Lecture series | Work and European labor society in transition

"Work in Europe"

- Every Thursday, 4:15–5:45 p.m. in GI/0.01 -

How do we work in Europe, and specifically in the East Saxon border region? Is work today a burden or a pleasure, a means to an end or an end in itself? What characterizes good work, and what characterizes bad (or precarious) work? Are there uniform criteria for this, or does it depend on the “location” of the company or the observer? How can work be structured differently in terms of European and regional policy, but also “micro-politically” (i.e., within individual companies or organizations)? How does job satisfaction arise and change, and how can employers become more attractive? These and other questions will be addressed by the speakers in the lecture series during the summer semester of 2019 as part of the East-West College (OWK). The lectures will examine various facets of the topic “Working in Europe”—and in our region—from academic, political, and civil society perspectives.

The East-West College is a public lecture series organized in cooperation with Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and the Institute for Cultural Infrastructure in Saxony. In the winter semester, Professor Dr. Matthias Theodor Vogt (Faculty of Managerial and Cultural Studies) is responsible for the conceptual and organizational design, and in the summer semester, Professor Dr. Raj Kollmorgen (Faculty of Social Sciences) takes on this role. The various topics in the lecture series address current issues and developmental processes that are particularly evident in the German-Czech-Polish border region.

The lectures will take place every two weeks (odd calendar weeks) during the 2019 summer semester, on Thursdays from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m. in Building GI, Lecture Hall 0.01.

The lecture series is open to all students and staff at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and is also aimed at the interested general public. Following each lecture, which lasts approximately 45–60 minutes, there will be an opportunity for discussion with the speaker and the audience. The OWK is a platform for dialogue between experts and the general public, as well as between academia and professional practice, in the border triangle region.