Ayushman Bhagat
@ayushmanbhagat.bsky.social
Lecturer in Political Geography at Brunel University of London.
Interested in: spatial politics of modern slavery, human trafficking, migration governance, and the spatiality of exploitation; mobility; borders; stigma; carcerality; abandonment; and death!
Interested in: spatial politics of modern slavery, human trafficking, migration governance, and the spatiality of exploitation; mobility; borders; stigma; carcerality; abandonment; and death!
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Happy to share that my article, “Autonomy of Migration as Travelling Theory: Situated Principles from Nepal,” has now been published as an open-access piece in @societyandspace.bsky.social
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Ayushman Bhagat
AOM theory recognizes migrant individuality—but within limits. This paper argues why and how the theory must, as individuals do, fundamentally move—evolve.
The autonomy of migration as travelling theory: Situated principles from Nepal - Ayushman Bhagat, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The autonomy of migration as travelling theory: Situated principles from Nepal - Ayushman Bhagat, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The autonomy of migration as travelling theory: Situated principles from Nepal - Ayushman Bhagat, 2025
The autonomy of migration (AOM) theory views mobility as a fundamental force that shapes our world. This theory of migration challenges the state-centric view o...
journals.sagepub.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
AOM theory recognizes migrant individuality—but within limits. This paper argues why and how the theory must, as individuals do, fundamentally move—evolve.
The autonomy of migration as travelling theory: Situated principles from Nepal - Ayushman Bhagat, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The autonomy of migration as travelling theory: Situated principles from Nepal - Ayushman Bhagat, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Ayushman Bhagat
Sharing this report fills me with great joy and sorrow. Joy because the most poignant voices of female migrant workers seep through this report. Sorrow because these individuals need us to speak.
Dr Ayushman Bhagat and WOREC spell out for us why both urgently matter: doi.org/10.17633/rd....
Dr Ayushman Bhagat and WOREC spell out for us why both urgently matter: doi.org/10.17633/rd....
Invisible in life and death: Visibilising the deaths of female Nepali migrant domestic workers and the struggles of their families
In this report, we offer an urgent examination of the deaths of female Nepali migrant domestic workers abroad and the consequences for their families. Drawing on 17 cases across multiple districts in ...
doi.org
August 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Sharing this report fills me with great joy and sorrow. Joy because the most poignant voices of female migrant workers seep through this report. Sorrow because these individuals need us to speak.
Dr Ayushman Bhagat and WOREC spell out for us why both urgently matter: doi.org/10.17633/rd....
Dr Ayushman Bhagat and WOREC spell out for us why both urgently matter: doi.org/10.17633/rd....
Happy to share that my article, “Autonomy of Migration as Travelling Theory: Situated Principles from Nepal,” has now been published as an open-access piece in @societyandspace.bsky.social
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Happy to share that my article, “Autonomy of Migration as Travelling Theory: Situated Principles from Nepal,” has now been published as an open-access piece in @societyandspace.bsky.social
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...