Very excited to have defended my PhD thesis last November!🎉 In this interview, I talk about what motivated the research and share some of the key findings and lessons along the way

Geneva Graduate Institute@gvagrad.bsky.social · 6mo ago

#PhDThesis Luisa Lupo examines the lives of people working in the cotton fields of Southeast #Turkey and within the supply chains that connect them to international markets. She finds that precarious labour and violences of state security measures produce veritable “cotton wars”. shorturl.at/WO7av

🌱 Excited to share my new article with Saniye Dedeoglu! We look at how #farmworkers’ inclusion in commercial #agriculture in 🇹🇷 works through patriarchal family relations and labor brokerage practices that connect home and farm, reproducing inequalities @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-gc.bsky.social

From home to farm: Household and labour brokerage practices in Turkey's commercial agriculture

This article advances understandings of labour exploitation at the lower end of commercialized agricultural markets, focusing on the experiences of se…

sciencedirect.com

Coming soon in RIPE Series in Global Political Economy - War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital, co-edited with Jacqui True. More at: www.routledge.com/War-Economy-...

✊ “The presence of workplace unions is linked to better compliance even where activity is restricted.” 📢 @luisalupo.bsky.social from @gvagrad.bsky.social shows how unions make a difference when it matters most. #UnionsMatter #LabourStandards #WorkersRights

This study from Indonesia’s garment sector during 🦠 explores what workers and managers think re global brands and labor conditions. Are they for improve it or holding off? #laborreform @cornellilr.bsky.social @theconversation.com @lacartita.com @laboraction.bsky.social @fashionactivista.bsky.social

@luisalupo.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thrilled to share my latest article with Tim Bartley, open access in the Journal of Industrial Relations 📖 🌏 Through a unique survey of workers in #Indonesia’s #garment-exporting factories, we find that workers and managers share similar views on necessary reforms in times of crisis

“Everything in this world can be robbed and stolen, except one thing; this one thing is the love that emanates from a human being towards a solid commitment to a conviction or cause.” - Ghassan Kanafani

In her thesis, Shalaka Thakur looks at how non-state armed groups in Northeast India tax ordinary people, businesses, and sometimes even the Indian state. She is using her research to understand how power, authority and order are shaped in conflict zones. 👇 www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...

this reminds me of the Euphrates River in southeast Turkey

Very excited to have our paper included in this issue alongside scholars who profoundly influenced our thinking, including @feministonmarx.bsky.social @shirinmrai.bsky.social @sarastevano.bsky.social @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social and many others💫

Pluralizing social reproduction approaches

The concept of social reproduction (SR) has gained renewed interest in the past decade. Discussed and elaborated by generations of feminists, the concept offers a rejection of productivism and the ...

tandfonline.com

@luisalupo.bsky.social · 2y ago

🌟New Publication! Raksha Gopal and I examine how Rohingya and Syrian refugees negotiate survival amid multiple forms of violence in India and Turkey. We introduce a new concept—the (in)securitization of social reproductive capacities—drawing on our PhDs @gvagrad.bsky.social. 📖Displaced Lives⤵️

🌟New Publication! Raksha Gopal and I examine how Rohingya and Syrian refugees negotiate survival amid multiple forms of violence in India and Turkey. We introduce a new concept—the (in)securitization of social reproductive capacities—drawing on our PhDs @gvagrad.bsky.social. 📖Displaced Lives⤵️

Displaced lives: rethinking survival, social reproduction, and (in)security with refugees

In this article, we examine the practices of survival that Rohingya and Syrian refugees perform as they confront multiple forms of violence resulting from their forced displacement in India and Tur...

doi.org

Pleased to share my paper, “A Feminist International Political Economy of Sanctions: Crises and the Shifting Gendered Regimes of Labour and Survival in Iran", published in the International Feminist Journal of Politics. The paper is open access and available here 👇

Thrilled to share my latest article with Tim Bartley, open access in the Journal of Industrial Relations 📖 🌏 Through a unique survey of workers in #Indonesia’s #garment-exporting factories, we find that workers and managers share similar views on necessary reforms in times of crisis