Stefan Ouma
@econgeo.bsky.social
Economic Geography Professor: global commodity chains | financialization/agriculture | race-economy-inequality | African economic futures |
Wrote a book on global money, farming & institutional landscapes
Wrote a book on global money, farming & institutional landscapes
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Stefan Ouma
@econgeo.bsky.social
· Sep 15
"Finance, Land and Labour". New symposium @ the Journal of Agrarian Change. Nice to be in the company of Sam Frederico, Emily Duncan & Carla Gras. @landstuff.bsky.social
@jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @plaasuwc.bsky.social
@rrushes5.bsky.social Free read:
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@jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @plaasuwc.bsky.social
@rrushes5.bsky.social Free read:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
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I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
About the Conference
www.4sonline.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
Return of the "Einzelfälle"
Macht mit bei der #Bundeswehr! Wegen all der *Werte*:
"A 'far-right, openly antisemitic clique'... that used insults such as 'Jewish pig'. Women were subjected to pornographic jokes and rape threats, and to male colleagues who exposed their genitals."
"A 'far-right, openly antisemitic clique'... that used insults such as 'Jewish pig'. Women were subjected to pornographic jokes and rape threats, and to male colleagues who exposed their genitals."
Elite German army unit accused of sexual harassment, drug use and making Nazi salutes
Scandal comes as Berlin tries to strengthen the military and boost recruitment
www.ft.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Return of the "Einzelfälle"
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“Tech fascists are working to establish their own sovereign, distributed state. This is the Network State: a new, billionaire-backed nation made up of crypto cities and colonies across the United States, Latin America, Africa, the Mediterranean, the Philippines.”
www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capi...
www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capi...
January 11, 2026 at 4:18 PM
“Tech fascists are working to establish their own sovereign, distributed state. This is the Network State: a new, billionaire-backed nation made up of crypto cities and colonies across the United States, Latin America, Africa, the Mediterranean, the Philippines.”
www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capi...
www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capi...
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100% Boycott is the only way. 👇🏼
Fans are cancelling tickets.
FIFA has called an emergency meeting over the World Cup backlash.
Boycott the Olympics too.
Trump's Gestapo will round up and shoot anyone.
No one is safe in America.
FIFA has called an emergency meeting over the World Cup backlash.
Boycott the Olympics too.
Trump's Gestapo will round up and shoot anyone.
No one is safe in America.
‘Cancel your tickets’: Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup set to be hosted in the United States this summer, calls have grown for a global boycott and ticket cancellations in protest of the Trump administration and its increasing...
www.rawstory.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:51 AM
100% Boycott is the only way. 👇🏼
@financialization folks: Over the past months I have been flooded with papers by authors from China in economics/business journals that carry the term "financialization" in the title, but got little to do with the critical political economy perspective of much of the lit. Any idea what's happening?
January 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
@financialization folks: Over the past months I have been flooded with papers by authors from China in economics/business journals that carry the term "financialization" in the title, but got little to do with the critical political economy perspective of much of the lit. Any idea what's happening?
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"Trump ist das Produkt eines Milieus, in dem intellektuelle Anspruchslosigkeit zur kulturellen Norm geworden ist. Dieses Milieu ist nicht bloß ungebildet, es ist programmatisch anti-intellektuell."
January 10, 2026 at 9:53 AM
"Trump ist das Produkt eines Milieus, in dem intellektuelle Anspruchslosigkeit zur kulturellen Norm geworden ist. Dieses Milieu ist nicht bloß ungebildet, es ist programmatisch anti-intellektuell."
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The wannabe Nobel Peace Prize winner colluding with the actual winner in waging war is quite the thing.
BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
The wannabe Nobel Peace Prize winner colluding with the actual winner in waging war is quite the thing.
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If you haven't read this @dirkmoses.bsky.social piece on the Holocaust, Gaza, and memory... you really should
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
Is Holocaust Memory Over? – the Diasporist
How the German political and media classes have hollowed out the lessons of history
thediasporist.de
December 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
If you haven't read this @dirkmoses.bsky.social piece on the Holocaust, Gaza, and memory... you really should
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
What a line-up! An @antipodeonline.bsky.social first: a "longread" of 68 pages! Expect a splendid New Year's gift, when the issue goes to print early Jan!
