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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 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...