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Professor Michele Ford

PhD (U. Wollongong), B Asian Studies (Indonesian) (Hons 1) (ANU); BA (Asian Studies) (UNSW)

Professor of Southeast Asian Studies

Phone

+61 2 9351 7797

Email

michele.ford@sydney.edu.au

Address

A18 - Brennan MacCallum Building

The University of Sydney

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Member of Sydney Southeast Asia Centre

Biographical details

Professor Michele Ford is based in the Discipline of Asian Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research focuses on Southeast Asian labour movements, the intersection between national and international trade unions, union responses to temporary labour migration and labour’s engagement in the political sphere. This work has been supported by several Australian Research Council (ARC) grants. Michele currently leads two ARC Discovery Projects, one of which focuses on employment relations in Indonesia’s commercial fishing industry and the other on generative AI attacks on unions in Southeast Asia. She also leads two ARC Linkage Projects, the first of which focuses on trade union responses to gender-based violence in Cambodia’s construction industry and the second of which examines barriers to formal sector employment for people with disability in Timor-Leste. Michele is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. In addition to her academic work, she has been involved in extensive consultancy work for the ILO, the international labour movement and the Australian government.

Research interests

Work, industrial relations and labour movements in Southeast Asia
Labour internationalism and trade union aid
Labour migration and migrant labour activism
Non-traditional forms of labour movement organisation

Non-traditional forms of labour movement organisationWork, industrial relations and labour movements in Southeast Asia

Labour internationalism and trade union aid

Labour migration and migrant labour activism

Non-traditional forms of labour movement organisation

PhD and master's project opportunities

International and Southeast Asian labour movements

Current research students

Project title	Research student
Are Indonesia’s Political Parties Becoming More Moderate	Luky Sandra AMALIA
Norm Contestation and the Regulation of Employment Relationships for Seafarers and Fishers in Indonesia	Benni HASBIYALLOH
Community-led approaches to refugee protection in Southeast Asia	Tamara MEGAW
Understanding gender-based violence and harassment in Cambodia’s Construction and Garment Sectors	Vichhra MOUYLY

Selected publications

Labor and Politics in Indonesia

(Cambridge University Press, 2020)

Activists in Transition: Progressive Politics in Democratic Indonesia

(Cornell University Press, 2019)

From Migrant to Worker: Global Unions and Temporary Labor Migration in Asia

(Cornell University Press, 2019)

Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific

(Routledge, 2017)

Beyond Oligarchy: Wealth, Power, and Contemporary Indonesian Politics

(Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications (SEAP), 2014)

Social Activism in Southeast Asia

(Routledge, 2013)

Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives.

(Routledge, 2012)

Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia.

(Routledge, 2012)

Indonesia Beyond the Water's Edge: Managing an Archipelagic State

(ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies), 2009)

Workers and Intellectuals: NGOs, Trade Unions and the Indonesian Labour Movement..

(National University of Singapore Press/Hawaii University Press/KITLV, 2009)

Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism

(Routledge, 2008)

Women and Work in Indonesia

(Routledge, 2008)

To Change Bali: Essays in Honour of I Gusti Ngurah Bagus.

(Bali Post, 2000)

Publications

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Books

Ford, M. (2023). The Politics of Cross-border Mobility in Southeast Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2020). Labor and Politics in Indonesia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2019). From Migrant to Worker: Global Unions and Temporary Labor Migration in Asia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2009). Workers and Intellectuals: NGOs, Trade Unions and the Indonesian Labour Movement.. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press/Hawaii University Press/KITLV.

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Edited Books

Dibley, T., Ford, M. (2019). Activists in Transition: Progressive Politics in Democratic Indonesia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. [More Information]
Baird, M., Ford, M., Hill, E. (2017). Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific. London: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Pepinsky, T. (2014). Beyond Oligarchy: Wealth, Power, and Contemporary Indonesian Politics. Ithaca, New York: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications (SEAP).
Ford, M. (2013). Social Activism in Southeast Asia. London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L., van Schendel, W. (2012). Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives.. London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2012). Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia.. London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Cribb, R., Ford, M. (2009). Indonesia beyond the Water's Edge: Managing an Archipelagic State. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).
Broadbent, K., Ford, M. (2008). Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism. London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Parker, L. (2008). Women and Work in Indonesia. London and New York: Routledge.
Vickers, A., Putra, D., Ford, M. (2000). To Change Bali: Essays in Honour of I Gusti Ngurah Bagus.. Denpasar: Bali Post.

