Catriona Stevens
Biographic Data
| ID | 3620098 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catriona Stevens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catriona |
| FAMILY NAME | Stevens |
| SIGNATURE | STEVENS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Edith Cowan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2207-687X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Presence and personhood
COVID-19 lockdowns and infection control restrictions provide a lens through which to explore the important forms of relational and relationship-centred care that are provided by family caregivers for people with dementia living in residential aged care. Insights from qualitative research conducted in the Australian cities of Perth and Adelaide highlight the importance of familiar, intercorporeal and interaffective presence to sustaining well-bei…
Migration literacy and commercial intermediaries
Sustaining caring mobilities in immobility regimes
Translation and transformation of class through migration
This issue of Current Sociology Monographs explores new conceptual opportunities at the intersection of migration studies and the sociology of class. The contributions examine migration as a distinct site where class is translated and transformed, using rich, empirically specific cases to show how social class is experienced and produced relationally, transnationally and temporally through the lives of migrants. Through this focus, the papers con…
Split nationality households
This paper explores the citizenship choices of Chinese migrants in Australia who must evaluate the relative benefits of Australian versus Chinese legal citizenship. Given the insecurities inherent in non-citizen status in either country, many families decide some members will take Australian citizenship while others retain Chinese citizenship in combination with Australian permanent residency. Forming these split nationality households aims to op…
Descending asymmetry in proximate, mobile and digital care
This article juxtaposes cases of grandparents who provide care for their grandchildren in two broad types of migrant families: (1) families where some members have migrated from the Chinese countryside to larger cities and (2) families where some members have migrated from China to Australia. By examining the proximate, mobile and digital forms of their grandparenting care labour, this article demonstrates the surprising durability and stability …
Transnational grandparent migration and care-giving
Grandparents are increasingly participating in international migration to resettle with or visit adult children and grandchildren living overseas. In doing so, they make important social, cultural, emotional and financial contributions to transnational families, in particular through providing unpaid childcare and domestic work. This scoping review aims to examine the extent, range and nature of studies on transnational grandparent migration and …
The impacts of Covid-19 restrictions on care-givers of people with cognitive impairment and their support needs
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing restrictions/lockdowns have caused significant physical and psychological consequences for people with cognitive impairment who are heavily dependent on their care-givers. However, little is known about the impact on care-givers, the factors that exacerbate their situation and what supports they need. The aims of this paper are threefold: (a) to examine the impact of COVID-19 physical restrictions on both formal …
Hukou, socio-spatial class, and the strategic citizenship practices of Chinese labour migrants in Australia
China does not permit dual nationality, meaning migrants in Australia must evaluate the benefits of Chinese versus Australian citizenship. Decisions about competing citizenship statuses are informed not only by this prohibition of dual nationality but also by individuals’ classed positions. By comparing the choices of trade skilled migrants from different backgrounds in China, this paper shows that homeland social class is a key factor in decisio…
Digital Anticipation
In this article, we contrast the digital kinning and digital homing practices of PRC Chinese transnational grandparents in Australia from two migration cohorts. Our case studies demonstrate that these digital practices form an integral part of the ability to anticipate aging futures. This "digital anticipation" not only helps to safeguard and affirm social and cultural identities that are often at risk as people age in migrant settings, but also …
Vale Professor Stephen Castles, 1944-2022
"Vale Professor Stephen Castles, 1944–2022: The End of an Age of Migration." Journal of Intercultural Studies, 43(6), pp. 689–690
Care Across Distance
Temporary work, permanent visas and circular dreams
This article considers the disjunctures that exist between the temporalities of legal status and those of migrants' lived experiences, and explores the relationship between precarity and temporality. Ethnographic research conducted among recent migrants from China living in Perth, Western Australia with a focus on migrants who have been sponsored by employers to work and remain in Australia, demonstrates that while migrants may hold temporary or …
A spatial and organisational analysis of Asian panethnic association in Perth, Western Australia
