2021 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Precarious and Positive Inclusion in Asian Transnational Labour Migration: Multi-sited Research of Nepali Migrant Workers in Japan and Malaysia
Project/Area Number |
20K13709
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Research Institution | Waseda University |
Principal Investigator |
Sunam Ramesh 早稲田大学, 高等研究所, 講師(任期付) (30852719)
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Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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Keywords | Labour migration / Precarity |
Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This Kakenhi research project draws on the comparative, multi-sited investigation of labor migration from Nepal to Japan and Malaysia. This interdisciplinary project has generated nuanced, differentiated theoretical understandings of migrant precarity in Asia in the global context of the rapid growth of precarious employment. In terms of research achievements, despite the Covid-19 pandemic affecting research fieldwork, I have published two peer-reviewed papers in leading international journals: Geoforum and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and one book chapter. The project data will result in at least two peer-reviewed publications in the next couple of years. A big achievement is that I was awarded a 2020 Waseda University Research Award (High-impact publication) (https://www.waseda.jp/inst/research/news-en/70925). I also gave an invited talk in the (virtual) Talk series: Japan’s Foreign Residents in the Age of COVID-19,organised by the Chuo University. Similarly, I presented papers at two conferences: the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) conference (international) and The Japanese Association for South Asian Studies 34th Annual Conference (Domestic).
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