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Book Chapters

Erne, R., Anner, M., Ford, M., Kay, T., Maccarrone, V. (2025). Regional Integration: A Promising Tool to Advance the International Decent Work Agenda? In Madelaine Moore, Christoph Scherrer, and Marcel van der Linden (Eds.), The Elgar Companion to Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals, (pp. 396-411). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2025). The Global Unions as Governance Actors. In Jason Heyes, Janine Leschke, Kirsty Newsome, Michael Reich, and Adrian Wilkinson (Eds.), Research Handbook on Decent Work in a Post-COVID-19 World, (pp. 225-239). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2024). Transnational Labor Activism: The International Labor Movement and Beyond. In Margit Fauser and Xóchitl Bada (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Transnational Studies, (pp. 191-202). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Ward, K., Ford, M. (2023). Working Women in Cambodia. In Jane Parker; Marian Baird; Noelle Donnelly; Rae Cooper (Eds.), Women and Work in Asia and the Pacific: Experiences, Challenges and Ways Forward., (pp. 133-148). Auckland: Massey University Press. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2022). From Government's Policies to Labour Activism in Indonesia. In Breno Bringel and Geoffrey Pleyers (Eds.), Social Movements and Politics during COVID-19: Crisis, Solidarity and Change in a Global Pandemic, (pp. 38-43). Bristol: Bristol University Press. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2022). Living Wage Initiatives in the Garment Sector: Insights from Southeast Asia. In Tony Dobbins and Peter Prowse (Eds.), The Living Wage: Advancing a Global Movement, (pp. 191-205). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2022). The Politics of Transnational Activism. In Brenda Yeoh and Francis Collins (Eds.), Handbook on Transnationalism., (pp. 169-181). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Thein, H. (2021). Political Regimes and Economic Policy: Isolation, Consolidation, Reintegration. In Adam Simpson and Nicholas Farrelly (Eds.), Myanmar: Politics, Economy and Society, (pp. 105-119). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2020). Bucking the Trend: Union Renewal in Democratic Indonesia. In Byoung-Hoon Lee, Ng Sek-Hong, Russell Lansbury (Eds.), Trade Unions and Labour Movements in the Asia-Pacific Region, (pp. 131-147). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2020). Encontrar el Camino: Activismo Sindical Durante la Covid-19 en Indonesia. In Breno Bringel and Geoffrey Pleyers (Eds.), Alerta Global: Politicas, Movimientos Sociales y Futuros en Disputa en Tiempos de Pandemia, (pp. 269-277). Buenos Aires: CLACSO. [More Information]
Goggin, G., Ford, M., Martin, F., Webb, A., Vromen, A., Weatherall, K. (2019). Digital Rights in Asia: Rethinking Regional and International Agendas. In Adrian Athique, Emma Baulch (Eds.), Digital Transactions in Asia: Economic, Informational, and Social Exchanges, (pp. 119-136). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2019). Indonesia's Labor Movement and Democratization. In Thushara Dibley, Michele Ford (Eds.), Activists in Transition: Progressive Politics in Democratic Indonesia, (pp. 61-78). Ithaca: Cornell University Press. [More Information]
Dibley, T., Ford, M. (2019). Introduction: Social Movements and Democratization in Indonesia. In Thushara Dibley, Michele Ford (Eds.), Activists in Transition: Progressive Politics in Democratic Indonesia, (pp. 1-22). Ithaca: Cornell University Press. [More Information]
Ford, M., Sirait, G. (2019). Workers' Participation in Indonesia. In Stefan Berger, Ludger Pries, Manfred Wannoffel (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Workers' Participation at Plant Level., (pp. 377-392). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Thein, H. (2018). The International Labour Organisation as a Development Actor in Southeast Asia. In Andrew McGregor, Lisa Law, Fiona Miller (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Development, (pp. 85-95). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Chudori Muksam, N. (2017). Indonesia: Middle-class complicity and state failure to provide care. In Marian Baird, Michele Ford, Elizabeth Hill (Eds.), Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific, (pp. 71-86). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Thein, H. (2017). Labour Standards and International Investment in Myanmar. In Melissa Crouch (Eds.), The Business of Transition: Law Reform, Development and Economics in Myanmar, (pp. 32-54). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Ford, M., Honan, V. (2017). The Go-Jek Effect. In Edwin Jurriens, Ross Tapsell (Eds.), Digital Indonesia: Connectivity and Divergence, (pp. 275-288). Singapore: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).
Ford, M. (2017). Timor-Leste: Mixed messages on work and care. In Marian Baird, Michele Ford, Elizabeth Hill (Eds.), Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific, (pp. 230-244). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Hill, E., Ford, M., Baird, M. (2017). Work/Care Regimes in the Asia-Pacific: A Feminist Framework. In Marian Baird, Michele Ford, Elizabeth Hill (Eds.), Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific, (pp. 1-22). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2016). Working for a Day Off: Advocating for the Rights of Migrant Women in Southeast Asia. In Dominique Caouette and Dip Kapoor (Eds.), Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalisation: Social Movements and Critical Perspectives, (pp. 145-164). London: Zed Books Ltd. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2014). Developing Societies - Asia. In Adrian Wilkinson, Geoffrey Wood, Richard Deeg (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations: Comparative Employment Systems, (pp. 431-447). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
Ford, M., Pepinsky, T. (2014). Introduction: Beyond Oligarchy? In Michele Ford and Thomas Pepinsky (Eds.), Beyond Oligarchy: Wealth, Power, and Contemporary Indonesian Politics, (pp. 1-10). Ithaca, New York: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications (SEAP). [More Information]
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2014). Labor and Politics under Oligarchy. In Michele Ford and Thomas Pepinsky (Eds.), Beyond Oligarchy: Wealth, Power, and Contemporary Indonesian Politics, (pp. 139-155). Ithaca, New York: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications (SEAP). [More Information]
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2014). Trafficking Versus Smuggling: Malaysia's Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act. In Sallie Yea (Eds.), Human Trafficking in Asia: Forcing Issues, (pp. 35-48). London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2013). Employer Anti-Unionism in Democratic Indonesia. In Gregor Gall, Tony Dundon (Eds.), Global Anti-Unionism: Nature, Dynamics, Trajectories and Outcomes, (pp. 224-243). Bassingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2013). Social Activism in Southeast Asia: An Introduction. In Michele Ford (Eds.), Social Activism in Southeast Asia, (pp. 1-21). London and New York: Routledge.
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2013). The Chinese of Karimun: Citizenship and Belonging at Indonesia's Margins. In Siew-Min Sai, Chang-Yau Hoon (Eds.), Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging, (pp. 121-137). London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2013). Violent Industrial Protest in Indonesia: Cultural Phenomenon or Legacy of an Authoritarian Past? In Gregor Gall (Eds.), New Forms and Expressions of Conflict at Work, (pp. 171-190). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2012). Becoming Respectable Again? Marriage Choices Amongst Migrant Sex Workers In The Riau Islands. In Devleena Ghosh (Eds.), Shadowlines: Women and Borders in Contemporary Asia, (pp. 145-168). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Ford, M. (2012). Contested Borders, Contested Boundaries: The Politics of Labour Migration in Southeast Asia. In Richard Robison (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Politics, (pp. 305-314). London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2012). Counter-Trafficking And Migrant Labour Activism In Indonesia's Periphery. In Michele Ford, Lenore Lyons, Willem van Schendel (Eds.), Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives, (pp. 75-94). London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2012). Defending the Nation: Malay Men's Experience of National Service in Singapore. In Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons (Eds.), Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia, (pp. 139-158). London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Williams, S., Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2012). Homosociality and Desire: Charting Chinese Singaporean Sex Tourists' Online Conversations. In Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons (Eds.), Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia, (pp. 68-85). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2012). Introduction. In Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons (Eds.), Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia, (pp. 1-19). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2012). Labor Migration, Trafficking and Border Controls. In Thomas M. Wilson, Hastings Donnan (Eds.), A Companion to Border Studies, (pp. 438-454). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L., van Schendel, W. (2012). Labour Migration and Human Trafficking: An Introduction. In Michele Ford, Lenore Lyons, Willem van Schendel (Eds.), Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives, (pp. 1-22). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2012). Smuggling Cultures in the Indonesia-Singapore Borderlands. In Barak Kalir and Malini Sur (Eds.), Transnational Flows and Permissive Polities: Ethnographies of Human Mobilities in Asia, (pp. 91-108). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Ford, M. (2011). International Networks and Human Rights in Indonesia. In Thomas W. D. Davis and Brian Galligan (Eds.), Human Rights In Asia, (pp. 38-55). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2011). Introduction: Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia. In Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons (Eds.), Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia, (pp. 1-19). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2011). Narratives of Agency: Sex Work in Indonesia's Borderlands. In Kathleen M. Adams, Kathleen A. Gillogly (Eds.), Everyday Life in Southeast Asia, (pp. 295-303). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2011). Travelling the Aspal Route: Grey Labour Migration through an Indonesian Border Town. In Edward Aspinall and Gerry van Klinken (Eds.), The State and Illegality in Indonesia, (pp. 107-122). Leiden: KITLV Press.
Ford, M. (2010). Constructing Legality: The Management of Irregular Labour Migration in Thailand and Malaysia. In Marcel van der Linden and Eva Himmelstoss (Eds.), Labour History Beyond Borders: Concepts and Explorations, (pp. 177-199). Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsanstalt.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2009). Fluid Boundaries: Modernity, Nation and Identity in the Riau Islands. In Robert Cribb, Michele Ford (Eds.), Indonesia Beyond the Water's Edge: Managing an Archipelagic State, (pp. 221-237). Singapore: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).
Cribb, R., Ford, M. (2009). Indonesia as an Archipelago: Managing Islands, Managing the Seas. In Robert Cribb, Michele Ford (Eds.), Indonesia Beyond the Water's Edge: Managing an Archipelagic State, (pp. 1-27). Singapore: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2009). Singaporean First: Challenging the Concept of Transnational Malay Masculinity. In Derek Heng, Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied (Eds.), Reframing Singapore: Memory - Identity - Trans-Regionalism, (pp. 175-193). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Ford, M. (2009). Trade unionism in independent Indonesia. In Craig Phelan (Eds.), Trade Unionism since 1945: Towards a Global History. Volume 2: The Americas, Asia and Australia, (pp. 99-125). Bern: Peter Lang Publishing.
Ford, M. (2008). Indonesia: Separate Organizing Within Unions. In Kaye Broadbent and Michele Ford (Eds.), Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism, (pp. 15-33). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2008). Making the Best of What You've Got: Sex Work and Class Mobility in the Riau Islands. In Michele Ford and Lyn Parker (Eds.), Women and Work in Indonesia, (pp. 173-194). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Parker, L. (2008). Thinking about Indonesian Women and Work. In Michele Ford and Lyn Parker (Eds.), Women and Work in Indonesia, (pp. 1-16). London and New York: Routledge.
Broadbent, K., Ford, M. (2008). Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism. In Kaye Broadbent and Michele Ford (Eds.), Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism, (pp. 1-14). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M. (2007). Indonesia's New Unions. In Phelan, Craig (Eds.), Trade Union Revitalisation: Trends and Prospects in 34 Countries, (pp. 533-545). Oxford and Bern: Peter Lang Publishing.
Ford, M., Piper, N. (2007). Southern Sites of Female Agency: Informal Regimes and Female Migrant Labour Resistance in East and Southeast Asia. In Hobson, John M. and Seabrooke, Leonard (Eds.), Everyday Politics of the World Economy, (pp. 63-79). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ford, M. (2006). After Nunukan: The Regulation of Indonesian Migration to Malaysia. In Amarjit Kaur and Ian Metcalf (Eds.), Divided We Move: Mobility, Labour Migration and Border Controls in Asia, (pp. 228-247). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Ford, M. (2006). Emerging Labour Movements and the Accountability Dilemma: The Case of Indonesia. In Michael W. Dowdle (Eds.), Public Accountability: Designs, Dilemmas and Experiences, (pp. 157-173). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
Ford, M. (2004). A Challenge for Business? Developments in Indonesian Trade Unionism after Soeharto. In Basri, M. Chatib and Pierre Van Der Eng (Eds.), Business in Indonesia: New Challenges, Old Problems, (pp. 221-233). Singapore: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).
Ford, M. (2003). Who are the Orang Riau? Negotiating Identity Across Geographic and Ethnic Divides. In Aspinall and Fealy (Eds.), Local Power and Politics In Indonesia: Decentralisation and Democratisation, (pp. 132-147). Singapore: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).
Ford, M. (2002). Responses to Changing Labour Relations: The Case of Women's NGOs in Indonesia. In Dong-Sook S. Gills and Nicola Piper (Eds.), Women and Work in Globalising Asia, (pp. 90-111). London and New York: Routledge.

