The Future of Work(ers) Programme is an interdisciplinary research group of the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies. The project aims to conduct cutting-edge research on the changing nature of work and its implications for inequality in the global South; promote research collaborations amongst Southern scholars; and shape national, regional and global policy agendas at the national through public engagement. The project's thematic streams include:
Future Works: Eastern and Southern Africa
Future Works: Eastern and Southern Africa is a global research network committed to a more sustainable and inclusive world of work, with a focus on women and youth. The hub for Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) is coordinated by the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, in collaboration with the Centre for Researching Education and Labour and the International Labour Organization.
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Strikes and resistance to inequality
The research stream focuses on the study of worker resistance to inequality through long-term studies on labour strikes. As no standardized method for the study of strikes and strike waves exists currently, the research aims to refine and further develop strike methodology to test for the presence of turning points in strike waves.
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Social citizenship, income redistribution, and the changing world of work
This research stream is interested in examining how social welfare, citizenship, and labour legislation intersect to reproduce the capitalist state and what this means for the lived experiences of working-age adults in a changing world of work.
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An economic policy for informal traders in Gauteng
This project, a partnership between Women in Informal Employment Globalising and Organising (Wiego) and SCIS, investigates the role of economic policy for informal traders. While economic policy is usually conceived at the macro level to achieve coun
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