Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP210100544

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP210100544

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Migrant Worlds: Labouring Lives and Worker Consciousness in Global Cities. Some of the most invisible, yet essential work in the global economy is done by low wage migrant workers. The proposed research aims to understand why migrants acquiesce to exploitative conditions, using a literary analysis of novels and ethnography of migrant workers in Sydney, Mumbai, and New York. It offers an urgent contribution to social science and policy debates over labour, collective action, and the nature of inequality in global cities. Expected outcomes include new ways of conceiving migrant worker agency and new frameworks for theorising power. Immediate attention is needed to address the ongoing exploitation of migrant workers and to provide information for policymakers to craft interventions to regulate low wage migrant work.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 10-12-2021

End Date: 09-12-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $228,435.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Social Change | Sociology | Urban Sociology and Community Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ethnicity, Multiculturalism and Migrant Development and Welfare | Social Class and Inequalities | Employment Patterns and Change |

Other Keywords

Employment Patterns and Change | Ethnicity, Multiculturalism and Migrant Development and Welfare | Social Change | Social Class and Inequalities | Sociology | Urban Sociology and Community Studies

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