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Journals

Ford, M., Palmer, W. (2025). Reframing Exploitation: Assessing the Utility of the Seafood Slavery Trope. Maritime Studies, 24(1), article number 7. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2024). Authoritarian Innovations: A Fresh Perspective on the State's Role in Labour Governance. Journal of Industrial Relations, 66(4), 507-518. [More Information]
Im, S., Ford, M. (2024). Balancing Policy Objectives: Cambodia's COVID-19 Emergency Cash Assistance Scheme for Workers. Politics and Policy, 52(5), 918-934. [More Information]
Ford, M., Sinpeng, A. (2024). Beyond Workplace-related Issues: How Global Unions Use Digital Activism to Engage in Social Agenda-setting. Global Networks, 25(1). [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Thein, H. (2024). Calling Multinational Enterprises to Account: CSOs, Supranational Institutions and Business Practices in the Global South. Global Networks, 24(1), e12438. [More Information]
Gillan, M., Ford, M. (2024). When Authoritarian Innovations Fail: Labour Governance in Myanmar's Reform Era and Beyond. Journal of Industrial Relations, 66(4), 629-648. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Ward, K. (2023). Beyond the Brands: COVID-19, Supply Chain Governance, and the State-Labor Nexus. Industrial Relations, 62(2), 172-188. [More Information]
Loblay, V., Ekambareshwar, M., Naderbagi, A., Song, Y., Ford, M., Zahed, I., Yoon, A., Hickie, I., LaMonica, H. (2023). Enhancing equitable engagement for digital health promotion: Lessons from evaluating a childrearing app in Indonesia. Digital Health, 9. [More Information]
Palmer, W., Ford, M., Hasbiyalloh, B. (2023). Regulating Recruitment and Contracting of Migrant Fishers from Indonesia. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 32(3), 452-474. [More Information]
Ford, M., Im, S. (2023). The Union Difference: Experiences of Five-star Hotel Workers in Cambodia during COVID-19. Journal of Industrial Relations, 65(5), 616-639. [More Information]
Ford, M., Im, S. (2023). Tourism workers' resilience in Siem Reap during COVID-19. Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 4(2). [More Information]
Ford, M., Sinpeng, A. (2022). Digital Activism As A Pathway To Trade Union Revitalization. International Journal of Labour Research, 11(1-2), 47-58. [More Information]
Ward, K., Ford, M. (2022). Labour and Electoral Politics in Cambodia. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 52(4), 513-531. [More Information]
Ford, M., Dibley, T. (2022). Panties for Peace: Reflexivity in the Deployment of a Hyperlocal Campaign Trope from Myanmar. Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 27(3), 319-334. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2022). Understanding Global Union Repertoires of Action. Industrial Relations Journal, 53(6), 559-577. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Ward, K. (2021). Authoritarian Innovations in Labor Governance: The Case of Cambodia. Governance, 34(4), 1255-1271. [More Information]
Ford, M., Ward, K. (2021). COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: Implications for Workers and Unions. Journal of Industrial Relations, 63(3), 432-450. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2021). Power resources and supranational mechanisms: The global unions and the OECD Guidelines. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 27(3), 307-325. [More Information]
Ford, M., Ward, K. (2021). South-East Asian Unions Respond to the Pressure of COVID-19. International Journal of Labour Research, 10(1-2), 81-90. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2021). The International Labor Movement as An Agent of Change: Temporary Foreign Workers and Union Renewal in Asia. Tempo Social, 33(2), 101-121. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Thein, H. (2020). Supranational Grievance Mechanisms and Firm-level Employment Relations. Industrial Relations Journal, 51(4), 262-282. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2020). The Illegal as Mundane: Researching Border-crossing Practices in Indonesia's Riau Islands. Indonesia and the Malay World, 48(140), 24-39. [More Information]
Hill, E., Baird, M., Ford, M. (2019). Investing in care key to boosting economic growth. East Asia Forum Quarterly, 11(1), 8-9. [More Information]
Caraway, T., Ford, M., Nguyen, O. (2019). Politicizing the Minimum Wage: Wage Councils, Worker Mobilization, and Local Elections in Indonesia. Politics & Society, 47(2), 251-276. [More Information]
Ford, M., Honan, V. (2019). The Limits of Mutual Aid: Emerging Forms of Collectivity among App-based Transport Workers in Indonesia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 61(4), 528-548. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2018). Powering a Modern Life? Residents' Experiences of the Electricity Supply in Tanjung Pinang. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 54(3), 363-385. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2017). In Search of a Living Wage in Southeast Asia. Employee Relations: the international journal, 39(6), 903-914. [More Information]
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2017). Institutions and Collective Action in Divided Labour Movements: Evidence from Indonesia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 59(4), 444-464. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2016). Employment Relations and the State in Southeast Asia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(2), 167-182. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Thien, H. (2016). From Cronyism to Oligarchy? Privatisation and Business Elites in Myanmar. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 46(1), 18-41. [More Information]
Ford, M., Kawashima, K. (2016). Regulatory Approaches to Managing Skilled Migration: Indonesian Nurses in Japan. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 27(2), 231-247. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2016). The Making of Industrial Relations in Timor-Leste. Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(2), 243-257. [More Information]
Ford, M., Sirait, G. (2016). The State, Democratic Transition and Employment Relations in Indonesia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(2), 229-242. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2015). The Global Union Federations in International Industrial Relations: A Critical Review. Journal of Industrial Relations, 57(3), 456-475. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2015). Trade Unions, Forced Labour and Human Trafficking. Anti-Trafficking Review, 5, 11-29. [More Information]
Caraway, T., Ford, M., Nugroho, H. (2015). Translating Membership into Power at the Ballot Box? Trade Union Candidates and Worker Voting Patterns in Indonesia's National Elections. Democratization, 22(7), 1296-1316. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2014). Learning By Doing: Trade Unions and Electoral Politics in Batam, Indonesia, 2004-2009. South East Asia Research, 22(3), 341-357. [More Information]
Ford, M., Pepinsky, T. (2013). Beyond Oligarchy? Critical Exchanges on Political Power and Material Inequality in Indonesia. Indonesia, 96, 1-9. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2013). Outsourcing Border Security: NGO Involvement in the Monitoring, Processing and Assistance of Indonesian Nationals Returning Illegally by Sea. Contemporary Southeast Asia, 35(2), 215-234. [More Information]
Ford, M., Kawashima, K. (2013). Temporary Labour Migration and Care Work: The Japanese Experience. Journal of Industrial Relations, 55(3), 430-444. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2013). The Global Union Federations and Temporary Labour Migration in Malaysia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 55(2), 260-276. [More Information]
Ford, M., Dibley, T. (2012). Experiments in Cross-Scalar Labour Organizing: Reflections on Trade Union-Building Work in Aceh after the 2004 Tsunami. Antipode, 44(2), 303-320. [More Information]
Ford, M., Dibley, T. (2011). Developing a Movement? Aid-Based Mediated Diffusion as a Strategy to Promote Labour Activism in post-Tsunami Aceh. Asian Journal of Social Science, 39(4), 469-488. [More Information]
Weiss, M., Ford, M. (2011). Temporary Transnationals: Southeast Asian Students in Australia. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 41(2), 229-248. [More Information]
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2010). 'Where are Your Victims?': How Sexual Health Advocacy came to be Counter-Trafficking in Indonesia's Riau Islands. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 12(2), 255-264. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2010). A Victor's History: A Comparative Analysis of the Labour Historiography of Indonesia's New Order. Labor History, 51(4), 523-541. [More Information]
Lyons, L., Williams, S., Ford, M. (2010). Legal Issues Associated with the Study of Sexual Content on the Internet in Australia. Australian Feminist Law Journal, 33, 143-159. [More Information]
Ford, M., Palmer, W. (2010). Stopping the Hordes: A Critical Account of the Labour Government's Regional Approach to the Management of Asylum Seekers. Local-Global, 8, 28-35.
Ford, M., Mizuno, K. (2008). Indonesian Labour since Suharto: Perspectives from the Region. Labour and Management in Development, 9, 1-5.
Williams, S., Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2008). It's about Bang for Your Buck, Bro: Singaporean Men's Online Conversations about Sex in Batam, Indonesia. Asian Studies Review, 32(1), 77-97. [More Information]
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2008). Love, Sex and the Space In-Between: Kepri Wives and Their Cross-Border Husbands. Citizenship Studies, 12(1), 55-72. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2008). Women's Labor Activism in Indonesia. Signs, 33(3), 510-515. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2007). Where Internal and International Migration Intersect: Mobility and the Formation of Multi-Ethnic Communities in the Riau Islands Transit Zone. International Journal on Multicultural Societies, 9(2), 236-263.
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2007). Where Internal and International Migration Intersect: Mobility and the Formation of Multi-Ethnic Communities in the Riau Islands Transit Zone. International Journal on Multicultural Societies, 9(2), 236-263.
Ford, M. (2006). Labour NGOs: An Alternative Form of Labour Organizing in Indonesia, 1991-1998. Asia Pacific Business Review, 12(2), 175-191. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2006). Migrant Labor NGOs and Trade Unions: A Partnership in Progress? Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 15(3), 299-311. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2006). Migrant Worker Organizing in Indonesia. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 15(3), 313-334. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2006). The Borders Within: Mobility and Enclosure in the Riau Islands. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 47(2), 257-271. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2005). Demokrasi Serikat Buruh: Sebuah Tinjauan Teoretis. Sedane, 3(1), 4-17.
Ford, M. (2004). Organizing the Unorganizable: Unions, NGOs and Indonesian Migrant Labour. International Migration, 42(5), 99-119.
Caspersz, D., Ford, M. (2003). Alternative Ways of Organising: Asian Labour's Response to the 'New' Globalisation. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 14(1), 1-7.
Ford, M. (2003). Beyond the Femina Fantasy: Female Industrial and Overseas Domestic Labour in Indonesian Discourses of Women's Work. RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs, 37(2), 83-113.
Ford, M. (2003). Substitute Trade Union or Novel Form of Labour Movement Organisation? Understanding Indonesiaâ€™s Labour NGOs. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 14(1), 90-103.
Ford, M. (2002). Manfaat Pendekatan Sejarah dalam Studi Hubungan Industrial dan Gerakan Buruh Kontemporer. Jurnal Analisis Sosial, 14, 135-145.
Ford, M. (2002). Research Note: Public Accounts of Indonesian Women Workersâ€™ Experiences Overseas. Asian Journal of Women's Studies, 8(4), 101-115.
Ford, M. (2001). Challenging the Criteria of Significance: Lessons from Contemporary Indonesian Labour History. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 47(1), 101-113.
Ford, M. (2001). Indonesian Women as Export Commodity: Notes from Tanjung Pinang. Labour and Management in Development, 2(5), 1-9.
Ford, M. (2000). Continuity and Change in Indonesian Labour Relations in the Habibie Interregnum. Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science, 28(2), 59-88. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2000). Research Note: Indonesian Trade Union Developments since the Fall of Suharto. Labour and Management in Development, 1(3), 1-10. [More Information]
Ford, M. (1999). Testing the Limits of Corporatism: Reflections on Industrial Relations Institutions and Practices in Suharto's Indonesia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 41(3), 372-392. [More Information]

