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Labour Exploitation

Covid-19: how the health crisis is exposing the omnipresence and mundanity of unfree labour in our economies

As we slowly emerge from the second lockdown and prepare with hope for the new year, I thought it timely to reflect on some of the lessons we can draw […]

Everyday and everywhere bordering and precarity under COVID-19

The global spread of COVID-19 exposes the futility of international borders, arbitrariness of national migrant policies and sharp inequalities between […]

Governing through insecurity: what COVID 19 tells us about precarity under (neo)liberalism

COVID 19 highlights the hierarchy of precarity experienced by the population- demonstrating how neoliberal discourses are used to mask structural inequality

Pandemic and Precarity: rethinking what it means to be precarious under COVID 19

Our new SPERI blog series examines the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of precarity; illustrating how pre-existing structures of inequality shape risk

The UK agricultural sector: an exception to the ‘end’ of low skilled immigration?

The UK Prime Minister has pledged to end low skilled immigration by 2021. Why have exceptions have been made for the agricultural sector?

Austerity has transformed the meaning and morality of work in the UK

Measuring economic success through levels of employment obscures the unsustainable and oppressive nature of the UK’s recovery Work has of […]

Rethinking Recovery: Labour market exploitation and austerity in the UK

Stopping labour exploitation requires effective regulation of the labour market, not scapegoating migrant and vulnerable workers Explaining the Conservative government’s […]

Rethinking Recovery: Recovery for whom?

Corporate profits are soaring, but so is labour exploitation. Who is the ‘recovery’ really benefiting? Has the labour market ‘recovered’ […]

The Coming Crisis: The migrant crisis and the future of the European project

The economic, political and social consequences of failing to respond effectively to the migrant crisis risk accelerating European disintegration Digesting […]

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