Aleksandra Saša Savanović is an author and researcher. Her research focuses on post-capitalist economic paradigms and the contemporary transformations of labour, state and citizenship. She authored two critically acclaimed novels (Deseti život, Kontrast, 2018 and Novo Sada, Partizanska knjiga, 2022), along with a wide range of research studies, policy papers, essays, and popular commentary.
Safeguarding the dubious concept of a ‘European way of life’ has serious implications for migrants. Though indispensable for economic growth, new arrivals, who endure militarized border systems, face a future of privatized detention centres and offshore processing facilities. Could a new focus on common goals provide the necessary end to dehumanizing practices?