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Edited Journals

Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2024). Special Issue: Authoritarian Innovations in Labour Governance. Journal of Industrial Relations, 66(4). [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2016). Employment Relations and the State in Southeast Asia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(2).
Ford, M., Pepinsky, T. (2013). Wealth, Power, and Contemporary Indonesian Politics. Indonesia, 96 (edited special edition).
Ford, M., Mizuno, K. (2008). Indonesian Labour since Suharto: Perspectives from the Region. Labour and Management in Development, 9.
Piper, N., Ford, M. (2006). Migrant Labor NGOs and Trade Unions: A Partnership in Progress? Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 15(3).
Caspersz, D., Ford, M. (2003). Symposium on Alternative Ways of Organising. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 14(1).

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Magazine / Newspaper Articles

Ford, M. (2020). Fighting the good fight: Labour activism during COVID-19 in Indonesia. openDemocracy.
Hill, E., Baird, M., Ford, M. (2019). Investing in care key to boosting economic growth. East Asia Forum.
Dibley, T., Ford, M. (2016). Human Rights under Jokowi. Inside Indonesia, 123. [More Information]
Ford, M., Honan, V. (2016). The Go-Jek Effect. Inside Indonesia, 126. [More Information]
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2016). United in Disappointment. Inside Indonesia, 123. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2015). Making their Way. Inside Indonesia, 120.
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2014). Balancing Business. Inside Indonesia, 117.
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2014). Labour unions divided by Indonesia's presidential elections. East Asia Forum.
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2014). Rallying to Prabowo's cause. New Mandala Indonesia Election Watch.
Sirait, G., Ford, M. (2014). Revolutionising Retail. Inside Indonesia, 116.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2014). Subaltern Cosmopolitans. Inside Indonesia, 115.
Ford, M. (2012). Combating Domestic Violence. Inside Indonesia, 108. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2012). Labouring for Development. Inside Indonesia, 109 [online].
Kramer, E., Ford, M. (2012). The Many Faces of Corruption. Inside Indonesia, 108 [online].
Ford, M., Palmer, W. (2010). Leaving Indonesia. Inside Indonesia, 100, 1-3.
Ford, M., Susilo, A. (2010). Organising for Migrant Worker Rights. Inside Indonesia, 100 [online].
Cribb, R., Ford, M. (2010). The Killings of 1965-66. Inside Indonesia, 99 [online].
Ford, M., Purdey, J. (2009). Chinese Indonesians Ten Years After Reformasi: Chinese Indonesians Reflect on Their Place in the New Indonesia. Inside Indonesia, 95(Jan-Mar 2009), 1/3-3/3.
Ford, M., Panimbang, F. (2009). Fauzi Abdullah (1949-2009): Indonesian Labour Activists are Mourning the Passing of A Great Man. Inside Indonesia, 98(Oct-Dec 2009), 1/5-5/5.
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2009). The Gendered Effects of Anti-Trafficking Discourse for Temporary Labour Migrants in Southeast Asia. GAATW Alliance News: The Changing Context of Trafficking and Migration in Asia, Issue 32: 39-43.
Ford, M. (2008). An Unexceptional Scale: A Commentary on Aihwa Ongâ€™s â€˜Scales of Exception: Experiments with Knowledge and Sheer Life in Tropical Southeast Asiaâ€™. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 29 (2): 130-132.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2008). Beyond Sex Trafficking: The Anti-Trafficking Discourse and its (Gendered) Implications for Temporary Labour Migration. Re-public: Re-imaging Democracy.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2008). Living Like Kings: Working-class Singaporeans Travel to Indonesiaâ€™s Riau Islands in Search of a Fantasy Built around Sex. Inside Indonesia, 91, 1-5.
Ford, M. (2007). Indonesia: Growth of White-Collar Unionism. Asian Analysis, (March).
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2007). Living Apart Together: Cross-border Marriage, Riau Islands Style. IIAS Newsletter, pp.1-4.
Ford, M. (2007). Temporary Overseas Labour Migration: A Challenge for Southeast Asia. Asian Analysis, (January).
Ford, M. (2007). Unlikely Unionist. Inside Indonesia, 90 [online].
Ford, M. (2006). United We Stand? Inside Indonesia, 86:4-7.
Ford, M. (2006). Workers Organising. Inside Indonesia, 86.
Ford, M., Lucas, A. (2004). Indonesia's Environmental Challenges. Inside Indonesia, 80.
Ford, M. (2004). Labour Loses - Again. Inside Indonesia, 81.
Ford, M. (2004). The Politics of 'Malayness' in Riau. Inside Indonesia, 78:18.
Ford, M. (2003). Body Politics. Inside Indonesia, 75.
Ford, M. (2003). Hotline Surabaya: Helping Sex Workers Organise for Better Conditions. Inside Indonesia, 75:17.
Ford, M. (2002). Whatever it Takes. Inside Indonesia, 69.

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Report

Palmer, W., Ford, M., Hasbiyalloh, B. (2024). The Alignment of Indonesian Laws, Policies, and Their Enforcement with the ILO International Labour Standards on Forced Labour: Situation and Gap Analysis.
Ford, M., Hasbiyalloh, B., Palmer, W. (2023). Labour Rights in Indonesia's Seafood Sector. [More Information]
Ford, M., Ward, K. (2022). Asia-Pacific Regional Women's Networks Evaluation.
Ford, M., Sinpeng, A. (2021). Harnessing Digital Tools for Effective Social Transformation and Engagement in Asia and the Pacific.
Ward, K., Ford, M. (2021). The Education Sector Landscape in Fiji: Prospects for Better Social and Policy Dialogue.
Ford, M., Ward, K. (2021). Union Renewal in the Education Sector: Prospects for the Asia-Pacific. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2019). Organized Labor and Progressive Politics in Asia: A Role for Philanthropical Associations.
Ford, M. (2017). Country Report: Freedom of Association, Collective Bargaining and Industrial Dispute Resolution in Indonesia.
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2017). Industrial Relations in Asia's Garment Sector.
Ford, M. (2016). Evaluation of the KSPI Project, 2014-16: Strengthening the Labour Movement and Labour Policy Advocacy.
Ford, M. (2016). Indonesia Country Study.
Ford, M., Sirait, G. (2014). Context Analysis: Indonesia.
Ford, M., Sirait, G. (2014). Evaluation of the FSPMI Project, 2009-2014: Building a Strong Federation as the Labour Movement.
Cole, R., Ford, M. (2014). The KAJS Campaign for Social Security Reform in Indonesia: Lessons for Coalitions for Change.
Ford, M., Mufakhir, A. (2013). External Evaluation: Support for PGRI in its Efforts to Develop as an Independent Trade Union (produced for: Kuala Lumpur: Educational International).
Ford, M., Patel, M. (2012). End of Project Evaluation: PSI South and South East Asia Gender Equality in the Health Sector Project. Amsterdam: FNV Mondiaal.
Ford, M., Dibley, T. (2012). Trade Union Training in Indonesia: Lessons from the Past, Directions for the Future. Sydney: APHEDA.
Ford, M. (2007). Advocacy Responses to Irregular Labour Migration in ASEAN: The Cases of Malaysia and Thailand. Manila: Migrant Forum in Asia.
Ford, M. (2007). Evaluation of 'Legal Protection for Trade Unionists in Indonesia'. Berlin: DGB Bildungswerk.
Ford, M. (2005). Migrant Labour in Southeast Asia Country Study: Indonesia. Manila: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

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Reference Works

Ford, M. (2023). Transnationalism. In Maria Grasso and Marco Giugni (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology. (pp. 599-602). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2010). Laboring Practices: Southeast Asia. In Suad Joseph (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures. Brill Online.
Ford, M. (2007). Indonesia-Australia. In Brian Galligan, Winsome Roberts (Eds.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics. Oxford University Press.

