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Department of Geography Labour Geography

Labour Geography

Our research group is interested in better understanding patterns of socio-spatial inequality in labour, migration and gender.

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News

  • Geografie des Leidens – Body-Maps drücken aus, was Worte nicht schaffen

    Für Long Covid gibt es bis heute keine wirksamen Therapien. Gesundheits­geografin Maaret Jokela-Pansini hat zusammen mit Patient:innen ein innovatives Tool entwickelt und zeigt auf, wie Sozialwissenschaften das Krankheitsverständnis vertiefen können.

  • Conceptualizing labor agency through resilience: Practices of reassembling work on domestic services platforms

    This article, written by Khaula Ettarfi, explores workers’ experiences in the gig domestic cleaning sector in Geneva, focusing on their resilience in the face of temporary and flexible work conditions. Through stories collected from workers, the article illustrates how they demonstrate resilience, emphasizing the relationships and environments that shape their experiences in a precarious labor market.It further reviews various perspectives of workers encountering platform-mediated labor at different moments of their working trajectories.

  • What makes working for taxi apps and online delivery services problematic

    Karin Schwiter is one of the experts who, as part of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) at the University of Zurich, focus on topics related to digital transformation and its impact on society. The DSI Spotlights are short videos that highlight different aspects of digitalization.

Upcoming events

Labour Geography Research Colloquium

Zurich Human Geography Colloquium (ZHGK)