Theodora Lam

Theodora Lam is Senior Research Fellow with the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS). Her research interests cover transnational migration and families, the web of care within transnational households, geographies of children and young people, and gender studies. She has researched on both skilled and low-waged labour migrants as well as their families in Singapore and other Asian countries. Theodora is currently involved in several research projects including “A Study on Cross-National Families in Singapore” (X-Fam); a longitudinal research project, “Child Health and Migrant Parents in Southeast Asia” (CHAMPSEA): Waves 1, 2 and 3; “Healthcare and ‘Foodwork’ among Foreign Domestic Workers and their Children in Southeast Asia” (HealthFood and MyanFood); and “South-South Migration and Migrant Food Insecurity: Interactions, Impacts and Remedies” (MiFood Project).