Matt Withers joined the School of Sociology at ANU in 2022, following research fellowships at Macquarie University (2019-2022) and the University of Toronto (2018). His research critically examines various aspects of the relationship between temporary labour migration and development across the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on Sri Lanka and – more recently – Pacific Island Countries. His first book, Sri Lanka’s Remittance Economy, addresses the limitations of remittances as a form of developmental capital; his current research situates the gendered care implications of transnational family separation within the migration-development debate.