Citizenship and Precarity in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The research project “Citizenship and Precarity in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic” was conducted within the framework of the post-graduate program Global Politics and Society at the University of Milan, in collaboration with the Institute of Citizenship Studies at the University of Geneva, and Colorado Mesa University. The research sought to understand how exclusionary forces intersect to shape precarity in the everyday lives of individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. It engaged with and expanded upon existing literature on precarity and precarity, integrating critical theories to explore how structural forces shape the lived experiences of individuals. At the same time, it examined how individuals interact with, resist, and cope with these social structures. The theoretical aim was to transcend the dichotomy between structural and agency perspectives, instead focusing on their interactions within unequal global power structures.