The conference aims to empirically investigate labour relations in commodity chains in their diversity and combination and, thus, also aims to contribute to the conceptual debate on work and labour, value, the functioning of capitalism and the agency or lack of power of directly and indirectly...

Our understanding of the natural constraints of our planet is continually growing and deepening. What prevents us from making changes to our lifestyles and economic activities and especially from placing them on a sustainable footing? Why is no change of direction taking place?

Das Generalthema der Wintertagung 2010 lautet: "Chancen nutzen. Wie kann sich der österreichische Agrarsektor erfolgreichreich positionieren." In der Woche vom 8. Februar bis zum 12. Februar werden an sieben verschiedenen Standorten in Österreich aktuelle Entwicklungen in Agrarpolitik,...