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Elisabeth Wide is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. She actively contributes to the PrecaNord project (2022-2026), investigating migrant labor in Nordic cleaning sectors characterized by outsourcing and subcontracting, while bridging feminist political economy with migration studies to analyze labor reproduction under capitalism.
Her academic credentials include:
- Doctor of Social Sciences (University of Helsinki, 2024, Pass with Distinction)
- Master of Social Sciences
Wide's research centers on socially reproductive labor and unfree labor forms within migrant work contexts. She examines how legal frameworks regulating migrant labor intersect with global class formations, revealing phenomena like 'indentured labor' where debt and gratitude dominate domestic/care work. Her scholarship critically analyzes commercial cleaning industries, au pair arrangements, and sector-specific residence permits through feminist critiques of political economy.
Her 2024-2025 publications demonstrate consistent focus on migration-labor-reproduction nexus, with recurring themes of outsourcing reproductive labor, gendered/racialized precarious work, and debt dynamics in intimate labor. Utilizing social reproduction theory, her work exposes how global economic structures shape Nordic labor markets, particularly highlighting Finnish household domestic work and cleaning sectors.
Her scientific recognition includes:
- University of Helsinki Gender Studies Master's Award (2018)
While not currently listed as primary advisor for graduate students, Wide secures research funding through the active PrecaNord project (Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland rf, 2022-2026) and previously held an ASLA-Fulbright Pre-Doctoral Fellowship at The New School for Social Research (2022). She actively engages policymakers through media interventions on migrant labor rights.
Wide operates within the PrecaNord collaborative network involving multiple Nordic institutions, while maintaining independent research streams through frequent conference presentations and media commentary on migrant labor conditions in Finland.
