Matan Kaminer

Matan Kaminer is a Lecturer in Business and Society at Queen Mary University of London’s School of Business and Management, part of the Department of Business and Society and the Centre on Labour, Sustainability and Global Production (CLaSP). He joined the institution in 2024 with a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Michigan and an MA in Sociology and Anthropology from Tel Aviv University.

• Education:
• PhD in Anthropology, University of Michigan
• MA in Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University

His research focuses on the political ecology of desert agriculture, racialisation of agrarian labor, and labor migration in the Indian Ocean world, particularly Thai migrant workers in Israeli agriculture. His book Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli Agriculture (Stanford University Press, 2024) critiques colonial labor dynamics. Recent work explores proletarianisation in Palestine/Israel and colonial intersections of exploitation and indigenous elimination.

Publications emphasize themes like migrant labor exploitation, Zionism’s environmental impacts, and transnational coloniality. Key 2024 works analyze Thailand-Israel migration regimes and Abrahamic ideological frameworks in Middle Eastern peacemaking.

• Grants/Advising: While no formal advisees are listed, his activism spans anti-militarism, migrant solidarity, and academic democratization.
• Labs/Teams: Member of CLaSP, focusing on global labor and sustainability.