Institute of Public Administration Australia (ACT) Limited

Rochelle Bailey has conducted 18 years of ethnographic research on Pacific Labour mobility while researching the Recognised Seasonal Worker scheme and another 11 years with research cohorts in the Seasonal Worker Programme. Her longitudinal research focuses on the cultural, economic, social, well-being and welfare, and political impacts of cross-border schemes. Rochelle has examined both temporary and permanent forms of migration from Pacific Island Countries to Australia and New Zealand since 2006. By examining impacts on migrants, families, employers, and communities in both sending and receiving countries, she takes an anthropological holistic approach to her research, which is multi-sited research and has a strong emphasis on collaboration and culturally appropriate knowledge sharing.