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

🕸️ Please share in your networks! @idos-research.bsky.social @ids.ac.uk @giga-hamburg.de @globaldevinst.bsky.social @soasdevelopment.bsky.social @isdcberlin.bsky.social @giesugent.bsky.social @diis.dk @bergenglobal.bsky.social @igdc.bsky.social @tninstitute.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

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

📌 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 @lorena-lombardozzi.bsky.social 's brilliant piece in the Conversation @theconversation.com "China is reshaping central Asia’s energy sector as Russian influence fades" Read full article here 👉: rb.gy/jszwli @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social

📌 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

A taster of my article on Global and International Development - here open access as a shorter blog. Download the whole piece from the The European Journal Of Development Research! @eadi.bsky.social @soasdevelopment.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2207

🎧 Listen to Touseef Mir from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social reflect on his experience developing an online learning platform called Pe'nd Online in India-controlled Kashmir during the Covid-19 pandemic on the @eadi.bsky.social podcast 📻 open.spotify.com/episode/2E1W...

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

🎙️New Podcast on Social Reproduction! What counts as “work,” 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

One of our former @soasdevelopment.bsky.social students, @jyotirsondhi.bsky.social has written on aid from and to India in the context of the attack on USAID. It's a great read, and you can find it here: thewire.in/world/us-shu...

📢 Happening Today at 5.15pm! Don't Miss Out! 📢 Join Alessandra Mezzadri, Shirin Rai, and Sara Stevano for an engaging discussion on their joint article in the International Feminist Journal of Politics. Register to join on campus or on online ➡️: shorturl.at/djuB5

📌Join Alessandra Mezzadri, Shirin Rai & @sarastevano.bsky.social for a discussion on pluralising feminist readings of the world economy and social reproduction 📅 20 March 5.15pm 📍SOAS SALT & Zoom Register➡️shorturl.at/djuB5 @surbhikesar.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social

...and that's a wrap! Thank you, MSc Migration Mobility and Development cohort of 2024/25!!! @soasdevelopment.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social @tilley101.bsky.social @andynewsham @feministonmarx.bsky.social @annalindley @irisilim @taniakaiser

The vast and horrific cost of Elon Musk's unwarranted evisceration of USAID is becoming clearer. Read this by @mikejennings101.bsky.social @soasdevelopment.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social theconversation.com/trump-is-can...

Check out Michael Jennings latest article on @theconversation.com, analysing the impact of US aid cuts on one of the world’s biggest HIV programmes, & the collapse of global cooperation. 📖 Read here: shorturl.at/Hcpku @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social

first proofs sent back ✅ endorsements are trickling in (and I am delighted) ✅ notebookLM autogenerated podcast ... uhmm ok ☑️ ETA 18 June 2025 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/buildings-of... @soasdevelopment.bsky.social

📢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

📌Join Alessandra Mezzadri, Shirin Rai & @sarastevano.bsky.social for a discussion on pluralising feminist readings of the world economy and social reproduction 📅 March 6, 5pm 📍SOAS SALT & Zoom Registration ➡️shorturl.at/djuB5 @surbhikesar.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

📌Join Alessandra Mezzadri, Shirin Rai & @sarastevano.bsky.social for a discussion on pluralising feminist readings of the world economy and social reproduction 📅 March 6, 5pm 📍SOAS SALT & Zoom Registration ➡️shorturl.at/djuB5 @surbhikesar.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

📌 Join us for the next SOAS DLD Conversation, 10 March at 5.30pm. Is growing inequality a problem for international development, what is driving it and what can be done about it? Info & Registration ➡️: shorturl.at/VqzHn @soas-dld.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @oxfaminternational.bsky.social

"Imagining the efforts of decolonising to yield fruits in an ecosystem that is engineered and continues to reproduce colonial structures may be in someways paradoxical." writes @soasdevelopment.bsky.social's Touseef Mir, introducing "a baby step in the direction" www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2166