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 […]
The global spread of COVID-19 exposes the futility of international borders, arbitrariness of national migrant policies and sharp inequalities between […]
COVID 19 highlights the hierarchy of precarity experienced by the population- demonstrating how neoliberal discourses are used to mask structural inequality
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 Prime Minister has pledged to end low skilled immigration by 2021. Why have exceptions have been made for the agricultural sector?
Measuring economic success through levels of employment obscures the unsustainable and oppressive nature of the UK’s recovery Work has of […]
Stopping labour exploitation requires effective regulation of the labour market, not scapegoating migrant and vulnerable workers Explaining the Conservative government’s […]
Corporate profits are soaring, but so is labour exploitation. Who is the ‘recovery’ really benefiting? Has the labour market ‘recovered’ […]
The economic, political and social consequences of failing to respond effectively to the migrant crisis risk accelerating European disintegration Digesting […]