Latest News and Events
Here you can find the latest information and events of the DFG Emmy Noether Junior Research Group.
Celebrating the Informal Launch of the Routledge Handbook on Contract Farming and Development
To celebrate the informal launch of the Routledge Handbook of Contract Farming and Development, Prof. Niels Fold from the University of Wageningen and Dr. Mark Vicol from the University of Copenhagen visited our Research Group in Bonn. They co-edited the Handbook and contributed as authors together with the leader of our DFG Emmy Noether Junior Research Group,
Dr. Caroline Hambloch and Dr. Sudha Narayanan, currently working for the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Workshop with Sarah Graf: Class relations and labour regimes in the agrarian context
On July 29th, 2026, the DFG Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Local Labor Struggles in Global Value Chains hosted a workshop with Sarah Graf on class relations and labour regimes in agrarian contexts.
Workshop: Designing critical global value chain research: methodologies for analyzing class, exploitation, and power/agency" with Benjamin Selwyn
On 19 May 2026, our Research Group hosted a methodology workshop with Professor Benjamin Selwyn on designing critical global value chain research. Bringing together researchers at different career stages and disciplinary backgrounds, the workshop created a collaborative space to discuss conceptual and methodological challenges in researching class and (labor) agency across different sectors and GVCs...
Country partner visit at the University of the Philippines Mindanao
As part of ongoing field research in the Philippines, Dr. Caroline Hambloch and PhD candidate Jorma Apelt visited the country project partner at the University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao...
Visiting Experts Lecture at the University of the Philippines Mindanao: “Contract Farming in the Global South – A New Routledge Handbook and Lessons from the Philippines”
During the Visiting Experts Lecture at the University of the Philippines Mindanao, Research Group Leader Dr. Caroline Hambloch presented her extensive research on contract farming and labor relations in the Philippine oil palm sector...
Early-Career Workshop: (Re-)Establishing Political Economy in Development Studies
From December 4th to 5th, 2025, the project's three Ph.D. candidates, Luis Baquero, Elise Kendall, and Jorma Apelt, attended a workshop titled "(Re-)Establishing Political Economy in Development Studies."...
Center for Development Research (ZEF) Public Lecture – Control and Agency in Global Production Networks
On November 13, 2025, Dr. Caroline Hambloch and Dr. Freedom Mazwi, our group’s TWAS-DFG Visiting Fellow, gave a ZEF public lecture at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) of the University of Bonn...
ISS African Development Roundtable – Current Social and Political Challenges across the African Continent
On November 10, 2025, Dr. Freedom Mazwi, our group’s TWAS-DFG Visiting Fellow, participated in the African Development Roundtable at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)....
Group Excursion – Ahr Valley region
On October 16, 2025, the DFG Emmy Noether Junior Research Group took part in a team-building excursion to the Ahr Valley region. Accompanied by Dr. Rakhmat Hidayat, a visiting fellow in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, PhD student Ignasius Jaques Juru, and Prof. Dr. Kristina Großmann (the department's head), the group learned about life in the Eiffel region, as well as current trends in land use and forest transformation in rural Germany...
DGA Conference Contribution – Labor and Global Production Networks in Asia: Labor Regimes in Oil Palm Production
On September 10, 2025, Dr. Caroline Hambloch presented her research on labor regimes in oil palm production in the Philippines and Malaysia at the 5th Conference on Asian Studies (the biennial conference of the German Association for Asian Studies)...
EAAE Conference Contribution - Market Power and Value Chains: Labor Control and Agency in Tobacco Contract Farming in Zimbabwe
On August 28, Dr. Caroline Hambloch, leader of the DFG Emmy Noether Junior Research Group: Local labor struggles in global value chains, and Dr. Freedom Mazwi, TWAS-DFG Visiting Fellow at the University of Bonn, presented their preliminary research findings on labor control and agency in Tobacco contract farming in Zimbabwe at the 18. European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) Congress in Bonn...