Purpose “Asian” is an aggregating descriptive term commonly used in Australian media, politics and everyday speech to describe people of diverse backgrounds. The purpose of this paper is to question the extent to which “Asian” Australian residents living in Perth, Western Australia demonstrate spatial or organisational panethnic association. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyses quantitative population data from the 2011 Census using GIS…
Now I can never go back
From the early 2000s onwards, labour migrants from China with technical work skills but low educational attainment arrived in Australia with fixed-term, temporary plans. Yet, to their surprise, many have been thwarted in their plans to return, and have instead experienced an unexpected transition to permanent residency (PR). Reasons include rapid economic growth in China and the rising cost of housing; the challenges of re-entering the competitiv…
Temporary work, permanent visas and circular dreams
This article considers the disjunctures that exist between the temporalities of legal status and those of migrants' lived experiences, and explores the relationship between precarity and temporality. Ethnographic research conducted among recent migrants from China living in Perth, Western Australia with a focus on migrants who have been sponsored by employers to work and remain in Australia, demonstrates that while migrants may hold temporary or …
Digital Anticipation
In this article, we contrast the digital kinning and digital homing practices of PRC Chinese transnational grandparents in Australia from two migration cohorts. Our case studies demonstrate that these digital practices form an integral part of the ability to anticipate aging futures. This "digital anticipation" not only helps to safeguard and affirm social and cultural identities that are often at risk as people age in migrant settings, but also …
Migration literacy and commercial intermediaries
Sustaining caring mobilities in immobility regimes
Descending asymmetry in proximate, mobile and digital care
This article juxtaposes cases of grandparents who provide care for their grandchildren in two broad types of migrant families: (1) families where some members have migrated from the Chinese countryside to larger cities and (2) families where some members have migrated from China to Australia. By examining the proximate, mobile and digital forms of their grandparenting care labour, this article demonstrates the surprising durability and stability …
Hukou, socio-spatial class, and the strategic citizenship practices of Chinese labour migrants in Australia
China does not permit dual nationality, meaning migrants in Australia must evaluate the benefits of Chinese versus Australian citizenship. Decisions about competing citizenship statuses are informed not only by this prohibition of dual nationality but also by individuals’ classed positions. By comparing the choices of trade skilled migrants from different backgrounds in China, this paper shows that homeland social class is a key factor in decisio…
Now I can never go back
From the early 2000s onwards, labour migrants from China with technical work skills but low educational attainment arrived in Australia with fixed-term, temporary plans. Yet, to their surprise, many have been thwarted in their plans to return, and have instead experienced an unexpected transition to permanent residency (PR). Reasons include rapid economic growth in China and the rising cost of housing; the challenges of re-entering the competitiv…
Translation and transformation of class through migration
This issue of Current Sociology Monographs explores new conceptual opportunities at the intersection of migration studies and the sociology of class. The contributions examine migration as a distinct site where class is translated and transformed, using rich, empirically specific cases to show how social class is experienced and produced relationally, transnationally and temporally through the lives of migrants. Through this focus, the papers con…
Split nationality households
This paper explores the citizenship choices of Chinese migrants in Australia who must evaluate the relative benefits of Australian versus Chinese legal citizenship. Given the insecurities inherent in non-citizen status in either country, many families decide some members will take Australian citizenship while others retain Chinese citizenship in combination with Australian permanent residency. Forming these split nationality households aims to op…
A spatial and organisational analysis of Asian panethnic association in Perth, Western Australia
Purpose “Asian” is an aggregating descriptive term commonly used in Australian media, politics and everyday speech to describe people of diverse backgrounds. The purpose of this paper is to question the extent to which “Asian” Australian residents living in Perth, Western Australia demonstrate spatial or organisational panethnic association. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyses quantitative population data from the 2011 Census using GIS…
Now I can never go back
From the early 2000s onwards, labour migrants from China with technical work skills but low educational attainment arrived in Australia with fixed-term, temporary plans. Yet, to their surprise, many have been thwarted in their plans to return, and have instead experienced an unexpected transition to permanent residency (PR). Reasons include rapid economic growth in China and the rising cost of housing; the challenges of re-entering the competitiv…
A spatial and organisational analysis of Asian panethnic association in Perth, Western Australia
