By Kellynn Wee, National University of Singapore, Singapore Maid agencies frequently hit the headlines in Singapore for the most appalling … More
Tag: Migration
When do we move, and how far?
By Frances Darlington-Pollock (University of Liverpool), Nik Lomax, and Paul Norman (University of Leeds) Many of us will move house multiple … More
Mobilising affinity ties for humanitarianism at the war-torn China-Myanmar border
By Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho, National University of Singapore A few days after Christmas 2016, a social media post caught my eye. It … More
Wildfires and burning management
By Joseph J. Bailey, University of Nottingham, UK. Wildfires often occur as part of a natural cycle and they are … More
Housing Refugees: Prejudice and the Potentials of Encounter
This summer the British media opened its eyes, cleared its collective throat, and eventually gave voice to a global refugee crisis that has been growing for years…
Captive Bodies: Migrant kidnapping and deportation in Mexico
By Jeremy Slack, University of Texas, El Paso The massacre of 43 students in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico in 2014, and … More
Geography of Sport
By Catherine Waite The Geography of Sport is a topic close to my heart as it is the theme of … More
Open Borders: outsiders, immigration and moral politics
by Fiona Ferbrache “How far should an open society go on accepting outsiders?” This question relating to immigration control and … More
Travelling Identities: Further Attention to Mobility and Nationality
by Jen Turner When the referendum on Scottish independence is held in the autumn of 2014, only residents of Scotland will … More
More Than Just Physical: Natural Disasters and Human Geography
By Catherine Waite Many assume that the study of natural hazards is confined to the work of physical geographers, geologists, … More
