Revaluing Care in the Global Economy – Global Perspectives on Metrics, Governance, and Social Practices

Care is undervalued
all over the world.

We’re exploring why and how to change that.

Upcoming Events

Cooperatives and Care

11/05/2025

10:05–11:20 AM ET

Online

The Revaluing Care in the Global Economy project hosts an online seminar on Cooperatives and Care, exploring the social and cultural role of cooperative organizations in revaluing care and labor. Wednesday, November 5, 2025 · 10:05–11:20 AM ET, online.

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Aula Verde – Tree Room: Art and Science for Climate Justice

As part of the series “Composting Theory: Ecological Care in Practice,” the Revaluing Care Lab at the FHI hosts “Aula Verde – Tree Room: Art and Science for Climate Justice,” a participatory workshop with artist and environmental engineer Andrea Conte exploring ecological art, forest science, and climate justice. Saturday, October 25, 2025 · 10:00 AM–12:00 PM ET · Duke Campus Farm.

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Working Papers Blog

March 29, 2026

Commuting, Care and Wellbeing

Depopulation in rural areas is driven by youth outmigration and ageing. Limited access to jobs and services increases reliance on commuting, creating time burdens that disproportionately affect women due to unequal care responsibilities, reducing their wellbeing.

March 14, 2026

Debilitating Care

Brazil’s Zika epidemic left thousands of children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS), most born to structurally vulnerable Black and mixed-race mothers who now carry the burden of lifelong care. The relentless demands of caregiving—shaped by poverty, fragmented services, and bureaucratic barriers—gradually wear mothers down physically and mentally. Their stories show how epidemics produce wider, unevenly distributed forms of embodied harm beyond those directly diagnosed with disease.

February 8, 2026

Care Norms and Carebots

Can robots care well? In thinking about our budding relationships with embodied AI, it is essential to reflect on the emergent norms that makes care possible for machines and humans alike.

January 26, 2026

The Power of Data in Care Work Policy

What can a laundry bucket teach us about how beliefs about the value of quantitative data in policy making shape efforts to address unpaid care work?

January 26, 2026

The Social and Cultural Role of Cooperation

In the face of growing social fragmentation and a crisis of care, cooperation offers an alternative way of organizing economic and social life. Drawing on Beatrice Potter Webb and the Italian cooperative tradition, this piece explores how cooperativism can regenerate social bonds beyond competition and extraction.

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