01/04/2026
New publication!
The book edited by Mihai Varga (OEI, FU Berlin), Mateusz Karolak and Adam Mrozowicki (University of Wrocław) will soon be published by Bristol University Press.
In Global Workers and Entangled Crises: Biographical and Relational Approaches to Resilience, we bring together chapters that document a variety of biographical methods to studying the role of biographical and relational resources in managing global polycrisis at work.
This unique volume includes chapters analysing the life histories and experiences of essential, precarious and migrant workers during the social reproduction crises and the pandemic in Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, Germany, Poland, Romania, Turkey and the USA.
The most important news is that the entire book will be available via open access. It is part of the BUP book series Advances in Biographical Research. The book includes the results of a transatlantic research project ENDURE "Inequalities, Community Resillience and New Governance Modalities in a Post-Pandemic World" led by Mihai Varga and at the University of Wrocław by Mateusz Karolak.
Global Workers and Entangled Crises - Biographical and Relational Approaches to Resilience; The early 2020s brought a cascade of disruptions – COVID-19, war-amplified inflation and migration blockages – that reshaped global labour in uneven and deeply unequal ways. This edited collection offers ...
