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Partnership between the
International Center for
Development and Decent Work,
University of Kassel, Germany, and
the University of Campinas, Brazil
(2009-2018)
Kassel, July 2018
List of Contents
1. About Unicamp............................................................................................................................... 2
1.1 Historical Background .................................................................................................. 2
1.2 Faculties and Institutes ................................................................................................ 2
1.2.1 Institute of Economics........................................................................................................ 3
1.2.2 The Trade Union and Labour Economic Centre (CESIT) ............................................ 3
2. ICDD and Unicamp Partnership ................................................................................................. 5
2.1 The DAAD Exceed Program ........................................................................................ 5
2.2 Study Programs ........................................................................................................... 6
2.2.1 PhD program ....................................................................................................................... 6
2.3 Ela-Bhatt Professorship and Guest Lectureships ......................................................... 7
3. Research ........................................................................................................................................ 10
3.1 Joint Research Projects ............................................................................................. 10
3.1.1 Research Projects ............................................................................................................ 10
3.1.2 Research Clusters ............................................................................................................ 12
3.2 Publications .......................................................................................................................... 16
3.3 Cooperation with other Partner Universities in the ICDD Network .............................. 17
4. Conferences and Workshops ................................................................................................... 18
5. Professors and Scholars ........................................................................................................... 22
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1. About Unicamp
1.1 Historical Background
Officially founded in 1966 to promote science education in the industrial pole of the state of
São Paulo, the State University of Campinas (Universidade Estadual de Campinas –
Unicamp) is currently (2018) the host University of 18,338 undergraduate students, 16,195
graduate students and 1,759 faculty members.1
Unicamp, according to the Times Higher Education 2017 World University Rankings, is ranked
the best university in Latin America and the 2nd best university in Brazil. The Times Higher
Education-QS World University Rankings (2016) also pointed Unicamp as the 61st best
"young" university in the world.2
Unicamp is responsible for around 8% of Brazil’s articles in scientific journals3 and has a range
of institutes which include units of teaching and research, interdisciplinary centers, technical
colleges (COTUCA and COTIL), and units of service and support to the community (University
Clinical Hospital – HC).4 It also offers 70 undergraduate programs, and 156 graduate
programs in several areas of knowledge: biological, health, arts, humanities, exact,
technological and earth sciences.
1.2 Faculties and Institutes
Unicamp, has courses and institutes of medicine, nursing, speech therapy, pharmacy,
dentistry, biology, physical education, chemistry, physics, mathematics (pure, applied and
computational), statistics, computer science, engineering (control and automation, chemical,
environmental, food, electrical, computer, mechanical, agricultural, and civil), architecture,
geography, geology, economics, arts, music, social communication, literature, linguistics,
philosophy, history and social science. It runs two professional vocational high schools,
COTUCA (in Campinas) and COTIL (in Limeira).
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For more information, check: http://www.internationaloffice.unicamp.br/english/international-visitors/the-
university/facts-figures/
2
For more information, check: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/state-
university-campinas
3
For more information, check: http://www.internationaloffice.unicamp.br/english/international-visitors/the-
university/
4
For more information, check: http://www.internationaloffice.unicamp.br/english/aboutunicamp/about-
unicamp/
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Unicamp's teaching hospital, University Clinical Hospital, is the largest public hospital in the
region. Unicamp has a semi-independent structure of more than 20 interdisciplinary centers,
labs, and groups.
1.2.1 Institute of Economics5
The Institute of Economics of Unicamp (Instituto de Economia da Universidade Estadual de
Campinas) is located in the main campus of the University in Barão Geraldo, Campinas, State
of São Paulo, Brazil.
Originally created as a research institute within the Institute of Philosophy and Human
Sciences (IFCH in Portuguese), it is today one of the most important public policy think-tanks
in economics and related areas in Brazil. It is also a great supplier of policy makers in the
country, such as: Celso Furtado, influential economist in the country, Zélia Cardoso de Mello
(served as Brazil’s Minister of Economy), Fernando Haddad (former Mayor of São Paulo),
Aloízio Mercadante (former Minister of Education of Brazil), Luciano G. Coutinho (former
chairman of BNDES), José Serra (former Brazilian Foreign Affairs’ Minister), Guido Mantega
(former Brazil’s Finance Minister) and many others.
