My PhD Research focuses on studying the role that informality plays in the production of global commodities. Specifically, I am interested in assessing how informal labour is mobilized and demobilized, its multiple relations with state and capital institutions, and how these impact the life conditions of the informal labourers and their families. I explore those questions through the case study of the work and lives of miners who are employed in the small-scale production of the 3Ts minerals (Tin, Tantalum, Tungsten) in Rwanda.

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