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6 October 2026

Yara Küng at Labour Geography Research Colloquium in Zurich

Yara Küng is a guest at the Geography Research Colloquium at the University of Zurich and presenting their paper 'Borders, Labour and Care: Prefigurative Resistance against Exploitative Carelessness'. The Colloquium is open to everyone interested.

7 July 2026

Tanushree Kaushal presents study at AI for Good Summit

On July 9, Tanushree Kaushal and Sugandh Saxena presented their study - conducted in collaboration with the Fintech Association for Consumer Empowerment (FACE) - on the use of AI in fintech companies at the AI for Good Global Summit. The study examines the extent of AI adoption, its impacts, risks, challenges, and governance in the field if digital lending in India.

16 June 2026

Interdisciplinary Literature Review

What do we really know about commodity trading and sustainable development? Stefan Leins co-authors a newly published interdisciplinary report that summarizes the current state of knowledge in the fields of law, economics, environmental science, political science, and social sciences.

17 May 2026

On doing research in areas at high risk of exploitation

In an interview with the Work Zeitung, Yara Küng speaks about working conditions in the seasonal restaurant industry in the Grisons mountains: "I had to work whenever the boss asked me to."

5 March 2026

An Observer in the Jungle of Financial Markets

His field of research is practically right on his doorstep: Stefan Leins studies financial markets, thereby dispelling the cliché of the social anthropologist who observes tribal rituals in distant lands.