Shadow care infrastructures: sustaining life in the post-welfare city
Mounting evidence points to difficulties faced by Australians reliant on government income support in meeting market costs of essential needs. This project investigates whether and how ‘shadow care infrastructures’ – a wide range of formal and informal material and social supports – enable the survival, well-being and flourishing of income support recipients.
Focusing on people with disabilities, unemployed and asylum seekers, the research evaluates the benefits and harms such infrastructures produce for those receiving and providing care, and the wider community. It examines risks and opportunities to scale up emerging care infrastructures identified as critical to making ends meet for income support recipients in contemporary cities.
Researchers
- Associate Professor Emma Power, Western Sydney University
- Dr Ilan Wiesel, The University of Melbourne
- Associate Professor Kathleen Mee, The University of Newcastle
- Dr Emma Mitchell, Western Sydney University
Funding
Australian Research Council Discovery Project
Period: 2021 – 2024
Contact person: Dr Emma Power
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