It offers one undergraduate major in Economics (BA Economics), many specialization courses
(in Management, International Relations and Diplomacy, Labour Economics and Banking),
and two Masters programs (Development Economics and Economic Theory) and one PhD.
program.
1.2.2 The Trade Union and Labour Economic Centre (CESIT)6
CESIT was founded within the Institute of Economics in 1989. Composed of researchers with
multiple academic backgrounds, CESIT has, since its creation, worked together with different
government organs, trade unions (including CUT) and other institutions; establishing
partnerships and producing studies, research and publications. Besides being a research
center, CESIT has been offering for 26 years a specialization course in labour economics for
trade union leaders, trade unionists, magistrates, civil servants and members of NGOs. Since
1992, CESIT has developed 181 specialists in Labour Economics and Trade Unionism.
CESIT's major objective is to strengthen bonds between the university and the trade union
movement as well as provide support to research activities related to the labour world. Since
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For more information, check: http://www.eco.unicamp.br/
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For more information, check: http://www.cesit.net.br/
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its foundation the Centre has given priority to issues such as labour relations, employment,
labour conditions, actual and historical aspects of trade unionism, technological innovations
and social policies. In addition, the Centre seeks to combine the rigidity of academic works
with the practical experience of those involved in labour relations and politics. Finally, the
participation of DIEESE in the Orientation Council aims the attendance of trade unions
demands.
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2. ICDD and Unicamp Partnership
ICDD and Unicamp have been successfully working together since 2009. ICDD and Unicamp
partnership involves various types of activities including study programs, exchange of students
and faculties, research, conferences, workshops, among others.
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), São Paulo, Brazil
Organogram: ICDD-Unicamp, 2017
2.1 The DAAD Exceed Program
ICDD has been conducting different research projects with Unicamp within the DAAD exceed
(Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation) program.
The program aims at supporting German Higher Education Institutions (HEI) together with
their partners in developing countries. Support is given to those institutions that contribute to
the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and other goals of development
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cooperation policy in an innovative manner. The aim is to strengthen the HEIs in the domains
of education, research and consultancy. The major concerns of the program are:
bringing together working units in the HEIs with a direct linkage to the MDGs
expanding education and research on issues of relevance to development cooperation
policy in German and partner country HEIs
increasing the visibility of activities related to the MDGs in the general public in
Germany and DCs
constructing Competence Centers for development cooperation by developing
excellent research that can serve as a scientific "lighthouse”, is internationally
attractive and competitive
strengthening north-south as well as south-south cooperation in higher education and
research
expanding policy analysis and consultancy on issues in development cooperation in
developing countries and Germany
By these activities, researchers and institutes are encouraged to continue and expand their
commitment in development cooperation. The competence centers are meant to become think
tanks for development co-operation that develop approaches for the solution of global
challenges and transfer them to policy makers, donors and practitioners.
2.2 Study Programs
2.2.1 PhD program
The ICDD's objective is to generate and transfer knowledge on how to create and improve
work and income opportunities in rural and urban regions in developing countries in light of
globalization, climate change and urbanization processes. PhD projects are rooted in either
the natural or social sciences and focus primarily on actor- and problem-oriented research on
sustainable human-environmental relationships and decent livelihoods. Currently (2016),
about 25 doctoral candidates within the graduate school are pursuing PhDs at the seven ICDD
partner universities.
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PhD Fellows/Alumni
Duffles Donato Moreira, Juliana (2017-2020): The contradictions of Brazilian social
policy. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Denis Maracci Gimenez.
Li, Cheng (2015-2019): Analysis of Feasible Policies as Response to the Transitional
& Post Labour Surplus Economy. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Herr.