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2025

Ford, M., Palmer, W. (2025). Reframing Exploitation: Assessing the Utility of the Seafood Slavery Trope. Maritime Studies, 24(1), article number 7. [More Information]
Erne, R., Anner, M., Ford, M., Kay, T., Maccarrone, V. (2025). Regional Integration: A Promising Tool to Advance the International Decent Work Agenda? In Madelaine Moore, Christoph Scherrer, and Marcel van der Linden (Eds.), The Elgar Companion to Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals, (pp. 396-411). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2025). The Global Unions as Governance Actors. In Jason Heyes, Janine Leschke, Kirsty Newsome, Michael Reich, and Adrian Wilkinson (Eds.), Research Handbook on Decent Work in a Post-COVID-19 World, (pp. 225-239). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]

2024

Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2024). Authoritarian Innovations: A Fresh Perspective on the State's Role in Labour Governance. Journal of Industrial Relations, 66(4), 507-518. [More Information]
Im, S., Ford, M. (2024). Balancing Policy Objectives: Cambodia's COVID-19 Emergency Cash Assistance Scheme for Workers. Politics and Policy, 52(5), 918-934. [More Information]
Ford, M., Sinpeng, A. (2024). Beyond Workplace-related Issues: How Global Unions Use Digital Activism to Engage in Social Agenda-setting. Global Networks, 25(1). [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Thein, H. (2024). Calling Multinational Enterprises to Account: CSOs, Supranational Institutions and Business Practices in the Global South. Global Networks, 24(1), e12438. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2024). Special Issue: Authoritarian Innovations in Labour Governance. Journal of Industrial Relations, 66(4). [More Information]
Palmer, W., Ford, M., Hasbiyalloh, B. (2024). The Alignment of Indonesian Laws, Policies, and Their Enforcement with the ILO International Labour Standards on Forced Labour: Situation and Gap Analysis.
Ford, M. (2024). Transnational Labor Activism: The International Labor Movement and Beyond. In Margit Fauser and Xóchitl Bada (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Transnational Studies, (pp. 191-202). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Gillan, M., Ford, M. (2024). When Authoritarian Innovations Fail: Labour Governance in Myanmar's Reform Era and Beyond. Journal of Industrial Relations, 66(4), 629-648. [More Information]

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2023

Ford, M., Gillan, M., Ward, K. (2023). Beyond the Brands: COVID-19, Supply Chain Governance, and the State-Labor Nexus. Industrial Relations, 62(2), 172-188. [More Information]
Loblay, V., Ekambareshwar, M., Naderbagi, A., Song, Y., Ford, M., Zahed, I., Yoon, A., Hickie, I., LaMonica, H. (2023). Enhancing equitable engagement for digital health promotion: Lessons from evaluating a childrearing app in Indonesia. Digital Health, 9. [More Information]
Ford, M., Hasbiyalloh, B., Palmer, W. (2023). Labour Rights in Indonesia's Seafood Sector. [More Information]
Palmer, W., Ford, M., Hasbiyalloh, B. (2023). Regulating Recruitment and Contracting of Migrant Fishers from Indonesia. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 32(3), 452-474. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2023). The Politics of Cross-border Mobility in Southeast Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Ford, M., Im, S. (2023). The Union Difference: Experiences of Five-star Hotel Workers in Cambodia during COVID-19. Journal of Industrial Relations, 65(5), 616-639. [More Information]
Ford, M., Im, S. (2023). Tourism workers' resilience in Siem Reap during COVID-19. Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 4(2). [More Information]
Ford, M. (2023). Transnationalism. In Maria Grasso and Marco Giugni (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology. (pp. 599-602). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
Ward, K., Ford, M. (2023). Working Women in Cambodia. In Jane Parker; Marian Baird; Noelle Donnelly; Rae Cooper (Eds.), Women and Work in Asia and the Pacific: Experiences, Challenges and Ways Forward., (pp. 133-148). Auckland: Massey University Press. [More Information]

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2022

Ford, M., Ward, K. (2022). Asia-Pacific Regional Women's Networks Evaluation.
Ford, M., Sinpeng, A. (2022). Digital Activism As A Pathway To Trade Union Revitalization. International Journal of Labour Research, 11(1-2), 47-58. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2022). From Government's Policies to Labour Activism in Indonesia. In Breno Bringel and Geoffrey Pleyers (Eds.), Social Movements and Politics during COVID-19: Crisis, Solidarity and Change in a Global Pandemic, (pp. 38-43). Bristol: Bristol University Press. [More Information]
Ward, K., Ford, M. (2022). Labour and Electoral Politics in Cambodia. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 52(4), 513-531. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2022). Living Wage Initiatives in the Garment Sector: Insights from Southeast Asia. In Tony Dobbins and Peter Prowse (Eds.), The Living Wage: Advancing a Global Movement, (pp. 191-205). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Dibley, T. (2022). Panties for Peace: Reflexivity in the Deployment of a Hyperlocal Campaign Trope from Myanmar. Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 27(3), 319-334. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2022). The Politics of Transnational Activism. In Brenda Yeoh and Francis Collins (Eds.), Handbook on Transnationalism., (pp. 169-181). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2022). Understanding Global Union Repertoires of Action. Industrial Relations Journal, 53(6), 559-577. [More Information]

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2021

Ford, M., Gillan, M., Ward, K. (2021). Authoritarian Innovations in Labor Governance: The Case of Cambodia. Governance, 34(4), 1255-1271. [More Information]
Ford, M., Ward, K. (2021). COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: Implications for Workers and Unions. Journal of Industrial Relations, 63(3), 432-450. [More Information]
Ford, M., Sinpeng, A. (2021). Harnessing Digital Tools for Effective Social Transformation and Engagement in Asia and the Pacific.
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Thein, H. (2021). Political Regimes and Economic Policy: Isolation, Consolidation, Reintegration. In Adam Simpson and Nicholas Farrelly (Eds.), Myanmar: Politics, Economy and Society, (pp. 105-119). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2021). Power resources and supranational mechanisms: The global unions and the OECD Guidelines. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 27(3), 307-325. [More Information]
Ford, M., Ward, K. (2021). South-East Asian Unions Respond to the Pressure of COVID-19. International Journal of Labour Research, 10(1-2), 81-90. [More Information]
Ward, K., Ford, M. (2021). The Education Sector Landscape in Fiji: Prospects for Better Social and Policy Dialogue.
Ford, M. (2021). The International Labor Movement as An Agent of Change: Temporary Foreign Workers and Union Renewal in Asia. Tempo Social, 33(2), 101-121. [More Information]
Ford, M., Ward, K. (2021). Union Renewal in the Education Sector: Prospects for the Asia-Pacific. [More Information]

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2020

Ford, M. (2020). Bucking the Trend: Union Renewal in Democratic Indonesia. In Byoung-Hoon Lee, Ng Sek-Hong, Russell Lansbury (Eds.), Trade Unions and Labour Movements in the Asia-Pacific Region, (pp. 131-147). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2020). Encontrar el Camino: Activismo Sindical Durante la Covid-19 en Indonesia. In Breno Bringel and Geoffrey Pleyers (Eds.), Alerta Global: Politicas, Movimientos Sociales y Futuros en Disputa en Tiempos de Pandemia, (pp. 269-277). Buenos Aires: CLACSO. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2020). Fighting the good fight: Labour activism during COVID-19 in Indonesia. openDemocracy.
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2020). Labor and Politics in Indonesia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Thein, H. (2020). Supranational Grievance Mechanisms and Firm-level Employment Relations. Industrial Relations Journal, 51(4), 262-282. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2020). The Illegal as Mundane: Researching Border-crossing Practices in Indonesia's Riau Islands. Indonesia and the Malay World, 48(140), 24-39. [More Information]

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2019

Dibley, T., Ford, M. (2019). Activists in Transition: Progressive Politics in Democratic Indonesia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. [More Information]
Goggin, G., Ford, M., Martin, F., Webb, A., Vromen, A., Weatherall, K. (2019). Digital Rights in Asia: Rethinking Regional and International Agendas. In Adrian Athique, Emma Baulch (Eds.), Digital Transactions in Asia: Economic, Informational, and Social Exchanges, (pp. 119-136). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2019). From Migrant to Worker: Global Unions and Temporary Labor Migration in Asia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. [More Information]
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2019). Indonesia's Labor Movement and Democratization. In Thushara Dibley, Michele Ford (Eds.), Activists in Transition: Progressive Politics in Democratic Indonesia, (pp. 61-78). Ithaca: Cornell University Press. [More Information]
Dibley, T., Ford, M. (2019). Introduction: Social Movements and Democratization in Indonesia. In Thushara Dibley, Michele Ford (Eds.), Activists in Transition: Progressive Politics in Democratic Indonesia, (pp. 1-22). Ithaca: Cornell University Press. [More Information]
Hill, E., Baird, M., Ford, M. (2019). Investing in care key to boosting economic growth. East Asia Forum.
Hill, E., Baird, M., Ford, M. (2019). Investing in care key to boosting economic growth. East Asia Forum Quarterly, 11(1), 8-9. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2019). Organized Labor and Progressive Politics in Asia: A Role for Philanthropical Associations.
Caraway, T., Ford, M., Nguyen, O. (2019). Politicizing the Minimum Wage: Wage Councils, Worker Mobilization, and Local Elections in Indonesia. Politics & Society, 47(2), 251-276. [More Information]
Ford, M., Honan, V. (2019). The Limits of Mutual Aid: Emerging Forms of Collectivity among App-based Transport Workers in Indonesia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 61(4), 528-548. [More Information]
Ford, M., Sirait, G. (2019). Workers' Participation in Indonesia. In Stefan Berger, Ludger Pries, Manfred Wannoffel (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Workers' Participation at Plant Level., (pp. 377-392). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]

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2018

Ford, M. (2018). Powering a Modern Life? Residents' Experiences of the Electricity Supply in Tanjung Pinang. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 54(3), 363-385. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Thein, H. (2018). The International Labour Organisation as a Development Actor in Southeast Asia. In Andrew McGregor, Lisa Law, Fiona Miller (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Development, (pp. 85-95). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]

