北师大中国劳工问题研究中心(CLSC-BNU)

    本中心将重点进行有关中国的劳动、工作场所、就业与失业、工人地位、工人组织（工会）以及人力资源管理等问题的研究。中心成立的目的是从事具有国际水准的研究项目和活动。通过这些项目和活动，中心与校内外其他相关学术机构建立长期的、紧密的联系。在学术领域内，与从事同类研究的国内外机构进行联合；在更大的范围，与中国政府机构、工会和企业家协会的高层机构建立联系。

目标任务

    中心的特色在于用中外比较的方式来研究当代热点劳工问题，并对一些问题进行历史性研究。研究重点是国际大背景下的中国劳工问题。目标是发展高水准的、不同学科相互交叉的中国劳工理论和政策。本中心的目标和任务包括：

§         以北师大为基地，建立专业从事劳工问题研究的学术团队

§          与国内外高层次政府组织、企业家协会、工会等相关团体建立紧密的合作关系

§          从相关机构获得研究资金保证

§          用中外比较研究的方法创立并发展独立的科学的和客观的中国劳工研究理论和路径

§          为建立和谐稳定的劳动关系和保障工人权益，向高层次决策机构提供政策性建议

§          与北师大其他专业合作建立培训体系

§          发展本学科的硕士和博士教育

§          在国际性学术刊物发表论文并出版专著

§          促进中外劳工研究方面的学术交流

§         促进北师大与国内外大学学者互访

研究主题

§         经济体制改革和企业转制对劳工的影响（包括就业与失业、职业安全、职工培训、工作生活质量、福利等问题）

§         全球化下的经济变革对工人的影响，中国加入WTO对工人带来的机遇与挑战

§         中国工业化进程中，产业发展、所有制变化对工人带来的影响

§         城乡人口迁移对不同工人群体的影响，经济结构调整对劳动力市场的影响

§         国家政治体制变革、地方政府职能转化对工人、工会造成的影响

§         在社会主义市场经济和全球化背景下工会的自身改革

§         经济变革中女性社会性别的变化

研究项目：

·国有企业工人地位变化研究

·加入WTO对中国劳动关系的影响

·中国内地、香港、台湾三地服务行业女性雇员职业前景研究

·中国海员劳动力市场研究

·中国航运工业人力资源内地化发展

·工作场所中基层党组织的作用研究

China Labour Studies Centre

at Beijing Normal University

CLSC(BNU)

China Labour Studies Centre at Beijing Normal University (CLSC-BNU) stands at the forefront of research on the role of labour in the evolving global economy and will undertake research focusing on work, workplace, workers and their employment, skills, training or human resource development as well as their organisations in and outside of China. Through its research activities, the Centre will build strong and enduring relationships inside and outside the University. Inside, links will be created through collaboration with academics involved in research subjects relevant to labour. Outside the University, contacts will be established with key stakeholders - employers, regulators and trade union leaders - at national and international levels and with academics who share the same interests in China and in other parts of the world.

OBJECTIVE AND AIMS

The Centre’s aim and purpose is to provide excellence in research, scholarship and education in labour studies. This will be achieved by building on BNU’s substantial reputation in the field of labour history and its links with the governmental and other agencies. The Centre is committed to the analysis of contemporary issues. Its concerns are centred upon China, but inevitably within regional and international contexts. It aims to develop an interdisciplinary approach which combines high scholarly standards with accessibility to a wider audience. It is intended to provide a focus for research in labour studies with following objectives:

§         To establish a multi-disciplinary and mutually supportive group of researchers engaged in researching and studying labour issues in Beijing Normal University and in China

§         To build a strong network of contacts with central authorities, trade unions and other workers’ organisations, employers associations, voluntary and political organisations in China and beyond

§         To secure a significant amount of funding from grants bodies

§         To initiate, develop and conduct independent, objective and scientific research in the area of labour studies in China with particular encouragement to research projects from comparative approaches

§         To contribute to knowledge in the field of labour studies and to provide scientifically-obtained information on Chinese labour to policy-makers and other stakeholders which promote the improvement of the lot of Chinese workers

§         To contribute to the teaching programme of BNU in collaboration with the relevant department or departments;

§         To produce research-based books and articles in internationally refereed journals

§         To encourage collaboration with researchers at other institutions in China and abroad.

§         To develop a visiting/exchange scholars scheme between BNU and other universities in China and abroad.

RESEARCH THEMES

China Labour Studies Centre at Beijing Normal University explores:

§         What is the impact of enterprise reform and restructuring of the economy on labour (regarding employment and unemployment, job security, training, quality of life at work, welfare, etc)?

§         How is work changing for Chinese workers in the context of economic reform and globalisation? What are the challenges and opportunities for workers after China’s entry of the WTO?

§         What is the process of privatisation and its effect on workers?

§         What is the process of migration and its effects on workers of different origins (urban v. rural)? Restructuring of the economy and its impact on the labour market structure?

§         What is the restructuring and recomposing of the party-state, central and local governments in China and its effects on labour?

§         Are unions renewing themselves? What are their roles in the socialist market economy and in the age of globalisation?

§         How is the role of women in the changing economy and society?

ON-GOING/RECENTLY COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS

§         Change of workers’ status in SOEs

§         China’s entry of WTO and its impact on labour relations

§         Female employees’ prospects in the service1 industry in the Chinese triangle of Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan

§         Labour market for ocean-going seafarers in China

§         Development of human resource for world shipping industry in China’s West

§         The Party representative’s role in the workplace