Rutherford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Success for Dr Neil Vallelly
Many congratulations to our member Dr Neil Vallelly for his success in being awarded a prestigious Rutherford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for his project on neoliberalism and regimes of migrant detention in New Zealand. Traditionally, we hear about the suffering of migrants and refugees in Australia, Europe, and the United States, rather than New Zealand. Dr Vallelly’s ground-breaking project, however, will interrogate the role of borders, migration, and contemporary migrant detention within Aotearoa, to throw light on these global practices. He will do so through a three-pronged framework: investigating the role of borders and migration in the history of neoliberal thought; examining New Zealand’s migration policies since 1980; and studying practices of detention through personal testimonies of refugees and asylum seekers. By blending his research interests in neoliberalism and forced displacement, Dr Vallelly’s project will critically inform migration and border policies and refugee resettlement practices in New Zealand. We look forward to hearing more about his work over the next few years.
Dr Vallelly’s book Futilitarianism: Neoliberalism and the Production of Uselessness is now available.
