Join us for a book launch with Guy Standing, as he explores how education has been reshaped by market logics and what it would take to revive it for the common good 🗓17 Feb 🕕6pm 📍SOAS BGLT @soaseconomics.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @possibilist.bsky.social

📚 Human Capital: The Tragedy of the Education Commons — Book launch Does the education system make better people? Why are so many teachers and students stressed? Do we need to revive real education? 📅 17 Feb 2026 📍 @soasdevelopment.bsky.social & Online buff.ly/dd1liPc

📌Join us this Thursday, 5:30pm at @soasuni.bsky.social SWLT!!! @possibilist.bsky.social @soas-dld.bsky.social @soaseconomics.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social

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📣 @soasdevelopment.bsky.social in the media on Bangladesh & West Africa @naomihossain.bsky.social analyses Bangladesh’s journey from a “basket case” to development pioneer; & analyses the current political climate including the verdict of Sheikh Hasina. Read more: buff.ly/yOTw76W

📢Tomorrow at 6pm GMT! Don’t miss a thought-provoking talk with Jawied Nawabi. Join us in person or on Zoom, register ➡️: buff.ly/SPcm2Xi @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @soaseconomics.bsky.social @soaspolitics.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social

🎉Happy New Year from #SOAS #DLD! 🌍As we enter 2026, geopolitical shifts, weakening of multilateral norms, and budget cuts continue to unsettle aid & development. 💡Join our soasuni.bsky.social #DLD Conversation on the continued relevance of Albert Hirschman in today's context: shorturl.at/ZO6Kz

The SOAS Global Development Seminar Series is back! Join us for a great lineup of speakers and talks designed to spark conversations on GD. Register here: shorturl.at/An9HU (scroll down for seminar details) @soaseconomics.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

New policy brief by Fola Aina showing how climate change acts as a threat multiplier in the Sahel, rather than a direct cause of conflict. Read full brief➡️: shorturl.at/P8e0x @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

Why do online scam hubs in Myanmar keep bouncing back? Read Xu Peng, @soasdevelopment.bsky.social researcher, article in @theconversation.com buff.ly/FLPqzWT

📣 @soasdevelopment.bsky.social in the media on Bangladesh & West Africa @naomihossain.bsky.social analyses Bangladesh’s journey from a “basket case” to development pioneer; & analyses the current political climate including the verdict of Sheikh Hasina. Read more: buff.ly/yOTw76W

Join @soasdevelopment.bsky.social for Jawied Nawabi on how state power and early battles with landed elites shape long-term development. Chaired by @carlosoya.bsky.social 📅 27 Jan, 18:00 GMT 📍 SWLT & Zoom Register here: shorturl.at/eGDjm

Join us for Jawied Nawabi on how state power and early battles with landed elites shape long-term development. Chaired by @carlosoya.bsky.social 📅27 Jan, 18:00 GMT 📍SWLT & Zoom 🔗Register: shorturl.at/eGDjm @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

Why do online scam hubs in Myanmar keep bouncing back? Read Xu Peng, SOAS researcher, article in @theconversation.com. 👉 theconversation.com/huge-online-... @soasuni.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

Check out Giuseppina Siciliano’s latest analysis exploring the social and environmental ramifications of large and megadams for hydropower. Read the full analysis here ➡️ fwr.org/the-great-hy... @carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

Read Alex Dryden,@soasuni.bsky.social PhD, analysing the latest UK budget in the @uk.theconversation.com "How the financial markets reacted to the UK budget (and why they matter)" Read the full article here⬇️ shorturl.at/zF2Za @soaseconomics.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social

Fola Aina on @deutschewellerss.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy News Africa explains why Nigeria’s security challenges need both reform and strategic innovation. Listen here⬇️ shorturl.at/QJL8Q @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosmaza.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

Fola Aina’s latest chapter explores how weak states and arms proliferation drive instability in West Africa. #Peace #Security #Conflict Read more: shorturl.at/ZW3uV @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @afrique.lemonde.fr

🚀 @soasuni.bsky.social DLD is delighted to announce the next Future Leaders Programme: 💡 Economic Development in #Africa: Critical Policies in a ‘New’ World 🌎 📅 Date: 24–27 February 2026 📍 #London 📌 Deadline: 05 December 2025 🔗 application ⬇️ tinyurl.com/42s8d9xx

New article in World Development Perspectives by @carlosoya.bsky.social, Fekadu Nigussie Deresse and Christian Samen Otchia explores the paradox of job switching in a wage cartel. Read here: shorturl.at/woaYi @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

Excellent new article in Third World Quarterly by Navtej Purewal & Althea-Maria Rivas on gendered racial capitalism. They critique the “smart economics” approach to gender equity & its colonial legacies. Read here: shorturl.at/ptD9k @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

Happening today at 5pm! Join us for Stefania Barca's talk at SOAS, DLT or via Zoom. Register to attend - > shorturl.at/WNDbn

Join us next Monday for Stefania Barca’s talk exploring how workers can drive ecological change, and why climate justice is social justice. 📅 10 Nov, 5pm 📍 SOASVDLT & Zoom Register: shorturl.at/WNDbn @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @soaseconomics.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

HAPPENING TODAY at 5pm! Join us at SOAS (SWLT) or via Zoom as @terminalias.bsky.social offers fresh perspectives on the European migration crisis! @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social

Join us this Thursday for @terminalias.bsky.social's book launch! Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure 📅30 Oct, 5pm, SWLT Register here➡️: shorturl.at/OGUoh @soasuni.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

