Nathalie is a researcher at FIRST Union, a PhD candidate and member of teaching staff in sociology at the University of Auckland and a community activist. Her work involves primary research in tactics of activist and industrial leverage, critique of capitalist economics, radical political strategy and critical theory. more
Neil is a member of the Centre for Global Migrations at the University of Otago, where he teaches in the Schools of Arts and Social Sciences. His research interests include the political economy of neoliberalism, post-capitalism, borders, and displacement. He is the author of Futilitarianism: Neoliberalism and the Production of Uselessness (Goldsmiths Press, 2021). more
Dr Peter King is a sociologist with Parallax Research. He researches in the areas of poverty measurement, income distribution, and material deprivation. He is experienced in research design and management, and the analysis of quantitative survey and economic data. Peter was prominently involved in the calculation and reporting of the now popularised living wage threshold for Aotearoa. more
Kāi Tahu, Pākehā. Te Tomokanga fellow in sociology at the University of Auckland. In addition to ESRA, Simon remains a member of Plan C and Black Study Group. His work is interested in indigenous thought and politics, Marxian and critical theory, black studies, communism and conjunctions thereof. more