Dr. Marcelo Mazano, Post-doc (2017): The key role of minimum wage in the recent
cycle of development in Brazil. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez.
Evangelista Duarte, Pedro Henrique (2010-2013): The Neoliberal dependent
accumulation pattern and workforce super exploitation in Brazil. Supervisors: Prof. Dr.
José Darin Krein and Prof. Dr. Trevor Evans.
Sabbag Fares, Lygia (2010-2013): Working time flexibilization in Brazil and its
implications to Brazilian working class. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. José Darin Krein.
Cifuentes Silva, Ricardo Andrés (2012-2015): Conditional cash transfers and the job
market: possibilities and limits for integrating public policies. Supervisors: Prof: Dr.
Carlos Salas Páez and Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer.
2.3 Ela-Bhatt Professorship and Guest Lectureships
Ela-Bhatt Visiting Professors
Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez7: In 2018 he was honored as
ICDD Ela-Bhatt Professorship in the summer semester, he will
taught a course about International Economics. Prof. Dr. Salas
is professor at Unicamp and CESIT, his research focus on work
economy, mainly on work precarisation and work at micro
unites.
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Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez, ICDD files, used with authorization.
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Prof. Dr. Paulo Eduardo de Andrade Baltar:
Honored as ICDD Ela-Bhatt Professorship in the
winter semester 2013/14. His research and teaching
stay at the ICDD was between 23.09.-20.12.2013.
During his stay in Kassel, Prof. Dr. Baltar taught a
course about the Brazilian Labor Market to MA GPE
and LPG students. On 13 November 2013, he also
held a public lecture on “Labor market in an open
economy: The case of Brazil”.
Guest Lecturers
Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez:8 Prof. Dr. Salas was a guest
lecturer at ICDD and taught a block seminar on “Informal Sector
and Development” to GPE and LPG master students in two
opportunities: From 08th to 30th January 2015 and 12th to 30th of
January 2017.
Prof. Dr. Walter Belik: 9 As a guest lecturer, Prof. Dr.
Belik taught the block seminar in “Food Security and
Nutrition” from 18th to 31st October, 2014. The seminar
focused on food security as an important component of
countries’ social policy to contribute directly with their
poverty eradication goal. Professor Dr. Belik works and
specializes on research in the field of agriculture and
agroindustry policies at Unicamp.
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Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez, ICDD files, used with authorization.
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Prof. Dr. Walter Belik. Available in: http://www.cpa.unicamp.br/alcscens/images/pesquisadores/walter-belik.jpg ,used with
permission.
8Prof. Dr. Adriana Nunes Ferreira, Prof. Dr. Ana Rosa Ribeiro de Mendonça Sarti and
Prof. Dr. Simone Silva de Deos10
Prof. Dr. Ferreira, Prof. Dr. Sarti and Prof. Dr. de Deos
As guest lecturers, they held a joint course on “Macroeconomics and Finance” in 2013. It was
divided in three parts, the first part focus on the “Effective demand principle” and was given
by Prof. Dr. Sarti. The second part, with prof. Dr. de Deos, discussed “Money, credit and
finance: vulnerability and the current crisis in the global neo-liberal capitalism”. The last and
third part of the course was held by Prof. Dr. Ferreira and focus on “Employment determination
and labour market”.
Prof. Dr. Eugênia Troncoso Leone: 11 From September 23rd to
December 20th 2013, Prof. Dr. Troncoso Leone from Unicamp
was a guest lecture at ICDD and taught quantitative methods to
GPE and LPG master students. Prof. Dr. Troncoso Leone work
and do research in the field of ‘Gender and Labour market’ and
has an active role at GLU Brazil at Unicamp.
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Prof. Simone Silva de Deos, ICDD files, used with authorization.
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Prof. Dr. Eugenia Troncoso Leone. Available in: https://www.unicamp.br/unicamp/unicamp_hoje/ju/novembro2007/fotosju381-
online/9a.jpg used with permission.
