Rafael Azeredo
Biographic Data
| ID | 351903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rafael Azeredo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rafael |
| FAMILY NAME | Azeredo |
| SIGNATURE | AZEREDO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4011-4881 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Temporal frictions in Australian horticultural value chains
The interdisciplinary agrifood literature has paid significant attention to power imbalances between supermarkets and suppliers, identifying fresh produce growers as particularly vulnerable to exploitative procurement practices. However, less work has examined the temporal characteristics of fresh produce that contribute to this vulnerability, and how these plays out in value chain relationships dominated by large retailers. In addressing this ga…
Beyond the farm gate
Problematising ‘visa determinism’
Sociology of migration scholarship has recently criticised the unreflective use of categorisation in migration research and practice. This article extends this critique by reflecting on ‘visa determinism’ – a heuristic that uses the visa status as a proxy for inferring people's identities, intentions and experiences. Drawing on the case of Brazilians who hold student visas in Australia, we explore and problematise visa determinism in two main way…
Institutional Investment in Farmland and the Restructuring of Australia’s Macadamia Nut Global Production Network
While the large-scale acquisition of agricultural land by institutional investors has been widely documented, it is less clear how these investments contribute to the restructuring of agri-food global production networks (GPNs). Recent developments in Australia’s macadamia nut industry illustrate a case in which large-scale farmland acquisition and development by institutional investors has consolidated network governance in upstream GPN segments…
The tourism-migration nexus
Visa journeys and permanent temporariness
This article introduces the concept of ‘visa journeys’ to explore the lived experiences of first-generation migrants in Australia as they navigate restrictive migration policies and precarious legal statuses. While scholarship on migration journeys has traditionally been framed around spatial mobility, this article shifts attention to transitions between visas and migration statuses, arguing that it constitutes a central aspect of contemporary mi…
The Brazilian diaspora
While the Brazilian diaspora scholarship is a vibrant literature that emerged in the 1980s and has gained prominence over the years, it remains geographically dispersed. Most studies focus on Brazilian migrants' experiences in a specific country or region of destination, and less attention has been paid to issues that influence the Brazilian diaspora transnationally. While the experiences of Brazilian migrants in different regions are varied and …
From tourists to essential workers
Although there is notable scholarship on backpackers and their part in tourism cultures, there has been little reflection on their status as long term essential workers in rural areas and what this means for the communities who receive them. We address this gap by investigating the evolution of Australia's Working Holiday Maker program and how it has shaped the presence of backpackers in farming communities. Contemporary backpacking in Australia …
American uniqueness revisited
Although often perceived to be a uniquely American phenomenon, mass shootings in schools across the globe have led to continued concerns about how to keep educational institutions safe. To identify opportunities for intervention and prevention of these tragedies, this study utilises a comparative case study approach. Specifically, we analyse the events leading up to the mass shootings at Municipal School Tasso da Silveira in Rio de Janeiro (Reale…
Liquid migration revisited
This paper discusses whether liquid migration, a framework developed to theorise recent patterns of intra‐European migration, is a suitable lens to analyse contemporary migration in other regions of the Western world. It does so by drawing on findings from ethnographic research conducted on the Brazilian migration to Australia, a recent migration wave whose patterns are embedded in a transformed migration context and paradigm. The reflections sug…
Navigating Migration Regimes Together
This article builds on data collected as a part of two research projects to provide a comparative study on the migration journeys of young Brazilian couples in Auckland (New Zealand), the Gold Coast and Perth (Australia). We employ the theoretical lens of multi-stage migration to explore how Brazilian migrant couples plan and pursue journeys across different visa statuses to transition through less precarious forms of migration. Findings suggest …
Brazilians in Dongguan
This article explores a case of international migration across analogous industrial clusters (IMAAIC), a form of skilled migration largely linked to South-South migration flows. Using the migration from Southern Brazil to Dongguan, China as the unit of analysis, this article presents an ethnographic account based on documental research and participant observation data collected between 2017 and 2021. The findings map the origins of this migration…
