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We are pleased to announce the opportunity for two Early Stage Researchers (PhD) to join the MARKETS project at the UCL School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies and work on projects related to informality.
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The Global Informality Project is a leading online resource for 'ways of getting things done.' This global and growing collection of invisible, yet powerful informal practices is made possible by remarkable collaboration of scholars from five continents. It builds on the two printed volumes of the Global Encyclopaedia of Informality.
The Global Informality Project
- What is informality?
- About the project
- Main findings
- Recent and past informality events
Join our informality network
- Participate in the Global Informality Project
- Connect with informality scholars
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- Get in touch
Explore our database
- A-Z of informal practices
- How to find an entry
- Browse by country, theme or cluster
Latest practices in the database
- 20 July 2026: Ne nash chelovek
- 21 June 2026: Palaver-settling (West and Central Africa)
- 12 May 2026: Side Hustles via Social Media (Oman, Kuwait and the Gulf)
The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality
- Download the books for free
- Browse through the table of contents and read the encyclopaedia online
Discover more resources
- Teaching and learning resources on informality
- Theoretical and comparative analyses of the practices in our database
- Directions in informality research
- Recent informality publications from our authors
INFORM has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 693537.
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