93. Research
3.1 Joint Research Projects
The ICDD network worked along 3 main research clusters in the first phase of cooperation
(2009-2014), responding to (1) Sustainable Value Creation for Decent Work, (2) Instruments
for Promoting Decent Work, and (3) Strategies for Empowerment for Decent Work.
In the second phase, there is a shift towards an enhanced cooperation between agricultural
and social disciplines/sciences within the network, implementing 5 new research lines in the
agenda:(1) Decent work along agricultural value chains, (2) Organizing the informal economy,
(3) Extractivism and rural welfare, (4) Rural-urban linkages: transformation processes,
livelihoods, and social protection, (5) Rethinking development cooperation.
3.1.1 Research Projects
Economic Upgrading and Social Stagnation: Mango, Rice and Coffee chapters
(2017- )
Research team: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer (University of Kassel, leader), Dr. Ismail Doga
Karatepe (University of Kassel), Dr. Walter Belik (Unicamp), Dr. Valdenia Apolinario (UFRN),
Dr. Joao Matos Filho (UFRN), Dr. Thales Augusto M. Penha (UFRN), Dr. Rosa Maria Vieira
Medeiros (xx), Dr. Angela Akorsu (UCC), Dr. Mubashir Mehdi (UAF), Manish Kumar (TISS),
Dr: Santosh Kumar Verma (TISS), Dr. Jakir Hossain (Bangladesh), Dr. Quynh Chi (Vietnam).
Global value chains are key to the question where and under which conditions global goods
and services are produced and whether economic upgrading takes place and is accompanied
by social upgrading.
As a joint large-scale research project with funds from DAAD via ICDD, FAO and HBS, the
objectives of this research are to examine how different end markets (and the standards and
requirements, marketing arrangements, governance structures therein) may influence the
economic and social outcomes in agricultural value chains, particularly for smallholders and
landless wageworkers in rural areas. The research also identify the opportunities and
strategies for economic and social upgrading, including the roles of different policies to support
more inclusive market development.
10 Structural Aspects of the Melon Production Chain Produced in Brazilian North-
eastern Semiarid Region (within Global Agricultural Production Systems
Project) (2015-2017)
Research team: Prof. Dr. Walter Belik (Unicamp, leader), Prof. Dr. João Matos Filho (UFRN,
collaborator), Prof. Dr. Thales Augusto M. Penha (UFRN, collaborator), Prof. Dr. Valdenia
Apolinário (UFRN, collaborator), Letícia Amaral (UFRN, collaborator), Osmar Faustino
(UFRN, collaborator), Maria Alessandra (UFRN, collaborator).
The Açú-Mossoro in Northeast Brazil annually produces 250,000 tons of melon, with
approximately 80% of this total is exported to European traders. Production is carried out for
about just over 20 producers, who are organized as follows: a cooperative of small producers
(COODAP); a cooperative of medium producers (COPYFRUTAS); plus a large company. The
private company is considered the largest melons producer in the world, with 20,000 hectares
of fruits, employing 6000 workers and contributing for 70% of the region's exports.
The proposed research is developed around three objectives:
a. Investigate aspects of labor conditions on jobs hired by companies and family
farmers involved in the melon production. This study includes gender aspects.
b. Analyze the aggregated value produced in melon production chain of Rio Grande do
Norte, identifying the share of each link of this chain regarding the final price paid by
consumers in domestic and international markets.
c. Describe the changes that are happening in terms of institutional environment,
employment, and technology
For further information on the research project, please refer to:
https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-development-and-decent-
work-icdd/research/research-2015-2019/1-global-agricultural-production-systems-gaps.html
Organization of informal workers: experiences and challenges (2015)
Project leaders: Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez (Unicamp), Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt
(University of Kassel)
The research project focused on the following research enquiry: How different forms of
11intervention (government policies, union activities and self-organization) play a role in
increasing informal workers access to social and labor rights?
