University of Helsinki
Professor of Legal Cultures at the University of Copenhagen, Professor Hanne Petersen, gave a guest lecture on the Migrant Labour Protection in the Greenland- China-DK Interrelation on 21 April 2015.
During the lecture, Prof. Petersen presented the legal and normative discourse, as well as related significant (case) material, concerned with the welfare of labour migrants – specifically, but not only, relating to future overseas Chinese working in mining industry in Greenland. This presentation was part of a larger project called ‘Welfare, Well-being and Harmony in World Society? Cases on changing legal cultures from China-Greenland-Denmark’. The project seeks to study global and local interrelations related to changing understandings and changing normative regimes of well-fare/-being. Alongside to the concerns of Chinese migrant workes, focus is put on two other issues: the latent emergence of a global normative culture due to climate change in China and the Arctic/Greenland (challenges to a harmonious society and to survival), and the pressures on families and (gendered) individuals to provide welfare and well-being in light of the importance of market economy and increasing inequality in China and EU/Denmark-Greenland.
The Center’s Guest Lecture Series receives scholars from China and other countries to present the recent developments in specific fields of Chinese law or their research related to Chinese law and Chinese legal culture. The purpose of this series is to keep all interested well informed about the transformations within Chinese law as well as bring awareness of the research focus among China Law scholars. Moreover, the guest lecture series aims to facilitate a cross-border exchange of ideas and promote legal comparison.