Dr. Anne Engelhardt

Short Bio:
My name is Anne Engelhardt and I have been an academic co-worker in the Koddenbrock / international relations and political economy research group since April 2026. My research interests are theories of international political economy with a focus on North-South relations, sociology of work, labour protection and working conditions, labour and legal geography, spatialised colonial relations and racialised and gendered division of labour, conflicts over peace politics, theories of social reproduction, body politics and gender relations, social movements and (transnational) trade unions as well as critical logistics and infrastructure research.
I am currently working on my habilitation project on "Global Steel Supply Chains in times of militarisation: Intersecting rhythms of bodies, regulations, and conflicts" with a focus on steel production for the maritime transport sector.

Since April 2026
Academic co-worker in the field of Politics and Society in Department 4 / Working Group International Relations and Political Economy; Faculty of Sociology - Bielefeld University

October 2024 until March 2026
Academic co-worker in the Department of Foundations of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Göttingen

October 2023 - October 2024
Research fellow at the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF), University of Duisburg-Essen, in the research project "Legal Struggles in Transnational Supply Chains" funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation

2016-2023
PhD in the Department of Globalisation & Politics at the University of Kassel
Dissertation title: "Social Reproduction Metabolism at Chokepoints - Labour Conflicts on Occupational Health and Safety at Ports and Airports in Brazil and Portugal"

2012 - 2016
M.A. Political Science (University of Kassel)

2008 - 2012
B.A. Politics and Administration (HF) / Sociology (NF) (University of Potsdam)