The high share of informal (unprotected) workers in the occupational structure of many
countries, in particular in urban areas, affects the average income and productivity levels and
imposes a number of hardships on workers in these societies. The organization of self-
employed workers (for example, home based workers) and workers in very small scale units
has shown to have an impact the levels of access to social and labor rights that helps to
overcome poverty levels and social exclusion. By means of national studies, this project
compared the results of diverse forms of intervention in Latin American countries aimed to
organize or formalize the informalized workers, in order to identify common trends and policy
recommendations that could help to design policy guidelines that could be applied in other
geographical or social contexts.
For further information, please refer to:
https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-development-and-decent-
work-icdd/research/research-2015-2019/8-organization-of-informal-workers-experiences-
and-challenges.html
3.1.2 Research Clusters
Within the framework of the Research Cluster “Instruments for promoting Decent Work”
(2011–2014), Unicamp developed together with other centers of the ICDD network a series of
research projects:
Organization of informal workers: experiences and challenges (2015 - 2016)
Project leaders: Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas (Unicamp, coordinator), Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen
Burchardt (University of Kassel, research partner).
The aim of this project is twofold. First, to evaluate the dimension and characteristics of each
country´s urban self-employed and small economic unit sector (a subset of the informal sector)
and the different forms of intervention to organize informal workers. The second aim is to
compare the national forms of intervention in order to identify common trends in those
interventions in order to build a set of policy options that could be put into practice in different
geographical or social contexts. The results of this research should help to design policies and
12form of intervention that can tackle the lack of decent work conditions in many activities in
developing countries, as these interventions have the purpose of including informal workers
in social and labor protection schemes.
The chosen perspective considered issues specific to Southern partners: Argentina, Brazil
and Mexico.
Brief description of the project:
The high share of informal (unprotected) workers in the occupational structure of many
countries, in particular in urban areas, affects the average income and productivity levels and
imposes a number of hardships on workers in these societies. The organization of self-
employed workers (for example, home based workers) and workers in very small scale units
has shown to have an impact the levels of access to social and labor rights that helps to
overcome poverty levels and social exclusion. By means of national studies, this project will
compare the results of diverse forms of intervention in Latin American countries aimed to
organize or formalize the above-mentioned workers, in order to identify common trends and
policy recommendations that could help to design policy guidelines that could be applied in
other geographical or social contexts.
For more information about this project, please see:
http://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-development-and-decent-
work-icdd/research/research-2015-2019/8-organization-of-informal-workers-experiences-
and-challenges-2015.html
Strategies for Overcoming Economic Inequality (2013 - 2014)
Project leaders: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer (University of Kassel), Prof. Dr. Anselmo dos
Santos (Unicamp), Prof. Dr. Sharit Bhowmik (TISS), Prof. Dr. Michelle Williams (WITS)
The project focused on the following issues: What are effective policies for lessening economic
inequality? Further questions are: (1) What measures to combat inequality are being currently
proposed? To what extent are they appropriate with regard to the problem diagnosis? What
additional actions or measures promise a reduction in economic inequality? (2) What social
forces have campaigned for less economic inequality? What strategies have been successful
13thus far? How can these social forces be mobilized for collective action at various levels of
government?
The chosen perspective considered issues specific to Southern partners: Brazil, India, and
South Africa.
Brief description of the project:
While much is known about the drivers of economic inequality, there has been relatively little
research on the remedies for inequality to date and an integrated, interdisciplinary approach
to develop alternatives is particularly long overdue. The main tasks of the project focused on
conceptualizing and developing countermeasures, outline implementation strategies, and
identify relevant stakeholders for the achievement of more inclusive societies.
For more information on this research, please see:
https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-development-and-decent-
work-icdd/research/research-2009-2014/instruments-for-promoting-dw/strategies-for-
overcoming-economic-inequality.html
The Governance of the Financial Sector and its Impact on the Decent Work
Agenda (2011)
Project coordinators: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer, Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Herr (University of
Kassel), Prof. Dr. Simone Deos, Prof. Dr. Ana Rosa Ribeiro de Mendonça, and Prof. Dr.
Adriana Nunes Ferreira (Unicamp).
