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Dr Jostein Hauge's Article Read 250,000 Times

22 October 2024

Dr Jostein Hauge's article 'The free trade myth: how the US manipulates global markets for economic supremacy' has now been read 250,0000 times. This makes it 2023's most read piece published by a University of Cambridge academic on theconversation.com. The article has been read across Indonesia, the Philippines, the USA...

PhD Student Daniel Rincon-Machon Publishes New Article

13 September 2024

Collaborating with Rebecca Tapscott, Development Studies PhD student Daniel Rincon-Machon has published a new article on ethics in social science research. The article has been published by the Journal of Peace Research. See below for Daniel's short description of his work. Social scientists conducting research with people...

Dr Ilias Alami Publishes New Book

2 September 2024

Dr Ilias Alami's newest book, The Spectre of State Capitalism, has just been published by Oxford University Press. Co-written with Prof. Adam D. Dixon, Dr Alami's new book provides a comprehensive study of the material, discursive, and ideological dimensions of the ongoing reconfiguration of the state's role as promoter...

Dr Marthe Achtnich wins Susan Strange Best Book Prize

7 June 2024

We're happy to announce that Dr Marthe Achtnich has won the BISA Susan Strange Best Book Prize for Mobility Economies in Europe’s Borderlands: Migrants’ Journeys through Libya and the Mediterranean. The Susan Strange Best Book Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding book published in any field of International Studies...

Development Studies PhD Candidate awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship for 2024-25

28 May 2024

Ana Rojo Fierro is an incoming PhD candidate for our 2024-25 academic year. Gates Cambridge has awarded her a full-cost scholarship on the grounds of 'outstanding intellectual ability'. "I was born and raised in Mexico, a country with boundless cultural and natural richness, but which has been disrupted by almost two...

Dr Marthe Achtnich's Book Shortlisted for Prize

26 April 2024

The shortlist for this year's Susan Strange Best Book Prize includes Dr Marthe Achtnich's new book Mobility Economies in Europe’s Borderlands: Migrants’ Journeys through Libya and the Mediterranean. The Susan Strange Best Book Prize is awarded for an outstanding book published in any field of International Studies. The...

Dr Marthe Achtnich Publishes New Book

15 February 2024

Dr Marthe Achtnich has recently published a book with Cambridge University Press: ‘Mobility Economies in Europe’s Borderlands: Migrants’ Journeys through Libya and the Mediterranean.’ The arrival of unauthorized migrants at the shores of southern Europe has been sensationalized into a migration ‘crisis’ in recent years...

Professor Graham Denyer Willis and Dr Pedro Mendes Loureiro Win Grants

6 February 2024

The grants will fund projects to examine why Brazil is building prisons exponentially, who benefits, and how the expansion in the number of prisons is changing Brazilian society - and not for the better. The first endowment is a 3 year Leverhulme Research Project Grant amounting to £299,000. It will be used to fund “The...

Dr Jostein Hauge Publishes New Book

6 February 2024

Dr Jostein Hauge has recently published a book with Oxford University Press, titled “The Future of the Factory: How Megatrends are Changing Industrialization”. The book investigates how industrialization pathways are shaped by recent technological developments, new forces of globalization, and the threat of ecological...

Dr Ilias Alami's Latest Article

2 February 2024

Assistant Professor Ilias Alami has had a new paper published in the European Journal of International Relations. Written with Jack Taggart, Dr Alami's paper is titled A partial conversion: how the ‘unholy trinity’ of global economic governance adapts to state capitalism. Please follow the link below to access Dr Alami's...