Have We Forgotten Our Urban Essential Workers?

12.03.2025 , in ((Vulnerabilization of Migrant Workers During Crises)) , ((No Comments))
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Urban essential workers are employed in key sectors, providing essential services such as public transport, cleaning, childcare and access to food. Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic shed light on these mostly invisible workers. However, low wages, poor working conditions and low social recognition still characterize their daily work. Despite ...

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The (Im)Mobility Turn and the COVID‐19 Pandemic

05.03.2025 , in ((Vulnerabilization of Migrant Workers During Crises)) , ((No Comments))
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The COVID‐19 pandemic brought much of the world to a standstill, but not all mobility stopped. Despite restrictions reducing tourism and other forms of movement, some people, including migrant workers in agriculture, continued to travel out of necessity. However, since societies reopened, non-essential mobility has bounced back without controversy, while ...

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The Problems of Protection: Lessons from Migrant Vulnerability

26.02.2025 , in ((Vulnerabilization of Migrant Workers During Crises)) , ((No Comments))

The COVID-19 pandemic showed we are all vulnerable in a crisis, but also that crisis can deepen inequality. The virus infected (and continues to infect) regardless of race, class and passport, and this is precisely what exposes race, class, and passport as the inequality-producing mechanisms they are. Migrants – or ...

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Radical Right Populism’s Strategies for Success and the Road Ahead

12.02.2025 , in ((Rising Populist Radical Right)) , ((No Comments))

Populist radical right parties have gained support in Europe using convincing messaging based on nationalism, nativism, and promises of returning to a “better” past. They have seemed to leverage people’s frustrations with the current challenges by offering simple solutions: a stronger state, traditional values, and security from perceived threats. This ...

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Germany’s Populist Right-Wing Party’s Decade of Success

05.02.2025 , in ((Rising Populist Radical Right)) , ((No Comments))

The Alternative for Germany (AfD), founded in February 2013, began as a Eurosceptic movement and later expanded to challenge immigration policies. In just a decade, the AfD has gained popularity across all federal states by securing significant votes in regional, national, and European elections among all age groups. Initially dismissed ...

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