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Dr Jostein Hauge was recently interviewed by Michael Walker on Novara Media's YouTube channel. In the interview, Dr Hauge discusses China's economic rise, arguing that the scale and pace of Chinese development is unique in human history. The full interview, titled 'EXPERT: China’s Leaders Are Smarter Than The West’s', can be seen here: https://www.…

We're sad to announce the passing of our friend and colleague, Dr Harriet Sturdy. Harriet started work as the Centre of Development Studies' PhD Administrator in 2022, having previously worked as Headteacher at the Cambridge International School. Harriet co-founded the School in 2005. Above all, we will remember Harriet for her kindness. In her fou…

Development Studies assistant professor Dr Julien Migozzi has recently published three new papers, all of which can be accessed online.The first of these papers was published in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, with Dr Migozzi's colleague Desiree Fields (UC Berkeley) listed as co-author. In this article, Julien Migozzi (POLIS) and Des…

Dr Jostein Hauge was recently interviewed on Al Jazeera's flagship economics and business programme: 'Counting the Cost'. Discussing China's economic performance since the start of the Iran war, Dr Hauge argues that China has been resilient to the war's effects on international markets. The full episode of Counting the Cost, titled 'Is China a winn…

Development Studies PhD Student Promise Frank Ejiofor has published four new articles:Gendercide and terrorism studies https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17539153.2026.2645376 The masculine threat: Hegemonic masculinity  and gendercide in communal warfare (co-authored with Tobias Tseer) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13691481251…

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The special issue is titled: “Migrants, Farmers and Farmworkers and the Politics of Land and Labour” https://link.springer.com/collections/chcgaghjaf and is published in Agriculture and Human Values.The issue is guest edited by Prof. Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Jennifer C. Franco, Dr. Tsegaye Moreda, Martha Jane Robbins, Prof. Wang Chunyu, Dr. Yunan X…

Development Studies MPhil Director Dr Jostein Hauge was recently interviewed by Emma Vigeland on The Majority Report, a popular YouTube political talk show that has over two million subscribers. Dr Hauge discusses great power rivalries in light of the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, arguing that the USA's traditional allies have turned toward…

Following a competitive process including more than 200 applicants, Development Studies PhD student Biagio Rosso has been selected for a PhD Traineeship at the European Central Bank (ECB). This traineeship will include work on a macroeconomics research project/paper in DSGE & HANK modelling and sequence space solution methods at the Forecasting and…

The Centre of Development Studies is happy to announce that Dr Ilias Alami has won 2025's International Political Economy Working Group Book Prize for his co-authored work The Spectre of State Capitalism. Praising Dr Alami and Professor Adam D. Dixon's work, the prize committee stated 'this is an agenda-setting book across a number of fields, inclu…

Dr Marthe Achtnich has published a new contribution for the American Ethnologist website, titled 'A Necroeconomy of Mobility'. It is part of a collection on 'Bordering and the War on Migration' and can be read here: https://americanethnologist.org/online-content/a-necroeconomy-of-mobility-by-marthe-achtnich/

Titled ''Notes on inflationary news and the equity premium puzzle in a two-asset incomplete-markets model'', Development Studies PhD student Biagio Rosso's latest article has been published by The Economics Bulletin. Abstract: The paper develops a "Catch-22" model of optimal consumption and portfolio allocations in continuous time in the absence of…

Development Studies MPhil Director Dr Jostein Hauge has made a guest appearance on the Sinica Podcast in which he discussed industrial policy in China, US-China trade relations, and growing Sinophobia. The Sinica Podcast publishes weekly episodes on Chinese current affairs. Previous guests include Adam Tooze and Jeremy Garlick. Listen to the Podcas…

New Political Economy has published an article by Development Studies MPhil Director Dr Jostein Hauge titled 'A progressive framework for green industrial policy'. Co-authored with Professor Jason Hickel, this article argues that 'existing frameworks for green industrial policy fail to address unsustainable growth in energy and resource use in high…

The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to announce the 2025 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize for excellence in teaching has been awarded to Dr Ilias Alami.Each year, the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) awards a prize based on student feedback to the individual who has best informed students' education…