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Biography
Matt Withers joined the School of Sociology at ANU in 2022, following research fellowships at Macquarie University (2019-2022) and the University of Toronto (2018). His research critically examines various aspects of the relationship between temporary labour migration and development across the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on Sri Lanka and – more recently – the South Pacific. His first book, Sri Lanka’s Remittance Economy, addresses the limitations of remittances as a form of developmental capital; his current research situates the socially reproductive implications of guestworker migration within the migration-development debate and seeks to advance comparative analyses of emigration policymaking across the Asia-Pacific.
Qualifications
BA (Sociology), MPolEc, PhD (Political Economy)
Research Interests
- Global Political Economy
- Migration and Development
- Temporary Labour Migration and Guestwork
- Remittances and Transnational Families
- Gender, Care and Social Reproduction
- Sociology of Work
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Depletion through transnational social reproduction: guestworker migration and uneven development in the South Pacific
Withers, M., May 2024, In: Work in the Global Economy. 4, 1, p. 30-51Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Missing wages and mismatched skills: Guestworker migration and the shortcomings of the decent work Agenda
Withers, M., 23 Apr 2024, The Elgar Companion to Migration and the Sustainable Development Goals. Piper, N. & Datta, K. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 376-389 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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‘Sometimes, men cannot do what women can’: Pacific labour mobility, gender norms and social reproduction
Petrou, K. & Withers, M., Apr 2024, In: Global Networks. 24, 2, e12463.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Migration and development, without care? Locating transnational care practices in the migration-development debate
Withers, M. & Hill, E., Apr 2023, In: Population, Space and Place. 29, 3, e2648.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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'Sometimes, men cannot do what women can': Pacific labour mobility, gender norms and social reproduction
Petrou, K. & Withers, M., 2023, In: Global Networks. 24, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review