✨Coca Talks: Futuro Coca in London Join us for a dialogue on the alternative uses of coca leaves with activists, scholars & experts. 📅 17 Oct 2025, 18:00–20:30 📍KLT, SOAS ➡️ Register: shorturl.at/3AWXF @carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

📌What does it mean to ‘return’? Join the SOAS Centre for Migration & Diaspora Studies for a two-day workshop on the concept and practices of return. 📅 17 Oct, 5:30pm, DLT, SOAS 📅 18 Oct, 1pm, SOAS Bar 🔗 Details & registration: shorturl.at/ScRNW @naomihossain.bsky.social @terminalias.bsky.social

📌 Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social for a discussion with @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social on: "Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction" Livestream➡️: 🔗www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/decolonizing-economics-introduction @eadi.bsky.social

✨Coca Talks: Futuro Coca in London Join us for a dialogue on the alternative uses of coca leaves with activists, scholars & experts. 📅 17 Oct 2025, 18:00–20:30 📍KLT, SOAS ➡️ Register: shorturl.at/3AWXF @carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

📌What does it mean to ‘return’? Join the SOAS Centre for Migration & Diaspora Studies for a two-day workshop on the concept and practices of return. 📅 17 Oct, 5:30pm, DLT, SOAS 📅 18 Oct, 1pm, SOAS Bar 🔗 Details & registration: shorturl.at/ScRNW @naomihossain.bsky.social @terminalias.bsky.social

Unexploded bombs harm the environment, and climate change makes it worse. Great new piece by @sndeall.bsky.social & Christina Greene in @uk.theconversation.com Read here➡️shorturl.at/CUhbr @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

📢 @soasdevelopment.bsky.social publications news: 🚗 Matteo Rizzo on ride-hail drivers’ views of work: doi.org/10.1111/dech... 📉 Christopher Cramer on revisiting the Lewis Model: doi.org/10.25501/SOA...

"Five lessons the UK can learn from Italy’s asylum accommodation crisis"@terminalias.bsky.social draws on his extensive research to explain why. Read the full blog➡️: shorturl.at/C9JbG @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social

📸 Highlights from our “Violence, Conflict and Changing Global Orders” conference at @soasuni.bsky.social ! Huge thanks to the brilliant mix of students, scholars & practitioners who made it such a rich, cross-generational dialogue. Your insights brought the event to life! Enjoy these snapshots!

✨ Happening Tomorrow: Violence, Conflict and Changing Global Orders Conference! 🗓️ 11 June 2025 ⏰ 2pm – 5pm 📍 BGLT, SOAS & Zoom Don’t miss out. Register now! ➡️ shorturl.at/RKX3E @possibilist.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social

🔔Don’t miss out! Join us for a timely and important discussion at a critical moment for the field of #Violence, #Conflict & #Development. 11 June 🕒2pm – 5pm at BGLT, SOAS Register now➡️: shorturl.at/RKX3E @possibilist.bsky.social @crisisgroup.org @eadi.bsky.social @wfp.org @naomihossain.bsky.social

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Violence, conflict and changing global orders: 25 years of the MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development at @soasdevelopment.bsky.social 📅 11 June Online / In person event at SOAS with Christopher Cramer, ‪@laurahammond.bsky.social and others. Register: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

My keynote for ILPC 2025 in Santiago is now published in an amended version in GLJ 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 mulpress.mcmaster.ca/globallabour... @soasdevelopment.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

This is going to be a game-changer. If this had been on my undergrad reading list 35 years ago I may have never dropped economics... Pre-ordered! @surbhikesar.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social @soasdevelopment.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @soaseconomics.bsky.social

Latest news from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social 📣 Including, a recording of the talk on social reproduction with @feministonmarx.bsky.social Shirin Rai ‪@sarastevano.bsky.social Read more: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/04/28/s...

📣 The call for panels for our flagship event, the EADI/IOB general conference is out! 📅 Submit by 7 September 2025 www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...

🔔Don’t miss out! Join us for a timely and important discussion at a critical moment for the field of #Violence, #Conflict & #Development. 11 June 🕒2pm – 5pm at BGLT, SOAS Register now➡️: shorturl.at/RKX3E @possibilist.bsky.social @crisisgroup.org @eadi.bsky.social @wfp.org @naomihossain.bsky.social

💧Latest SOAS Global Development Working Paper Mollinga & Deekshit trace how water in Gujarat’s Sardar Sarovar Project became a tool of state power, far beyond farming and hydropower. 🔗 Read full paper ➡️: shorturl.at/SqKnO @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social

ICYMI: The recording of the book launch discussions is now available here: 🎥shorturl.at/k6YO2

📌 Join us with @soasdevelopment.bsky.social for a discussion with @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Director Professor Christopher Cramer, on the new MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development 🌍♻️ Info and registration 🔗 tinyurl.com/2sr3pt63

🔎 Check out this brilliant piece in @theconversation.com by @lorena-lombardozzi.bsky.social -- "China is reshaping central Asia’s energy sector as Russian influence fades" @soasdevelopment.bsky.social Read full article here 👉 rb.gy/jszwli

📌 "Violence, Conflict & Changing Orders" Half-day conference exploring: ✅ Evolving global conflict patterns ✅ Emerging ideas & methods ✅ The future of the field 🎤@possibilist.bsky.social, Jonathan Goodhand, Zoe Marriage & more 🗓11 June @ 2–5pm 📍BGLT, SOAS Register: shorturl.at/RKX3E

🎉 Congrats to @sndeall.bsky.social & Eka Ikpe on their award-winning piece on anti-vehicle mine clearance and long-term #peacebuilding & infrastructure in Angola. 🔗Read it here: shorturl.at/xmZpF @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social