Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Ali Bhagat

Danai Avgeri @danaiavgeri.bsky.social · 26d

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.

Martina Tazzioli @smartitaz.bsky.social · 29d

"The making of migrants’ wageless life: Exploiting by debasing” is now out in @economyandspace.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It investigates value extraction by debasing lives, which encapsulates psycho-physical debilitation and socio-economic devaluation

The making of migrants’ wageless life: Exploiting by debasing - Martina Tazzioli, 2025

This article engages with current debates on value extraction from migrants and claims that it is necessary to complicate analyses that insist exclusively eithe...

journals.sagepub.com

2 3

Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · Sep 5

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....

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...

www.tandfonline.com

2 7 10

Reposted by Ali Bhagat

Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · Jul 2

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.

Adam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · Jul 2

Returning to the University of Sydney in August is @iliasalami.bsky.social speaking on 'Towards an International Political Economy of Raced Finance' - details below!! 👇
@ppesydney.bsky.social @garethbryant.bsky.social

Towards an International Political Economy of Raced Finance - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

International Political Economy (IPE) as a discipline increasingly acknowledges the significance of racial oppression and inequalities. Yet these are often seen as separate from, or coinciding with, f...

www.ppesydney.net

5 8

Reposted by Ali Bhagat

Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Jun 9

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

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

www.infomigrants.net

3 2

Reposted by Ali Bhagat

RSQ @refugeesurveyquart.bsky.social · Jun 6

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/...

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

doi.org

2 1

Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · Jun 6

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

2 1

Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · May 13

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

Marc Calabretta @atterbalac.bsky.social · May 13

My review of @alibhagat.bsky.social's Governing the displaced: Race and ambivalence in global capitalism is out now in Migration Studies. Congratulations Ali for this momentous contribution! Check out the review and Ali’s book out of @cornellupress.bsky.social now!

doi.org/10.1093/migr...

Governing the displaced: Race and ambivalence in global capitalism

Governing the Displaced examines themes of fantasy, disposability, and survival that manifest themselves in transnational refugee governance. Through dual

doi.org

1 1

Reposted by Ali Bhagat

Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · Mar 18

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

5 42 97

Reposted by Ali Bhagat

Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · Feb 19

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.

1 9

Reposted by Ali Bhagat

Policy Options / Options politiques @policyoptions.irpp.org · Feb 19

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.

policyoptions.irpp.org

1 4 5

Reposted by Ali Bhagat

Marc Calabretta @atterbalac.bsky.social · Feb 19

@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.

policyoptions.irpp.org

4 6

Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · Feb 19

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.

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.

policyoptions.irpp.org

4 5

Reposted by Ali Bhagat

Juanita Elias @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social · Nov 29

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

8 31 50

Reposted by Ali Bhagat

Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven @ingridhk.bsky.social · Dec 1

Here we go!!
go.bsky.app/HGJz3QR

1 17 55

Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · Nov 25

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...

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...

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu

1 1 10

Reposted by Ali Bhagat

Laura Hammond @laurahammond.bsky.social · Nov 21

go.bsky.app/PLhHQgR

10 15 22

Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · Nov 20

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...

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.

policyoptions.irpp.org

2 4

Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · Nov 19

Would love to be added :)

1