15 March - Migrant workers in agriculture and justice in Europe and the UK
Co-organised by the University of Leeds and Cornell University, join us online on Tuesday 15 March 11:00-16:00 GMT for an international workshop with experts and practitioners to discuss migrant worker programmes for agriculture in Europe and the UK.
Register to attend and afterwards you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
11:00 Welcome from Dr Roxana Barbulescu (University of Leeds) and Dr Johanna Schenner (Cornell University)
Opening remarks from Professor Louise Waite, Director of Leeds Social Sciences, University of Leeds
11:30 - 13:00 Panel One
Chair: Professor Carlos Vargas Silva
Dr. Albin Dearing, European Agency for Fundamental Rights
Dr. Charlotta Hedberg Umea University, Sweden
Dr. Natalia Ollus, European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control
Dr Pietro Cingolani University of Bologna and FIERI, Italy
Coffee break
13:15 - 14:15 Panel two
Chair: Professor Shannon Gleeson, Department of Labor Relations, Law, & History, Cornell University
Prof Martin Seeileb Kaiser and Dr Cecilia Bruzelius, Tubingen University, Germany
Dr Remus Anghel, University of Babes Bolyai and University of Bucharest, Romania
Dr Frederic Decosse and Charline Sempere , University of Sheffield and Laboratoire d’Économie et de Sociologie du Travail, CNRS, France
Coffee break
14:20 - 15:40 Panel three
Chair: Dr Johanna Schenner
Dr Berta Güell, CIDOB Spain
Dr Roxana Barbulescu and Dr Bethany Robertson, University of Leeds, UK
Professor Paweł Kaczmarczyk, Dr Kamila Fialkowska, Dr Kamil Matuszczyk Centre for Migration Research, University of Warsaw Poland
Dr. Vladimir Bogoeski, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
15:40 - 16:00 Journalist Anna Little from BBC Countryfile (a weekly television programme reporting on rural and agricultural issues across the UK)
This event is supported by the School of Sociology and Public Policy, CERS and LSSI at the University of Leeds, the UK Economic and Social Research Council and at Cornell University the Migration Initiative, the Center for the Study of Inequality, and the Farmworker Clinic. The event organisers are Dr. Roxana Barbulescu and Dr. Johanna Schenner.