The Bulletin Podcast #18: Labor Violations Against Migrants in Mega-Events

Dear readers and listeners,

We are thrilled to bring you the 17th episode of The Bulletin Podcast!

We are all familiar with the pageantry and excitement of mega-events like the Olympics or the World Cup. But mega-events like these are far too often accompanied by labor violations against migrants. In this episode, we talk to Professor Dr. Achim Kemmerling about how mega-events can shine a spotlight on labor violations, what sort of leverage exists to curtail labor violations and why authoritarian countries seem so keen to host renowned international events.

Professor Dr. Achim Kemmerling is the Gerhard Haniel Chair of Public Policy and International Development and currently the director of Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt. Before coming to the Willy Brandt School, Achim Kemmerling worked as a Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Public Policy, Central European University Budapest teaching courses on methodology, public policy and development. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Freie Universität Berlin, and an M.A. in International Political Economy from Warwick University. This episode was hosted by Smriti Rai and Noor Alam with an introduction by Guilherme Deganello.

In 2012, the ⁠Willy Brandt School⁠ established a student blog, called “the bulletin”. Initially, the blog has been a purely student-run project opening up student experiences, may it be academic, semi-academic, or purely social, to the public. In 2016, we decided to expand the range of the blog. It now encompasses contributions written by lecturers, professors, alumni, professionals, and guests ranging from content-intensive to experience-based to purely entertaining articles. Nevertheless, the core of the ⁠Willy Brandt School⁠, and therefore, the core of ”the bulletin” is our international, interdisciplinary and practice-oriented student body that is eager to share a multifaceted, diverse and differentiated picture of today’s world – from the perspective of “the global village” of Erfurt. Read more about the Bulletin Blog and Podcast ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

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