@udadisi.bsky.social
@samar42.bsky.social @demonicgrounds.bsky.social
#geosky @darajapress.bsky.social
@udadisi.bsky.social
@samar42.bsky.social @demonicgrounds.bsky.social
#geosky @darajapress.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What a line-up! An @antipodeonline.bsky.social first: a "longread" of 68 pages! Expect a splendid New Year's gift, when the issue goes to print early Jan!
@udadisi.bsky.social
@samar42.bsky.social @demonicgrounds.bsky.social
#geosky @darajapress.bsky.social
@udadisi.bsky.social
@samar42.bsky.social @demonicgrounds.bsky.social
#geosky @darajapress.bsky.social
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Heute vor 45 Jahren (19.12.1980) wurden Frida Poeschke und Shlomo Lewin in Erlangen aus antisemitischen Motiven ermordet. Der Täter war Burschenschafter und Mitglied der neonazistischen Wehrsportgruppe Hoffmann.
December 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Heute vor 45 Jahren (19.12.1980) wurden Frida Poeschke und Shlomo Lewin in Erlangen aus antisemitischen Motiven ermordet. Der Täter war Burschenschafter und Mitglied der neonazistischen Wehrsportgruppe Hoffmann.
It was an honor to host Professor William "Sandy" Darity and Kirsten Mullen @ #winra2024. William pioneered the field of stratification economics, together they have called for Black economic reparations. #econtwitter #geosky @dezim-institut.de @ingridhk.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_O0C...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_O0C...
Keynote Prof. Dr. William A. Darity - 2. WinRa-Jahreskonferenz 2024 in Bayreuth
YouTube video by Wissensnetzwerk Rassismusforschung (WinRa_)
m.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It was an honor to host Professor William "Sandy" Darity and Kirsten Mullen @ #winra2024. William pioneered the field of stratification economics, together they have called for Black economic reparations. #econtwitter #geosky @dezim-institut.de @ingridhk.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_O0C...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_O0C...
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💼 New in Socio-Economic Review:
VC funding isn’t equal — and looks different in Africa.
This review by Ben Mkalama and Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social unpacks how socio-spatial inequalities shape venture capital, comparing African, Asian and North American contexts.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
#SER
VC funding isn’t equal — and looks different in Africa.
This review by Ben Mkalama and Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social unpacks how socio-spatial inequalities shape venture capital, comparing African, Asian and North American contexts.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
#SER
Making sense of funding inequalities in the venture capital space: a state of the art review paper with views from Africa
Abstract. Between 2015 and 2022, venture capital (VC) investments in Africa have increased significantly. However, a closer look reveals that these investm
doi.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
💼 New in Socio-Economic Review:
VC funding isn’t equal — and looks different in Africa.
This review by Ben Mkalama and Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social unpacks how socio-spatial inequalities shape venture capital, comparing African, Asian and North American contexts.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
#SER
VC funding isn’t equal — and looks different in Africa.
This review by Ben Mkalama and Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social unpacks how socio-spatial inequalities shape venture capital, comparing African, Asian and North American contexts.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
#SER
The mystery of editorial decisions - from two desk rejects, with one editor of a prominent geography journal arguing that it was not "spatial" enough - to being listed among the most read recent pieces in the journal it was eventually published in.
December 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The mystery of editorial decisions - from two desk rejects, with one editor of a prominent geography journal arguing that it was not "spatial" enough - to being listed among the most read recent pieces in the journal it was eventually published in.
Reposted by Stefan Ouma
Our #dkg2023 keynote on Planetary Futures is now available in both German and English.
Written in 2023, so we only touch upon the threat of Techfascism and rise of in your-face-white supremacy
ENGL: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
GER: biblioscout.net/content/10.2...
Written in 2023, so we only touch upon the threat of Techfascism and rise of in your-face-white supremacy
ENGL: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
GER: biblioscout.net/content/10.2...
