Torsten Geelan

Sociological research on trade union movements, media counter-power, and just transitions

Invited discussant

Democratic planning and labour alliances beyond growth
Politics Ontologies Ecologies (POE) 7th Annual Workshop, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, Italy

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“There are no Jobs on a Dead Planet”: Exploring the Trade Union Movement’s Discursive Power in Just Transitions
'Work on the Brink: Better Work for a Sustainable Future', Bi-Annual Conference of the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT), HEC Montréal, Canada.

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“There are no Jobs on a Dead Planet”: Exploring the Trade Union Movement’s Discursive Power in Just Transitions
'Industrial Relations in the Era of Multiple Crises', Annual Conference of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA), Queen Mary, University of London, England.

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“There are no Jobs on a Dead Planet”: Exploring the Trade Union Movement’s Discursive Power in Just Transitions
'For Dignified and Sustainable Economic Lives', Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), University of Limerick, Ireland.

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“There are no Jobs on a Dead Planet”: Exploring the Trade Union Movement’s Discursive Power in Just Transitions
Bridge to the Future coalition meeting at the Union of Public Employees (FOA) in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Invited speaker

“There are no Jobs on a Dead Planet”: Exploring the Trade Union Movement’s Discursive Power in Just Transitions
Individual in the Labour Market (ILM) Research Group, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, England.

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“There are no Jobs on a Dead Planet”: Exploring the Trade Union Movement’s Discursive Power in Just Transitions
'Coercion, Consent and Conflict in the Labour Process and Beyond', Annual International Labour Process Conference (ILPC), University of Göttingen, Germany.

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“There are no Jobs on a Dead Planet”: Exploring the Trade Union Movement’s Discursive Power in Just Transitions
Research Salon at the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), England.

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“There are no Jobs on a Dead Planet”: Exploring the Trade Union Movement’s Discursive Power in Just Transitions
'Power, Violence, and Justice: Reflections, Responses, and Responsibilities', The International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia.

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Workshop facilitator

Decolonizing sociology
Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Guest lecture

Sociological Alternatives
Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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The Combustible Mix of Coalitional and Discursive Power: British Trade Unions, Social Media and the People’s Assembly Against Austerity
'Better Work for a Better Society', Bi-Annual Conference of the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work, Montréal, Canada

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Capitalism, the Anthropocene and Work
Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Research network co-chair

SASE Conference 2022 – Fractious Connections: Anarchy, Activism, Coordination, and Control
'Fractious Connections: Anarchy, Activism, Coordination and Control', Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Mapping Trade Union Strategies in the Just Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Invited speaker

Trade Union Power in the Just Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
Knowledge, Organisation & Politics Research Group, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Trade Unions and the ‘Jobs versus Environment’ Dilemma
Centre for Sustainability and Society, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Guest lecture

The Capitalocene and the Conflicted Role of Trade Unions as Climate Actors
Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Research network co-chair

SASE 2021 – After Covid? Critical Conjunctures and Contingent Pathways of Contemporary Capitalism
'After Covid? Critical Conjunctures and Contingent Pathways of Contemporary Capitalism', Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), online.

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Bargaining in the Shadow of COVID-19: Labor Union Communication during Crisis
Employment Relations Research Centre, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Invited speaker

Mobilising Workers during the Pandemic: Online Campaigning and Organising
Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portgual.

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SASE 2020 – Development Today: Accumulation, Surveillance, Redistribution
'Development Today: Accumulation, Surveillance, Redistribution', Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), online.

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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, England.

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Conference co-chair

Artificial Intelligence and Work
Artificial Intelligence Research Network, University of Leicester

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Research network co-chair

SASE Conference 2019 – Fathomless Futures: Algorithmic and Imagined
'Fathomless Futures: Algorithmic and Imagined', Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, The New School for Social Research, New York City, United States.

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Trade Unions and Social Media in the Digital Age
The Future of Collective Voice, Unions 21 Conference, International Transport Workers Federation, London, England.

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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, Poland.

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Research network co-chair

SASE 2018 – Global Reordering: Prospects for Equality, Democracy and Justice
'Global Reordering: Prospects for Equality, Democracy and Justice', Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.

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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, England.

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