Discussion Series Introduction

Welcome to the CLSEW's podcast set of podcast series. Our series include both our 'Work, Learning & Social Change' series as well as our 'Thinking Social & Solidarity Economy' series. Featuring the work of both emerging and foundational researchers, each brings you the insights that are defining the field of study.

Thinking Social & Solidarity Economy Series: ‘Thinking Social Economy’ is an online series of presentations and discussions that brings you the people and the ideas that are defining how we understand more just and humane alternatives to social and economic life.

Work, Learning & Social Change Series: ‘Work, Learning & Social Change' is an online series of presentations and discussions that brings you the people and the ideas that are defining the field of critical studies of work and learning.


Below is the CLSEW 'Work, Learning & Social Change Discussion Series': A set of informal discussions with scholars from around the world in which both foundational and emerging researchers explain their approaches to studying work and learning.

This page has examples of podcasts that CLSEW hosts.

The podcast is available on our YouTube channel (in video format) and on Spotify (in audio format).

An archive of previous events will soon be available on the CLSEW YouTube page.

Foundational Voices Series

Professor Kiran Mirchandani, University of Toronto, Canada

‘Viewing from the margins’: gender, race and globalization in work, learning and social change...

Professor Henning Salling Olesen, Roskilde University, Denmark

A psychosocietal approach to learning, consciousness and work life...

Professor Yrjo Engestrom, University of Helsinki, Finland

Activity theory and the expansive learning approach to work and social change...

Professor Alison Fuller, University College London, United Kingdom

The importance of context, complexity and inter-disciplinarity...

Professor Linda Cooper, University of Cape Town, South Africa

A Southern Perspective on Labour Movements, Work and Learning Lives...

 Dr. D'Arcy Martin, Canadian Labour Educator & Activist

Work, Culture and Popular Education...

Professor Victoria Marsick, Columbia University, United States of America

The "Undiscussables" and "Context-as-Player" in Learning and Work...

Professor Stephen Billett, Griffith University, Australia

Sociocultural appreciations of work, learning and the individual...

Professor Miriam Zukas, Birkbeck College / University of London, United Kingdom

A history of the rise of workplace learning studies...

Emerging Voices Series

Asmita Bhutani, University of Toronto, Canada

Platform technology, work & learning...

Sheldon Bromfield, University of Toronto, Canada

Labour process theory, not-for-profit services and learning...

Jamil Kalim, University of Toronto, Canada

Racialized emotional labour in teachers work...