences, workshops, seminars have been organised.

XIII Global Labour University Conference: The Future of Work – Democracy and

the Role of Labour (August 2018)

The current global conditions of rising conservative forces, the spectre of unemployment and

precarization of work, due to technological change and global restructuring processes, pose

enormous challenges to academics, unionists and social organizations concerned with the

future of work, democracy and less asymmetrical development.

The conference will take place from August 7th to 9th 2018 in Brazil. The furst day of the

conference will take place in Sao Paulo city where the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT,

Unified Workers’ Central) will organize the opening session, and the following days at

Campinas city, SP, the Economics Institute of University of Campinas (Unicamp). The

conference will debate the aforementioned challenges with a focus on four sub-themes:

1. Structural Changes and Impacts on Labour

2. Trade Union Organizations and Strategies

3. Labour Regulation

4. Development

Alumni Applied Research School (August 2018)

The ICDD Alumni Applied Research School 2018 will take place at Campinas in the

University of Campinas (Unicamp) and in Itanhaém City, both in Sao Pualo, Brazil from 10th

September to 16th August 2018. Participants include guest speakers from the Global Labour

University (GLU) partner universities, former and current GLU students and active and

associated members of the broader ICDD and GLU network.

The research school will will focus on presentations related to impacts of Neoliberalism

advance on workers’ rights, politics and economy.

Alumni Applied Research School (2012)13

13 Photo from GLU Files. http://www.global-labour-university.org/typo3temp/pics/a2b5e8db63.jpg

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The ICDD Alumni Applied Research School 2012 was held at the University of Campinas and

at the Instituto Cajamar in Cajamar city, from 29th September to 5th October 2012 with guest

speakers from the Global Labour University (GLU) partner universities, former and current

GLU students and active and associated members of the broader ICDD and GLU network.

One part of the research school was reserved for presentations by alumni. They addressed

country and union specific examples of collective bargaining, strike actions, trade union

member training and organizing were addressed. In addition, guest speakers touched upon

topics such as alternative development concepts in Latin America, the Labour Movement in

Philippines and U.S. - Latin American Labour Solidarity.

The other part of the research school was devoted to the research groups on the following

issues: Labour and Environmental Relations, Gender and Trade Unions, Precarisation Issues,

Wage Policies, and Workers Education.

Workshop: “Work, Livelihoods and Social security in the 21st Century: India,

South Africa and Brazil” (2011)

Unicamp hosted the workshop ‘Work, livelihoods and Social Security in 21st Century: India,

South Africa and Brazil’ from 21st to 22nd of November, 2011. The Workshop organized in

cooperation with professors Carlos Salas (Unicamp), Sharit Bhowmik (TISS) and Edward

Webster (WITS) was connected to the ICDD Research Cluster 3.2 and was divided in 3 main

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areas of study: 1. ‘Livelihood strategies in the age of insecurity’, 2. ‘Innovative state responses

to social insecurity’, and 3. ‘Alternative development paths’.

Annual Thematic Conference (2010)

The Annual Thematic Conference was held from the 30 June to 2 July 2010 at Unicamp.

Approximately 38 participants attended from ICDD partner universities, migrant and domestic

workers’ activist groups and trade unions. Six presentations were selected and successfully

presented as follows:

- Dr. Chris Tilly, Institute for Research on Labour and Employment, University of

California Los Angeles - USA: ‘International Migration in the Context of the Crisis of

Neoliberal Capitalism’.

- Dr. Ana Maria Aragonés Castañer, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas - Mexico: ‘Mercados de trabajo en la sociedad

del conocimiento y el fenómeno migratorio. El caso de estados unidos (1990-2006)’

- Mr. Cristian Vasco - University of Kassel: ‘The Impact of Migration and Remittances

from Abroad on Labour Relationships in Rural Ecuador’.

- Dr. Akua Britwum, Institute for Development Studies, University of Cape Coast,

Ghana: ‘Trade Union Efforts at Organising Domestic Workers in Ghana’.

- Dr. Khayaat Fakier, Society Work and Development Institute, University of

Witwatersrand – South Africa: ‘Mobile Care in Different Classes of Migrant Households

in a Peri-Urban Community in South Africa’.

- Dr. Jana Silverman, Instituto de Economia, Unicamp – Brazil: ‘Deslocamento forçado

e violência anti-sindical como fenômeno regulador no conflito Colombiano’.

ICDD Annual Steering Committee Meeting (2010)

Unicamp hosted the ICDD Steering Committee Meeting in the year of 2010, the members of

advisory board from ICDD and five partner universities discussed the following issues:

financial status to 2011, fundraising for ICDD, news and new developments at the ICDD

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member institutions, challenges in the cooperation, discussion about the first selection of Ela

Bhatt Professor in 2009 and for the next phase in 2010, ICDD working papers and

Publications, Graduate School Activities, Research Clusters, ICDD activities, visibility of ICDD

and challenges to keep providing high quality results.

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5. Professors and Scholars

Prof. Dr. Denis Maracci Gimenez

Institute of Economics & CESIT

Professor at Unicamp and Director of CESIT. Research focus: economic development,

Brazilian economy, economic history, job market & social structure.

Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez

Institute of Economics & CESIT

Professor at Unicamp and CESIT. Also member of the ICDD steering committee. Research

focus: work economy, mainly on work precarisation and work at micro unites.

Prof. Dr. Anselmo Luis dos Santos

Institute of Economics & CESIT

Executive director of CESIT. Research focus: evolution of the Brazilian job market, informality

in small business, work at small companies, minimum wage.

Prof. Dr. José Dari Krein

Institute of Economics & CESIT

Researcher and director of CESIT, member of ALAST and member of ABET commission.

Research focus: work relations, unionism and collective bargain.

Prof. Dr. Denis Maracci Gimenez

Institute of Economics & CESIT

FACAMP professor and researcher of CESIT. Research focus: economic development,

economic history, job market, public planning and policies.

Prof. Dr. Eugenia Troncoso Leone

Institute of Economics & CESIT

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Program coordinator of GLU and researcher member of CESIT. Also member of ABEP, LASA

and BSA (British Sociological Association). Research focus: gender and labour market and

income distribution.

PhD fellow Cheng Li

PhD fellow Juliana Moreira

Post-doc fellow Dr. Marcelo Manzano

Dr. Pedro Henrique Evangelista Duarte

Dr. Lygia Fares Sabbag

Dr. fellow Ricardo Andrés Cifuentes Silva

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Acknowledgments / Disclaimer

Editorial Team:

Photos:

Page 6: Organogram, ICDD files.

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Prof. Dr. Paulo Eduardo de Andrade Baltar,

Professors Drs. Adriana Nunes Ferreira, Ana Rosa Ribeiro de Mendonça Sarti and

Simone Silva de Deos

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Prof. Dr. Eugenia Troncoso Leone. Available in:

https://www.unicamp.br/unicamp/unicamp_hoje/ju/novembro2007/fotosju381-

online/9a.jpg ,used with permission.

Prof. Dr. Walter Belik. Available in:

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with permission.

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