Upcoming Events
Litigating U.S.-China Rivalry: Chinese Immigrant Lawyers and Diaspora Legal Mobilization
Ji Li
John S. and Marilyn Long Professor of U.S.-China Business and Law at the University of California, Irvine
Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Labor Education Center, Room 115
Virtual option also available
I WANT M.O.R.E.: WHY YOUR JOB STILL MATTER
Scott Schieman
University of Toronto
Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 11:30 am - 1:00pm
Davidson Hall, Room 128
To see all upcoming and past CGWE-affiliated events, check out our events page.
Latest Working Paper
King, Elizabeth M., Ana Kristel Molina-Lapid, and Joseph E. Zveglich, Jr. Getting to Equal: Persistence of Entry Salary Disadvantage on the Gender Pay Gap. CGWE Working Paper 2026.01.
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Recent Publications
Revaluing Work(ers): Toward a Democratic and Sustainable Future
Edited by Tobias Schulze-Cleven and Todd E. Vachon (Cornell University Press)
This volume presents a labor studies perspective on the future of work, arguing that revaluing work—the efforts and contributions of workers—is crucial to realizing the promises of democracy and improving sustainability.
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Buy the volume at Cornell University Press
Imbalance: Germany's Political Economy after the Social Democratic Century
Edited by Tobias Schulze-Cleven and Sidney A. Rothstein (Routledge)
This book assesses Germany’s political economy after the end of the "social democratic" 20th century to rethink its dominant properties and create new opportunities for using the country as a powerful lens into the evolution of democratic capitalism.
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Event Highlights
International Conference on AI, Future Skills and Productivity
Together with the Productivity Network, the University of Newfoundland, the University of Alberta, Toronto Metropolitan University, and the Rutgers Network of Work-Studies Scholars, the Center for Global Work and Employment (CGWE) organized the international conference on AI, Future Skills and Productivity at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada, on May 7–8, 2026. More than 80 researchers, Canadian government officials, and practitioners participated.
Young Scholars Forum on Harmonious Labor Relations
CGWE co-organized the Young Scholars Forum on Harmonious Labor Relations with Renmin University’s School of Labor and Human Resources. The forum took place in Beijing, China, on July 11, 2026, and drew more than 40 researchers and practitioners from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and China.
Second Cohort of TUP@Rutgers Program Enrolled in August 2026
The TUP@Rutgers Program, an innovative non-degree, pre-college preparatory program for highly qualified international students, in partnership with the Center for Global Work and Employment (CGWE), Rutgers Global, and the TUP Academy, entered its second year. Eight of the nine admitted students arrived in late August to begin their two-semester program at Rutgers. The Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations will offer one 3-credit undergraduate course to these students each semester.
Online Summer Camp Program with Renmin University of China
Rutgers Center for Global Work and Employment organized an Online Summer Camp of Labor Relations and Human Resource Management in collaboration with Rutgers Global for 15 undergraduate students from the School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China. Held from July 25 to August 19, 2022, the camp consisted of 10 lectures on frontiers of labor and human resources taught by SMLR faculty and 10 lectures of academic English. CGWE organized the first summer camp for Renmin students onsite at Rutgers in 2019, but the program has been suspended in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The successful experience of the online camp this year may help sustain this program in the future.
Virtual Talk: Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains - 2/25/22
Rutgers Center for Global Work and Employment and Rutgers Business School hosted a virtual discussion with Sarosh Kuruvilla (Cornell University) on his recent book “Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains: Problems, Progress, and Prospects.”
Climate Change and the Future of Workers: Toward a Just Transition - 12/7/21
New York City LERA and Rutgers Center for Global Work and Employment hosted a virtual panel on climate change and the future of work, with a focus on the importance of including worker and community voices in shaping and implementing transitions to ensure the potential for just outcomes.
Revaluing Work(ers) – 2021 LERA Research Volume Book Launch Event - 10/27/21
This LERA research volume edited by SMLR’s Tobias Schulze-Cleven and Todd Vachon explores how we can build a world of work that delivers for workers and addresses systemic crises.
Germany After Merkel: A Roundtable Discussion of the Federal Election Results - 09/29/21
The Center for Global Work and Employment and the Center for European Studies hosted an online roundtable discussion of the German federal election results.
Hybrid Talk: The Evolving Political Economy of Labor in China & Indonesia - 09/15/21
Speaker: William Hurst, Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development at the University of Cambridge
The Need for Effective Leadership in Uncertain Times - 04/13/21
Speaker: Chris Rowley, Professor Emeritus at The Business School, City, University of London
Order Overload? Demand Spikes and Labor Violations in Global Supply Chains - 12/18/20
Speaker: Greg Distelhorst, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto
Preventing Unemployment During COVID-19: Lessons from European "Short-Time" Employment Schemes - 06/18/20
This webinar explores how European countries have used “short-time” employment schemes to buffer economic displacement by allowing companies to apply for publicly sponsored wage replacement as they reduce employees’ work hours (including to zero).
Contact Us
For Media Inquiries, contact
Steve Flamisch:
848.252.9011 (cell)
steve.flamisch@rutgers.edu
Mingwei Liu
Director
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Tobias Schulze-Cleven
Director
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