EUC researchers are producing critical analyses of contemporary global capitalism, feminist perspectives on geopolitics, and psychoanalytical interpretations of global development. We are also exploring the changing worlds of work, employment and labour organizing; the global rise of right-wing populism; and new structures of accumulation through technoscientific capitalism. A particular focus is the settlement of immigrants, and the experiences of migrant workers, in Canada and around the world. We also seek to understand the global relations of power that drive migration processes and shape diasporic lives in all regions of the world.
Representative faculty members: Ali, Basu, Birch, Das, Gilbert, Hyndman, Kapoor, Kelly, Keil, Kipfer, Kusno, Mensah, Peake, Perkins, Podur, Preston, Rotz, Tufts, Vandergeest, Wood, Zalik
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Researcher Spotlights
Liette Gilbert
Professor Liette Gilbert’s research focuses on migration and border politics, urban planning and the political economy and ecology of sub/urbanization, and politics of risk and post-disaster reconstruction.
Raju Das
Professor Raju Das’ research focuses on political economy, class theory, the capitalist state, climate change, and international development.
Joseph Mensah
Professor Joseph Mensah’s research focuses on globalization and culture; transnational and return migration; and ethnicity, race, and identity formation.
Vivien J. Bediako
Vivien Bediako is a PhD Candidate in the Graduate Program in Geography. Her research explores the intersections between tourism and migration.
Nikki Mary Pagaling
Nikki Mary Pagaling is a Master of Arts student in the Department of Geography. Her research involves questions around the spatialities of gendered and racialized labour segmentation processes among Filipina immigrants in Canada.
Alexandra Watt Simpson
Alexandra Watt Simpson is a PhD graduate in Environmental Studies at York University with a research focus on performance and activism in the extractive industries.
