King's College London recently announced the acquisition of Cranfield University. We talked to the Times Higher Ed about it and what it says about the HE sector: t.co/2ZZnsXlz1S

Check out this blog post about my recent article in EJDR, based on our recent book, Decolonising Economics with @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, and @ingridhk.bsky.social

📍Happening tomorrow - Decolonising Economics Join us for the launch of the new book 'Decolonising Economics', by @iipp-ucl.bsky.social Professor @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social and @ingridhk.bsky.social. 🔗 Learn more and register here: buff.ly/c3e34Sn

This is really good news for Thames Water customers. Predatory KKR was so bad they were nicknamed "Barbarians at the gate" in the US. It is time the government stopped dithering and took Thames Water into public ownership. It's what 82% of the public wants.

It’s out! I’m deeply proud and grateful for this book — especially for the chance to collaborate with such brilliant & bold minds. Here’s to hoping its ideas spark fresh conversations and inspire meaningful change in our field. #economics #eurocentrism #decolonisation

Our book is out and available for purchase in the U.K. Writing this book with @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social was a long and arduous process that has arguably changed us all, and we’d be honoured for y’all to read it!

Economics obscures or is oblivious to the politics embedded in theorization itself. In this book, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social return political questions to the heart of economic theorizing. See more: www.politybooks.com/...

It’s here! And I’m buying a second copy for my world bank economist husband 😀@surbhikesar.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @devikadutt.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social

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

Our book is *finally* available for pre-order! It'll ship next week on May 30th 😱 Been a long time coming, very curious about what you all will think. @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social

Join us in London on 18 May (Tomorrow!!!) for “Energy, Extractivism & Empire” — a political day school to strategise for energy justice and Palestinian liberation. Register now  outsavvy.com/event/26792/en…#FreePalestinen#StopArmingIsraele#WorkersInPalestinene

New article: How is the dominant approach to mining in the Econ discipline Eurocentric? What would an alternative non-Eurocentric framework look like and how does it change our understanding of mining? Tracing one mine, I try to answer these questions👇🧵 sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Looking forward to this event today w/ @surbhikesar.bsky.social! W/ @ingridhk.bsky.social & @devikadutt.bsky.social, Surbhi wrote this amazing piece on AJR's "Nobel" prize & the colonial origins of economics last year. We'll explore its relevance to consulting practices ingridhk.com/wp-content/u...

Looking forward to speaking today on how AJR - & the development theory & practice today - remains firmly w/in Eurocentric tenets. Based on recent commentary W/ @ingridhk.bsky.social @devikadutt.bsky.social I’ll be in conversation w/ @rosiecollington.bsky.social, who will speak about the Big Con!

If you want to use broadcast media to amplify your campaigns for progressive social change, then apply for this! We provide a high-calibre training and then follow up with a hands on pitching service that gets people on TV and radio on a day-to day basis www.neweconomyorganisers.org/work/support...

Just seeing the RCT 'scandal' brewing among econs again. This is not a question about some bad apples or some instances of malpractice. The RCT industry has been completely distorted from its inception in Econ and this is closely tied to the incentive structure of the discipline.

Excited to be a part of the discussion of Nick Bernard’s new book: Fictions of Financialization in SOAS tomorrow! Event details: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

My new ✨ open access ✨ article “No Development (Economics or Studies) without Decolonisation” in the EJDR special issue on the Future of Development Studies is out now! It is based on some of the arguments in our forthcoming book “Decolonising Economics” link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“No Development (Economics or Studies) Without Decolonisation” Open access article by @devikadutt.bsky.social in our journal, the EJDR link.springer.com/article/10.1...

NEON does amazing work getting progressive folks in the new economy space in the media in the UK and they are hiring!

Ceasefire is the bare minimum. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 and hold every war criminal to account.

Spoke to @goldbergradio.bsky.social about the rise in government borrowing costs and what that means! 😊

Look at what was taken in “sweeps” of homeless encampments. projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...

More horror. The moment the 🇮🇱 IDF targeted the tents of displaced families in an area it had labeled as "safe" in the al-Mawasi area of #KhanYounis , southern #Gaza Strip. Over 20 Palestinians have been killed so far, mostly children.

Have you registered for our event 'Beyond the Dollar: Changing Money and Payments for Economic and Climate Justice' on 11th December? We've got an incredible line-up of expert speakers: 👇 🧵

Things always become more clear when reading Marx. Here he argues that bourgeois culture produces its antithesis in the form of anti-industrial romanticism (that doesn't threaten capitalism as it's rooted in a past that never was). An early critique of decolonial theory!