Planetary Futures: On Life in Critical Times
Based upon the opening keynote address at the German Congress of Geography held in Frankfurt am Main in 2023, this article traces the current debate on the planetary in the humanities, social science...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Our #dkg2023 keynote on Planetary Futures is now available in both German and English.
Written in 2023, so we only touch upon the threat of Techfascism and rise of in your-face-white supremacy
ENGL: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
GER: biblioscout.net/content/10.2...
Written in 2023, so we only touch upon the threat of Techfascism and rise of in your-face-white supremacy
ENGL: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
GER: biblioscout.net/content/10.2...
Again, never underestimate how things happening on the continent plug into far-right world-making scripts.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
pambazuka.org/Africa-in-th...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
pambazuka.org/Africa-in-th...
Africa in the Shadow of the Global Far-Right | Pambazuka News
pambazuka.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Again, never underestimate how things happening on the continent plug into far-right world-making scripts.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
pambazuka.org/Africa-in-th...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
pambazuka.org/Africa-in-th...
Just saying....they call it the "Ruhrbaron phenomenon"
taz.de/Antideutsche...
taz.de/Antideutsche...
Antideutsche: Linke Absicht, rechte Wirkung
Antideutsch und links sein, das passt nicht zusammen. Wer für Humanismus eintritt, sollte dabei niemanden ausgrenzen.
taz.de
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Just saying....they call it the "Ruhrbaron phenomenon"
taz.de/Antideutsche...
taz.de/Antideutsche...
Deadline Dec 22nd!
@antipodeonline.bsky.social @plaasuwc.bsky.social @rethinkingmarxism.bsky.social #geosky #ipesky @sasemeeting.bsky.social @roapejournal.bsky.social
@antipodeonline.bsky.social @plaasuwc.bsky.social @rethinkingmarxism.bsky.social #geosky #ipesky @sasemeeting.bsky.social @roapejournal.bsky.social
Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Toronto 2026 | Summer Institute in Economic Geography
www.econgeog.net
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Join us on Dec 9th 4pm CET:
Capitalist Value Chains: Labour Exploitation, Nature Exploitation, Geopolitics,
Prof. Ben Selwyn (University of Sussex) &
Prof. Dr. Christin Bernold (Universität Hamburg)
#Ipesky #geosky
register here:
uni-bayreuth.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Capitalist Value Chains: Labour Exploitation, Nature Exploitation, Geopolitics,
Prof. Ben Selwyn (University of Sussex) &
Prof. Dr. Christin Bernold (Universität Hamburg)
#Ipesky #geosky
register here:
uni-bayreuth.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Join us on Dec 9th 4pm CET:
Capitalist Value Chains: Labour Exploitation, Nature Exploitation, Geopolitics,
Prof. Ben Selwyn (University of Sussex) &
Prof. Dr. Christin Bernold (Universität Hamburg)
#Ipesky #geosky
register here:
uni-bayreuth.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Capitalist Value Chains: Labour Exploitation, Nature Exploitation, Geopolitics,
Prof. Ben Selwyn (University of Sussex) &
Prof. Dr. Christin Bernold (Universität Hamburg)
#Ipesky #geosky
register here:
uni-bayreuth.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Kenyans' land has been grabbed by its elites before. Now its their data. Kenyans becoming data serfs in the tech-fascist playbook of Silicon valley overlords. Not accidentally but because of concrete government decisions. Redefine comparadoes. @jiahuilee.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kenya's William Ruto secures US health aid in first deal under Trump administration
Kenya becomes the first African country to secure US health funding since cuts to foreign aid by Trump.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Kenyans' land has been grabbed by its elites before. Now its their data. Kenyans becoming data serfs in the tech-fascist playbook of Silicon valley overlords. Not accidentally but because of concrete government decisions. Redefine comparadoes. @jiahuilee.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...
My few cents...
www.br.de/nachrichten/...
www.br.de/nachrichten/...
