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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 2d

📌 Join us for the @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Seminar Series — bringing together leading scholars to discuss global challenges in political economy, sustainability, and development ‼️

📅 upcoming events 🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/colleg...

SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 3d

📌 Join us TODAY 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 🇵🇸

📍 SOAS, B103

info and livestream🔗 tinyurl.com/3vyrcymn

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 3d

⚠️ 🚀 WE ARE HIRING‼️

🚀 @soasuni.bsky.social Economics is looking for a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Agri-Food Systems! 🌍

📅 Deadline: 29 October 2025
📍 Location: London, UK

🔗 Find out more and apply here:
👉 vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/778339

SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 4d

📌 Join us TOMORROW 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 🇵🇸

📍 SOAS, B103

info and livestream🔗 tinyurl.com/3vyrcymn

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 8d

📌 Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics with @CSF_SOAS for a seminar with Ms Fundi Tshazibana, Deputy Governor and CEO, Prudential Authority (South African Reserve Bank) on:

🏦 Financial Policy in the Era of the Climate Crisis: An African Perspective ♻️🌍

Info 🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3zbdf6

SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 8d

📌 We are proud to announce Dr Yannis Dafermos as the new Head of the Department of Economics at @soasuni.bsky.social ‼️

🌍 In challenging times, strong leadership is more important than ever to guide education and research, and to inspire the next generation of #SOAS economists.

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 12d

📌 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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SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · 13d

🚀 ⚠️ Last day to apply for the next @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Future Leaders Programme co-hosted with krinstitute.org

💡 New Development Strategies for ASEAN in a “New” World 🌎

📅 Date: 23–27 November 2025
📍 Kuala Lumpur
📌 Deadline: 28 September 2025

🔗 info and application:
tinyurl.com/hwhuwz3y

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 13d

📌 The @soasuni.bsky.social @CSF with @cepr_org, IDOS and the University of Cape Town invite submissions of papers for a Workshop on:

♻️ "Fostering Sustainable Finance and Investment for Just and Resilient Transitions in the Global South" 🌍

🔗 apply here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/3drk9s7j

SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 19d

📌 The @soasuni.bsky.social @CSF with @cepr.org , IDOS and the University of Cape Town invite submissions of papers for a Workshop on:

♻️ "Fostering Sustainable Finance and Investment for Just and Resilient Transitions in the Global South" 🌍

🔗 apply here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/3drk9s7j

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SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · 19d

🚀 ⚠️ Last days to apply for the next @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Future Leaders Programme co-hosted with krinstitute.org

💡 New Development Strategies for ASEAN in a “New” World 🌎

📅 Date: 23–27 November 2025
📍 Kuala Lumpur
📌 Deadline: 26 September 2025

🔗 info and application:
tinyurl.com/hwhuwz3y

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 19d

💬 How do we really approach issues in economics from a decolonised vs non-decolonised lens?

Read the last piece of our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer @surbhikesar.bsky.social on Exploring Economics

🔗 www.exploring-economics.org/en/discover/...

Decolonising economics: An illustration of the informal economy | Exploring Economics

What does decolonising economics mean? Eurocentrism continues to shape the discipline of economics, leading to inaccurate theories that frame Europe’s development as a universal model.

www.exploring-economics.org

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 19d

📌 Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics with RAMP University Network and @CSF_SOAS for a discussion with Dr Abdulkader Nahhas (University of Plymouth) on:

♻️ Can R&D Address the Sustainability Challenge? Evidence from European listed firms 🌎

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

SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 19d

👏🏽 We are proud to announce that our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer, Dr. @surbhikesar.bsky.social, has been appointed Associate Editor of the Oxford Development Studies journal. @Oxford Development Studies

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 25d

📌 Our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Professor Ha-Joon Chang gave this year's Alice Amsden Lecture at APORDE Aporde Alumni Network last week outside Johannesburg - on a 'New New International Order in a 'New World'.

🔗 You can listen to it here 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvvv...

Alice Amsden Memorial Lecture: A New New International Economic Order (NNIEO) In A “New” World

YouTube video by TIPS Dialogue

www.youtube.com

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Dr. Hannah Bargawi @hannahbargawi.bsky.social · Sep 3

Totally inspiring speech by @garyseconomics.bsky.social to our @soasuni.bsky.social @soaseconomics.bsky.social graduates. Congratulations to both Gary on his SOAS Doctor of Social Science award and our wonderful graduates. And special shout out to my PHD graduates Dr. Kate and Dr. Buthaina.

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · Sep 2

📌 Join us TODAY at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics for a discussion with Donghyun Park, Asian Development Bank (ADB), chaired by Satoshi Miyamura on:

🌏 Asian Development Policy Report 2025: Harnessing Digital Transformation for Good 🚀

Info event 🔗 tinyurl.com/ycy6ptv2

SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · Sep 1

📌 The @soasuni.bsky.social @CSF with @cepr.org, IDOS and the University of Cape Town invite submissions of papers for a Workshop on:

♻️ "Fostering Sustainable Finance and Investment for Just and Resilient Transitions in the Global South" 🌍

🔗 apply here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/3drk9s7j

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · Aug 27

🎤 🌍 Our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Professor Ha-Joon Chang was interviewed by @cnbc.com on challenging the traditions around economics and free market policy. ♻️

🎥 bit.ly/4fPu4tQ

We have been brainwashed into thinking there is no alternative to free market policy, says Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang, professor of economics at SOAS University of London, discusses economic growth and challenges the orthodoxy of economics.

bit.ly

SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · Aug 26

📌 Join us on 2 September at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics for a discussion with Donghyun Park (‪@adb.org‬) chaired by Satoshi Miyamura on:

🌏 Asian Development Policy Report 2025: Harnessing Digital Transformation for Good 🚀

Info 🔗 tinyurl.com/ycy6ptv2

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SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚀 @soasuni.bsky.social DLD is delighted to announce the next Future Leaders Programme co-hosted with krinstitute.org

💡 New Development Strategies for ASEAN in a “New” World 🌎

📅 Date: 23–27 November 2025
📍 Kuala Lumpur
📌 Deadline: 26 September 2025

🔗 info and application:
tinyurl.com/hwhuwz3y

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · Jul 31

📌 “Austerity shrinks the state and stretches the household, until the latter hangs by a single thread: a line of credit”

📚 In this blog, @lenagempke.bsky.social unpacks how austerity and financialisation push South African women into debt to fund everyday life.

read the blog 🔗 tinyurl.com/4sfwjsc5

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · Jul 28

🌍 #SOAS #Economics research projects are transforming global thinking on social reproduction, financialisation, macro-financial aspects of development, and the political economy of the #green transition ♻️

🎥 Watch the video ⬇️
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=C86I...

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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · Jul 25

📌 Today on @FT our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Professor Ha-Joon Chang on:

📊 Economics teaching has become the Aeroflot of ideas 💡

⚠️ The discipline is failing students by ignoring the biggest social, political and ecological challenges facing the world today 🌍

🔗 www.ft.com/content/9aab...

Economics teaching has become the Aeroflot of ideas

The discipline is failing students by ignoring the biggest social, political and ecological challenges facing the world today

www.ft.com

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SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jul 18

🚀 Last day to apply for @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Future Leaders Programme!

💡High-Value Agriculture as a Path to Structural Transformation – hopes, fears, realities🌎

📅 Date: 15 – 18 September 2025
📍 London
📌 Deadline: 18 July 2025

🔗apply here⬇️
tinyurl.com/yc3az3c8

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