[DEBATE] : CCS Seminar: Reminder of Chris Benner and 'information labour/civ.soc.' today, 1:30

[Patrick Bond]

Centre for Civil Society Seminar: "Informational Labour Processes and
Civil Society Strategies"
Speaker: Chris Benner, Penn State and University of California, Davis
Date: Monday, 21 May 2007
Time: 13H30-15H00 (NOTE TIME CHANGE)
Venue: CCS/SDS Board Room, Room F208, Memorial Tower Building, Howard
College Campus
RSVP and Queries : ccs at ukzn.ac.za or 031-260 3195

Dr. Chris Benner is currently an Assistant Professor of Geography and
Labor Studies at The Pennsylvania State University, but as of July 1,
2007, will be Associate Professor of Human and Community Development at
the University of California, Davis. He is also a research associate at
the Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community at the University of
California, Santa Cruz, the Sociology of Work Program at the University
of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and the Industrial, Organisational and
Labour Studies Program at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban,
South Africa. He is the author of Work in the NewEconomy (2002) and
co-author of Staircases or Treadmills: Labor Market Intermediaries and
Economic Opportunity in a Changing Economy (2007). Benner’s research
focuses on the relationships between technological change, regional
development, and the structure of economic opportunity, focusing on
regional labor markets and the transformation of work and employment
patterns. His applied policy work focuses on workforce development
policy, the structure, dynamics and evaluation of workforce
intermediaries, and strategies for promoting regional equity. He
received his doctorate in City and Regional Planning from the University
of California, Berkeley.