GETSPA Call for proposals: Research papers on promising social policy initiatives in Africa

26 May 2026

The Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, through the GETSPA project and with support from the Open Society Foundations, is seeking proposals for policy-oriented papers on...

Advancing Africa's Development through Transformative and Gender Equitable Social Policies: Inaugural GETSPA Short Course

4 Mar 2026

The Gender Equitable and Transformative Social Policy for Africa (GETSPA) Project, hosted at the Institute of African Studies (IAS), University of Ghana, and funded by the Open Society Foundations,...

LPE Collective Workshop at McGill: Between Authoritarianism and Freedom

16 Jul 2025

On Tuesday July 8 2025 (3PM), scholars of political economy will gather in Montreal just prior to the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) annual conference. In the spirit of...

May 16, 2025: 5th Anniversary of the #Democratizing Work Manifesto

9 Jun 2025

Five years ago, in the midst of the global pandemic, thousands of us came together to recognize workers’ existential investment in their work....

Critical Legal Perspectives on Contemporary Slavery: On the Presence of the Past

29 Apr 2025

The Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory (LLDRL) is proud to announce the publication of Critical Legal Perspectives on Contemporary Slavery: On the Presence of the Past (Brill, 2025), a...

Ottawa backs listing Black and LGBTQ workers under Canada's workplace equity laws

10 Jul 2024

The federal government says it supports listing Black and LGBTQ people among groups facing systemic workplace barriers under the Employment Equity Act, CBC News has learned....

Professor Jason Haynes receives UNESCO/Juan Bosch Social Science Prizee

7 Aug 2023

We wish to congratulate Professor Jason Haynes, a visitor to the LLDRL, for this stellar recognition. The prize celebrates his research on the theme “Rethinking Anti-Trafficking Law and Practice:...

Critical Contemporary Slavery and the Law panel at the LSA Global Meeting

7 Aug 2023

During the Law & Society Association’s annual meeting, dedicated to the theme ‘Rage, Reckoning, & Remedy’, Professor Adelle Blackett chaired a panel foregrounding the upcoming IACL General...

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