Torsten Geelan

Sociological research on trade unions, media power and just transitions

Lecture

Sociological Alternatives
Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen

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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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Lecture

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

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Research network co-chair

SASE Conference 2022 – Fractious Connections: Anarchy, Activism, Coordination, and Control
University of Amsterdam

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

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Trade Unions and the ‘Jobs versus Environment’ Dilemma
Centre for Sustainability and Society, University of Copenhagen

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

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Research network co-chair

SASE 2021 – After Covid? Critical Conjunctures and Contingent Pathways of Contemporary Capitalism
Online

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

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SASE 2020 – Development Today: Accumulation, Surveillance, Redistribution
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

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Conference co-chair

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

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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, UK

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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

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SASE Conference 2019 – Fathomless Futures: Algorithmic and Imagined
New School for Social Research, New York

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SASE 2018 – Global Reordering: Prospects for Equality, Democracy and Justice
Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan

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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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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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Union Solidarity International: The Unfulfilled Promise of the Internet and Social Media
European Sociological Association, Panteion University, Athens

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Mini-conference co-chair

SASE 2017 – What’s Next? Disruptive/Collaborative Economy or Business as Usual?
University of Lyon, France

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Mini-conference co-chair

SASE 2016 – Moral Economies, Economic Moralities
University of California, Berkeley

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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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Guest lecture

Economic Sociology: Reconsidering Labour Markets
Cambridge Society for Economic Pluralism, University of Cambridge

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Conference chair

From Financial Crisis to Social Change: Towards Alternative Horizons
Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge

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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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The Highly Educated Precariat in the Danish Labour Market
International Labour Process Conference, King’s College London

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Trade Unions and Communication Power at a time of Austerity
Work, Employment and Society Conference, University of Warwick

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Trade Unions and Communication Power at a time of Austerity
British Sociological Association, London

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