Taher Labadi is a political economist who received his PhD from Université Paris-Dauphine. His research examines the relationships between capitalism, colonialism, and resistance in Palestine and the Middle East, with particular attention to agricultural policies, labor governance, and special economic zones. More broadly, he studies the knowledges, practices, and institutions that shape economic life in contexts of domination and struggle. He teaches at Birzeit University (Palestine) and is an affiliated researcher at the French Institute for the Near East (IFPO).

Selected Publications

• Quzmar, I. M., Labadi, T. (2025). Labor as a Colonial Apparatus: Exclusion, Exploitation, and Discipline in Palestine. International Labor and Working-Class History, published online, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0147547925100173
• Panosetti, F., Labadi, T., & Heneiti, A. (2025). Agrarian questions in global Palestine: past, present and future. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2025.2537878
• Labadi, T., & Grüneisl, K. (2025). Fabriquer en Jordanie. Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée, no. 157 (1/2025), 63–84. https://doi.org/10.4000/14bil
• Grüneisl, K., & Labadi, T. (2024). Hanging by a Thread—The Red Sea Blockade and Jordan’s Fragile Garment Industry. Middle East Report, no. 313 (Winter). https://merip.org/2025/01/hanging-by-a-thread/