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Changing ports: Global upheavals and social inequality

Global trade conflicts, sanctions and the reorganisation of international supply chains are changing work, income and everyday life. In the port city of Hamburg, international developments are having a direct impact on everyday working life. Visit our panel discussion as part of Hamburg Sustainability Week.
30. Jun 2026 | 18:00 Uhr – 19:00 Uhr

The event marks the conclusion of the BKHS research project Inclusive Geoeconomics. In the project, Elisabeth Winter and Lea Holst investigate how economic security and social justice can be considered together in a changing global economy. After a brief presentation of the key findings of the final report, the two authors will discuss with experts from the port industry, politics and urban society how good work and social security can be maintained even in times of change.

In discussion:

  • Dr Martin Albers, Ministry of Economics, Labour and Innovation, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
  • Helene Krabbel, member of the Women's International Shipping and Trading Association
  • Dr Miriam Putz, Managing Director and Head of the Innovation and New Markets Division, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
  • Lea Holst, Research Assistant in the Global Markets and Social Justice Programme, BKHS
  • Dr Elisabeth Winter, Deputy Managing Director and Head of the Global Markets and Social Justice Programme, BKHS
     

The event is free of charge. Please forward the invitation to anyone who might be interested!

Registration facilitates our planning, but is not necessary.

We look forward to seeing you!

The event is part of the Hamburg Sustainabilty Week.

Your contact

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Dr  Elisabeth WinterDeputy Managing Director and Programme Director Global Markets and Social Justice

Elisabeth combines economic security and geoeconomics with issues of social inclusion and international cooperation. Her research focuses on EU-U.S. trade policy and the distributional effects of international economic policy.

 

She studied in Nuremberg, Berlin, and at Indiana University, and earned her Ph.D. in International Relations from the Free University of Berlin. Her professional career has taken her to the German Marshall Fund and to various research positions at the Europa-Kolleg Hamburg, the Bertelsmann Foundation in Washington, D.C., as well as at Princeton University and Georgetown University.

 

Elisabeth teaches International Relations and U.S. Foreign Economic Policy at HTW Berlin and the Free University of Berlin.

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Lea HolstResearch Assistant Global Markets and Social Justice

Lea Holst works on the "Inclusive Geoeconomics" project of the German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation. She also volunteers on the board of the feminist peace organisation WILPF and as a mentor at the Claussen Simon Foundation in Hamburg. She previously worked as a project manager at the organisation FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders, which campaigns for "more women in leadership". Her work focuses on issues of global justice and political economy, with an emphasis on gender approaches.