Latin American Migration to the Asia Pacific
This Special Issue delves into the increasing number of Latin American migrants currently residing in the Asia-Pacific region, providing the first scholarly exploration of their collective experien
Identifying conceptual incongruences within global leadership competency models
Despite decades of research on global leadership competencies, there is a continued unresolved debate among scholars around an integrative Global Leadership Competency model (GLC model), as none of the models proposed has been widely used in literature. Attempts to replicate and operationalize existing models are scarce, and scholars tend to recreate GLC models instead of building on existing ones. Instead of proposing yet another GLC model, this…
From tourists to essential workers
Although there is notable scholarship on backpackers and their part in tourism cultures, there has been little reflection on their status as long term essential workers in rural areas and what this means for the communities who receive them. We address this gap by investigating the evolution of Australia's Working Holiday Maker program and how it has shaped the presence of backpackers in farming communities. Contemporary backpacking in Australia …
The tourism-migration nexus
Visa journeys and permanent temporariness
This article introduces the concept of ‘visa journeys’ to explore the lived experiences of first-generation migrants in Australia as they navigate restrictive migration policies and precarious legal statuses. While scholarship on migration journeys has traditionally been framed around spatial mobility, this article shifts attention to transitions between visas and migration statuses, arguing that it constitutes a central aspect of contemporary mi…
Liquid migration revisited
This paper discusses whether liquid migration, a framework developed to theorise recent patterns of intra‐European migration, is a suitable lens to analyse contemporary migration in other regions of the Western world. It does so by drawing on findings from ethnographic research conducted on the Brazilian migration to Australia, a recent migration wave whose patterns are embedded in a transformed migration context and paradigm. The reflections sug…
Navigating Migration Regimes Together
This article builds on data collected as a part of two research projects to provide a comparative study on the migration journeys of young Brazilian couples in Auckland (New Zealand), the Gold Coast and Perth (Australia). We employ the theoretical lens of multi-stage migration to explore how Brazilian migrant couples plan and pursue journeys across different visa statuses to transition through less precarious forms of migration. Findings suggest …
Latin American Migration to the Asia Pacific
This Special Issue delves into the increasing number of Latin American migrants currently residing in the Asia-Pacific region, providing the first scholarly exploration of their collective experien
Problematising ‘visa determinism’
Sociology of migration scholarship has recently criticised the unreflective use of categorisation in migration research and practice. This article extends this critique by reflecting on ‘visa determinism’ – a heuristic that uses the visa status as a proxy for inferring people's identities, intentions and experiences. Drawing on the case of Brazilians who hold student visas in Australia, we explore and problematise visa determinism in two main way…
Institutional Investment in Farmland and the Restructuring of Australia’s Macadamia Nut Global Production Network
While the large-scale acquisition of agricultural land by institutional investors has been widely documented, it is less clear how these investments contribute to the restructuring of agri-food global production networks (GPNs). Recent developments in Australia’s macadamia nut industry illustrate a case in which large-scale farmland acquisition and development by institutional investors has consolidated network governance in upstream GPN segments…
Identifying conceptual incongruences within global leadership competency models
Despite decades of research on global leadership competencies, there is a continued unresolved debate among scholars around an integrative Global Leadership Competency model (GLC model), as none of the models proposed has been widely used in literature. Attempts to replicate and operationalize existing models are scarce, and scholars tend to recreate GLC models instead of building on existing ones. Instead of proposing yet another GLC model, this…
Identifying conceptual incongruences within global leadership competency models
Despite decades of research on global leadership competencies, there is a continued unresolved debate among scholars around an integrative Global Leadership Competency model (GLC model), as none of the models proposed has been widely used in literature. Attempts to replicate and operationalize existing models are scarce, and scholars tend to recreate GLC models instead of building on existing ones. Instead of proposing yet another GLC model, this…
Liquid migration revisited
