Louise Olliff
Biographic Data
| ID | 912879 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Louise Olliff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Louise |
| FAMILY NAME | Olliff |
| SIGNATURE | OLLIFF L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4787-0540 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The coloniality of employment selection processes: Black Africa-born migrants’ experiences of job-seeking in (White) Australia
Africa-born migrants in Australia, particularly those who are racialised Black, face significant challenges in securing employment that aligns with their qualifications and experience, leading to higher rates of unemployment and underemployment compared to other population groups. This study explores the employment-seeking experiences of Black Africa-born migrants in South Australia, focusing on how coloniality – understood as the enduring power …
Harnessing Possibilities and Synergies to Refugee Complementary Migration Pathways in Australia: A Multiple Streams Analysis
This article examines the complementary pathway initiatives that are burgeoning in Australia, which include community sponsorship, labour mobility, and — more recently — education pathways. Set against a review of Australia’s recent policy past, including an enduring deterrence-based asylum policy and politicised resettlement cap and ongoing challenges for refugee family reunification, we map the political and policy changes that have led to the …
Diaspora Humanitarianism: Centring Transnational Relational Care Practices in Crisis Response
This paper investigates diasporas’ mobilization in response to humanitarian crises, in comparison to the ‘traditional’ humanitarian sector. We develop a conceptual framework through which we analyze eight Australia‐based diasporas’ responses to humanitarian crises. We find that diaspora humanitarian interventions are premised on transnational reciprocal relationships and care practices that bind people together. Diaspora crisis responses signific…
Diaspora Humanitarians: How Diaspora Communities Respond to Humanitarian Crises
During humanitarian crises, diasporas often contribute vital support to the survival and reconstruction of their communities of origin. This ‘diaspora humanitarianism’ reshapes the international humanitarian system, but its scope, modality and impact remain understudied, partly due to the ‘invisible’ nature of diaspora interventions. This paper expands the understanding on the how and why diasporas engage in humanitarian responses, by examining s…
The Australian Research on Refugee Integration Database (Arrid): A Platform and Conceptual Framework to Map, Connect and Share Knowledge
We will start building from that”: Social capital, social networks and African migrants’ job‐seeking experiences in Australia
This article explores the job‐seeking experiences of Black African migrants in South Australia, focussing on the role played by social networks in labour market integration. While it has been long held that “who you know” matters when finding work, the quality and nature of interpersonal connections that can be put to use for job‐seeking purposes suggests that not all networks effectively leverage social capital when it comes to employment. This …
From Resettled Refugees to Humanitarian Actors: Refugee Diaspora Organizations and Everyday Humanitarianism
This article describes the everyday humanitarianism of refugees resettled in Australia who form small voluntary organizations to help “their people” displaced elsewhere in the world. The people involved in refugee diaspora organizations (RD05) are animated by forces that reflect their distinct history, positionality, and relationship to the “suffering others” they help. What the everyday humanitarianism of RDOs suggests is that we live in a world…
From Resettled Refugees to Humanitarian Actors: Refugee Diaspora Organizations and Everyday Humanitarianism
This article describes the everyday humanitarianism of refugees resettled in Australia who form small voluntary organizations to help “their people” displaced elsewhere in the world. The people involved in refugee diaspora organizations (RD05) are animated by forces that reflect their distinct history, positionality, and relationship to the “suffering others” they help. What the everyday humanitarianism of RDOs suggests is that we live in a world…
We will start building from that”: Social capital, social networks and African migrants’ job‐seeking experiences in Australia
This article explores the job‐seeking experiences of Black African migrants in South Australia, focussing on the role played by social networks in labour market integration. While it has been long held that “who you know” matters when finding work, the quality and nature of interpersonal connections that can be put to use for job‐seeking purposes suggests that not all networks effectively leverage social capital when it comes to employment. This …
Diaspora Humanitarians: How Diaspora Communities Respond to Humanitarian Crises
During humanitarian crises, diasporas often contribute vital support to the survival and reconstruction of their communities of origin. This ‘diaspora humanitarianism’ reshapes the international humanitarian system, but its scope, modality and impact remain understudied, partly due to the ‘invisible’ nature of diaspora interventions. This paper expands the understanding on the how and why diasporas engage in humanitarian responses, by examining s…
From Resettled Refugees to Humanitarian Actors: Refugee Diaspora Organizations and Everyday Humanitarianism
This article describes the everyday humanitarianism of refugees resettled in Australia who form small voluntary organizations to help “their people” displaced elsewhere in the world. The people involved in refugee diaspora organizations (RD05) are animated by forces that reflect their distinct history, positionality, and relationship to the “suffering others” they help. What the everyday humanitarianism of RDOs suggests is that we live in a world…
We will start building from that”: Social capital, social networks and African migrants’ job‐seeking experiences in Australia
This article explores the job‐seeking experiences of Black African migrants in South Australia, focussing on the role played by social networks in labour market integration. While it has been long held that “who you know” matters when finding work, the quality and nature of interpersonal connections that can be put to use for job‐seeking purposes suggests that not all networks effectively leverage social capital when it comes to employment. This …
The Australian Research on Refugee Integration Database (Arrid): A Platform and Conceptual Framework to Map, Connect and Share Knowledge
Harnessing Possibilities and Synergies to Refugee Complementary Migration Pathways in Australia: A Multiple Streams Analysis
This article examines the complementary pathway initiatives that are burgeoning in Australia, which include community sponsorship, labour mobility, and — more recently — education pathways. Set against a review of Australia’s recent policy past, including an enduring deterrence-based asylum policy and politicised resettlement cap and ongoing challenges for refugee family reunification, we map the political and policy changes that have led to the …
Diaspora Humanitarianism: Centring Transnational Relational Care Practices in Crisis Response
This paper investigates diasporas’ mobilization in response to humanitarian crises, in comparison to the ‘traditional’ humanitarian sector. We develop a conceptual framework through which we analyze eight Australia‐based diasporas’ responses to humanitarian crises. We find that diaspora humanitarian interventions are premised on transnational reciprocal relationships and care practices that bind people together. Diaspora crisis responses signific…
Diaspora Humanitarians: How Diaspora Communities Respond to Humanitarian Crises
During humanitarian crises, diasporas often contribute vital support to the survival and reconstruction of their communities of origin. This ‘diaspora humanitarianism’ reshapes the international humanitarian system, but its scope, modality and impact remain understudied, partly due to the ‘invisible’ nature of diaspora interventions. This paper expands the understanding on the how and why diasporas engage in humanitarian responses, by examining s…
The coloniality of employment selection processes: Black Africa-born migrants’ experiences of job-seeking in (White) Australia
Africa-born migrants in Australia, particularly those who are racialised Black, face significant challenges in securing employment that aligns with their qualifications and experience, leading to higher rates of unemployment and underemployment compared to other population groups. This study explores the employment-seeking experiences of Black Africa-born migrants in South Australia, focusing on how coloniality – understood as the enduring power …
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Diaspora (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (3 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 works)