Ruth-Castel Branco is a Senior Lecturer at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand and coordinates the Future of Work(ers) Research Group. Her research interests include structural transformation and agrarian change, the implications for the labour market and conditions of work, worker struggle and the redistributive role of the state. She holds…
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Building Resilient Urban Infrastructure and Innovation for Urban Public Health: A Case Study of Bloemfontein, South Africa
CASAS’ member, Johannes Bhanye and his colleagues Siphokazi Rammile, Timothy Lehobo, and Mareli Hugo has published this chapter in the book “Sustainable Development Goals and Urban Health”. Abstract: This chapter examines the relationship between SDG 9 and urban public health, refecting on successes, pitfalls and inherent gaps in attaining this goal and how they affect…
Shifting axis of educational diplomacy: student mobilities at Vietnam-China borders
CASAS’ member, Phuong Hao Phan, has published a brief report with Yi’En Cheng in Asian Population Studies. Abstract: Vietnam and China have a shared history of collaboration and conflict, with economic interdependence becoming an important pillar in recent decades. China’s larger worldwide policy of economic and cultural expansion (or the ‘go-out strategy’) is crucial in…
Water and Sanitation for Urban Health: A Gender Perspective on Impacts and Coping Strategies in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
Johannes Bhanye, CASAS’ member, has published a chapter in the book “Sustainable Development Goals and Urban Health”, with Abongile Mgwele, and Kgosi S. Mocwagae. This chapter investigates the gender disparities and implications of inadequate water and sanitation in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality. The study further explores the coping strategies employed by women in selected Mangaung…
Book Review: Syrian Refugees and Agriculture in Turkey: Work, Precarity, Survival
Deniz Pelek, CASAS’ member has reviewed the book “Syrian Refugees and Agriculture in Turkey:Work, Precarity, Survival” authored by Saniye Dedeoğlu in Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies. Dedeoğlu’s book seeks to understand the evolving dynamics of the labor market and gender relations in rural areas following the involvement of…