Decent Work and the city

促进体面工作标准越来越被认为是实现更可持续和更具包容性增长的政策议程中的一个基本要素。然而，事实证明，在支离破碎的全球经济体系中执行体面工作标准具有挑战性，而且有证据表明，国家内部和国家之间的不平等和贫困日益扩大，这与就业标准和条件的差距有关。简而言之，国际和国家政策似乎没有提供体面的工作，这反过来又重新引发了关于如何解决不稳定和不平等问题的地方政策辩论，这主要体现在城市和城市地区。尽管它们本身具有潜在的重要意义，但显然有必要扩大这些本地化发展的规模，将它们联系起来并从中学习。通过比较混合的方法研究，我将探索为改善城市工作条件而采取的不同方法，以及一系列参与者在不同地理空间相互作用的方式，以促进在工作中公平、体面和尊严的基本概念。该项目侧重于世界上六个不同的城市--曼彻斯特(联合王国)、不来梅(德国)、布宜诺斯艾利斯(阿根廷)、蒙特利尔(加利福尼亚州)、纽约(美国)和首尔(韩国)；该项目将探讨不同地方提供的工作类型和质量如何对更广泛的不平等和社会正义问题产生直接和间接影响，以及不同行为者如何应对劳动力市场排斥、贫穷和不安全问题。所有这些城市都参与了体面工作计划，包括地方政治承诺，以解决低工资和不稳定的工作，并看到工会和工人动员起来，围绕劳工权利和工作场所民主等具体问题。在全球经济持续动荡和不确定的情况下，本项目力求既承认并突出在提高工作质量方面的良好做法，同时也探索在哪些条件下能够制定和维持体面的工作议程。从这个意义上说，“城市”提供了一个理论视角，通过它来观察全球经济和劳动力市场的长期变化，并密切审视金融一体化程度更高、资本和劳动力流动性更高的“赢家和输家”。通过将高质量的学术研究成果与正在进行的影响和知识交流活动相结合，该项目力求为低工资、不平等和不安全等紧迫的全球关切问题提供理论和实践上的答案。UKRI未来领导人奖学金对我来说是一个极好的机会，让我可以在现有研究活动和联系人的基础上，建立一个独特的、创新的国际研究议程，涵盖全球南北，对政策和实践产生直接影响。

Promoting decent work standards is increasingly considered an essential element in policy agendas to achieve more sustainable and inclusive growth. However, the implementation of decent work standards in a fragmented global economic system has proven to be challenging, and there is evidence of widening inequalities and poverty within and across countries linked to disparities in employment standards and conditions. In short international and national policies do not seem to be delivering on decent work and this in turn has reanimated local policy debates, mainly evident in cities and urban areas, about how to tackle issues of precariousness and inequality. Although they are potentially significant in their own right, there is a clear need to scale up, connect and learn from these localised developments.Through comparative mixed methods research I will explore the different approaches taken to enhancing working conditions in cities and the ways in which a range of actors interact across different geographical spaces to promote fundamental notions of justice, decency and dignity at work. By focusing on six diverse cities around the world - Manchester (UK); Bremen (Germany); Buenos Aries (Argentina); Montreal (CA); New York (USA); and Seoul (South Korea); this project will explore how the type and quality of jobs on offer in different local contexts have direct and indirect effects on wider issues of inequality and social justice, and how different actors respond to issues of labour market exclusion, poverty and insecurity. All of these cities have engaged in decent work initiatives, including local political commitments to tackling low wages and precarious work, and have seen trade union and worker mobilisation around specific issues such as labour rights and workplace democracy. At a time of continued volatility and uncertainty in the global economy, the current project seeks to both recognise and highlight good practice in respect of improving the quality of work, while also exploring the conditions under which a decent work agenda can be developed and sustained. In this sense, 'Cities' provide a theoretical lens through which to view long-run changes in the global economy and the labour market and to examine closely the 'winners and losers' of greater financial integration and increased capital and labour mobility. By combining high quality academic research outputs with ongoing impact and knowledge exchange activities, the project seeks to provide both theoretical and practical answers to pressing global concerns around low pay, inequality and insecurity. The UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship represents an excellent opportunity for me to build on my existing research activities and contacts to and to establish a distinct and innovative international research agenda encompassing the global north and south, that has a direct impact on policy and practice.