InForMining in Peru: research and partnership on informal gold mining.

The FWO project 'InForMining: an in-depth study of informalization in global gold production' (promotor Sara Geenen, postdoctoral researcher Boris Verbrugge, doctoral researcher Maria Eugenia Robles Mengoa) combines a global mapping of structural trends with a comparative case study analysis of ASGM expansion in different countries. One of the countries not covered in the InForMining proposal is Peru, currently the 6th important gold producer in the world and home to an interesting variety of mining sites. This Global Minds project aims at developing the case study of Peru within the InForMining framework. Second, we have been working on a VLIR TEAM proposal for a collaboration with the Universidad Nacional del Altiplano (UNA) in Puno, Peru. The second objective of the Global Minds project is hence to prepare the ground for a more sustainable engagement with UNA by organizing a research workshop and resubmitting a VLIR proposal. The InForMining project is guided by two research questions, which respectively focus on global- and local-level dynamics associated with informalization: 1. How are informalization mechanisms rooted in structural trends in the global gold production system? 2. How are informalization mechanisms restructuring local labour markets and what are the implications for the workforce?

Keywords:LABOUR CONDITIONS, RESOURCES, INFORMAL ECONOMY, LABOUR MARKET

Disciplines:Markets, market structures, pricing and design, Economic geography, Other social and economic geography not elsewhere classified