The research unit entails four projects, headed by the following Principal Investigators (PIs):

• From global standards to unequal treatment: The ILO and the concept of “native labor” (Prof. Dr. Ulrike Linder, University of Cologne)
• Chinese indentured labor as “new slavery”: Perspectives from South Africa and China (Prof. Dr. Tu Huynh, Jinan University, Guangzhou)
• Debates on “trafficking in persons and slavery” in Cameroon (Prof. Dr. Michaela Pelican, University of Cologne)
• “Development” fostering social inequality?: A study on labor arrangements in Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector (Prof. Dr. Meron Zeleke Eresso, Addis Ababa University)

This Research Unit is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation