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, Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne)
• 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, Addis Ababa University)

Special project on Covid-19:

• Communication during and after Covid-19: (re)producing social inequalities and/or opportunities among African migrants in the United Arab Emirates and China (Prof. Dr. Tu Huynh, Dr. Jonathan Ngeh and Prof. Dr. Michaela Pelican)

This Research Unit is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation