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Sara Stevano

@sarastevano.bsky.social

Development & feminist political economist @SOAS Economics | into social reproduction, food, work and inequalities | African political economy, Mozambique, Ghana

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πŸ“£ CfP | Social Reproduction @ IIPPE 2026
πŸ—“οΈ Deadline: 15 February 2026

Come join us! The IIPPE Social Reproduction Working Group invites paper and panel submissions to the IIPPE 16th Annual Conference. πŸ“ Lisbon | πŸ—“οΈ 9–12 September 2026

πŸ‘‰ CfP in link below or by scanning the QR code

07.01.2026 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

22.12.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Case For Decolonizing Economics
YouTube video by Novara Media The Case For Decolonizing Economics

Enjoyed this conversation with Michael Walker @novaramedia.com on what the recent Nobel prizes in economics miss out about dynamics of development and what a decolonized lens helps mend that.

@soaseconomics.bsky.social @soasdevelopment.bsky.social

youtu.be/II7U4UlGaIA?...

04.12.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“Œ Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics for a discussion with Jennifer Olmstead, Ibrahim Shikaki and Shir Hever on:

🎀 Symposium on Political Economy of Occupation, Colonialism, and Conflict in #Palestine πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

πŸ—“οΈ 8 October, 5PM
πŸ“ SOAS, B103

info and livestreamπŸ”— tinyurl.com/3vyrcymn

29.09.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Junk food leads to more children being obese than underweight for first time Cheap ultra-processed food behind rise in overweight children, with one in 10 now obese globally, says Unicef

🚨Junk food alert! For the first time ever, more kids are obese than underweight globally.

A new UNICEF report warns ultra-processed foods #UPFs are overwhelming kids’ diets: cheap, adictive & deeply harmful.πŸ’”

Action on UPFs is overdue.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

#Health #Malnutrition

11.09.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Gaza
West Bank
Lebanon
Yemen
Syria
Iran
Iraq
Tunisia
Qatar

All attacked and bombed by Israel in the past year.

Insane.

Rogue state.

09.09.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3694    πŸ” 1066    πŸ’¬ 151    πŸ“Œ 43
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Feminist Political Economy: A Global Perspective Published in Feminist Economics (Ahead of Print, 2025)

"Brilliant... the authors demonstrate how adopting a feminist political economy approach could prove liberating for students and scholars."

Yazgi GenΓ§ reviews 'Feminist Political Economy' by Sara Cantillon, Odile Mackett, and @sarastevano.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#IAFFE

20.06.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PRESS RELEASE β€” Sweet Is Always the β€œBest Choice” Photo Exhibition TO Open at Nuku Studio, Tamale β€” grin ghana New photographic exhibition by Efo Sela in partnership with pupils from four Junior Highs in Tamale opens June 2, 2025, spotlighting ultra-processed food environments in Ghanaian schools. Tama...

Today the photo exhibition curated by Efo Sela and based on our project on ultra-processed food in Ghana opens in Tamale. The expansion of UPFs is seen through the eyes of adolescents in northern Ghana. Soon available digitally too!

www.gringhana.com/grin-blog/sw...

02.06.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I was gifted a copy of this book, which is hot off the press, by my friend & colleague @surbhikesar.bsky.social It looks great and I look forward to delving into it. Many congratulations @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social

21.05.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Our book is now available to order! We will be organising some book talks in the upcoming academic year to discuss these embryonic ideas on decolonising economics.

@ingridhk.bsky.social
@cacrisalves.bsky.social @devikadutt.bsky.social

19.05.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms

FYI the companies that are members of the Food and Drink Federation that lobbied the UK government to change the guidance on junk food promotion are listed here: fdf.org.uk/fdf/about-fd...

www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

19.05.2025 09:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Terrorists use food as a weapon: how Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab exploit hunger Terror groups use food as a tool to fight, govern and survive.

Food insecurity fuels terrorism in Africa, creating a vicious cycle of hunger and conflict.

theconversation.com/terrorists-u...

#Politics

18.05.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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London now. End the Genocide. #FreePalestine

17.05.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 286    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 4
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πŸ“Œ Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social for the Annual conference of the Progressive Economic Forum !

