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Ali Bhagat

@alibhagat.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof at SFU, School of Public Policy Editor, Review of International Political Economy Migration and Refugee Policy Race, Sexuality, Political Economy 🏳️‍🌈

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Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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...
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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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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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
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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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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
@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
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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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Nick Bernards @nickbernards.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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....
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Review of International Political Economy @ripejournal.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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.
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Review of International Political Economy @ripejournal.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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.
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SFU School of Public Policy @sfuspp.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
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...
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'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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Danai Avgeri @danaiavgeri.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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.
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Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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....
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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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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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.
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 09/06/2025
Europe's patchwork of rights: Study finds wide disparities in protections for irregular migrants #Refugees
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Europe's patchwork of rights: Study finds wide disparities in protections for irregular migrants
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Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) @refugeesurveyquart.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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/...
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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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Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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
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Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This is such a generous review thanks @atterbalac.bsky.social
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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
greenwashing bankers are giving up on greenwashing to openly celebrate wrecking the planet
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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.
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Policy Options / Options politiques @policyoptions.irpp.org · 19/02/2025
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
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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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Marc Calabretta @atterbalac.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
@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...
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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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Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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.
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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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Juanita Elias @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
feminist/queer political economy starter pack is here - let me know who else I need to add
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Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven @ingridhk.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Here we go!! go.bsky.app/HGJz3QR
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Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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...
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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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Laura Hammond @laurahammond.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
go.bsky.app/PLhHQgR
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Ali Bhagat @alibhagat.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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...
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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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