Fragmented Worlds of Work in the (Post-)Pandemic: The Production of Inequality through Figures of Migrant Workers (A04)

• Subject Area: Empirical Social Research
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 501120656

The project investigates the production and legitimisation of hierarchisations and segmentations in the world of work during and after the Corona pandemic through figures of ›migrant workers‹. Case studies examine fields of work in which unequal working- and employment-conditions are widespread in Germany due to outsourcing, temporary agency work and similar, and in which migrants are strongly represented: Logistics, hospitality and industrial production. The project analyses documents and qualitative interviews with representatives from business associations and unions, personnel managers, supervisors and (non-)migrant workers.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1604: Production of Migration
• Applicant Institution: Universität Osnabrück
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Hajo Holst