2017

Ford, M. (2017). Country Report: Freedom of Association, Collective Bargaining and Industrial Dispute Resolution in Indonesia.
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2017). In Search of a Living Wage in Southeast Asia. Employee Relations: the international journal, 39(6), 903-914. [More Information]
Ford, M., Chudori Muksam, N. (2017). Indonesia: Middle-class complicity and state failure to provide care. In Marian Baird, Michele Ford, Elizabeth Hill (Eds.), Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific, (pp. 71-86). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2017). Industrial Relations in Asia's Garment Sector.
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2017). Institutions and Collective Action in Divided Labour Movements: Evidence from Indonesia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 59(4), 444-464. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Thein, H. (2017). Labour Standards and International Investment in Myanmar. In Melissa Crouch (Eds.), The Business of Transition: Law Reform, Development and Economics in Myanmar, (pp. 32-54). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Ford, M., Honan, V. (2017). The Go-Jek Effect. In Edwin Jurriens, Ross Tapsell (Eds.), Digital Indonesia: Connectivity and Divergence, (pp. 275-288). Singapore: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).
Ford, M. (2017). Timor-Leste: Mixed messages on work and care. In Marian Baird, Michele Ford, Elizabeth Hill (Eds.), Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific, (pp. 230-244). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Baird, M., Ford, M., Hill, E. (2017). Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific. London: Routledge. [More Information]
Hill, E., Ford, M., Baird, M. (2017). Work/Care Regimes in the Asia-Pacific: A Feminist Framework. In Marian Baird, Michele Ford, Elizabeth Hill (Eds.), Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific, (pp. 1-22). London: Routledge. [More Information]

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2016

Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2016). Employment Relations and the State in Southeast Asia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(2), 167-182. [More Information]
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2016). Employment Relations and the State in Southeast Asia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(2).
Ford, M. (2016). Evaluation of the KSPI Project, 2014-16: Strengthening the Labour Movement and Labour Policy Advocacy.
Ford, M., Gillan, M., Thien, H. (2016). From Cronyism to Oligarchy? Privatisation and Business Elites in Myanmar. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 46(1), 18-41. [More Information]
Dibley, T., Ford, M. (2016). Human Rights under Jokowi. Inside Indonesia, 123. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2016). Indonesia Country Study.
Ford, M., Kawashima, K. (2016). Regulatory Approaches to Managing Skilled Migration: Indonesian Nurses in Japan. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 27(2), 231-247. [More Information]
Ford, M., Honan, V. (2016). The Go-Jek Effect. Inside Indonesia, 126. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2016). The Making of Industrial Relations in Timor-Leste. Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(2), 243-257. [More Information]
Ford, M., Sirait, G. (2016). The State, Democratic Transition and Employment Relations in Indonesia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(2), 229-242. [More Information]
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2016). United in Disappointment. Inside Indonesia, 123. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2016). Working for a Day Off: Advocating for the Rights of Migrant Women in Southeast Asia. In Dominique Caouette and Dip Kapoor (Eds.), Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalisation: Social Movements and Critical Perspectives, (pp. 145-164). London: Zed Books Ltd. [More Information]

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2015

Ford, M. (2015). Making their Way. Inside Indonesia, 120.
Ford, M., Gillan, M. (2015). The Global Union Federations in International Industrial Relations: A Critical Review. Journal of Industrial Relations, 57(3), 456-475. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2015). Trade Unions, Forced Labour and Human Trafficking. Anti-Trafficking Review, 5, 11-29. [More Information]
Caraway, T., Ford, M., Nugroho, H. (2015). Translating Membership into Power at the Ballot Box? Trade Union Candidates and Worker Voting Patterns in Indonesia's National Elections. Democratization, 22(7), 1296-1316. [More Information]

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2014

Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2014). Balancing Business. Inside Indonesia, 117.
Ford, M., Pepinsky, T. (2014). Beyond Oligarchy: Wealth, Power, and Contemporary Indonesian Politics. Ithaca, New York: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications (SEAP).
Ford, M., Sirait, G. (2014). Context Analysis: Indonesia.
Ford, M. (2014). Developing Societies - Asia. In Adrian Wilkinson, Geoffrey Wood, Richard Deeg (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations: Comparative Employment Systems, (pp. 431-447). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
Ford, M., Sirait, G. (2014). Evaluation of the FSPMI Project, 2009-2014: Building a Strong Federation as the Labour Movement.
Ford, M., Pepinsky, T. (2014). Introduction: Beyond Oligarchy? In Michele Ford and Thomas Pepinsky (Eds.), Beyond Oligarchy: Wealth, Power, and Contemporary Indonesian Politics, (pp. 1-10). Ithaca, New York: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications (SEAP). [More Information]
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2014). Labor and Politics under Oligarchy. In Michele Ford and Thomas Pepinsky (Eds.), Beyond Oligarchy: Wealth, Power, and Contemporary Indonesian Politics, (pp. 139-155). Ithaca, New York: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications (SEAP). [More Information]
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2014). Labour unions divided by Indonesia's presidential elections. East Asia Forum.
Ford, M. (2014). Learning By Doing: Trade Unions and Electoral Politics in Batam, Indonesia, 2004-2009. South East Asia Research, 22(3), 341-357. [More Information]
Caraway, T., Ford, M. (2014). Rallying to Prabowo's cause. New Mandala Indonesia Election Watch.
Sirait, G., Ford, M. (2014). Revolutionising Retail. Inside Indonesia, 116.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2014). Subaltern Cosmopolitans. Inside Indonesia, 115.
Cole, R., Ford, M. (2014). The KAJS Campaign for Social Security Reform in Indonesia: Lessons for Coalitions for Change.
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2014). Trafficking Versus Smuggling: Malaysia's Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act. In Sallie Yea (Eds.), Human Trafficking in Asia: Forcing Issues, (pp. 35-48). London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]

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2013

Ford, M., Pepinsky, T. (2013). Beyond Oligarchy? Critical Exchanges on Political Power and Material Inequality in Indonesia. Indonesia, 96, 1-9. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2013). Employer Anti-Unionism in Democratic Indonesia. In Gregor Gall, Tony Dundon (Eds.), Global Anti-Unionism: Nature, Dynamics, Trajectories and Outcomes, (pp. 224-243). Bassingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Ford, M., Mufakhir, A. (2013). External Evaluation: Support for PGRI in its Efforts to Develop as an Independent Trade Union (produced for: Kuala Lumpur: Educational International).
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2013). Outsourcing Border Security: NGO Involvement in the Monitoring, Processing and Assistance of Indonesian Nationals Returning Illegally by Sea. Contemporary Southeast Asia, 35(2), 215-234. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2013). Social Activism in Southeast Asia. London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2013). Social Activism in Southeast Asia: An Introduction. In Michele Ford (Eds.), Social Activism in Southeast Asia, (pp. 1-21). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Kawashima, K. (2013). Temporary Labour Migration and Care Work: The Japanese Experience. Journal of Industrial Relations, 55(3), 430-444. [More Information]
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2013). The Chinese of Karimun: Citizenship and Belonging at Indonesia's Margins. In Siew-Min Sai, Chang-Yau Hoon (Eds.), Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging, (pp. 121-137). London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2013). The Global Union Federations and Temporary Labour Migration in Malaysia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 55(2), 260-276. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2013). Violent Industrial Protest in Indonesia: Cultural Phenomenon or Legacy of an Authoritarian Past? In Gregor Gall (Eds.), New Forms and Expressions of Conflict at Work, (pp. 171-190). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Ford, M., Pepinsky, T. (2013). Wealth, Power, and Contemporary Indonesian Politics. Indonesia, 96 (edited special edition).

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2012

Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2012). Becoming Respectable Again? Marriage Choices Amongst Migrant Sex Workers In The Riau Islands. In Devleena Ghosh (Eds.), Shadowlines: Women and Borders in Contemporary Asia, (pp. 145-168). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Ford, M. (2012). Combating Domestic Violence. Inside Indonesia, 108. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2012). Contested Borders, Contested Boundaries: The Politics of Labour Migration in Southeast Asia. In Richard Robison (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Politics, (pp. 305-314). London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2012). Counter-Trafficking And Migrant Labour Activism In Indonesia's Periphery. In Michele Ford, Lenore Lyons, Willem van Schendel (Eds.), Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives, (pp. 75-94). London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2012). Defending the Nation: Malay Men's Experience of National Service in Singapore. In Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons (Eds.), Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia, (pp. 139-158). London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Patel, M. (2012). End of Project Evaluation: PSI South and South East Asia Gender Equality in the Health Sector Project. Amsterdam: FNV Mondiaal.
Ford, M., Dibley, T. (2012). Experiments in Cross-Scalar Labour Organizing: Reflections on Trade Union-Building Work in Aceh after the 2004 Tsunami. Antipode, 44(2), 303-320. [More Information]
Williams, S., Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2012). Homosociality and Desire: Charting Chinese Singaporean Sex Tourists' Online Conversations. In Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons (Eds.), Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia, (pp. 68-85). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2012). Introduction. In Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons (Eds.), Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia, (pp. 1-19). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2012). Labor Migration, Trafficking and Border Controls. In Thomas M. Wilson, Hastings Donnan (Eds.), A Companion to Border Studies, (pp. 438-454). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L., van Schendel, W. (2012). Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives.. London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L., van Schendel, W. (2012). Labour Migration and Human Trafficking: An Introduction. In Michele Ford, Lenore Lyons, Willem van Schendel (Eds.), Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives, (pp. 1-22). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M. (2012). Labouring for Development. Inside Indonesia, 109 [online].
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2012). Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia.. London and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2012). Smuggling Cultures in the Indonesia-Singapore Borderlands. In Barak Kalir and Malini Sur (Eds.), Transnational Flows and Permissive Polities: Ethnographies of Human Mobilities in Asia, (pp. 91-108). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Kramer, E., Ford, M. (2012). The Many Faces of Corruption. Inside Indonesia, 108 [online].
Ford, M., Dibley, T. (2012). Trade Union Training in Indonesia: Lessons from the Past, Directions for the Future. Sydney: APHEDA.

