Nandita Sharma
Nandita Sharma’s research interests address themes of human migration, migrant labour, nation-state power, racism and nationalism, and processes of identification and self-understanding. Nandita is an activist scholar whose research is shaped by the social movements she is active in, including No Borders movements and those struggling for the commons. Amongst her publications is her book, Home Economics: Nationalism and the Making of ‘Migrant Workers’ in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2006); a special issue of the journal, Refuge “No Borders: A Practical Response to State Controls on People’s Migration” that she co-edited; and a forthcoming book, Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants (Durham, NC: Duke University Press).