Regions •

Africa

Several of the Centre’s faculty affiliates have research interests located in Africa. Ito Peng’s Care Economies in Context has two African country cases: Kenya and Senegal. In addition, Laura Bisaillon has ongoing research in Ethiopia and Erik Schneiderhan has research in South Africa.

Projects
6
Outputs
17

Asia and Australia

The Centre for Global Social Policy has long had expertise in the Asia Pacific region. The Gender, Migration and the Work of Care (archived) project had teams focusing on Australia and Oceania, China, and South-East Asia. Ito Peng’s current Care Economies in Context project has country cases in Korea, Mongolia and Sri Lanka. Other faculty members with research interests connecting to Asia and Australia include Erik Schneiderhan and Melissa Milkie.

Projects
6
Outputs
40

Europe

Comparative studies and studies focusing on international governance often have a European component to them. This was the case for the Gender, Migration and the Work of Care project. Faculty members whose work involves Europe include Ito Peng and Prentiss Dantzler.

Projects
8
Outputs
15

Latin America

Latin America has seen a number of intriguing developments in social policy in recent years. Ito Peng’s Care Economies in Context has two Latin American country cases: Colombia and Costa Rica. In addition, Latin American immigrants are a significant part of the research enterprise for some of the researchers, like Cynthia Cranford, whose work focuses on migrant care work in North America.

Projects
6
Outputs
20

North America

Because the Centre is located in Toronto, Canada, most of the researchers affiliated with the Centre conduct at least some of their research among Canadian and US populations. These scholars include: Monica Alexander, Laura Bisaillon, Cynthia Cranford, Prentiss Dantzler, Shari Eli, Melissa Milkie, Ito Peng, David Pettinicchio, Erica di Ruggiero, and Erik Schneiderhan.

Projects
14
Outputs
101