Workshop on labour and housing precarity in the context of touristification

Mark your calendars for a hybrid workshop which will bring together academic researchers, union activists and the public to discuss the challenges of labour and housing precarity as a result of touristification. Going beyond documenting the current situation, the workshop aims at fostering a discussion that will explore effective strategies for the benefit of workers.

The keynote speaker of the workshop will be Andrew Herod, Distinguished Professor of Labour Geography at the University of Georgia. Additional key speakers include Nikos Vrantsis from the Tenants Union of Thessaloniki, Vassilis Gerodimos from the E-food Union, and Yannis Zafeiriou, Head of Lesvos’s Labour Centre. Short interventions will be made by Michalis Poulimas, Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology at the University of the Aegean; Ioannis Chorianopoulos, Professor at the Department of Geography at the University of the Aegean; and Stella Ganoti from the Union of Workers in Catering and Tourism Occupations in Lesvos. The event will be introduced by the Project’s Scientific Coordinator, Stelios Gialis, Professor at the Department of Geography at the University of the Aegean, and will be coordinated by journalist Anthi Pazianou. Postdoctoral researcher Kostas Gourzis will present key findings of the Project on touristification trends in Greece and the EU.

The workshop will take place on Wednesday 5 March 2025 from 17:00 to 19:30, in Room C of the Department of Geography at the University of the Aegean in Mytilene. The workshop will also be livestreamed via the YouTube and Zoom platforms.

Discover more about the Inclusive Urban Societies project by visiting its official website, and dive into the insights of labour and housing markets through the project’s “Labour and Housing Observatory”.