Purpose “Asian” is an aggregating descriptive term commonly used in Australian media, politics and everyday speech to describe people of diverse backgrounds. The purpose of this paper is to question the extent to which “Asian” Australian residents living in Perth, Western Australia demonstrate spatial or organisational panethnic association. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyses quantitative population data from the 2011 Census using GIS…
Temporary work, permanent visas and circular dreams
This article considers the disjunctures that exist between the temporalities of legal status and those of migrants' lived experiences, and explores the relationship between precarity and temporality. Ethnographic research conducted among recent migrants from China living in Perth, Western Australia with a focus on migrants who have been sponsored by employers to work and remain in Australia, demonstrates that while migrants may hold temporary or …
Care Across Distance
Digital Anticipation
In this article, we contrast the digital kinning and digital homing practices of PRC Chinese transnational grandparents in Australia from two migration cohorts. Our case studies demonstrate that these digital practices form an integral part of the ability to anticipate aging futures. This "digital anticipation" not only helps to safeguard and affirm social and cultural identities that are often at risk as people age in migrant settings, but also …
Vale Professor Stephen Castles, 1944-2022
"Vale Professor Stephen Castles, 1944–2022: The End of an Age of Migration." Journal of Intercultural Studies, 43(6), pp. 689–690
The impacts of Covid-19 restrictions on care-givers of people with cognitive impairment and their support needs
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing restrictions/lockdowns have caused significant physical and psychological consequences for people with cognitive impairment who are heavily dependent on their care-givers. However, little is known about the impact on care-givers, the factors that exacerbate their situation and what supports they need. The aims of this paper are threefold: (a) to examine the impact of COVID-19 physical restrictions on both formal …
Hukou, socio-spatial class, and the strategic citizenship practices of Chinese labour migrants in Australia
China does not permit dual nationality, meaning migrants in Australia must evaluate the benefits of Chinese versus Australian citizenship. Decisions about competing citizenship statuses are informed not only by this prohibition of dual nationality but also by individuals’ classed positions. By comparing the choices of trade skilled migrants from different backgrounds in China, this paper shows that homeland social class is a key factor in decisio…
Transnational grandparent migration and care-giving
Grandparents are increasingly participating in international migration to resettle with or visit adult children and grandchildren living overseas. In doing so, they make important social, cultural, emotional and financial contributions to transnational families, in particular through providing unpaid childcare and domestic work. This scoping review aims to examine the extent, range and nature of studies on transnational grandparent migration and …
Split nationality households
This paper explores the citizenship choices of Chinese migrants in Australia who must evaluate the relative benefits of Australian versus Chinese legal citizenship. Given the insecurities inherent in non-citizen status in either country, many families decide some members will take Australian citizenship while others retain Chinese citizenship in combination with Australian permanent residency. Forming these split nationality households aims to op…
Descending asymmetry in proximate, mobile and digital care
This article juxtaposes cases of grandparents who provide care for their grandchildren in two broad types of migrant families: (1) families where some members have migrated from the Chinese countryside to larger cities and (2) families where some members have migrated from China to Australia. By examining the proximate, mobile and digital forms of their grandparenting care labour, this article demonstrates the surprising durability and stability …
Presence and personhood
COVID-19 lockdowns and infection control restrictions provide a lens through which to explore the important forms of relational and relationship-centred care that are provided by family caregivers for people with dementia living in residential aged care. Insights from qualitative research conducted in the Australian cities of Perth and Adelaide highlight the importance of familiar, intercorporeal and interaffective presence to sustaining well-bei…
Migration literacy and commercial intermediaries
Sustaining caring mobilities in immobility regimes
Translation and transformation of class through migration
This issue of Current Sociology Monographs explores new conceptual opportunities at the intersection of migration studies and the sociology of class. The contributions examine migration as a distinct site where class is translated and transformed, using rich, empirically specific cases to show how social class is experienced and produced relationally, transnationally and temporally through the lives of migrants. Through this focus, the papers con…
Migration and Labor Dynamics (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · China (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (5 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (4 works) · Geography (4 works)