Dr Ruth Castel Branco manages the Future of Work(ers) research project at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of the Witwatersrand. Previously, she worked as national coordinator for social and maternity protection at the International Labour Organization in Mozambique, organiser for DC Jobs with Justice in the United States and the 50 Years is Enough Network. Her research interests include social protection and the redistributive role of the state, (informal) worker organising and workers' rights, structural transformation and the changing nature of work.
Experience
2020–2021
Research Manager, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies
2018–2020
Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
2013–2015
Project Coordinator, Social Protection, International Labour Office
Education
2021
University of the Witwatersrand, PhD
2012
University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, MA
2005
University of Wisconsin-Madison, BA
Publications
2021
Improvising an e-State: the Struggle over Cash Transfer Digitalization in Mozambique, Development and Change
2021
The Contradictions of Formalization: Domesticity and Paid Domestic Work in Mozambique and Angola, e-Cadernos
2021
“Se alguém está cansado de viver”: A economia informal, o Estado e a segurança social, IESE
Grants and Contracts
2021
Inequality Fellowship
Role:
Fellow
Funding Source:
Open Society Foundation
2015
PhD Fellowship
Role:
Fellow
Funding Source:
International Centre for Development and Decent Work
Professional Memberships
African Studies Association
Instituto Estudos Sociais e Económicos
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa