π βAusterity shrinks the state and stretches the household, until the latter hangs by a single thread: a line of creditβ
π In this blog, @lenagempke.bsky.social unpacks how austerity and financialisation push South African women into debt to fund everyday life.
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π #SOAS #Economics research projects are transforming global thinking on social reproduction, financialisation, macro-financial aspects of development, and the political economy of the #green transition β»οΈ
π₯ Watch the video β¬οΈ
π www.youtube.com/watch?v=C86I...
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Economics teaching has become the Aeroflot of ideas
The discipline is failing students by ignoring the biggest social, political and ecological challenges facing the world today
π Today on @FT our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Professor Ha-Joon Chang on:
π Economics teaching has become the Aeroflot of ideas π‘
β οΈ The discipline is failing students by ignoring the biggest social, political and ecological challenges facing the world today π
π www.ft.com/content/9aab...
25.07.2025 10:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π Last day to apply for @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Future Leaders Programme!
π‘High-Value Agriculture as a Path to Structural Transformation β hopes, fears, realitiesπ
π
Date: 15 β 18 September 2025
π London
π Deadline: 18 July 2025
πapply hereβ¬οΈ
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π¨β οΈ WE ARE HIRING!!! β οΈπ¨
π @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Institute is looking for a Research and Communications Fellowπ
β¨Join our vibrant academic community at SOAS! π
πApply here β¬οΈ
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06.07.2025 15:35 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
π Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics with RAMP University Network and @CSF_SOAS for a discussion with Dr. Rebecca M. Mari (BoE) on:
πΎWeathering the storm: sectoral economic and inflationary effects of floods and the role of adaptationπ
Info π www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
04.07.2025 15:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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The Department of @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics is looking for 3 Associate Lecturers in Economics! π
Apply here β¬οΈ vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/725353
01.07.2025 12:19 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π New in World Development, @rosaabraham6 & our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer @surbhikesar.bsky.social study the trajectories that characterise Indian labour market, & identify 7 dominant ones.
How do they π?π§΅
πhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X25001147
30.06.2025 14:50 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π @soasuni.bsky.social DLD is delighted to announce the next Future Leaders Programme:
π‘ High-Value Agriculture as a Path to Structural Transformation β hopes, fears, realities π
π
Date: 15 β 18 September 2025
π London
π Deadline: 18 July 2025
π application β¬οΈ
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28.06.2025 19:24 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Enjoyed attending @worldresources.bsky.social and @soaseconomics.bsky.social workshop on how to translate resilience and adaptation benefits into modeling and development finance actions, relevant for eg @ebrd.bsky.social thatβs working on its Green Economy Transition Approach.
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π Join us at #London Climate Action Week!
π Reversing the vicious cycle of debt, underdevelopment and environmental change
π
25 June 2025 | 3:00-4:30 PM
π SALT, @soasuni.bsky.social
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π Join us TODAY at #London Climate Action Week! @soasuni.bsky.social
π Scaling climate resilience through debt markets
π
24 June 2025 | 5:00-7:00 PM
π Senate House Alumni Lecture Theatre (SALT), @SOAS_DLD
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24.06.2025 09:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π Unlocking the triple dividend for resilient growth π
π
24 June 2025
π @soasuni.bsky.social
π Register here: tinyurl.com/24bjbjwp
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π Join us TODAY at #London Climate Action Week!
π Strengthening the Public Development Banking Ecosystem to Drive Climate Action
π
23 June 2025
π SALT, @soasuni.bsky.social
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π A Green and Just Planet: G20 to COP30 Visions, with COP30 President
π
23 June 2025
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π info event: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
23.06.2025 08:01 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π Join us at #London Climate Action Week! @london_climate @CSF_SOAS
π Strengthening the Public Development Banking Ecosystem to Drive Climate Action
π
24 June 2025 | 5:00-7:00 PM
π SALT, @soasuni.bsky.social
πget your tickets π« tinyurl.com/9u76p6pu
22.06.2025 16:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π A Green and Just Planet: G20 to COP30 Visions, with COP30 President
π
23 June 2025
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22.06.2025 15:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π Join us TOMORROW at #London Climate Action Week! @london_climate @CSF_SOAS
π Strengthening the Public Development Banking Ecosystem to Drive Climate Action
π
24 June 2025 | 5:00-7:00 PM
π SALT, @SOAS
πget your tickets π« tinyurl.com/9u76p6pu
22.06.2025 15:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π A Green and Just Planet: G20 to COP30 Visions, with COP30 President
π
23 June 2025
π @soasuni.bsky.social
π Register here: tinyurl.com/5ba5wv47
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21.06.2025 19:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π Join us at #London Climate Action Week!
π Reversing the vicious cycle of debt, underdevelopment and environmental change
π
25 June 2025 | 3:00-4:30 PM
π SALT, @soasuni.bsky.social
πget your tickets π« tinyurl.com/4ychyvc5
19.06.2025 16:09 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π Join us at #London Climate Action Week! @london_climate @CSF_SOAS @FixedInstitute
π Scaling climate resilience through debt markets
π
24 June 2025 | 5:00-7:00 PM
π Senate House Alumni Lecture Theatre (SALT), @SOAS_DLD
πget your tickets π« tinyurl.com/ye223emx
19.06.2025 15:58 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π Join us at @SOAS #Economics with RAMP University Network and @CSF_SOAS for a discussion with Erica Perego (CEPII) on:
πΎClimate change and fiscal crisis in agricultural commodity-dependent countriesπ
Info π www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
18.06.2025 10:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π Unlocking the triple dividend for resilient growth π
π
24 June 2025
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π Register here: tinyurl.com/24bjbjwp
π info event: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
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π A Green and Just Planet: G20 to COP30 Visions, with COP30 President
π
23 June 2025
π @soasuni.bsky.social
π Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-green-an...
π info event: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
17.06.2025 13:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
π¨β οΈ WE ARE HIRING!!! β οΈπ¨
The Department of @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics is looking for an outstanding economist with an excellent record in research and teaching!
π Apply here β¬οΈ
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17.06.2025 13:22 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π Join us at #London Climate Action Week! @london_climate @CSF_SOAS @FixedInstitute
π Scaling climate resilience through debt markets
π
24 June 2025 | 5:00-7:00 PM
π Senate House Alumni Lecture Theatre (SALT), @SOAS
πget your tickets π« tinyurl.com/ye223emx
17.06.2025 12:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π Check out the latest symposium edited by our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer @surbhikesar.bsky.social and Don Goldstein in the Review of Radical Political Economics:
βPolitical Economy of Occupation, Colonialism, and Conflict in Palestineβ
π journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
10.06.2025 12:21 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics with RAMP University Network and @CSF_SOAS for a discussion with Erica Perego (CEPII) on:
πΎClimate change and fiscal crisis in agricultural commodity-dependent countriesπ
Info π www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
10.06.2025 11:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Join Susan Hawley (@spotlightcorruption.org), Nicholas Shaxson and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira for a DLD Conversation:
'Missing in Action: How the world of offshore finance impacts development and what can be done'
π5 June 2025, 5.30-7pm, SOAS
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
27.05.2025 15:13 β π 2 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
The Technology and Industrialisation for Development Centre at University of Oxford explores the complex relationships between trade, investment, technology, industrialization, and innovation in the context of development.
Setting a progressive economic agenda for the 21st century.
https://progressiveeconomyforum.com/
Professor of economics at UWE Bristol. Chair of Post-Keynesian Economics Society. Interested in macro, finance, banking, climate change, inequality, demographics.
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Professor of Global Economics (University of Leeds, UK)
macro-finance in the Global South, central banking, exchange rates, and anything development finance; mixed-methods
Economist. Host of the weekly Macrodose podcast: https://bsky.app/profile/macrodosepod.bsky.social
Professor in Economics & Finance @iipp-ucl.bsky.social | macroeconomic policy, sustainable finance, land & housing | https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/64753
Senior Lecturer @Univerity of Hertfordshire, heterodox economist with focus on industrial policy. Bereaved parent.
Official account of the United Nations Environment Programme
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Leading international journal dedicated to the systematic exploration of IPE from a plurality of perspectives.
Bringing people and ideas together to tackle difficult development challenges.
Principal Research Fellow at ODI Global, Lead Editor #DevPolicyRev, Trustee UK DSA, member UN CDP
Prof of Global Development in Africa: history & politics of dev; NGOs, FBOs, local dev orgs; religion & global dev; global health & dev. Keen photographer.
My links: https://linktr.ee/mikejennings101
I write and post about accountability, the politics of development, & Bangladesh, but don't let that put you off.
Critical Political Economist -- Author: A critical history of poverty finance (http://bit.ly/3pEV7Cf); Fictions of financialization (http://bit.ly/3PUWzdR) -- Reader in Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick.
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Associate Professor at Hertfordshire Business School.
Born in Milan, lives in London. Macro-finance: Pension funds, emerging economies, capital flows and financialisation.
The European Central Bank is the central bank for Europeβs single currency, the euro. Its main task is to maintain the euroβs purchasing power.