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Matt Withers joined the School of Sociology at the Australian National University in 2022. He has held research fellowships at Macquarie University from 2019 to 2022 and at the University of Toronto in 2018. His research critically examines aspects of temporary labor migration and development in the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on Sri Lanka and the South Pacific. His book, 'Sri Lanka’s Remittance Economy,' addresses the limitations of remittances as a form of developmental capital. His current research situates the socially reproductive implications of guestworker migration within the migration-development debate and seeks to advance comparative analyses of emigration policymaking in the Asia-Pacific. With a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, a Master of Political Economy, and a PhD in Political Economy, Withers supervises research students and is active in exploring topics related to global political economy, migration, and social reproduction.
Australian National University • Canberra, ACT, Australia
Teaching and research in Sociology with a focus on migration and development.
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