Ali Bhagat
@alibhagat.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at SFU, School of Public Policy Editor, Review of International Political Economy Migration and Refugee Policy Race, Sexuality, Political Economy 🏳️🌈
My latest at @theglobeandmail.com about South Asian racism online and everywhere else in Canada. Racism isn’t a glitch it actively keeps wages low while it dehumanizes workers. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Canada needs South Asian labour, and racism keeps it cheap
Immigration policies need to be debated, but economic anxieties should not be redirected at vulnerable workers
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The article acts as the framing essay for the whole special issue published in @ripejournal.bsky.social co-edited with @vincentguermond.bsky.social and @alibhagat.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 2/n
Toward an IPE of raced finance
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 wit...
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@alibhagat.bsky.social and Rachel Phillips tackle the problematic of raced finance from the perspective of border and migration governance www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 10/n
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...
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New article! On the echoes between projects of 'financial inclusion' and colonial statecraft. Just out in @ripejournal.bsky.social, in an incredible SI on raced finance ed. by @iliasalami.bsky.social, @vincentguermond.bsky.social and @alibhagat.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
RIPE Editorial Board welcomes Ali Bhagat (Simon Fraser University) as our third new editor, starting January 2026.In his work, @alibhagat.bsky.social bridges critical global political economy, economic geography, and public policy, with a focus on migration, development, race, labour, and sexuality.
RIPE enters 2026 with an editorial transition. Huge thanks to outgoing team @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social, @skostem.bsky.social, Kevin Young & Hongying Wang! In the next few days, we’ll introduce new editors: @johannespetry.bsky.social, @alibhagat.bsky.social, Ida Bastiaens & @mbabic.bsky.social.
New research by #SFUSPP's @alibhagat.bsky.social & @gclebaron.bsky.social & Kam Phung (SFUBeedie) uncovers forced labour & exploitation risks faced by migrant farm workers in B.C. See the reports & National Post coverage. Reports: www.sfu.ca/policy-schoo... Coverage: nationalpost.com/feature/temp...
'This is the new slavery': Migrant farm workers underpaid, abused and injured
Investigation finds temporary foreign labourers in Canada are tied by law to employers who can — and do — readily exploit them.
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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 · 11mo ago"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
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...
tandfonline.com
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 · last yr.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
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
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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
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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
Marc Calabretta@atterbalac.bsky.social · last yr.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...
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.
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.
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@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
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
feminist/queer political economy starter pack is here - let me know who else I need to add
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...
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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.
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