Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP230100948

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Survival & Wellbeing among Migrant Precariat in Australia’s Gig Economy . The food and parcel delivery industry is now a structural feature of the Australian labour market. Little is known about the social consequences of this development for the workforce. especially temporary and long-term migrant workers involved in this industry. This project aims to investigate the risks to safety and wellbeing to migrant cohorts who undertake this work, interrogating the intersecting impact of age, gender, class, and ethnicity and particularly migration status. The project produces major national benefits, such as an enhanced capacity to inform future labour market policies and regulation as well as conceptual innovation in describing the 'everyday survival' strategies of migrant workers in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2023

End Date: 12-2025

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $404,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sociology | Sociology of migration ethnicity and multiculturalism | Sociology of inequalities

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)