Ali Bhagat

Online first: Martina Tazzioli on value extraction through the debasement of migrant lives. Part of our Frontiers of Value in Migration Governance Special Issue (co-edited w/ @alibhagat.bsky.social & Julia Morris), forthcoming in EPA: Economy & Space.

Financing the border: racial capitalism, migration, and the practices of the Canadian state Canada is often recognised as one of the most progressive nations in the world when it comes to the acceptance of refugees and multiculturalism as national policy. However, the longer history of bo...

New article out with Rachel Phillips in @ripejournal.bsky.social: 'Financing the Border', Part of a special issue on Raced Finance guest edited by @iliasalami.bsky.social, @vincentguermond.bsky.social and me

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Very excited to give this talk in Sydney in early August, presenting new research (conducted with @vincentguermond.bsky.social and @alibhagat.bsky.social) on race and finance.

Europe's patchwork of rights: Study finds wide disparities in protections for irregular migrants

Europe's patchwork of rights: Study finds wide disparities in protections for irregular migrants #Refugees

Towards Global Displacement Studies?: A Response to Owen's 'From Forced Migration to Displacement?' Abstract. This response advocates for the conceptual utility of displacement and the potential emergence of Global Displacement Studies (GDS). I argue that

New on our Advance Articles Series: Towards Global Displacement Studies?: A Response to Owen's 'From Forced Migration to Displacement?' by @alibhagat.bsky.social
Read the Full Article: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...

Pleased to have my short piece “Towards Global Displacement Studies?” Out in @refugeesurveyquart.bsky.social . The article is a response to David Owen’s thought-provoking article “From Forced Migration to Displacement?” :https://academic.oup.com/rsq/article/doi/10.1093/rsq/hdaf005/8157466

This is such a generous review thanks @atterbalac.bsky.social

greenwashing bankers are giving up on greenwashing to openly celebrate wrecking the planet

So many men going ballistic on every platform, in every political direction. So much magical thinking. And so many *other* lives, problems, voices excluded and disregarded.

The L.A. wildfires are a warning to Canada The Los Angeles wildfires are a warning to Canada that it needs to properly fund emergency response.

Canada must guard against the ravages of climate change. @alibhagat.bsky.social and @atterbalac.bsky.social explain that bold action is necessary across multiple sectors — including labour, housing and the environment.

🔗 Read more here: policyoptions.irpp.org?p=115719

The L.A. wildfires are a warning to Canada The Los Angeles wildfires are a warning to Canada that it needs to properly fund emergency response.

@alibhagat.bsky.social and I wrote a piece for @policyoptions.irpp.org reflecting on the need for a national displacement strategy, and how wage laborers, migrant workers, and Indigenous Peoples are on the frontlines of the climate crisis
policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/fe...

The L.A. wildfires are a warning to Canada The Los Angeles wildfires are a warning to Canada that it needs to properly fund emergency response.

My latest in @policyoptions.irpp.org with @atterbalac.bsky.social : policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/fe...

Where low wage labourers, migrants, and Indigenous Peoples face the most climate disaster risk.

feminist/queer political economy starter pack is here - let me know who else I need to add

Here we go!!
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Governing the Displaced by Ali Bhagat | Paperback | Cornell University Press Governing the Displaced answers a straightforward question: how are refugees governed under capitalism in this moment of heightened global displacement? To answer this question, Ali Bhagat takes a dua...

Hi Bluesky! My name is Ali im a prof at @sfufass.bsky.social working on migration. My next project looks at queer displacement/detention/trafficking in the US (to start). I also wrote this book that came out this year: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

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Will Canada’s forced-labour import ban help workers? Without informed input, the ban could worsen life for workers and undermine powerful worker-led strategies that can improve poor conditions.

Here's our piece steered by Genevieve LeBaron and Judy Fudge titled: "Canada is implementing a forced labour ban. Will it help exploited workers?" in Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) Policy Options.

policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/no...

Would love to be added :)