Choo Chin LOW
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Choo Chin, Low is a senior lecturer in the History Section, School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). She holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne. Her research interests include migration, comparative citizenship, and diaspora studies. Her recent publications appeared in Third World Quarterly, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. Citizenship Studies, Diaspora Studies, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Regions & Cohesion, Europe-Asia Studies, and Journal of Historical Sociology. She was a visiting fellow at Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University. She currently serves as a country expert for the Global Citizenship Observatory (European University Institute, Italy) and the Global Dynamics of Social Policy (University of Bremen, Germany).
Sessions in which Choo Chin LOW participates
Thursday 21 May, 2026
This panel focuses on the intersection of digital technologies and migrant labour, from the tools migrants use to find work, to the conditions under which they do it. Panelists will draw on cases spanning the recruitment pipeline, examining how fintech, recruitment platforms, and the gig afect migrants at every stage : from algorithmic matching and digital labour contracting in origin countries to platform-based work at destination.