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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 argues that in Israel–Palestine borders function less as markers of sovereignty than as tools that manage, depoliticise and exploit Palestinian labour while sustaining the fiction of a conflict between two separate states within a settler-colonial system. Read more of the article
Issue 33 // 13th October 2025
Ten years on, the UK’s Modern Slavery Act remains a landmark law that raised awareness but failed to meaningfully reduce exploitation, revealing deep tensions between labour rights, immigration policy, and genuine corporate accountability. Read more of the article
Issue 33 // 13th October 2025
Migrant workers are vital to the UK economy, but since Brexit, the government’s restrictive employer-sponsored visa system has enabled widespread exploitation, deepened worker vulnerability, and undermined progressive labour reform. 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
Karthika Nadarajah highlights how digital platforms reshape gig work, but client accountability is lacking. Shared responsibility models and clearer roles can balance fairness with innovation in the gig economy. Read more of the article
Issue 29 // 16th October 2024
Niall Cooper and Jane Perry emphasise the importance of including individuals with lived experience in reforming the employment support system to effectively address economic inactivity and enhance welfare policies. Read more of the article
Issue 28 // 23rd July 2024
On the Futures of Work blog, Katy Jones highlights how the existing ‘any jobs’ approach to welfare taken by successive governments pushes people into poor-quality work which they then often struggle to get out of. Read more of the article
