Worldwide research for Decent Work: The ICDD Network gets funded for another five years

http://www.uni-kassel.de/uni/nc/universitaet/nachrichten/article/weltweit-forschen-fuer-menschenwuerdige-arbeit-netzwerk-icdd-um-fuenf-jahre-verlaengert.html

Selling Free Trade with Pseudo-Exact Science: The ifo-Studies

New Publication: "Selling Free Trade with Pseudo-Exact Science: The ifo-Studies" by Stefan Beck and Christoph Scherrer, Global Labour Column Nr. 181, http://www.global-labour-university.org/fileadmin/GLU_Column/papers/no_181_Beck_Scherrer.pdf

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Implications for Labor

NEW PUBLICATION: Scherrer (ed.), 2014: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Implications for Labor, Mering, Rainer Hampp Verlag. 

Content:
I. Assessing TTIP and Its Supporting Studies
II. Asymmetry: Investor and Labor Rights
III. Trade Union Positions on TTIP
ANNEX: Investment Protection in the Proposed EU-Canada Agreement (CETA)

Read more here: http://tiny.cc/ttiplabor

"Theatre will not be affected": What the free trade agreement TTIP means for the culture

„Theater werden nicht betroffen sein“: Was das Freihandelsabkommens TTIP für die Kultur bedeutet

"Das geplante Freihandelsabkommen zwischen der EU und den USA „TTIP“ ist zu einem politischen Reizthema geworden. So sehr, dass zur Diskussionsveranstaltung am Dienstag im Staatstheater mit dem Titel „TTIP: Bestimmt zukünftig die Wirtschaft das kulturelle Schaffen?“ weit mehr Interessierte kamen, als Stühle vorhanden waren"

http://www.hna.de/nachrichten/kultur/theater-werden-nicht-betroffen-sein-freihandelsabkommens-ttip-kultur-bedeutet-4390649.html 

TTIP - Prof. Christoph Scherrer calls for renegotiation

HNA Interview 28.10.2014
http://www.hna.de/nachrichten/politik/betroffene-nicht-beteiligt-4276693.html

New Publication: "Financial Cultures and Crisis Dynamics"

Financial Cultures and Crisis Dynamics 
Edited by Bob Jessop, Brigitte Young, Christoph Scherrer

The recent financial crisis exposed both a naïve faith in mathematical models to manage risk and a crude culture of greed that embraces risk. This book explores cultures of finance in sites such as corporate governance, hedge funds, central banks, the City of London and Wall Street, and small and medium enterprises. It uses different methods to explore these cultures and their interaction with different financial orders to improve our understanding of financial crisis dynamics.

Read more here: http://routledge-ny.com/books/details/9781315773476/

New Publication: "Neoliberalism ’ s resilience: a matter of class"

New Publication: "Neoliberalism ’ s resilience: a matter of class"

in Critical Policy Studies, Volume 8, Issue 3, 2014

Read the full text here: http://tiny.cc/scherrerneoliberalism

TTIP Study by Stefan Beck and Christoph Scherrer (2014)

"The currently negotiated transatlantic free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States brings risks in several respects. The welfare effects propagated  by the proponents are, even in the event of their occurrence, not significant and are also likely to be unevenly distributed."

More (German): http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_arbp_303.pdf

"Free Trade Agreement Ceta confirms critics"

"The arbitrators and lawyers of the great majority of cases are recruited from only 20 large, internationally active firms," says political scientist Christoph Scherrer of the University of Kassel. With Ceta and especially TTIP, this machinery could become significantly more buoyant. According to Scherrer, arbitration has increased dramatically since the year 2000. By the end of 2012, there were 500 cases worldwide". - http://www.fr-online.de/wirtschaft/ceta-und-ttip-freihandelsabkommen-ceta-bestaetigt-kritiker,1472780,28207512.html 

"TTIP: Gewerkschaften vor Herausforderungen"

"Impulse für den von der IG Metall in Kooperation mit der IG BCE und der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung organisierten Workshop gaben hochkarätige Experten aus Wissenschaft und Politik, darunter der TTIP-Kritiker Professor Christoph Scherrer und der Wirtschaftsrechtsexperte Professor Karsten Nowrot." - http://www.igmetall-bayern.de/nachrichten/ansicht/datum/2014/08/05/ttip-gewerkschaften-vor-herausforderungen/

Publication with Brigitte Young on Gender Knowledge & Networks in IPE

2010, with Brigitte Young (Hrsg.): Gender Knowledge and Knowledge Networks in International Political Economy, Baden-Baden, Nomos Verlag. Read the whole publication here: http://tiny.cc/genderknowledgeIPE

Food Crisis: Implications for Labour

2013 publication with Debdulal Saha (eds.): Food Crisis: Implications for Labour, Mering, Rainer Hampp Verlag

Introduction: The Neglected Labour Dimension - Debdulal Saha and Christoph Scherrer 

