Kerry Rittich, University of Toronto

Research

informal work labour market governance forced labour colonialism racial capitalism unpaid work

Latest funding

Historicizing Precarity at Work: Exploring the colonial roots of contemporary labour law
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$51,508
Historicizing Precarity at Work: Exploring the colonial roots of contemporary labour law
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$16,492
Governing labour markets for development: informality, new governance and distributive justice at work
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$51,500

All 4 grants and awards

Historicizing Precarity at Work: Exploring the colonial roots of contemporary labour law

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rittich, Kerry A.

Keywords: informal work; labour market governance; forced labour; colonialism; racial capitalism; unpaid work

$51,508

Historicizing Precarity at Work: Exploring the colonial roots of contemporary labour law

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rittich, Kerry A.

Keywords: informal work; labour market governance; forced labour; colonialism; racial capitalism; unpaid work

$16,492

Governing labour markets for development: informality, new governance and distributive justice at work

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Rittich, Kerry A.

Keywords: governance; labour market institutions; distributive justice; law and development; law and globalization

$51,500

Core labour rights and distributive justice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Rittich, Kerry A.

Keywords: labour law; international law and institutions; globalization; law and development; feminist theory; human rights

$54,900

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: informal work Dear Professor Rittich, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on informal work connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Historicizing Precarity at Work: Exploring the colonial roots of contemporary labour law" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]