Sharing this starter pack for anyone who hasn't seen it (Palestinian organizations, academics, commentators, journalists)

The first co-hosted event of the newly formed KCL Critical Global Capitalism Studies Collective is now being introduced by @devikadutt.bsky.social! Adam Hanieh launching his new book at the Dept of International Development.

Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. **Tell Everyone** www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...

Next Wednesday (Nov 27):Join us for the 4th seminar in the Interrogating Development seminar series, this time with the KCL Global Capitalism Studies Network, w/ Adam Hanieh to discuss his new book “Crude Capitalism.” The event is open to all but registration is reqd www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

NEW 🇲🇦🇵🇸 Moroccan dockworkers in the port of Tangiers have refused to load the NYSTED MAERSK after the vessel was found to have received at least 46 US military shipments for Israel during the genocide in Gaza, following an investigation by the PI and the Palestinian Youth Movement.

Our (@ingridhk.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, and my) commentary “The Colonial Origins of Economics” on the 2024 the Economics ‘Nobel’ has been translated into Persian! Incredibly honoured and blown away. Thank you, Ali Abbaszadeh 😀

A bookstore has opened next to my gym. This is sooo good for my mental health but really bad for my bank account 🥲

I wrote on Starmer’s “smash the gangs” slogan & the danger for Labour of learning the wrong lessons from Trump’s victory. “voters reached the obvious conclusion. If the border had to be sealed, & more spent on smashing smuggling gangs – Trump would do it better.” national.thelead.uk/p/people-smu...

It’s absolutely fascinating to witness the meltdown amongst allegedly progressive econ policy wonks if you suggest that whipping up a simplistic nationalist narrative to justify public investment is maybe not such a good idea when we are dealing with the rise of the far right everywhere

This Wednesday, join us for the third seminar in our Interrogating Development Seminar Series this term at King’s College London, with Isabelle Guérin about her new book, “The Indebted Woman”, feat. Katherine Brickell, Nithya Natarajan, Amby Karamchedu, and Majed Akhter www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

ICYMI, check out this report on the role of the Development NGO sector in decolonising economic development, written by @ingridhk.bsky.social and @surbhikesar.bsky.social www.bond.org.uk/resources/de...

Here's our commentary on how the 2024 Economics Nobel integrates colonialism into economics, while leaving a colonial worldview intact (w/ @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @devikadutt.bsky.social). To explain how & why they do this, we go back to the colonial origins of Econ. www.epw.in/journal/2024...

Here’s why @ingridhk.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, and I think that the 2024 Economics ‘Nobel’ winning framework of understanding how institutions are formed and affect prosperity is Eurocentric, ahistorical, and wrong www.epw.in/journal/2024...

Pity that all these nice critical economists that today have bashed AJR are not using much Bluesky (if at all), and I have to printscreen their takes in Muskland. @devikadutt.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @ihsaanbassier.bsky.social.

Join us tomorrow for the 1st event of the term in our Interrogating Development seminar series w/ Shirin Rai about her new book “Depletion: the Human Cost of Caring,”also featuring Sara Stevano as discussant! The event is open to all, but registration is needed! www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

Our seminar in the King’s College London Department of International Development Interrogating Development seminar series with Hamza Hamouchene featured on The Syllabus! A great conversation based on this great new book (w/ Katie Sandwell). Highly recommend! Here’s the video: buff.ly/48d3A0h

As someone who never *really* understood statistics when I first learnt it, it was incredibly satisfying to hear from a student that he FINALLY understood key things like the Central Limit Theorem in my quant methods class 🥹🥹🥹

If you’re in London, come to our Interrogating Development Seminar Series with Angus McNelly today on his new book: “Now we are in Power: The Politics of Passive Revolution in 21st Century Bolivia” at 16.30! Wine reception will follow the seminar! :) www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

One our (@ingridhk.bsky.social and my) students asked us today, what came of the RCTs that caused scandal & uproar due to problematic ethics? Turns out 2 out of 3 of the examples we considered are now published in the QJE, a Top 5 Econ journal🫠 so much for accountability and change

My bus is full of people headed to the March. Ceasefire now!

Probably many have seen this pic by now. These are folks from Detention Watch Network, Muslims for Just Futures, 18 Million Rising, and friends. They chanted “From Palestine to Mexico, all the walls got to go” calling attn to the $$ requested for Israel & CBP/ICE. Take action: bit.ly/reject105bln

Update: there is now an open letter to UKRI here, calling on them to reject this attack on academic freedom and political interference in the decision-making and governance of UKRI. I would invite academic colleagues to sign and share docs.google.com/document/d/e...

It's entirely legitimate political discourse -here & indeed in Israel -to describe Israel's treatment of Palestinians as "apartheid". This letter is a direct attack by Michelle Donelan not just on free speech and academic freedom, but on UKRI's basic principles and remit.