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2011

Ford, M., Dibley, T. (2011). Developing a Movement? Aid-Based Mediated Diffusion as a Strategy to Promote Labour Activism in post-Tsunami Aceh. Asian Journal of Social Science, 39(4), 469-488. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2011). International Networks and Human Rights in Indonesia. In Thomas W. D. Davis and Brian Galligan (Eds.), Human Rights In Asia, (pp. 38-55). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2011). Introduction: Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia. In Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons (Eds.), Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia, (pp. 1-19). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2011). Narratives of Agency: Sex Work in Indonesia's Borderlands. In Kathleen M. Adams, Kathleen A. Gillogly (Eds.), Everyday Life in Southeast Asia, (pp. 295-303). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Weiss, M., Ford, M. (2011). Temporary Transnationals: Southeast Asian Students in Australia. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 41(2), 229-248. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2011). Travelling the Aspal Route: Grey Labour Migration through an Indonesian Border Town. In Edward Aspinall and Gerry van Klinken (Eds.), The State and Illegality in Indonesia, (pp. 107-122). Leiden: KITLV Press.

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2010

Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2010). 'Where are Your Victims?': How Sexual Health Advocacy came to be Counter-Trafficking in Indonesia's Riau Islands. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 12(2), 255-264. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2010). A Victor's History: A Comparative Analysis of the Labour Historiography of Indonesia's New Order. Labor History, 51(4), 523-541. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2010). Constructing Legality: The Management of Irregular Labour Migration in Thailand and Malaysia. In Marcel van der Linden and Eva Himmelstoss (Eds.), Labour History Beyond Borders: Concepts and Explorations, (pp. 177-199). Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsanstalt.
Ford, M. (2010). Laboring Practices: Southeast Asia. In Suad Joseph (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures. Brill Online.
Ford, M., Palmer, W. (2010). Leaving Indonesia. Inside Indonesia, 100, 1-3.
Lyons, L., Williams, S., Ford, M. (2010). Legal Issues Associated with the Study of Sexual Content on the Internet in Australia. Australian Feminist Law Journal, 33, 143-159. [More Information]
Ford, M., Susilo, A. (2010). Organising for Migrant Worker Rights. Inside Indonesia, 100 [online].
Ford, M., Palmer, W. (2010). Stopping the Hordes: A Critical Account of the Labour Government's Regional Approach to the Management of Asylum Seekers. Local-Global, 8, 28-35.
Cribb, R., Ford, M. (2010). The Killings of 1965-66. Inside Indonesia, 99 [online].

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2009

Ford, M., Purdey, J. (2009). Chinese Indonesians Ten Years After Reformasi: Chinese Indonesians Reflect on Their Place in the New Indonesia. Inside Indonesia, 95(Jan-Mar 2009), 1/3-3/3.
Ford, M., Panimbang, F. (2009). Fauzi Abdullah (1949-2009): Indonesian Labour Activists are Mourning the Passing of A Great Man. Inside Indonesia, 98(Oct-Dec 2009), 1/5-5/5.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2009). Fluid Boundaries: Modernity, Nation and Identity in the Riau Islands. In Robert Cribb, Michele Ford (Eds.), Indonesia Beyond the Water's Edge: Managing an Archipelagic State, (pp. 221-237). Singapore: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).
Cribb, R., Ford, M. (2009). Indonesia as an Archipelago: Managing Islands, Managing the Seas. In Robert Cribb, Michele Ford (Eds.), Indonesia Beyond the Water's Edge: Managing an Archipelagic State, (pp. 1-27). Singapore: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).
Cribb, R., Ford, M. (2009). Indonesia beyond the Water's Edge: Managing an Archipelagic State. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2009). Singaporean First: Challenging the Concept of Transnational Malay Masculinity. In Derek Heng, Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied (Eds.), Reframing Singapore: Memory - Identity - Trans-Regionalism, (pp. 175-193). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2009). The Gendered Effects of Anti-Trafficking Discourse for Temporary Labour Migrants in Southeast Asia. GAATW Alliance News: The Changing Context of Trafficking and Migration in Asia, Issue 32: 39-43.
Ford, M. (2009). Trade unionism in independent Indonesia. In Craig Phelan (Eds.), Trade Unionism since 1945: Towards a Global History. Volume 2: The Americas, Asia and Australia, (pp. 99-125). Bern: Peter Lang Publishing.
Ford, M. (2009). Workers and Intellectuals: NGOs, Trade Unions and the Indonesian Labour Movement.. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press/Hawaii University Press/KITLV.

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2008

Ford, M. (2008). An Unexceptional Scale: A Commentary on Aihwa Ongâ€™s â€˜Scales of Exception: Experiments with Knowledge and Sheer Life in Tropical Southeast Asiaâ€™. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 29 (2): 130-132.
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2008). Beyond Sex Trafficking: The Anti-Trafficking Discourse and its (Gendered) Implications for Temporary Labour Migration. Re-public: Re-imaging Democracy.
Ford, M. (2008). Indonesia: Separate Organizing Within Unions. In Kaye Broadbent and Michele Ford (Eds.), Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism, (pp. 15-33). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Mizuno, K. (2008). Indonesian Labour since Suharto: Perspectives from the Region. Labour and Management in Development, 9, 1-5.
Ford, M., Mizuno, K. (2008). Indonesian Labour since Suharto: Perspectives from the Region. Labour and Management in Development, 9.
Williams, S., Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2008). It's about Bang for Your Buck, Bro: Singaporean Men's Online Conversations about Sex in Batam, Indonesia. Asian Studies Review, 32(1), 77-97. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2008). Living Like Kings: Working-class Singaporeans Travel to Indonesiaâ€™s Riau Islands in Search of a Fantasy Built around Sex. Inside Indonesia, 91, 1-5.
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2008). Love, Sex and the Space In-Between: Kepri Wives and Their Cross-Border Husbands. Citizenship Studies, 12(1), 55-72. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2008). Making the Best of What You've Got: Sex Work and Class Mobility in the Riau Islands. In Michele Ford and Lyn Parker (Eds.), Women and Work in Indonesia, (pp. 173-194). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Parker, L. (2008). Thinking about Indonesian Women and Work. In Michele Ford and Lyn Parker (Eds.), Women and Work in Indonesia, (pp. 1-16). London and New York: Routledge.
Broadbent, K., Ford, M. (2008). Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism. In Kaye Broadbent and Michele Ford (Eds.), Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism, (pp. 1-14). London and New York: Routledge.
Broadbent, K., Ford, M. (2008). Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism. London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M., Parker, L. (2008). Women and Work in Indonesia. London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M. (2008). Women's Labor Activism in Indonesia. Signs, 33(3), 510-515. [More Information]

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2007

Ford, M. (2007). Advocacy Responses to Irregular Labour Migration in ASEAN: The Cases of Malaysia and Thailand. Manila: Migrant Forum in Asia.
Ford, M. (2007). Evaluation of 'Legal Protection for Trade Unionists in Indonesia'. Berlin: DGB Bildungswerk.
Ford, M. (2007). Indonesia's New Unions. In Phelan, Craig (Eds.), Trade Union Revitalisation: Trends and Prospects in 34 Countries, (pp. 533-545). Oxford and Bern: Peter Lang Publishing.
Ford, M. (2007). Indonesia-Australia. In Brian Galligan, Winsome Roberts (Eds.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics. Oxford University Press.
Ford, M. (2007). Indonesia: Growth of White-Collar Unionism. Asian Analysis, (March).
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2007). Living Apart Together: Cross-border Marriage, Riau Islands Style. IIAS Newsletter, pp.1-4.
Ford, M., Piper, N. (2007). Southern Sites of Female Agency: Informal Regimes and Female Migrant Labour Resistance in East and Southeast Asia. In Hobson, John M. and Seabrooke, Leonard (Eds.), Everyday Politics of the World Economy, (pp. 63-79). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ford, M. (2007). Temporary Overseas Labour Migration: A Challenge for Southeast Asia. Asian Analysis, (January).
Ford, M. (2007). Unlikely Unionist. Inside Indonesia, 90 [online].
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2007). Where Internal and International Migration Intersect: Mobility and the Formation of Multi-Ethnic Communities in the Riau Islands Transit Zone. International Journal on Multicultural Societies, 9(2), 236-263.
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2007). Where Internal and International Migration Intersect: Mobility and the Formation of Multi-Ethnic Communities in the Riau Islands Transit Zone. International Journal on Multicultural Societies, 9(2), 236-263.