Proposals for a sounder financial system focus on stricter regulation of private
banks. However, private actors frequently circumvent regulation. Are public banks a better
alternative? The record on how public banks performed in the crisis is mixed. Some public
banks have stayed outside the casino, while others were major gamblers. The following
questions are therefore addressed:
How did public banks fare in the current crisis?
Does the governance structure differ between the sound and the reckless public banks?
Do public banks provide the much needed finance for development?
14Can the public banks make their loans conditional on the adherence to the Decent Work
agenda?
For further information and findings of this project, please see:
https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-development-and-decent-
work-icdd/research/research-2009-2014/instruments-for-promoting-dw/the-governance-of-
the-financial-sector-and-its-impact-on-the-decent-work-agenda.html
The Employment Challenge: Towards a Trade and Currency Regime for Decent
Work (2011 – 2014)
Project coordinators: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer, Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Herr (Berlin School of
Economics and Law), Prof. Dr. Simone Deos, Prof. Dr. Ana Rosa Ribeiro de Mendonça, and
Prof. Dr. Adriana Nunes Ferreira (Unicamp).
The project´s main enquiry was: What kind of trade and currency regime is most conducive
for a Decent Work agenda?
The objective was to identify an employment creating trade and capital account regime that
does not rest on a downward push of working conditions and wages but adheres to the ILO’s
´Decent Work` agenda.
Brief description of the research:
Focus on the relationship between trade and capital account liberalizations, and employment
creation that does not rest on a downward push of working conditions and wages. To what
extent trade and capital account liberalizations have been an obstacle to employment creation
and a more equal income distribution? Are there differences in impact for countries according
to their position in the international division of labour?
For further information on the process, please see:
https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-development-and-decent-
work-icdd/research/research-2009-2014/instruments-for-promoting-dw/the-employment-
challenge-towards-a-trade-and-currency-regime-for-decent-work.html
153.2 Publications12
Penha, T. A. M., Belik, W., Matos Filho, J. Oliveira, G. M. (2018) “Measuring Value Capture
along the Brazilian Melon Value Chain”, Ch. 6. In: Scherrer, Christoph; Verma, Satosh (Eds.)
Decent Work Deficits in Southern Agriculture: Measurements, Drivers and Strategies, Rainer
Hampp Verlag, Augsburg, 106-132
Krein J.D. (2013) “As transformações no mundo do trabalho e as tendências das relações de
trabalho na primeira década do século XXI no Brasil”, Revista NECAT. 2(1), 04-22.
Müller, M., Seuring, S., Gomes dos Santos, V. (2013) “Environmental standards and
certification in a value chain perspective: NGO’s view on the legitimacy of the process” In:
Lindgreen, A., Maon, F., Vanhamme, J., Sen, S. (Eds.) Sustainable value chain management
– A research anthology, Gower Publishing, 179-195.
Krein, J.D. and dos Santos, A.L. (2012) “La formalización del trabajo. Efectos de la política
laboral en Brasil”, Nueva Sociedade, n 239. Março/abril, Buenos Aires, 60-74.
Krein, J. D. and dos Santos, A. L. (2012) “La formalización del trabajo en Brasil. El crecimiento
económico y los efectos de las políticas laborales”, Nueva Sociedad 239, 90-101.
Dari Krein, J. and Weishaupt Proni, M. (2011) “Economia informal: aspectos conceituais e
teóricos”. Série Trabalho Decente no Brasil. Documento de Trabalho, Brasil: OIT.
Krein, J. D. and Proni, M.W. (2010) “Economia Informal: Aspectos Conceituais e Teóricos”.
In: Série Trabalho Decente no Brasil - OIT, documento n 4, v. 1, Brasília, p. 1-39.
Krein, J. D. and Biavaschi, M. B. (2009) “A contribuição das instituições públicas na
formalização dos contratos de trabalho”. Presented in Anais do XI Encontro Nacional da
ABET: a crise mundial e os dilemas do trabalho. Campinas. ABET, v.1. p.1 – 20.
