$2.5-million grant to support research on globalization and employment

Two McMaster researchers are part of an international team that will conduct a major study on work and employment in a global context.

The team, led by the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT), includes Charlotte Yates and Don Wells, both of the Labour Studies Program and Department of Political Science.

They will receive one of the four $2.5-million grants awarded this year by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) through its Major Collaborative Research Initiatives program (MCRI).

“The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council funds research that builds understanding of complex issues that affect our society,” said SSHRC president Chad Gaffield. “The MCRI program supports leading-edge interdisciplinary research and fosters international collaboration, strengthening Canada's leadership role in global research.”

The CRIMT team will examine the involvement of institutional players in dialogues about change and seek to gain a better understanding of the capabilities required to evolve and thrive in this new environment.

Key issues include the cross-border organization of production and care, citizenship in the workplace and the implementation of public policies that redistribute work rights and risks.

“This new MCRI mandate is an important investment in training a new generation of scholars. CRIMT has been pivotal in fostering a critical dialogue amongst faculty and students across many campuses on questions of the intersection of the pressures of globalization and the changing nature of employment and labour markets,” says Charlotte Yates, incoming dean of social sciences and member of the CRIMT coordinating committee. “The commitment to fund graduate students ensures that this grant is training the scholars, labour market actors and policy experts of the future.”

CRIMT is an interuniversity and interdisciplinary research centre that brings together researchers from around the world to look at the theoretical and practical challenges of institutional renewal for work and employment in a global context. CRIMT includes 75 researchers from 16 Canadian universities and 25 institutions and universities from 10 other countries.

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Two McMaster researchers are part of an international team that will conduct a major study on work and employment in a global context. <br />
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<p>The team, led by the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT), includes Charlotte Yates and Don Wells, both of the Labour Studies Program and Department of Political Science.  <br />
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<p>They will receive one of the four $2.5-million grants awarded this year by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) through its Major Collaborative Research Initiatives program (MCRI).<br />
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<p>"The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council funds research that builds understanding of complex issues that affect our society," said SSHRC president Chad Gaffield. "The MCRI program supports leading-edge interdisciplinary research and fosters international collaboration, strengthening Canada&#039;s leadership role in global research."<br />
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<p>The CRIMT team will examine the involvement of institutional players in dialogues about change and seek to gain a better understanding of the capabilities required to evolve and thrive in this new environment. <br />
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<p>Key issues include the cross-border organization of production and care, citizenship in the workplace and the implementation of public policies that redistribute work rights and risks.<br />
<br />
<p>"This new MCRI mandate is an important investment in training a new generation of scholars. CRIMT has been pivotal in fostering a critical dialogue amongst faculty and students across many campuses on questions of the intersection of the pressures of globalization and the changing nature of employment and labour markets," says Charlotte Yates, incoming dean of social sciences and member of the CRIMT coordinating committee. "The commitment to fund graduate students ensures that this grant is training the scholars, labour market actors and policy experts of the future."<br />
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<p>CRIMT is an interuniversity and interdisciplinary research centre that brings together researchers from around the world to look at the theoretical and practical challenges of institutional renewal for work and employment in a global context. CRIMT includes 75 researchers from 16 Canadian universities and 25 institutions and universities from 10 other countries. <br />

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