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14.10.2026 - Launch of RTG 2951 LinkedIn page

We’re excited to announce the launch of the official LinkedIn page of our RTG 2951!

14.10.2026 - RTG 2951 Welcomes Mercator Fellow Prof. Heidi Gottfried to Duisburg

RTG 2951 Cross-Border Labour Markets is delighted to welcome Prof. Heidi Gottfried from Wayne State University, Detroit, as a Mercator Fellow from October 1 to December 31.

06.10.2026 - RTG 2951 Lecture Series: Gracia Liu Farrer on the Politics of Labor

The RTG 2951 Lecture Series is pleased to welcome Gracia Liu Farrer (Waseda University) for a lecture titled “The Politics of Labor: Contested Governance of the Indonesia–Japan Transnational Labor Market.”

06.10.2026 - New RTG 2951 podcast episode: How do early-career researchers navigate the research on cross-border labor markets in an interdisciplinary setting?


In this episode of the RTG 2951 Podcast, host and associated doctoral researcher Ardita Osmani talks with First Cohort Doctoral Researchers Benedikt Heckens, Karim Ashour, and Mariana Gomes about their research methodologies, fieldwork experiences, and their journey in the Research Training Group.

16.07.2026 - Helga Volkening verstorben

Frau Helga Volkening, langjährige Mitarbeiterin am Arbeitsbereich Soziologische Theorie/Allgemeine Soziologie der Bielefelder Fakultät für Soziologie, ist in der Nacht vom 27. auf den 28. Juni in Bad Driburg verstorben.