Article awarded 2023 Nevile-Plowman Best Article Prize

Dr Brian Garvey, Department of Work, Employment and Organisation, has received the 2023 Nevile-Plowman Prize for his article, "Cultivating space for contemporary resistance in Brazil’s Amazon and Cerrado".

The Nevile-Plowman Best Article Prize, established in 2019 by The Economic and Labour Relations Review (ELRR), honours the journal's founding editors, Professors John Nevile and David Plowman.

The prize - shared with co-authors Maria Luisa Mendonça, Maurício Torres, Daniela Stefano, and Fábio Pitta - recognises outstanding articles in economics and industrial relations, judged on rigorous research, clear communication, and significant scholarly or policy impact.

The article examines the ways in which land-grabbing in Brazil at the frontiers of the Amazon is facilitated by both the state and the practices of financialisation. The paper was praised for "the innovative use of theory, the robust application of data and...producing research that is highly readable and useful to raise [social justice]".

ELRR stated: "This is a remarkably rich article. It is built on data born of engaging in the lived experience of the combatants, considers a conflict that spans industrial and ecological conflicts that have global ramifications, and turns on the careful and precise positionality of the researchers in relation to their subjects and the phenomena they are explaining. We are very proud to have published the article and congratulate all the authors on their achievement."

Published: 20 August 2024