CORDIS Project
Funding breakdown and partner intelligence are Premium
Sign in and upgrade to Premium for EU contribution totals, consortium analytics, OpenAlex research context, and AI summaries. · 0 consortium intelligence fields visible of 1
Start free • Cancel anytime • 14-day refund guarantee
This project explores the historical shifts in global textile production by examining household labor and consumption decisions. It aims to understand how gender roles and local economic strategies have influenced the rise and fall of textile manufacturing across different regions.
Globalization and the shift of industries and jobs to low-wage countries are topical political issues, but have deep historical roots.
For long, cotton manufacturing has been central in global trade and industrial relocation.
Textile production has existed almost everywhere, but its major export centres have relocated in the past 250 years, notably from Asia to Europe/the US, then back to Asia.
When and why these shifts occur is however still poorly understood.
Reducing labour costs has been arg…
UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT
Partner organizations (coordinator is shown above), with normalized type and CORDIS activity type. Guests see up to 4 partners.
Similar projects, consortium collaboration history, frequent partners, and OpenAlex research context.
Guests see up to 5 EuroSciVoc fields.
Guests see up to 5 topics.
