Publications

Coming soon: 

Trappmann V. and D. Eversberg (eds.). 2026 (forthcoming). Union and Worker Initiatives for Fair Climate Policies, Bristol University Press

Recent Publications:

Trappmann, V., Bookbinder, R., Beresford, A., Schulz, F. 2026. Just Transitions in Global Economies? Workers’ understandings of justice in Germany and South Africa compared. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research. (forthcoming)

Schulz F., Trappmann, V., Balderson, U., Daly, J., Cutter, J. 2026. Ready for change: What influences workers’ interest to work in the Green Economy? Evidence from Germany and the UK.Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research. (forthcoming)

Büchs, M., Trappmann, V., Moran, G. and Koch, M. 2026. Perspectives on Social and Justice Issues in Climate Policy – Comparing the Just Transitions, Sustainable Welfare and Eco-Social Policy Literatures. WIREs Climate Change. 17(1), p.e70041.*

Schulz, F., Bretter, C., Büchs, M. and Trappmann, V. 2026. A global view of eco-social policy support: insights from six high-emission countries. Global Sustainability. 9, p.e9.

*Trappmann, V., D. Eversberg, and Felix Schulz. 2025. German trade unions and decarbonisation: a transition to green growth, a-growth or de-growth? Industrial Relations Journal. 56(4), pp. 322-333, https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12467*

Trappmann, V. and F. Schulz. 2025. Gesellschaftliches Gelingen der Transformation. Die Rolle von Beschäftigten, Betrieben und Gewerkschaften. Zeitschrift für sozialistische Politik und Wirtschaft spw. 6, pp. 55-57.

Trappmann, V. and D. Eversberg, F. Schulz. 2025. Conjunctures of eco-social partnership unionism: The German Trade Union Confederation's climate policies over three decades. Industrielle Beziehungen. 31 (1), pp. 35-62, doi.org/10.5771/0943-2779-2024-1-35

Trappmann, V. and J. Cutter. 2024. Workers for a just transition: aligning climate and employment policy. Renewal 32(4), pp. 82-92.