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Torsten Geelan
Sociological research on trade unions, media power and just transitions
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Nov 02 2022
Lecture
Sociological Alternatives
Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
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Oct 28-29 2022
Conference participant
The Combustible Mix of Coalitional and Discursive Power: British Trade Unions, Social Media and the People’s Assembly Against Austerity
CRIMT 2022 Conference, 'Better Work for a Better Society', Montréal, Canada
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Oct 26 2022
Lecture
Capitalism, the Anthropocene and Work
Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
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Jul 09-11 2022
Research network co-chair
SASE Conference 2022 – Fractious Connections: Anarchy, Activism, Coordination, and Control
University of Amsterdam
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Mar 08 2022
Guest lecture
Mapping Trade Union Strategies in the Just Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
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Feb 23 2022
Invited speaker
Trade Union Power in the Just Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
Knowledge, Organisation & Politics Research Group, University of Copenhagen
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Dec 09 2021
Invited speaker
Trade Unions and the ‘Jobs versus Environment’ Dilemma
Centre for Sustainability and Society, University of Copenhagen
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Dec 07 2021
Guest lecture
The Capitalocene and the Conflicted Role of Trade Unions as Climate Actors
Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
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Jul 18-21 2021
Research network co-chair
SASE 2021 – After Covid? Critical Conjunctures and Contingent Pathways of Contemporary Capitalism
Online
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Apr 08 2021
Invited discussant
Bargaining in the Shadow of COVID-19: Labor Union Communication during Crisis
Employment Relations Research Centre, University of Copenhagen
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Feb 21 2021
Invited speaker
Mobilising Workers during the Pandemic: Online Campaigning and Organising
Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra
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Jul 18-20 2020
Research network co-chair
SASE 2020 – Development Today: Accumulation, Surveillance, Redistribution
Online
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Feb 19 2020
Invited speaker
The Twin Peaks of the 2018-2020 UK Higher Education Strike: Twitter and the University and College Union
Digital Activism Workshop, Organisation and Society Research Centre, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Oct 25 2019
Conference co-chair
Artificial Intelligence and Work
Artificial Intelligence Research Network, University of Leicester
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May 21 2019
Invited speaker
Trade Unions and Social Media in the Digital Age
The Future of Collective Voice, Unions 21 Conference, International Transport Workers Federation, UK
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May 20 2019
Invited speaker
Mapping Alternatives to Capitalism: Methodological Challenges and the Role of Research Networks
Conference on Alternative, Missed and Reified Futures in Contemporary Society, University of Warsaw
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May 01-31 2019
Research network co-chair
SASE Conference 2019 – Fathomless Futures: Algorithmic and Imagined
New School for Social Research, New York
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Jun 23-Aug 25 2018
Research network co-chair
SASE 2018 – Global Reordering: Prospects for Equality, Democracy and Justice
Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
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Nov 15 2017
Invited speaker
The Combustible Mix of Coalitional and Discursive Power: The Case of the People’s Assembly Against Austerity
Cambridge UCU & Anglia Ruskin UCU Trade Union and Labour History Series, University of Cambridge
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Nov 13 2017
Conference participant
Union Solidarity International: The Unfulfilled Promise of the Internet and Social Media
‘Connecting to the Masses: One Hundred Years after the Russian Revolution – From Agitprop to the Attention Economy’, International Institute of Social History, University of Amsterdam
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Aug 29-Sep 01 2017
Conference participant
Union Solidarity International: The Unfulfilled Promise of the Internet and Social Media
European Sociological Association, Panteion University, Athens
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Jun 29-Jul 01 2017
Mini-conference co-chair
SASE 2017 – What’s Next? Disruptive/Collaborative Economy or Business as Usual?
University of Lyon, France
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Jun 24-26 2016
Mini-conference co-chair
SASE 2016 – Moral Economies, Economic Moralities
University of California, Berkeley
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Aug 25-28 2015
Conference participant
David and Goliath: Trade Union Attempts to Influence Media Coverage of the Financial Crisis
European Sociological Association, Institute of Sociology, Charles University, Prague
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Jan 12 2015
Guest lecture
Economic Sociology: Reconsidering Labour Markets
Cambridge Society for Economic Pluralism, University of Cambridge
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Sep 26-27 2014
Conference chair
From Financial Crisis to Social Change: Towards Alternative Horizons
Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
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Jul 10-12 2014
Conference participant
Trade Unions and Communication Power in the Battle for Hearts and Minds
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, University of Chicago
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Apr 07-09 2014
Conference participant
The Highly Educated Precariat in the Danish Labour Market
International Labour Process Conference, King’s College London
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Sep 03-05 2013
Conference participant
Trade Unions and Communication Power at a time of Austerity
Work, Employment and Society Conference, University of Warwick
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Apr 03-05 2013
Conference participant
Trade Unions and Communication Power at a time of Austerity
British Sociological Association, London
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