NWO has recently granted me a Vici Talent Grant (1.5M euros), for the five-year research project “Care and Coercion. Patriarchy, (Forced) Labour and Caregiving in the Household in the Dutch Empire, c. 1750-Present”. The coming five years, me and a team of 3 postdoc researchers will occupy ourselves with studying coerced work at the level of the household, and how this plays out both in intimate relations and in the labour market in four case studies: colonial and postcolonial Indonesia, Suriname, South Africa and The Netherlands. Looking forward to this! I will make sure to update on any vacancies.