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2006

Ford, M. (2006). After Nunukan: The Regulation of Indonesian Migration to Malaysia. In Amarjit Kaur and Ian Metcalf (Eds.), Divided We Move: Mobility, Labour Migration and Border Controls in Asia, (pp. 228-247). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Ford, M. (2006). Emerging Labour Movements and the Accountability Dilemma: The Case of Indonesia. In Michael W. Dowdle (Eds.), Public Accountability: Designs, Dilemmas and Experiences, (pp. 157-173). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
Ford, M. (2006). Labour NGOs: An Alternative Form of Labour Organizing in Indonesia, 1991-1998. Asia Pacific Business Review, 12(2), 175-191. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2006). Migrant Labor NGOs and Trade Unions: A Partnership in Progress? Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 15(3), 299-311. [More Information]
Piper, N., Ford, M. (2006). Migrant Labor NGOs and Trade Unions: A Partnership in Progress? Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 15(3).
Ford, M. (2006). Migrant Worker Organizing in Indonesia. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 15(3), 313-334. [More Information]
Ford, M., Lyons, L. (2006). The Borders Within: Mobility and Enclosure in the Riau Islands. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 47(2), 257-271. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2006). United We Stand? Inside Indonesia, 86:4-7.
Ford, M. (2006). Workers Organising. Inside Indonesia, 86.

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2005

Ford, M. (2005). Demokrasi Serikat Buruh: Sebuah Tinjauan Teoretis. Sedane, 3(1), 4-17.
Ford, M. (2005). Migrant Labour in Southeast Asia Country Study: Indonesia. Manila: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

2004

Ford, M. (2004). A Challenge for Business? Developments in Indonesian Trade Unionism after Soeharto. In Basri, M. Chatib and Pierre Van Der Eng (Eds.), Business in Indonesia: New Challenges, Old Problems, (pp. 221-233). Singapore: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).
Ford, M., Lucas, A. (2004). Indonesia's Environmental Challenges. Inside Indonesia, 80.
Ford, M. (2004). Labour Loses - Again. Inside Indonesia, 81.
Ford, M. (2004). Organizing the Unorganizable: Unions, NGOs and Indonesian Migrant Labour. International Migration, 42(5), 99-119.
Ford, M. (2004). The Politics of 'Malayness' in Riau. Inside Indonesia, 78:18.

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2003

Caspersz, D., Ford, M. (2003). Alternative Ways of Organising: Asian Labour's Response to the 'New' Globalisation. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 14(1), 1-7.
Ford, M. (2003). Beyond the Femina Fantasy: Female Industrial and Overseas Domestic Labour in Indonesian Discourses of Women's Work. RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs, 37(2), 83-113.
Ford, M. (2003). Body Politics. Inside Indonesia, 75.
Ford, M. (2003). Hotline Surabaya: Helping Sex Workers Organise for Better Conditions. Inside Indonesia, 75:17.
Ford, M. (2003). Substitute Trade Union or Novel Form of Labour Movement Organisation? Understanding Indonesiaâ€™s Labour NGOs. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 14(1), 90-103.
Caspersz, D., Ford, M. (2003). Symposium on Alternative Ways of Organising. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 14(1).
Ford, M. (2003). Who are the Orang Riau? Negotiating Identity Across Geographic and Ethnic Divides. In Aspinall and Fealy (Eds.), Local Power and Politics In Indonesia: Decentralisation and Democratisation, (pp. 132-147). Singapore: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).

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2002

Ford, M. (2002). Manfaat Pendekatan Sejarah dalam Studi Hubungan Industrial dan Gerakan Buruh Kontemporer. Jurnal Analisis Sosial, 14, 135-145.
Ford, M. (2002). Research Note: Public Accounts of Indonesian Women Workersâ€™ Experiences Overseas. Asian Journal of Women's Studies, 8(4), 101-115.
Ford, M. (2002). Responses to Changing Labour Relations: The Case of Women's NGOs in Indonesia. In Dong-Sook S. Gills and Nicola Piper (Eds.), Women and Work in Globalising Asia, (pp. 90-111). London and New York: Routledge.
Ford, M. (2002). Whatever it Takes. Inside Indonesia, 69.

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2001

Ford, M. (2001). Challenging the Criteria of Significance: Lessons from Contemporary Indonesian Labour History. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 47(1), 101-113.
Ford, M. (2001). Indonesian Women as Export Commodity: Notes from Tanjung Pinang. Labour and Management in Development, 2(5), 1-9.

2000

Ford, M. (2000). Continuity and Change in Indonesian Labour Relations in the Habibie Interregnum. Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science, 28(2), 59-88. [More Information]
Ford, M. (2000). Research Note: Indonesian Trade Union Developments since the Fall of Suharto. Labour and Management in Development, 1(3), 1-10. [More Information]
Vickers, A., Putra, D., Ford, M. (2000). To Change Bali: Essays in Honour of I Gusti Ngurah Bagus.. Denpasar: Bali Post.

1999

Ford, M. (1999). Testing the Limits of Corporatism: Reflections on Industrial Relations Institutions and Practices in Suharto's Indonesia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 41(3), 372-392. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2022

Oral Health in Timor-Leste: Integrating Economy, Culture, Education and Behaviour, Ford M, Broom A, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/FASS External Engagement Fund 2022
Oral Health in Timor-Leste: Integrating Economy, Culture, Education and Behaviour, Ford M, Broom A, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre/Multidisciplinary Research Incubator Program
Cracking the Code: AI Gender Bias in the Asia Pacific, Sinpeng A, Boichak O, Xu C, Chia Y, Ford M, DVC Research/Sustainable Development Goal collaboration program
Employment Relations in Indonesias Commercial Fishing Industry, Ford M, Palmer W, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2021

Better Responses to Gender-based Violence in Cambodia's Construction Sector, Ford M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP)

2018

Global Production Networks and Worker Representation in Myanmar, Ford M, Gillan M, Thein H, Arnold D, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2017

Digital Rights and Governance in Australia and Asia, Goggin G, Vromen A, Weatherall K, Ford M, Martin F, DVC Research/Sydney Research Excellence Initiative 2020 (SREI)

2016

Industrial Relations in the Myanmar's Garment Sector, Ford M, DVC Research/Bridging Support Grant
Investing in Women Initiative (SUB087) - Michele Ford, Ford M, Seno-Alday S, Baird M, Hill E, DFAT/Research Grant

2015

Internal Research-Michele FORD, Ford M, University of Sydney/Internal Scheme
Organisational Leadership and Management Practice for Non-Government Organisations Empowering Women (MAMPU), Dibley T, Ford M, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Federal)/Australia Awards - Indonesia Short Course Awards

2013

Developing a Movement: Trade Unionism and Trade Union Aid in Indonesia, Malaysia and Timor Leste, Ford M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Future Fellowships (FT)
Women and Work Research Network, Baird M, Chen M, Cooper R, Cutcher L, Foley M, Ford M, Hardy C, Hill E, McGrath-Champ S, Piper N, Probyn E, Riley J, Seymour R, Smith B, Vromen A, Williamson S, DVC Research/Research Network Scheme (SyReNS)
Scaling Global Labour: The Global Union Federations in Indonesia and India, Ford M, Gillan M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2012

The Re-emergence of Political Labour in Indonesia, Ford M, Caraway T, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
Beyond Oligarchy Critical Exchanges on Accountability and Representation in Indonesia, Ambardi K, Ford M, Pepinsky T, Office of Global Engagement/IPDF Grant

2007

From Migrant to Worker: New Transnational Responses to Temporary Labour Migration in East and Southeast Asia, Ford M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2006

CSO Strategies for Influencing Local Regulatory and Policy-making Processes in Surabaya and Batam, Ford M, Australia Indonesia Governance Research Partnership/Grant
Organised Labour in Aceh: A Study of Labour Movement Dynamics in a Post-Conflict Society, Ford M, University of Sydney/Newly Appointed Staff

2004

In the shadow of Singapore: The limits of transnationalism and insular Riau, Ford M, Lyons L, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

Supervision

Southeast Asian labour movements
Southeast Asian social movements
Southeast Asian non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
Politics of international aid
Labour migration

Editorial boards

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society (2024-present)
ASAA Southeast Asia Publications Series (2018–present)
ASAA Women in Asia Series (2013–present)
Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (2012–present)
HKUP Transnational Asian Masculinities Series (2016–present)
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs (2010–present)
Journal of Industrial Relations (2018–present)
Labor History (2008–present)
Labour and Management in Development (2005–present)

Advisory boards

Scientific Committee of the Observatory of Political Alternatives in Southeast Asia (2020-present)
International Academic Advisory Board for EU-funded Horizons 2020 project, “Competing Regional Integrations in Southeast Asia (CRISEA) (2018–2023)
International Advisory Board of the Asia Research Institute, the National University of Singapore (2017–2024)
International Advisory Board of the Cambodia Development Research Institute (2017–present)
International Advisory Board of the Global Asia Research Centre, National University of Taiwan (2017–present)
Advisory Board of the Indonesia Project, RSPAS ANU (2006–present)
Advisory Board of the Centre for Asian Studies in Africa (2023-present)

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