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24 October 2024
BSA Work, Employment and Economic Life (WEEL) Reading Group with Dr Krzysztof Jankowski - WATCH VIDEO
Online
Details: Presentation and discussion of the paper: 'Positioning Precarity: The Contingent Nature of Precarious Work in Structure and Practice', published in The British Journal of Sociology
18 July 2024
BSA Work, Employment and Economic Life (WEEL) Reading Group with Lutfun Nahar Lata - WATCH VIDEO
Online
Details: "The production of counter-space: Informal labour, social networks & the production of urban space in Dhaka" published in Current Sociology by Dr Lutfun Nahar Lata, Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Melbourne.
Dr Lutfun Nahar Lata shared this thought-provoking paper, investigating how the urban poor access to public space for livelihoods and construct counter-spaces by breaking the planned order of the city with the tacit support of trans-local social networks and powerful actors who are compromised by the benefits and profits they extract from vendors. This paper was shortlisted for the 2nd edition of the Annual SAGE CS Best Paper Prize.
7 June 2024
BSA Work, Employment and Economic Life (WEEL) Reading Group with Dr Sara R Farris - WATCH VIDEO
Online
Details: Corporatisation and financialisation of social reproduction: Care homes and childcare in the United Kingdom Sara R Farris, Amy Horton and Eva Lloyd, Environment and Planning F.
Sara Farris (first author) presents and leads a lively paper discussion. This important paper provides the first comparison of ownership, business models and workforces across childcare and adult social care in the United Kingdom. It reveals growing convergence in terms of the dominance of large companies and their financial strategies, which can reward investors while undermining access to care and worsening working conditions for large, low-paid workforces.
10 April 2024
"Are 'Bad' Jobs Bad for Democracy? Precarious Work and Electoral Participation in Europe" by Leo Azzollini and Ross Macmillan - a discussion with Caroline Casey and Viviane Galata
Online
Details: "Are 'Bad' Jobs Bad for Democracy? Precarious Work and Electoral Participation in Europe" by Leo Azzollini and Ross Macmillan published in Frontiers in Political Science.
“While socioeconomic inequality in voting has been central for research on electoral participation, recent years have seen radical changes in labor relations. The key issue is increasing prevalence of precarious work, involving dimensions as non-indefinite tenure and limited control over work activities. While occupations traditionally were the locus of political socialization, there is scarce research connecting occupational uncertainty to electoral participation. To fill this void, we develop a framework that connects the multiple dimensions of precarious work to electoral participation.”
Caroline Casey and Viviane Galata led discussion on this thought-provoking paper which explores the intricate relationship between the precarity of work and its potential impacts on democratic participation.
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