Krein, J.D., et. al. (2009) “Financialization, employability and their impacts on the bank
workers' union movement in Brazil (1994-2004)”. In: Lee, F. S. and Bekken, J. (Eds.) Radical
Economics and Labor, New York: Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics, v.1, p. 173-
192.
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Note that these are exemplary of the work developed. Not all publications are listed in this section.
163.3 Cooperation with other Partner Universities in the ICDD
Network
In the framework of one of the ICDD’s agenda research lines, Unicamp extends its cooperation
to the whole network, within the research project on “Decent work along agricultural value
chains”/Global Agricultural Production Systems.
This research area is embedded in the network’s second phase (2015-2019). Social and
political obstacles to innovations are studied, together with the value chain in the production
process with emphasis in small farmers/producers.
The cooperation and exchange is realized between the University of Kassel (including DTSL,
Witzenhausen), the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai and Guwahati), the University
of Agriculture Faisalabad, the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Egerton University, and
University of Cape Coast.
In order to extend the cooperation to the less developed areas of Brazil, particularly in the
North-East region of Brazil, Unicamp and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Norte (UFRN)
have developed a strong partnership. They have intensely cooperated with other partners
universities of the ICDD network in the Global Agricultural Product Systems (GAPS) with a
focus on Mango production chain.
174. Conferences and Workshops
Within the framework of ICDD and University of Unicamp partnership different thematic
conferences, workshops, seminars have been organised.
XIII Global Labour University Conference: The Future of Work – Democracy and
the Role of Labour (August 2018)
The current global conditions of rising conservative forces, the spectre of unemployment and
precarization of work, due to technological change and global restructuring processes, pose
enormous challenges to academics, unionists and social organizations concerned with the
future of work, democracy and less asymmetrical development.
The conference will take place from August 7th to 9th 2018 in Brazil. The furst day of the
conference will take place in Sao Paulo city where the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT,
Unified Workers’ Central) will organize the opening session, and the following days at
Campinas city, SP, the Economics Institute of University of Campinas (Unicamp). The
conference will debate the aforementioned challenges with a focus on four sub-themes:
1. Structural Changes and Impacts on Labour
2. Trade Union Organizations and Strategies
3. Labour Regulation
4. Development
Alumni Applied Research School (August 2018)
The ICDD Alumni Applied Research School 2018 will take place at Campinas in the
University of Campinas (Unicamp) and in Itanhaém City, both in Sao Pualo, Brazil from 10th
September to 16th August 2018. Participants include guest speakers from the Global Labour
University (GLU) partner universities, former and current GLU students and active and
associated members of the broader ICDD and GLU network.
The research school will will focus on presentations related to impacts of Neoliberalism
advance on workers’ rights, politics and economy.
Alumni Applied Research School (2012)13
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Photo from GLU Files. http://www.global-labour-university.org/typo3temp/pics/a2b5e8db63.jpg
18The ICDD Alumni Applied Research School 2012 was held at the University of Campinas and
at the Instituto Cajamar in Cajamar city, from 29th September to 5th October 2012 with guest
speakers from the Global Labour University (GLU) partner universities, former and current
GLU students and active and associated members of the broader ICDD and GLU network.
Participants during the GLU Alumni Summer School Sept. 2012, Brazil.
One part of the research school was reserved for presentations by alumni. They addressed
country and union specific examples of collective bargaining, strike actions, trade union
member training and organizing were addressed. In addition, guest speakers touched upon
topics such as alternative development concepts in Latin America, the Labour Movement in
Philippines and U.S. - Latin American Labour Solidarity.
The other part of the research school was devoted to the research groups on the following
issues: Labour and Environmental Relations, Gender and Trade Unions, Precarisation Issues,
Wage Policies, and Workers Education.
Workshop: “Work, Livelihoods and Social security in the 21st Century: India,
South Africa and Brazil” (2011)
Unicamp hosted the workshop ‘Work, livelihoods and Social Security in 21st Century: India,
South Africa and Brazil’ from 21st to 22nd of November, 2011. The Workshop organized in
cooperation with professors Carlos Salas (Unicamp), Sharit Bhowmik (TISS) and Edward
Webster (WITS) was connected to the ICDD Research Cluster 3.2 and was divided in 3 main
19areas of study: 1. ‘Livelihood strategies in the age of insecurity’, 2. ‘Innovative state responses
to social insecurity’, and 3. ‘Alternative development paths’.
