Low-wage labour migration in Asia: In search of recruitment policies that work for workers
Mon 09 Jun
|Room 309, Building 19, Waseda University
This talk considers bilateral labour agreements (BLAs) between countries of origin in South and Southeast Asia and Asia’s biggest destination economies, as well as relevant recruitment cost data, to identify the most beneficial recruitment policies for migrant workers.
Date and Venue
09 Jun 2025, 17:00 – 18:30 GMT+9
Room 309, Building 19, Waseda University, Japan, 〒169-0051 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishiwaseda, 1-chōme−21−１ 早稲田大学 西早稲田ビルディング
About the Event
Speaker:
Dr. Arwen Joyce (University of Leicester)
Dr. Arwen Joyce is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Law at the University of Leicester, UK. Her research interests include economic migration, labour law and legal education. She was previously an Adjunct Professor of Law at Singapore Management University and worked in private practice as a capital markets lawyer in London and Singapore. She holds a BA from the University of Virginia, a JD cum laude from Georgetown University, an LLM with merit from the London School of Economics, and a PhD in Law from the University of Leicester. She is a non-practicing member of the New York Bar Association and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her first monograph, Low-wage Labour Migration Regimes in Asia: Lessons from across the governance spectrum, will be published by Routledge in 2026.
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