Associate Professor of Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology, University of Otago
My research platform comprises four interrelated themes, namely Social Movements and Popular Protest; Identities; Alternative Futures and Decolonial Studies. In general, I am interested in researching and teaching about social transformation, and I have a particular interest in alternatives to capitalism.
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
The Mattei Plan: why Giorgia Meloni is looking to Africa
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight