📧 @drelisagambino.bsky.social and @indrajitroy.bsky.social invite you to join a new mailing list for sharing knowledge and support on the roles of rising powers – both state and non-state actors – in shaping international development. Sign up: www.devstud.org.uk/studygroup/r...

Flexible embeddedness: how Chinese lead firms internationalise in Africa, by @drelisagambino.bsky.social and Costanza Franceschini

GDI's Elisa Gambino (@drelisagambino.bsky.social) and colleague Costanza Franceschini have published a new open-access paper examining the internationalisation of Chinese lead firms in Africa. Learn more about the paper in the video below, and read in full here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are so excited to welcome all of our new and returning students to GDI this September 🎉 Our Welcome Week will kick off on the 22 September, an important week to meet everyone and learn about the semester ahead. Here you will find all of the timetable information you will need: bit.ly/3HycQEu

🚨 Publication alert on #RIPE (with Costanza Franceschini)! We outline how Chinese lead firms strategically move across and combine different forms of embeddedness to sustain internationalisation in African markets - a practice we term 'flexible embeddedness'. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I’m beyond excited to share that I have just been appointed to a permanent (!!) position as Lecturer in Globalisation, Trade and Development at the Global Development Institute! Thank you to all the colleagues, friends, and mentors who have supported me ♥️ Can’t wait to start in Sept 2026

The Rising Powers study group has two new convenors: @indrajitroy.bsky.social and @drelisagambino.bsky.social. They’ll be coordinating future activities including a mailing list and possible conference activity. Get in touch with them if you’d like to be part of this newly energized group.

Great panel on networks of opportunity, Chinese entrepreneurs and African brokers @ECAS2025 this morning! Organised by Constanza Franceschini and @drelisagambino.bsky.social

We invite submissions for the Interdisciplinary Conference on “Palestine & Social Justice: Decolonisation and Development Studies.” Key dates · Submission ends: 30/06/2025 · Notification of acceptance: 30/07/2025 · Conference: 26/09/2025 See the full Call: tinyurl.com/m6zhyv56

Last week, I had the pleasure of sharing the findings of my research project on the growing presence of Chinese private capital in Ghana with the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre 🇬🇭 Thank you Deputy CEO and colleagues for the invite - look forward to more engagement! @globaldevinst.bsky.social

Chinese ambassador to Togo addressing the participants of the conference Reconstruire le monde, 70 ans après Bandung, currently being held in Lomé, Togo

✌️Happy to share I was awarded a BA/Leverhulme Small Grant for my project: "Regulating African markets from afar? Chinese tech giants and South-South trade" @globaldevinst.bsky.social

Next week, I'll join a panel of speakers at UCL's Policy & Practice series to discuss the topic "High quality development? China's changing economy", focusing on the implications for China's international economic relations. 27th March, 6:15 pm, register here: lnkd.in/df78s2T8

The deadline for #ECAS2025 is today! With Costanza Franceschini from Leiden, I am co-organising a panel on networks, intermediaries, and brokers in the context of South-South engagement in Africa. Please consider submitting to our panel: guarant.eu/ecasconferen...

A starter pack with great colleagues in this area, incl @alkejenss.bsky.social @drelisagambino.bsky.social @lucerioli.bsky.social @felixanderl.bsky.social @eric-cezne.bsky.social @ethuin.bsky.social @kristoftiteca.bsky.social @gtups.bsky.social @powershift.bsky.social & more! go.bsky.app/F5kHhiN