Global Perspectives on Metrics, Governance, and Social Practices

Responding to Violence with Care

17 November 2023

How different might our society look if public safety could be reimagined as caring for people and communities?

Podcast: Undervaluing the Work of Care

7 November 2023

Check out this wide-ranging, international, and interdisciplinary discussion of the many reasons why care work is undervalued.

Bargain Hunting: Seeking Sustainable Care in a Globalized World

3 November 2023

A recent book reckons with the “moral bargain” that provides protections for some at the expense of others.

Getting to Win-Win?: Labor Justice for Migrant Careworkers

21 October 2023

The posts in this forum on visas for immigrant careworkers explore possibilities for policies that afford full labor protections and social inclusion for a system that serves both the providers and recipients of care.

Legacies of the 1965 US Immigration Reforms 

21 October 2023

The 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration and Naturalization Act severely curtailed immigration of care workers to the United States, creating a significant care deficit in many families.

Caregiving at the Crossroads of Labor and Immigration Law

21 October 2023

Temporary visa programs leave participants at the mercy of their employers, and therefore susceptible to abuse.  Home care workers hoping to enforce their rights have two options: complain to the Department of Labor or pursue private litigation

Working Papers Seminars

Queering Care December 1, 2023 10am-12pm ET

22 August 2023

Fourth Working Papers Seminar Series 2023-2024 Queering Care featuring Nora Kassner, Tankut and Edward Nadurata. Commentaries by Pedro Augusto Gravatá Nicoli and Anjali Arondekar

Alternative Care Networks January 26, 2024, 12-2 pm ET

22 August 2023

Fifth Working Papers Seminar Series 2023-2024 Alternative Care Networks featuring Jieun Cho, Elizabeth Olson and Leiha Edmonds. Commentaries by Tatjana Thelen and Kim England

Race, Health & Disability February 23, 2024 12-2 pm ET

21 August 2023

Sixth Working Papers Seminar Series 2023-2024 Race, Health & Disability featuring Jasper Conner and André Marega Pinhel. Commentaries by Mairead Sullivan and LaTonya Trotter

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