Sanctions, Labour, and Employment in Iran
June 27 - 17:00 to 18:00 (GMT +1)
Sanctions have had a significant impact on Iran’s labour force, pursuing many people out of work and degrading the quality of employment for many of those who remained employed, especially women and other economically vulnerable groups. Iran offers a key case study for the impact of sanctions on employment and labour relations. In this panel discussion, three experts on Iranian labour politics and state-society relations examined the outlook for the labour force in Iran as the country’s economy remains stagnant. The panel unpacked the condition of “precarity” facing many Iranian households and explore how economic grievances are being expressed.
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Panelists
Pooya Alaedini is an Associate Professor in the Department of Development and Social Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran. His areas of interest are urban and regional studies, social policy, and industrial and employment development. He most recently edited Social Policy in Iran: Main Components and Institutions (Routledge, 2021).
Zep Kalb is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology at UCLA and Visiting Fellow at the Bourse and Bazaar Foundation. He is writing his dissertation on workers' protests, labour politics, and economic development in post-revolutionary Iran.
Valentine Moghadam is Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Northeastern University. In addition to her academic career, she has been Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Research Program on Women and Development, UNU/WIDER (1990-95) and Section Chief, Gender Equality and Development, Human and Social Sciences Sector, UNESCO (2004-06).
(Moderator) Djavad Salehi-Isfahani is Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech and a Board Member at the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation.
