Resilient Failure? Regulating Human Rights in Global Supply Chains
POSTPONED:
NOW March 23rd, 2026 at 5 PM
CANCELLED March 9th, 2026
SAROSH KURUVILLA | Ciampi Visiting Scholar, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
Chair
GUGLIELMO MEARDI | Scuola Normale Superiore
Abstract
Ever more initiatives, public and private, are introduced to regulate labour standards in global supply chains, but to what effect? In the inaugural Ciampi Lecture of 2026 Prof. Sarosh Kuruvill, of Cornell University, will assess a quarter century of effort at trying to enforce core labour standards in supply chains, beginning with the anti-globalization protests and ending with the Mandatory Due diligence legislation in Europe. The lecture will canvas developments, present some of Prof. Kuruvilla’s research across the world and especially in Asia, and talk about some hot issues today such as gender-based violence and climate change. An underlying concern will echo Tancredi in Il Gattopardo, “For things to remain the same, everything must change.” The special lecture will be chaired by Prof. Guglielmo Meardi, Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of Scuola Normale Superiore.
The entrance will be allowed up to the maximum capacity of the room.
The videorecording of the event will be available on the SNS YouTube channel.