BTS editors introduce the ‘case studies and critique’ strand of our new project ‘possible futures’, which will open a window onto the ‘better practices’ found in the field today.
Neoliberalism is a utopian vision based on a ‘world without poverty’. What if we imagine a world in which the problem is not poverty but wealth?
The current economic system has ‘wealth extraction’ masquerading as ‘wealth creation’ to the long-term detriment of everybody, even the super rich. New thinking is needed.
BTS editors introduce their series on utopia, arguing that only by striving for utopia can we hope to move beyond the limited liberties that are commonly mistaken for freedom.
Changes to the ways universities are financed and evaluated are impacting academic research practices and inhibiting innovative research into forced labour.
Ending labour trafficking requires us to elevate the voices of survivors and collaborate across state and policy lines to ensure accountability.
The Immigration Bill will be read in parliament today. The provisions it contains will harm rather than help those singled out for protection under the Modern Slavery Act.
The UN Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights has not yet been ratified by a single western migrant-receiving state, despite being one of the UN's core human rights instruments.
On International Migrants Day, all liberal democratic states will reaffirm their respect for migrants' rights. This will mean little to those forced into a living death by border controls and immigration policies.
Surrogacy is frequently associated with trafficking in Mexico, but efforts to ban it only serve as fig leaves for not engaging with the structural problems women face.
Surrogacy is marketed by the idea that it will succeed where all methods of procreation have failed. But what happens when it doesn’t, and who pays the cost of failure?
As the Russian market for surrogates has grown, more and more women are signing on as a way to meet their financial goals. So why doesn’t our terminology reflect that?