πŸš€ Progressive economics 2025: UK economic policy in the age of Trump πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

Info and registration πŸ”— www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

30.04.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ WE ARE HIRING !!! πŸ“’

The Department of Economics of @soasuni.bsky.social is recruiting a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader in #Economics

Join our prestigious academic community!

Info πŸ”— vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/684866

01.04.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Aid’s grim counter-revolution will prove self-defeating [FREE TO READ] Arguments for slashing overseas development assistance in favour of defence fail on their own terms

@adamtooze.bsky.social for @financialtimes.com on the self-defeating logic of western aid cuts on.ft.com/4ckO1a3

29.03.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was fun, thank you! πŸ’š

28.03.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had the pleasure to interview the brilliant @sarastevano.bsky.social about her fantastic work on approaches to social reproduction. Listen to her speak about her work here πŸ‘‡πŸ½

28.03.2025 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ™οΈ New podcast episode on social reproduction, unpaid labor, and feminist political economy, featuring @surbhikesar.bsky.social and @sarastevano.bsky.social as they explore economic structures in the Global South!

🎧 Listen to the full discussion here!
πŸ”— πŸ”Š shorturl.at/lFyJJ

26.03.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸŽ™οΈNew Podcast on Social Reproduction!

What counts as β€œwork,” and what gets overlooked?

@sarastevano.bsky.social joins @surbhikesar.bsky.social to discuss the unpaid & paid labour that sustains life.

🎧Listen here: shorturl.at/lFyJJ
@devcomms.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social

26.03.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“ŒJoin Alessandra Mezzadri, Shirin Rai & @sarastevano.bsky.social for a discussion on pluralising feminist readings of the world economy and social reproduction

πŸ“… 20 March 5.15pm
πŸ“SOAS SALT & Zoom

Register➑️shorturl.at/djuB5
@surbhikesar.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social
@carlosoya.bsky.social

18.03.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The UK’s academic recession is in full swing This university crisis is a grim scrabble for numbers

NEW from me in the FT today... The UK's university 'system' is now in freefall. How on Earth did the disaster unfold? Read all about it: www.ft.com/content/0ec7...

11.03.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 265    πŸ” 141    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 36

πŸ“’Update: Please note this event has now been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances and rescheduled to 20 March 2025 at 5.15pm. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
@sarastevano.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

06.03.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you have not seem "No Other Land," which just won the Academy Award for Best Documentary, there is currently a link to watch the film. Watch soon as the link is time bound and will only last for the next 48 hours.

The password is AF24.

vimeo.com/video/991587...

04.03.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“ŒJoin Alessandra Mezzadri, Shirin Rai & @sarastevano.bsky.social for a discussion on pluralising feminist readings of the world economy and social reproduction

πŸ“… March 6, 5pm
πŸ“SOAS SALT & Zoom

Registration ➑️shorturl.at/djuB5
@surbhikesar.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

28.02.2025 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Silvia Federici on The Arcana of Reproduction The Arcana of Reproduction is a unique book in the world of Marxist feminism. Generally, Marxist feminists have elaborated on the methodological significance of Marx’s work for understanding the speci...

"When Fortunati was working on The Arcana of Reproduction, her approach was iconoclastic – for, as the title of the book suggests, few social realities have been so manipulated as the sphere of reproduction, especially in Italy where years of Fascism had turned maternity into a religion."

27.02.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

@soaseconomics.bsky.social has joined us here! You need to follow them because they are easily the most exciting and innovative economics department you will find anywhere.
@soasdevelopment.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @sarastevano.bsky.social @danielagabor.bsky.social

19.02.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Displaced lives: rethinking survival, social reproduction, and (in)security with refugees In this article, we examine the practices of survival that Rohingya and Syrian refugees perform as they confront multiple forms of violence resulting from their forced displacement in India and Tur...

🌟New Publication!

Raksha Gopal and I examine how Rohingya and Syrian refugees negotiate survival amid multiple forms of violence in India and Turkey. We introduce a new conceptβ€”the (in)securitization of social reproductive capacitiesβ€”drawing on our PhDs @gvagrad.bsky.social.

πŸ“–Displaced Lives‡️

17.02.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Very excited to have our paper included in this issue alongside scholars who profoundly influenced our thinking, including @feministonmarx.bsky.social @shirinmrai.bsky.social @sarastevano.bsky.social @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social and many othersπŸ’«

18.02.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0