My latest paper in Sojourn. Abstract below. Activists, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the international media have repeatedly singled out the Mekong region as a hotspot for ‘sex trafficking…
My latest paper published in Dialectical Anthropology. Abstract below: Human trafficking has become a key site for intervention in global politics. Although anti-trafficking claims to mobilize resourc…
I will attempt to answer this question at ANU’s Migration and Social-Cultural Change Workshop. For further details about the event can be found here. Abstract of my talk…
June will be a busy month for me with three migration-related events scheduled in Europe where I will discuss my recent safe migration research. First, I’ll present two…
I recently came across this book by Stephen Campbell which examines migration and labour precarity in Thailand. The book is excellent and I decided to review it. The…
I will be chairing a panel on Knowledge, power and the governance of public policytomorrow morning at the American Anthropology Association’s annual conference in San Jose, where I…
Over the past three decades humanitarianism has broadened considerably in scope. Humanitarian aid agencies have increasingly moved beyond a traditionally narrow concern with immediate relief aid to en…
On 14 August I have the great honour to present parts of my research on safe migration at the National University of Singapore (NUS). For further detials, please…
ANU has recently published "Paradigm Shift – People Movements" – a selection of short essays from ANU colleagues on migration related challenges in the region. In my contribution,…
I am honoured to take part in a keynote panel this Wednesday at tge University of Sydney which will consider discourses of trafficking and modern slavery. With current…
My latest publication in Current Anthropology Abstract Postpanopticism and the “mobility turn” within the social sciences provide important challenges to territorial constructs, such as Foucauldian pano…
Some time ago I was invited to review Eyal Weisman’s book, The Least of All Possible Evils: Humanitarian Violence from Arendt to Gaza for the (now defunct) Forced…
ANU’s Crawford School is hosting the Annual Australasian Aid Conference 15-16 February, where I will present a paper of safe migration governance in relation to development aid strategies.…
The anual Australian Anthropology Society conference is fast approaching. I will be co-chariing a panel on Humanitarianism in the Time of the Anthropocenetogether with Darryl Stellmach (University of…
The annual Australian Anthropology Conference is approaching (12-15 December 2016). Besides co-chairing a panel on Humanitarianism in the Time of Anthropocene I will also present a paper in…
The University of Melbourne is hosting a symposium on Gender, Mobility Regimes and Social Transformation in Asia, 3-4 November, 2016. Further details can be found here. I will…