Annual Thematic Conference (2010)
The Annual Thematic Conference was held from the 30 June to 2 July 2010 at Unicamp.
Approximately 38 participants attended from ICDD partner universities, migrant and domestic
workers’ activist groups and trade unions. Six presentations were selected and successfully
presented as follows:
- Dr. Chris Tilly, Institute for Research on Labour and Employment, University of
California Los Angeles - USA: ‘International Migration in the Context of the Crisis of
Neoliberal Capitalism’.
- Dr. Ana Maria Aragonés Castañer, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas - Mexico: ‘Mercados de trabajo en la sociedad
del conocimiento y el fenómeno migratorio. El caso de estados unidos (1990-2006)’
- Mr. Cristian Vasco - University of Kassel: ‘The Impact of Migration and Remittances
from Abroad on Labour Relationships in Rural Ecuador’.
- Dr. Akua Britwum, Institute for Development Studies, University of Cape Coast,
Ghana: ‘Trade Union Efforts at Organising Domestic Workers in Ghana’.
- Dr. Khayaat Fakier, Society Work and Development Institute, University of
Witwatersrand – South Africa: ‘Mobile Care in Different Classes of Migrant Households
in a Peri-Urban Community in South Africa’.
- Dr. Jana Silverman, Instituto de Economia, Unicamp – Brazil: ‘Deslocamento forçado
e violência anti-sindical como fenômeno regulador no conflito Colombiano’.
ICDD Annual Steering Committee Meeting (2010)
Unicamp hosted the ICDD Steering Committee Meeting in the year of 2010, the members of
advisory board from ICDD and five partner universities discussed the following issues:
financial status to 2011, fundraising for ICDD, news and new developments at the ICDD
20member institutions, challenges in the cooperation, discussion about the first selection of Ela
Bhatt Professor in 2009 and for the next phase in 2010, ICDD working papers and
Publications, Graduate School Activities, Research Clusters, ICDD activities, visibility of ICDD
and challenges to keep providing high quality results.
215. Professors and Scholars
Prof. Dr. Denis Maracci Gimenez
Institute of Economics & CESIT
Professor at Unicamp and Director of CESIT. Research focus: economic development,
Brazilian economy, economic history, job market & social structure.
Prof. Dr. Carlos Salas Páez
Institute of Economics & CESIT
Professor at Unicamp and CESIT. Also member of the ICDD steering committee. Research
focus: work economy, mainly on work precarisation and work at micro unites.
Prof. Dr. Anselmo Luis dos Santos
Institute of Economics & CESIT
Executive director of CESIT. Research focus: evolution of the Brazilian job market, informality
in small business, work at small companies, minimum wage.
Prof. Dr. José Dari Krein
Institute of Economics & CESIT
Researcher and director of CESIT, member of ALAST and member of ABET commission.
Research focus: work relations, unionism and collective bargain.
Prof. Dr. Denis Maracci Gimenez
Institute of Economics & CESIT
FACAMP professor and researcher of CESIT. Research focus: economic development,
economic history, job market, public planning and policies.
Prof. Dr. Eugenia Troncoso Leone
Institute of Economics & CESIT
22Program coordinator of GLU and researcher member of CESIT. Also member of ABEP, LASA
and BSA (British Sociological Association). Research focus: gender and labour market and
income distribution.
PhD fellow Cheng Li
PhD fellow Juliana Moreira
Post-doc fellow Dr. Marcelo Manzano
Dr. Pedro Henrique Evangelista Duarte
Dr. Lygia Fares Sabbag
Dr. fellow Ricardo Andrés Cifuentes Silva
23Acknowledgments / Disclaimer
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Prof. Dr. Paulo Eduardo de Andrade Baltar,
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