Catriona
Stevens

Catriona Stevens is Forrest Prospect Research Fellow in School of Arts and Humanities at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia. Her current research, funded by the Forrest Research Foundation, addresses some critical challenges faced by the Australian aged care sector. This work focusses on workforce issues, with an emphasis on understanding the experiences and perspectives of the workers themselves, especially those from migrant backgrounds. This work builds on her expertise in labour migration. Cat’s recently completed PhD in Anthropology and Sociology is an ethnography of recent trade-skilled migration from China to Perth titled ‘Unlikely settlers in exceptional times’ that explores how social class shapes opportunities, choices, and trajectories through the migration process. Cat is active in supporting the work of the Migration, Mobilities, and Belonging (MMoB) research cluster at UWA and in 2017 co-convened The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) conference ‘Belonging in a Mobile World’ held at UWA. She currently co-convenes the TASA Migration, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism Thematic Group (2021-23).