Labour Geography Research Lab

1 week ago

📚 Brand new read from our team! The paper entitled “𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒎-𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒄𝒆” examines the connection between spatial fixes and flexible work, considering touristification as a key form of capital's spatial fixes.Some of its key findings:🔹 The Greek economy continues to rely heavily on generating value from the built environment, although post-2009 recovery indicates a shift from housing construction to tourism-related infrastructure and development.🔸Devaluation and spatial fixes are being used as crisis-management strategies,🔹Labour markets intensify devaluation (expansion of part-time and temporary employment), as a result of adaptation to tourism and construction sectors,🔸Regional differences reflect different expressions of the same economic model rather than distinct development paths, and🔹Tourism-led growth brings temporary profitability, by increasing labour precarity and uneven geographical development. 👉The article can be accessed by clicking at the link below:
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Labour Geography Research Lab

2 weeks ago

📢 To all academics based outside of Greece, something pretty serious is going on!Three professors from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki are facing legal charges, after expressing solidarity with and supporting a student protest against new regulations for university dormitories!Amongst a plethora of issues currently affecting Greek academia, this is reportedly the first case in Greece where university staff face prosecution, under a new framework that punishes faculty involvement in student collective actions, while being considered as “disruptive”. 👉 By signing the form below, you can express your support to the professors and faculty union members, while calling for the withdrawal of all legal action against them.
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Labour Geography Research Lab

4 weeks ago

📢 Join us for the DICES Project webinar: “Care, Democracy & Inclusion: Mapping Europe’s Social Economy”🗓️ Date: 3 June 2026⏰ Time: 16:00–17:30 CEST💻 Online eventThe webinar will explore:🔹#Social #economy as a driver of #inclusive and #democratic #development🔸#Care as a bridge across #economic, #social, and #gender dimensions🔹Economic democracy & participatory governance in practice🔸#Country-level #variations, #barriers, and #drivers across #Europe🔹#Policy-relevant #insights and emerging #good #practicesand will be followed by an open Q&A session.👉 You can register and find out more about the event by clicking here: dices-project.eu/event/webinar-care-democracy-inclusion-mapping-europes-social-economy/
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Labour Geography Research Lab

1 month ago

Save the date!🗓️ Δευτέρα 25/5🕞 15:30📍 ΑΠΟΨΗ Α.Ε. (Αντ/χου Παν. Βλαχάκου 38-40, Πειραιάς) και Online μέσω Zoom (t.ly/nzCLk)Τη Δευτέρα 25 Μαίου το ερευνητικό έργο Skillscapes Project, θα πραγματοποιήσει την τελική του υβριδική εκδήλωση, οπού θα παρουσιαστούν:🔸Tα ερευνητικά ευρήματα του έργου🔹Η εργαλειοθήκη "Τουρισμός 2030"🔸ενώ θα πραγματοποιηθεί συζήτηση για την αξιοποίηση της εργαλειοθήκης στον τουρισμό και την τουριστική αγορά εργασίας.👉 Μπορείτε να δείτε την αναλυτική ατζέντα μέσα από τις παρακάτω εικόνες.Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου | Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης | Apopsi Group of Companies | ΚεΔιΒιΜ 2 Σαρωνίς | Ελληνικό Ινστιτούτο Πιστοποιήσεων
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Labour Geography Research Lab

1 month ago

💡𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 #3Another tool created in the context of the Skillscapes Project, is the "Applications Hub". The Hub connects the project's #tools and enables the #integration of its #data with third-party applications.It provides access to #APIs, #WebGIS, and knowledge bases, ensuring interoperability, reusage, expansion, and dissemination of knowledge beyond the project's scope.Its key APIs include:🔸Observatory API, which provides comprehensive datasets focusing on #macroeconomic indicators, #employment #rates, and #sector-#specific performance across the #Greek and #EU territory.🔹Job Analytics API, which include comprehensive analytics for the #Greek #labour #market with #insights on #skill #demand, and emerging professional #trends across various regions.🔸Forecasting API, which includes #forecasted #data for specific #economic #indicators, #tourism #insights and labour market #trends.🔹Spatial Data Enrichment API, which includes spatial data enrichment of official statistics for estimating regional data at #regional #unit level (#NUTS3 level)While its use cases include:🔸The project's Observatory that includes AI agent (skillscapes.csd.auth.gr/observatory/dashboard)🔹The Spatial Data Enrichment Web application (skillscapes.csd.auth.gr/sde/), and🔸The Forecasted Web Application (Forecasted Data Web application)👉 You can discover the tool by clicking at skillscapes.csd.auth.gr/applications-hub
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New scientific paper: Linking labour regimes and socio-ecological fixes: the low-carbon transition of electricity production in Greece

The impact of storm Daniel and storm Elias on Thessaly’s (Greece) labour market. An employment change forecast

Young people Not in Education, Employment or Training and social and sharing economies in the EU south