This paper discusses whether liquid migration, a framework developed to theorise recent patterns of intra‐European migration, is a suitable lens to analyse contemporary migration in other regions of the Western world. It does so by drawing on findings from ethnographic research conducted on the Brazilian migration to Australia, a recent migration wave whose patterns are embedded in a transformed migration context and paradigm. The reflections sug…
Navigating Migration Regimes Together
This article builds on data collected as a part of two research projects to provide a comparative study on the migration journeys of young Brazilian couples in Auckland (New Zealand), the Gold Coast and Perth (Australia). We employ the theoretical lens of multi-stage migration to explore how Brazilian migrant couples plan and pursue journeys across different visa statuses to transition through less precarious forms of migration. Findings suggest …
Brazilians in Dongguan
This article explores a case of international migration across analogous industrial clusters (IMAAIC), a form of skilled migration largely linked to South-South migration flows. Using the migration from Southern Brazil to Dongguan, China as the unit of analysis, this article presents an ethnographic account based on documental research and participant observation data collected between 2017 and 2021. The findings map the origins of this migration…
Latin American Migration to the Asia Pacific
This Special Issue delves into the increasing number of Latin American migrants currently residing in the Asia-Pacific region, providing the first scholarly exploration of their collective experien
The Brazilian diaspora
While the Brazilian diaspora scholarship is a vibrant literature that emerged in the 1980s and has gained prominence over the years, it remains geographically dispersed. Most studies focus on Brazilian migrants' experiences in a specific country or region of destination, and less attention has been paid to issues that influence the Brazilian diaspora transnationally. While the experiences of Brazilian migrants in different regions are varied and …
From tourists to essential workers
Although there is notable scholarship on backpackers and their part in tourism cultures, there has been little reflection on their status as long term essential workers in rural areas and what this means for the communities who receive them. We address this gap by investigating the evolution of Australia's Working Holiday Maker program and how it has shaped the presence of backpackers in farming communities. Contemporary backpacking in Australia …
American uniqueness revisited
Although often perceived to be a uniquely American phenomenon, mass shootings in schools across the globe have led to continued concerns about how to keep educational institutions safe. To identify opportunities for intervention and prevention of these tragedies, this study utilises a comparative case study approach. Specifically, we analyse the events leading up to the mass shootings at Municipal School Tasso da Silveira in Rio de Janeiro (Reale…
Problematising ‘visa determinism’
Sociology of migration scholarship has recently criticised the unreflective use of categorisation in migration research and practice. This article extends this critique by reflecting on ‘visa determinism’ – a heuristic that uses the visa status as a proxy for inferring people's identities, intentions and experiences. Drawing on the case of Brazilians who hold student visas in Australia, we explore and problematise visa determinism in two main way…
Institutional Investment in Farmland and the Restructuring of Australia’s Macadamia Nut Global Production Network
While the large-scale acquisition of agricultural land by institutional investors has been widely documented, it is less clear how these investments contribute to the restructuring of agri-food global production networks (GPNs). Recent developments in Australia’s macadamia nut industry illustrate a case in which large-scale farmland acquisition and development by institutional investors has consolidated network governance in upstream GPN segments…
The tourism-migration nexus
Visa journeys and permanent temporariness
This article introduces the concept of ‘visa journeys’ to explore the lived experiences of first-generation migrants in Australia as they navigate restrictive migration policies and precarious legal statuses. While scholarship on migration journeys has traditionally been framed around spatial mobility, this article shifts attention to transitions between visas and migration statuses, arguing that it constitutes a central aspect of contemporary mi…
Temporal frictions in Australian horticultural value chains
The interdisciplinary agrifood literature has paid significant attention to power imbalances between supermarkets and suppliers, identifying fresh produce growers as particularly vulnerable to exploitative procurement practices. However, less work has examined the temporal characteristics of fresh produce that contribute to this vulnerability, and how these plays out in value chain relationships dominated by large retailers. In addressing this ga…
Beyond the farm gate
Sociology (9 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Economic geography (4 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (4 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works)