I. Food Insecurity
1. Addressing the ‘Slow Violence’ of Food Insecurity - Jacklyn Cock
2. The Origins of the Food Crisis: The Case of East Africa - Thomas Ogola and Jane Sawe
3. Market Queens and the Blame Game in Ghanaian Tomato Marketing - Akua O.Britwum

II. Decent Work Deficit and Rural Labor 4. “You entered through that gate and you will leave through that gate”. The Decent Work Deficit amongst Farm Workers… - Edward Webster and Mbuso Nkosi
5. Indonesian Oil Palm Plantations:
Decent Work Deficit Despite Employment Growth - Hariati Sinaga
6. Rural Development and the Decent Work Agenda:The Role of Smallholders and the Rural Poor - Lars Thomann

III. Social Protection 7. Food Security Requires Income Security. The Case for Universal Social Protection Floors - Frank Hoffer
8. The Brazilian Food and Nutrition Security Policy: Concept and Results - Walter Belik
9. Food or Cash: Assisting the Urban Poor in India - Sharit K. Bhowmik, Indira Gartenberg, and Kanchan Sarker

http://tiny.cc/scherrerfoodcrisis

'TTIP serves the major corporations'

"The TTIP trade agreement between the US and the EU is continuing to cause a major row in Europe. Economist Christoph Scherrer tells DW that the corporations' right to file lawsuits will be particularly problematic."

http://www.dw.de/ttip-serves-the-major-corporations/a-17655221

German Radio Interview with Christoph Scherrer

"What are the advantages and disadvantages of the opening of markets? What is the role of the WTO? What are the deficits of the transatlantic free trade agreement? German Radio Interview with Political scientist Prof. Christoph Scherrer."

http://mediathek-tua.ard.de/radio/radioWissen-Bayern-2/Gespr%C3%A4ch-mit-Prof-Christoph-Scherrer-/Bayern-2/Audio-Podcast?documentId=20684952&bcastId=5945518

"Expert warns of free trade with U.S."

HNA Article with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer, published 26.05.2014:

http://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/fileadmin/datas/einrichtungen/icdd/News/HNA-2014-05-26.pdf

Is the accusation that TTIP is negotiated intransparently "complete nonsense"?

Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer on the transparency of the TTIP/TAFTA negotiations in #ZDFcheck












Read the whole article:
http://zdfcheck.zdf.de/faktencheck/lambsdorff/

Read Prof. Scherrers Statement:
http://zdfcheck.zdf.de/?attachment_id=3924

ARD German Television Interview on TTIP with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer

"The central problem is, in my view, that the trade agreement does not only address tariffs, but also regulations for services, such as consumer protection, data protection, and democratic participation; and these rules may come under pressure" - Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer in ARD interview




See the full TTIP video starting at minute 5:40 here:
http://media.tagesschau.de/video/2014/0522/TV-20140522-0045-5801.websm.h264.mp4 

Scherrer: "TTIP mainly serves large corporations"

"The proposed free trade agreement between the U.S. and EU will continue to be fiercely debated. The economist Christoph Scherrer is particularly critical of the right of legal action for corporations. He believes it is legally dubious."

Read the full interview here (German):  http://www.dw.de/scherrer-ttip-bedient-vor-allem-gro%C3%9Fkonzerne/a-17654424

German Radio Interview with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer on TTIP

HR2 Radio interview with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer on TTIP, the potentially biggest free trade zone worldwide: http://mp3.podcast.hr-online.de/mp3/podcast/derTag/derTag_20140505_53888916.mp3

Globalisierung - German introductory book

"It's on everyone's lips and is fiercely debated. Globalization. Christoph Scherrer gives theoretical and empirical insight into the scientific controversies and their impact in the fields of culture, economy and politics.Thus, many current discussion appear in a very different light.."


UTB Profile, Band 3400 1. Auflage 2011 128 Seiten, mit 14 Schaubildern, kartoniert € 12,99 D / € 13,40 A / SFr 18,70 ISBN 978-3-8252-3400-3
 http://ow.ly/i/5C1DI

Source: http://www.v-r.de/de/title-0-0/globalisierung-1005040/print/9783825234003.pdf

Video lecture: "Do international labour rights undermine competitiveness?"

Video lecture by Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer: http://youtu.be/kBGJb-6yBmo

Lecture on the Ukraine crisis attracts lots of interest

Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer introduces the lecturer Dr. Andreas Umland on “International actors in Ukraine”. The public event attracted lots of interest.

German Radio interview on TTIP

“What are the advantages and disadvantages of the opening of markets? What is the role of the WTO? Which deficits does the transatlantic free trade agreement have? German radio interview of political scientist Prof. Christoph Scherrer with Iska Schreglmann”

http://www.br.de/radio/bayern2/sendungen/radiowissen/freihandelsabkommen-gespraech-prof-christoph-scherrer-100.html

Focal point Ukraine: discussion on the role of international actors in the current crisis

The current developments in Ukraine do not only mark a turning point for the country itself, but currently attain world-political significance. A discussion meeting on 8 May at the International Center for Development and Decent Work examines the background.

