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Dr Ilias Alami Publishes New Essay

13 March 2025

Dr Ilias Alami, in collaboration with Dr Jess DiCarlo, Prof Seth Schindler, and Dr Steve Rolf, has published a new essay in the 2025 State of Power report of the Transnational Institute. The essay examines the US-China battle for control of global networks. In this Second Cold War, geopolitical competition is no longer a...

Dr Jostein Hauge Appears on Podcast and Prominent YouTube Channel

28 February 2025

Development Studies MPhil Director Dr Jostein Hauge has recently made several media appearances to discuss recent developments in trade and international economics. Firstly, Dr Hauge appeared on the Cyrus Janssen YouTube channel to discuss China’s economic transformation and the US-China trade war. This discussion can be...

Dr Yunan Xu Publishes New Article

12 February 2025

Dr. Yunan Xu, in collaboration with Chunyu Wang, Jingzhong Ye, Sai Sam Kham, Doi Ra, Jennifer C. Franco, and Saturnino M. Borras Jr., has published a new article titled "Migrant Labour Flows and Interconnected Agrarian Transformations in Southern China" in Agriculture and Human Values . The study examines how two key land-...

Luiz Fernando Toledo 2024's fourth most awarded journalist in Brazil

3 February 2025

Congratulations to Luiz Fernando Toledo, the joint-fourth most awarded journalist in Brazil in 2024. Luiz Fernando Toledo is a Development Studies research assistant working on the project ‘The Prison Consensus: Incarceration, Investment and Inequality in Brazil’, with Professor Graham Denyer Willis, Dr Pedro Mendes...

Dr Ekin Kurtic Co-Editor of New Book

31 January 2025

Dr Ekin Kurtic has co-edited a new book titled 'Material Politics in Turkey: Infrastructure, Science, and Expertise'. This book explores the role of material entities and processes in shaping political lives in Turkey. The unifying thread of its chapters is to challenge the rendering of the material world as a mere...

Dr Yunan Xu Publishes New Article

22 January 2025

Dr. Yunan Xu has recently published an article in collaboration with Prof. Yiyuan Chen, titled " The agrochemical complex of China " in the Journal of Peasant Studies. This article provides an overview of existing studies and the historical development trajectories of China’s agrochemical industry. The authors propose a...

Dr Jostein Hauge Cited in Guardian Editorial

20 January 2025

Development Studies academic Dr Jostein Hauge has been cited by name in the Guardian's 19th of January editorial on development. Titled 'The Guardian view on development’s paradox: the rich benefit more than the poor', this editorial references Dr Hauge's book The Future of the Factory to discuss issues of market access...

Baptiste Albertone Publishes New Article

10 January 2025

Development Studies PhD Student Baptiste Albertone has published a new article in the Review of International Political Economy. The article is titled Lost principles of a ‘sustainable developmentalism’ , and it covers the 70s and 80s critical turn in developmental thinking. Albertone argues that the eco-development...

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 Essay

Dr Jostein Hauge Appears on Podcast and Prominent YouTube Channel

Dr Yunan Xu Publishes New Article

Luiz Fernando Toledo 2024's fourth most awarded journalist in Brazil

Dr Ekin Kurtic Co-Editor of New Book

Dr Yunan Xu Publishes New Article

Dr Jostein Hauge Cited in Guardian Editorial

Baptiste Albertone Publishes New Article

Dr Jostein Hauge's Article Read 250,000 Times

PhD Student Daniel Rincon-Machon Publishes New Article

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