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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 5d

📌 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 Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · 9d

🎥 New on the @soasuni.bsky.social #DLD YouTube Channel!

♻️ High-Value Agriculture for Structural Transformation 🚜

🎤 Prof. Chris Cramer with Salma Seetaroo (Cashew Coast) and Piero Ghezzi (HacePeru) discussing structural economic transformation ♻️

👉 full video 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QDk...

High-Value Agriculture for Structural Transformation | Chris Cramer, Salma Seetaroo & Piero Ghezzi

YouTube video by SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue

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SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · 10d

🚀 ⚠️ 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 Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · 16d

🚀 ⚠️ 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 Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · 22d

📌 Our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Professor Ha-Joon Chang gave this year's Alice Amsden Lecture at 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

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

🚀 Yesterday we kicked off Day 1 of @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Future Leaders Programme 10:

🌱✨ High-Value Agriculture as a Path to Structural Transformation – Hopes, Fears, Realities

💡 A great start to four days of dialogue on how agriculture can drive structural transformation! 🌍📊

SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Sep 1

🚀 @soasuni.bsky.social DLD welcomes applications for 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

SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Aug 27

🎤 🌍 Our @soasuni.bsky.social #DLD Co-Director Prof. 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

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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 Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jul 25

📌 Today on @financialtimes.com our @soasuni.bsky.social #DLD Director 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 🌍

🔗 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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SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚀 Last 2 days to apply for the next @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

SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jul 9

🚀 @soasuni.bsky.social DLD welcomes applications for the upcoming 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

SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jul 6

🚨⚠️ WE ARE HIRING!!! ⚠️🚨

🌍 @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Institute is looking for a Research and Communications Fellow📌

✨Join our vibrant academic community at SOAS! 🌏

🔗Apply here ⬇️
vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/729237

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SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jul 2

📌 Concluding panel – How to expand policy space and how to use it 🌟📊

🎤 With Ha-Joon Chang, Rob Davies, Yemi Dipeolu, Duncan Green 💬🌍

SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚀 Upcoming panel: Issues in Policy Space – Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), Dispute Settlements and Procurement ⚖️📚

🌍 with Rob Davies, Rachel Thrasher, Isabel Estevez 💬📊

SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚀 Kicking off Day 3 of @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Future Leaders Programme 9: 🌍✨

🎤 First panel “Issues in Policy Space – Tariffs, Subsidies, and FDI regulations (TRIMS)” 🏭🏦

with Ha-Joon Chang, Muhammad Irfan, Yemi Dipeolu 💬📊

SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚀 From day 2 of @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Future Leaders Programme 9: 🌍✨

🎤 Third panel “Geopolitical Re-alignments and Policy Space” 🗺️♻️

with Richard Kozul-Wright, José Miguel Ahumada, Jostein Hauge, Rob Davies 💬📊

SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚀 From day 2 of @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Future Leaders Programme 9: 🌍✨

🎤 Second panel “Ecological Crisis and Policy Space” ♻️

with Antonio Andreoni, Jostein Hauge (University of Cambridge), Isabel Estevez (Roosevelt Institute) 💬📊

SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚀 From day 2 of @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Future Leaders Programme 9: 🌍✨

🎤 First panel “Negotiating Policy Space – Practitioners’ views”

with Yemi Dipeolu, Muhammad Irfan (trade negotiator, Pakistan), Duncan Green (LSE; formerly Oxfam), Liz May (DLD) 💬🌟📊

SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jun 30

🚀 Upcoming panel: The Emerging Industrial Policy Landscape and Policy Space 🏭♻️

🌍 with Ha-Joon Chang, Antonio Andreoni (CSST, @soasuni.bsky.social), Rachel Thrasher (Boston University), José Miguel Ahumada (University of Chile; former deputy foreign minister for trade negotiations, Chile)

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SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jun 30

🚀 Upcoming panel: “The Current Policy Space for Industrial Policy (WTO, EPA, FTAs, BITs, AfCFTA)” 💬📊

🌍 with Rob Davies (former Minister of Trade and Industry, South Africa), Richard Kozul-Wright, Yemi Dipeolu (former economic advisor to the President, Nigeria), Liz May (DLD)

SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jun 30

🚀 Let’s continue with “History of policy space – the last 500 years” 💬📊

🌍 Featuring @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Director Professor Ha-Joon Chang & Professor Richard Kozul-Wright (Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation, SOAS; former chief economist, UNCTAD)

SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jun 30

🚀 Kicking off the welcome panel of @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Future Leaders Programme 9:

🌍✨ "Policy space for developing countries in the new industrial policy landscape"💬🌟📊

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SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @soas-dld.bsky.social · Jun 28

🚀 @soasuni.bsky.social DLD is delighted to announce the next 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

🔗 application ⬇️
tinyurl.com/yc3az3c8

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