Further information in German: http://www.uni-kassel.de/uni/universitaet/pressekommunikation/publik-online/aktuelles/campus-details/article/brennpunkt-ukraine-diskussionsveranstaltung-zur-rolle-internationaler-akteure-in-der-aktuellen-kris.html 

Event: Free Trade and TTIP - Perspectives, 06.05.2014

Chlorine chicken, GMOs and corporate interests? 

On Tuesday, 06/05/2014, 8 pm, University of Kassel, Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer will lecture on "Free Trade and TTIP".

"Not only the opportunities, but also the risks are difficult to calculate in an agreement of this magnitude"

Christoph Scherrer explains chances and risks of the "Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership" TTIP in terms of growth, employment, consumer protection in the German newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung"

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/ttip-was-das-freihandelsabkommen-fuer-verbraucher-und-unternehmen-bedeutet-1.1815843

CHINA´S LABOR QUESTION

The Honda workers’ strike in 2010 gave high visibility to workers’ discontent and collective action in China. The strike triggered a wave of labour disputes and raises the question of changing industrial relations from below. The contributors analyze the dynamics of change and the state policies to contain the protest by suppressing independent action as well as addressing its underlying cause of inequality and bad working conditions. The state has enacted many laws aimed at channeling dissatisfaction into stable procedural mechanisms of individual grievances and employment rights. The implementation of these laws, however, lags behind as workers cannot access these rights without the right of freedom of association. The book discusses the implications of Chinese state policies that on the one hand see the need to address the extreme exploitation of workers and the unsustainable levels of inequality, but at the same time refuse to empower workers to bargain and achieve better wages and more equity.

Read more here: http://tiny.cc/chinaslabourquestion

International Workers’ Rights and Competitiveness

Happy International Worker´s Day! 

Read more on International Workers’ Rights here: http://www.global-labour-university.org/fileadmin/Papers_Wits_conference_2007/A4/scherrer_paper.pdf

TTIP - Was das Freihandelsabkommen für Verbraucher und Unternehmen bedeutet

TTIP - Was das Freihandelsabkommen für Verbraucher und Unternehmen bedeutet (Süddeutsche.de) 11. November 2013 

Link: http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/ttip-was-das-freihandelsabkommen-fuer-verbraucher-und-unternehmen-bedeutet-1.1815843

BR Radio Interview zu den Themen WTO und dem Freihandelsabkommen TTIP mit Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer

BR Radio Interview with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer on the WTO, international trade and TTIP,14.02.2014 (German audio): http://cdn-storage.br.de/MUJIuUOVBwQIbtChb6OHu7ODifWH_-bG/_-JS/_ygy5-k6/140214_0000_radioWissen_Gespraech-mit-Prof-Christoph-Scherrer.mp3 

Es überwiegen die negativen Aspekte des Freihandelsabkommens TTIP

"Transparenz ist auch in anderer Hinsicht Mangelware: Denn die Verbraucher sitzen nicht mit am Verhandlungstisch, deshalb könnte es am ehesten zu Zugeständnissen kommen, wenn es um deren Interessen geht, fürchtet Christoph Scherrer von der Universität Kassel.

Für ihn überwiegen die negativen Aspekte eines Freihandelsabkommens. Viele Themen würde man besser auf der Ebene der Welthandelsorganisation verhandeln. Ansonsten könnten vor allem Drittländer unter der Übermacht dieses riesigen Freihandelsraumes leiden. Denn gerade die Entwicklungsländer würden eine zu frühe Liberalisierung ihres Marktes noch nicht verkraften können." Quelle: Heute.de 10.03.2014

http://www.heute.de/verhandlungen-ueber-freihandelsabkommen-zwischen-eu-und-usa-schwieriger-als-erwartet-32234542.html

"Freihandel auf Kosten der Konsumenten"

Interview mit Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer zu TTIP: "Die Logik der Verhandlungen läuft darauf hinaus, dass man eher Schutzregeln für Verbraucher lockert." derStandard.de 18.03.2014

"Die Politik der Verhandlungen geht an den Bürgern vorbei"

Christoph Scherrer zum transatlantischen Freihandelsabkommen TTIP:  "Die Politik der Verhandlungen geht an den Bürgern vorbei"

 3sat-Interview mit Christoph Scherrer, Volkswirt, Politologe und Professor für Globalisierung und Politik an der Universität Kassel:

 

http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=42430

Christoph Scherrer spricht auf der Veranstaltung »Zukunftscharter« des BMZ

Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer, Universität Kassel spricht auf der Veranstaltung »Zukunftscharter« des Bundesministeriums für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) am 1. April 2014 Christoph Scherrer speaking at Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) an April 1, 2014. Info: http://ow.ly/vIiZG