Dr Ayushman Bhagat
Lecturer in Political Geography
- Anthropology
- Social Science and Communications
Summary
I am a political geographer with a research focus on the spatial politics of anti-slavery and migration control. My interest in contemporary anti-slavery abolitionist movement emerged from my long-term consultancy work with the International Labour Organization (ILO), where I assisted multiple anti-trafficking/slavery programmes in various locations in India. This experience helped me to identify a disconnect between the migration, labour, and anti-trafficking/slavery policies and practices, and the voices of people on the move who are oppressed, exploited, and rendered rightless due to such protectionist policies and practices. To address this gap, I conducted Participatory Action Research at a post-disaster Himalayan site in Nepal and engaged in border ethnography spanning across four countries during my doctoral research in the Department of Geography at Durham University. Subsequently, I pursued a post-doctoral fellowship at TraffLab within the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel-Aviv University.
I have taught a range of human geography modules at all levels, at both Durham University and Edge Hill University.
Qualifications
PhD Geography, Durham University, United Kingdom (2021)
MBA Rural Development, Xavier Institute of Social Service, India (2012)
Newest selected publications
Bhagat, A. (2024) 'Reducing vulnerability to exploitation of Nepali migrant domestic workers'. Place of publication: Brunel University London. Available at: .
Bhagat, A., Sita, M. and Rajib, N. (2024) 'Who Benefits from Migration Bans?'. The Kathmandu Post.
Mademba, S., Neupane, R. and Bhagat, A. (2024) '啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶侧 啶す啶苦げ啶距ぎ啶 啶溹ぞ啶む啶 啶︵ぞ啶膏い啷嵿さ啶曕 啶栢た啶'. Kantipur.
Neupane, R., Mademba, S. and Bhagat, A. (2024) '啶嗋ぇ啷佮え啶苦 啶︵ぞ啶膏い啷嵿さ啶曕 啶ㄠく啶距 啶ぞ啶粪ぞ'. Kantipur.
Bhagat, A. and Yea, S. (2024) ''. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 19. ISSN: 2399-6544