DoctorJosephine Varghese

I am interested in critical studies around colonialism and capitalism (and the overlap between the two). My writing, teaching and research explore inequality, poverty and how these link to global economic and political structures (geopolitics), especially in the global south. My current research focus is on labour policies (eg: the RSE scheme) and institutional violence against Pasifika migrant workers in New Zealand, as well as a postcolonial analysis of New Zealand foreign policy. 

I am a public spirited academic with interests in geopolitical analyses using postcolonial and Marxist theories. My areas of expertise include Indian society, colonisation, imperialism and geopolitics, migration, structural violence, postcolonial theory.