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Issue 34 // 27th January 2026
This editorial introduces a special issue examining borders as ideological and institutional instruments of power that shape labour, mobility, exploitation and inequality across diverse global contexts. Read more of the article
Issue 34 // 27th January 2026
The text argues that migration should be understood not as a linear journey to a destination but as a broader labour regime in which both mobility and enforced immobility generate value, vulnerability and inequality long before arrival or even employment. Read more of the article
Issue 34 // 27th January 2026
The article shows how international students in Northern Cyprus are embedded in “nested borders” that turn higher education into a survival pathway and a form of invisible, precarious labour for displaced people. Read more of the article
Issue 34 // 27th January 2026
The article argues that state-sanctioned and illegal extractive activities in the Amazon mutually reinforce one another by undermining indigenous borders, legitimising exploitation of land and labour while threatening Munduruku sovereignty and ecosystems. Read more of the article
Issue 34 // 27th January 2026
The Torres Strait is a historically fluid Indigenous borderland where mobility, work and identity have long been shaped by overlapping colonial, national and Indigenous governance systems, producing a diaspora in which movement remains a strategic expression of belonging rather than departure. Read more of the article
Issue 32 // 30th July 2025
Rachel Kelso and Hannah Reseigh-Lincoln show how Domiciliary care work relies on building trusted relationships while navigating blurred boundaries, poor pay, and unstable conditions that undermine the continuity essential to quality care. Read more of the article
Issue 31 // 15th April 2025
Canada’s temporary migration system fosters systemic worker vulnerability and modern slavery risks by tying migrants’ legal status to employer-specific permits and denying clear paths to permanent residence. Read more of the article
Issue 31 // 15th April 2025
A just and sustainable labour (im)migration policy must eliminate employer-tied permits and replace them with rights-based, government-led systems that ensure freedom, permanent status access, and protection for all migrant workers. Read more of the article
Issue 30 // 14th January 2025
Naomi Wells examines how unpaid internships deepen inequality, with a Labour ban potentially reducing opportunities. Companies must address socioeconomic biases to improve access to internships and jobs. Read more of the article
Issue 29 // 16th October 2024
Allan Reynolds examines how mental health patients expressed anxiety about the transition from Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payment, rooted in negative experiences with the Work Capability Assessment, highlighting the broader harmful impacts of harsh welfare policies. Read more of the article
