Casper Gelderblom Email & Phone Number

Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

• Responsible for the Housing, Environment, and Circular Transition policy areas;
• Inter alia: initiator of the regional Compact for Energy Justice during the energy crisis and regional chief negotiator in talks with the national government regarding a compensation fund for historical mining damage.

Florence, Italy

• Conducting doctoral research on transnational labor solidarity, supervised by Professor D. Bohle;
• As a Research Assistant to a SOLID-ERC project co-coordinated by Professor Hanspeter Kriesi, I coded Dutch media coverage of policy responses to COVID-19 in the first phase of the pandemic (January-July 2020).

• Convened and coordinated a global coalition of 50+ international organizations (among which Oxfam, the International Trade Union Confederation, all Global Union Federations, and Oxfam) and guided the formulation of a.
• Convened and coordinated a legislative alliance of 400+ parliamentarians from 34 countries and 6 continents, who signed an Open Letter to Jeff Bezos, denouncing Amazon’s debts to workers, society, and the planet;
• Coordinated two global days of action – Black Friday (November 27) and Amazon’s 2021 AGM (May 26) – during which thousands of workers and activists protested in 15 countries.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Fellow and Fulbright Scholar at HLS' Labor and Worklife Program.

• Represent the youth wing of the largest Dutch trade union internationally;
• Inform the membership on international affairs and involve youth members in international forums and initiatives.

• Covering trade unions in the EST Youth Employment working group;
• Developed and disseminated research products on strategies to increase labor’s influence on EU employment policy-making.

New York

• Independent research project on Euro-American labor cooperation and sustainability in global labor governance (specifically Global Framework Agreements);
• Conducted strategic research for workers’ centers in the New York area.

• Oversaw the publication of 4 editions of this political youth magazine per year throughout my tenure;
• Coordinated an editorial team of 15+ contributors;
• For LAVA's digital database, go to: http://issuu.com/lava.digital/docs

Tel Aviv

• Conducted field research on unauthorized Palestinian workers’ unionization;
• Conducted international comparative research supporting an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court over the country’s labor migration regime.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

• Assisted lecturer and former BBC war correspondent A. van Lynden with research support on war and regime change in the Middle East;
• Provided feedback on first year students’ homework and essays.

Brussel En Omgeving, België

• Policy advice on decent work in an international trade context;
• Ghost-authoring speeches and opinion articles.

Den Haag En Omgeving, Nederland

As an intern, I had the chance to experience and study the legislative, policy-related matters Mr. Servaes is occupied with on a daily basis. At the same time, the internship gave me the opportunity to observe the daily political reality in which parliamentarians operate.

Phd, Political Sociology

As a PhD Researcher at the EUI, my mixed-methods doctoral research develops a theory of solidarity in the context of transnational labor.

Master Of Philosopy - Mphil, Political Thought, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Clare Hall College | CH Graduate Student Body Committee Equalities Officer | CHOP Volunteer | Cambridge.

Ma, Europaeum (Leiden-Paris-Oxford): European History And Civilisation, Summa Cum Laude (9.1/10)

Activities and Societies: Mansfield College

Ma, Europaeum (Leiden-Paris-Oxford): European History And Civilisation, Summa Cum Laude (9.1/10)

Ma, Europaeum (Leiden-Paris-Oxford): European History And Civilisation, Summa Cum Laude (9.1/10)

Bsc (Hons.), Governance, Economics And Development, Summa Cum Laude (4.0)

Activities and Societies: Student Ambassador | Contributor PAX Magazine | Virtual Dinner Guest Project

"Spring In Jerusalem" Honours Program, 96.5/100, Summa Cum Laude

This exciting joint initiative of Harvard University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem combines graduate courses, language study.

Gymnasium, Culture And Society

Activities and Societies: Student Council Chair | Founding member of different student committees | School representative at multiple.