Crisis and connection

• Main Authors: TAN, Qiuyi, DAVIS, Christy, SIDHU, Dalvin, NAGPAUL, Tania
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Migrant workers; worker dormitories; COVID-19; living conditions; literature review; foreign workers; low wage migrant workers; Singapore; design thinking; wicked problems; precarious work; Asian Studies; Migration Studies; Place and Environment; Work, Economy and Organizations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_reports/17; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lien_reports/article/1016/viewcontent/Crisis_and_Connection_2020.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

COVID-19 has bridged a longstanding disconnect between Singapore’s resident and migrant populations, showing that the health and well-being of everyone are linked in a pandemic. This paper reviews the available research on low-wage migrant workers in Singapore and unpacks the challenges using design thinking and its human-centred ethos. Transformative social change often starts with knowledge and understanding. We map out the research so you can use it.