Projekt NAVINCLASS: Konflikten im Hörsaal besser begegnen
Überall treffen Menschen mit verschiedenen Meinungen und Hintergründen aufeinander - auch im Hörsaal der Universitäten. Das Projekt NAVINCLASS kommt aus der Konfliktforschung. Ziel: Studierende sollen...
www.br.de
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 AM
My few cents...
www.br.de/nachrichten/...
www.br.de/nachrichten/...
A new post on our website! We soon turn 30 posts!
@landrush.bsky.social @plaasuwc.bsky.social @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @agrarianproject.bsky.social @toteraltermann.bsky.social @benbraun.bsky.social
Check it out, incl. our other guest posts!
institutionallandscapes.org/contribution... #geosky
@landrush.bsky.social @plaasuwc.bsky.social @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @agrarianproject.bsky.social @toteraltermann.bsky.social @benbraun.bsky.social
Check it out, incl. our other guest posts!
institutionallandscapes.org/contribution... #geosky
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A new post on our website! We soon turn 30 posts!
@landrush.bsky.social @plaasuwc.bsky.social @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @agrarianproject.bsky.social @toteraltermann.bsky.social @benbraun.bsky.social
Check it out, incl. our other guest posts!
institutionallandscapes.org/contribution... #geosky
@landrush.bsky.social @plaasuwc.bsky.social @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @agrarianproject.bsky.social @toteraltermann.bsky.social @benbraun.bsky.social
Check it out, incl. our other guest posts!
institutionallandscapes.org/contribution... #geosky
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Rassismusforschung führt in Deutschland ein Schattendasein. Nur 3 Professuren, keine Studiengänge, kaum Lehrveranstaltungen. Das muss sich ändern.
Über Jahre arbeitete ich mit den Kolleg*innen von WINRA an einer Bestandsaufnahme. Hier geht's zu ihr:
www.winra.org/wissensarchi...
Über Jahre arbeitete ich mit den Kolleg*innen von WINRA an einer Bestandsaufnahme. Hier geht's zu ihr:
www.winra.org/wissensarchi...
Details | Wissensnetzwerk Rassismusforschung (WinRa)
www.winra.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Rassismusforschung führt in Deutschland ein Schattendasein. Nur 3 Professuren, keine Studiengänge, kaum Lehrveranstaltungen. Das muss sich ändern.
Über Jahre arbeitete ich mit den Kolleg*innen von WINRA an einer Bestandsaufnahme. Hier geht's zu ihr:
www.winra.org/wissensarchi...
Über Jahre arbeitete ich mit den Kolleg*innen von WINRA an einer Bestandsaufnahme. Hier geht's zu ihr:
www.winra.org/wissensarchi...
Wer den Stand der Rassismusforschung in den Feldern Geographie, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Geschichte, Soziologie, Rechtswissenschaften, Erziehungswissenschaften und Soziale Arbeit in Deutschland nachlesen möchte, der kommt an diesem Bericht nicht vorbei. Danke an Alle, die daran mitgewirkt haben
📣 Bericht des Wissensnetzwerk Rassismusforschung (WinRa) liefert Bestandsaufnahme der #Rassismusforschung (2015-2025): Obwohl das Feld thematisch vielfältig ist, fehlt es massiv an struktureller Verankerung, Professuren und nachhaltiger Förderung.
Zu den Ergebnissen ➡️ www.winra.org/aktuelles/ne...
Zu den Ergebnissen ➡️ www.winra.org/aktuelles/ne...
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Wer den Stand der Rassismusforschung in den Feldern Geographie, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Geschichte, Soziologie, Rechtswissenschaften, Erziehungswissenschaften und Soziale Arbeit in Deutschland nachlesen möchte, der kommt an diesem Bericht nicht vorbei. Danke an Alle, die daran mitgewirkt haben
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Apply now — Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice, “Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis”, deadline 20 December 2025 antipodeonline.org/2025/11/13/a...
Apply now—Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice, “Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis” - Antipode Online
Toronto, Ontario, Canadathe traditional territory of the Huron Wendat, the Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit June 1st – 5th, 2026 The contemporary global landscape is increasingly defined by w...
antipodeonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Apply now — Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice, “Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis”, deadline 20 December 2025 antipodeonline.org/2025/11/13/a...