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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 10d

📌 Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics for a discussion with Jennifer Olmstead, Ibrahim Shikaki and Shir Hever on:

🎤 Symposium on Political Economy of Occupation, Colonialism, and Conflict in #Palestine 🇵🇸

🗓️ 8 October, 5PM
📍 SOAS, B103

info and livestream🔗 tinyurl.com/3vyrcymn

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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 28d

🚨Junk food alert! For the first time ever, more kids are obese than underweight globally.

A new UNICEF report warns ultra-processed foods #UPFs are overwhelming kids’ diets: cheap, adictive & deeply harmful.💔

Action on UPFs is overdue.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

#Health #Malnutrition

Junk food leads to more children being obese than underweight for first time

Cheap ultra-processed food behind rise in overweight children, with one in 10 now obese globally, says Unicef

www.theguardian.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Sep 9

Gaza
West Bank
Lebanon
Yemen
Syria
Iran
Iraq
Tunisia
Qatar

All attacked and bombed by Israel in the past year.

Insane.

Rogue state.

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Dr Rama S. DIENG 🍉 @drlandislife.bsky.social · Aug 23

Our book « Feminism for the World » was published by Pluto Press (UK) this Wednesday 20 August.

www.plutobooks.com/978074535033...

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Agenda Publishing @agendapub.bsky.social · Jun 20

"Brilliant... the authors demonstrate how adopting a feminist political economy approach could prove liberating for students and scholars."

Yazgi Genç reviews 'Feminist Political Economy' by Sara Cantillon, Odile Mackett, and @sarastevano.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#IAFFE

Feminist Political Economy: A Global Perspective

Published in Feminist Economics (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Sara Stevano @sarastevano.bsky.social · Jun 2

Today the photo exhibition curated by Efo Sela and based on our project on ultra-processed food in Ghana opens in Tamale. The expansion of UPFs is seen through the eyes of adolescents in northern Ghana. Soon available digitally too!

www.gringhana.com/grin-blog/sw...

PRESS RELEASE — Sweet Is Always the “Best Choice” Photo Exhibition TO Open at Nuku Studio, Tamale — grin ghana

New photographic exhibition by Efo Sela in partnership with pupils from four Junior Highs in Tamale opens June 2, 2025, spotlighting ultra-processed food environments in Ghanaian schools. Tama...

www.gringhana.com

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Sara Stevano @sarastevano.bsky.social · May 21

I was gifted a copy of this book, which is hot off the press, by my friend & colleague @surbhikesar.bsky.social It looks great and I look forward to delving into it. Many congratulations @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social

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Surbhi Kesar @surbhikesar.bsky.social · May 19

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

Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven @ingridhk.bsky.social · May 19

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

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Sara Stevano @sarastevano.bsky.social · May 19

FYI the companies that are members of the Food and Drink Federation that lobbied the UK government to change the guidance on junk food promotion are listed here: fdf.org.uk/fdf/about-fd...

www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms

Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms

www.theguardian.com

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The Conversation Africa @africa.theconversation.com · May 18

Food insecurity fuels terrorism in Africa, creating a vicious cycle of hunger and conflict.

theconversation.com/terrorists-u...

#Politics

Terrorists use food as a weapon: how Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab exploit hunger

Terror groups use food as a tool to fight, govern and survive.

theconversation.com

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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · May 17

London now. End the Genocide. #FreePalestine

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · Apr 30

📌 Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social for the Annual conference of the Progressive Economic Forum !

🚀 Progressive economics 2025: UK economic policy in the age of Trump 🇺🇸

Info and registration 🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · Apr 1

📢 WE ARE HIRING !!! 📢

The Department of Economics of @soasuni.bsky.social is recruiting a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader in #Economics

Join our prestigious academic community!

Info 🔗 vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/684866

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Jonathan Derbyshire @jderbyshire.ft.com · Mar 29

@adamtooze.bsky.social for @financialtimes.com on the self-defeating logic of western aid cuts on.ft.com/4ckO1a3

Aid’s grim counter-revolution will prove self-defeating

[FREE TO READ] Arguments for slashing overseas development assistance in favour of defence fail on their own terms

on.ft.com

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Sara Stevano @sarastevano.bsky.social · Mar 28

It was fun, thank you! 💚

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Surbhi Kesar @surbhikesar.bsky.social · Mar 28

I had the pleasure to interview the brilliant @sarastevano.bsky.social about her fantastic work on approaches to social reproduction. Listen to her speak about her work here 👇🏽

SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · Mar 26

🎙️ New podcast episode on social reproduction, unpaid labor, and feminist political economy, featuring @surbhikesar.bsky.social and @sarastevano.bsky.social as they explore economic structures in the Global South!

🎧 Listen to the full discussion here!
🔗 🔊 shorturl.at/lFyJJ

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · Mar 26

🎙️ New podcast episode on social reproduction, unpaid labor, and feminist political economy, featuring @surbhikesar.bsky.social and @sarastevano.bsky.social as they explore economic structures in the Global South!

🎧 Listen to the full discussion here!
🔗 🔊 shorturl.at/lFyJJ

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SOAS Global Development @soasdevelopment.bsky.social · Mar 26

🎙️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

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SOAS Global Development @soasdevelopment.bsky.social · Mar 18

📌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

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Mar 11

NEW from me in the FT today... The UK's university 'system' is now in freefall. How on Earth did the disaster unfold? Read all about it: www.ft.com/content/0ec7...

The UK’s academic recession is in full swing

This university crisis is a grim scrabble for numbers

www.ft.com

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SOAS Global Development @soasdevelopment.bsky.social · Mar 6

📢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

SOAS Global Development @soasdevelopment.bsky.social · Feb 28

📌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

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Haroon Akram-Lodhi @ahakram-lodhi.bsky.social · Mar 4

If you have not seem "No Other Land," which just won the Academy Award for Best Documentary, there is currently a link to watch the film. Watch soon as the link is time bound and will only last for the next 48 hours.

The password is AF24.

vimeo.com/video/991587...

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SOAS Global Development @soasdevelopment.bsky.social · Feb 28

📌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

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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · Feb 27

"When Fortunati was working on The Arcana of Reproduction, her approach was iconoclastic – for, as the title of the book suggests, few social realities have been so manipulated as the sphere of reproduction, especially in Italy where years of Fascism had turned maternity into a religion."

Silvia Federici on The Arcana of Reproduction

The Arcana of Reproduction is a unique book in the world of Marxist feminism. Generally, Marxist feminists have elaborated on the methodological significance of Marx’s work for understanding the speci...

www.versobooks.com

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Naomi Hossain @naomihossain.bsky.social · Feb 19

@soaseconomics.bsky.social has joined us here! You need to follow them because they are easily the most exciting and innovative economics department you will find anywhere.
@soasdevelopment.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @sarastevano.bsky.social @danielagabor.bsky.social

SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · Feb 19

📌 Join us TODAY at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics for a discussion with Jonathan Jenner on:

Policing the ‘Reserve’ Wage: The Spatial Control of Unemployment, Carceral Labor Discipline, and Colonial Profitability in Depression-Era #Kenya 🌍

Info 🔗 tinyurl.com/36sas9z2

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