Research and Teaching Associate at the Ecological Economics Institute (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Halliki Kreinin is a Research and Teaching Associate at the Ecological Economics Institute (Vienna University of Economics and Business) where she is also working on her PhD on Social-Ecological Transformation, Sustainable Work and Environmental Labour Studies.
She is a trade unionist and environmental activist, and was one of the coordinators of the Vienna Degrowth Conference, which took place online at the end of May this year (https://www.degrowthvienna2020.org/).
Halliki is interested in how and on what basis trade unions and environmental organisations can work together, and what the barriers to closer cooperation for social-ecological transformation are (i.e.: different conceptions of the goal and the "good life for all" - consumption-based vs other emancipatory formulations of wellbeing; the role of work in society and emancipation "from"/ or "of" work; different conceptions of the multiple crises; and different formulations of the answer(s) to the crises).
Trade Unions and the multiple crisis of environment, society, economy and work
This policy study focuses on trade union approaches to the multiple crises in a sector critical for the sustainability transformation: aviation. Based on empirical research, the authors find that unions, under pressure to face contradictory and complex problems, take divergent positions on societal-environmental issues and their solutions - verging from social-ecological transformation-focused to defensive stances, also in their collaboration with social movements for change.
Read the paper:
Trade Unions and the multiple crisis of environment, society, economy and work
Political Mentor: EP Vice President and S&D MEP Evelyn Regner
Academic Mentor: David Bailey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science and International Studies, School of Government, University of Birmingham