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✅ Featuring @inef-duisburg.bsky.social's "Prospects for Development and Peace", @horizoneu.bsky.social's funding opportunities for social sciences and picks & news from us and our member community
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January 29, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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📣 @soasdevelopment.bsky.social in the media on Bangladesh & West Africa
@naomihossain.bsky.social analyses Bangladesh’s journey from a “basket case” to development pioneer; & analyses the current political climate including the verdict of Sheikh Hasina.

Read more: buff.ly/yOTw76W
January 27, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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📢Tomorrow at 6pm GMT! Don’t miss a thought-provoking talk with Jawied Nawabi. Join us in person or on Zoom, register ➡️: buff.ly/SPcm2Xi

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soasdevelopment.bsky.social SOAS Global Development @soasdevelopment.bsky.social · 25d
Join us for Jawied Nawabi on how state power and early battles with landed elites shape long-term development. Chaired by @carlosoya.bsky.social

📅27 Jan, 18:00 GMT
📍SWLT & Zoom
🔗Register: shorturl.at/eGDjm
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January 26, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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🎉Happy New Year from #SOAS #DLD!

🌍As we enter 2026, geopolitical shifts, weakening of multilateral norms, and budget cuts continue to unsettle aid & development.

💡Join our soasuni.bsky.social #DLD Conversation on the continued relevance of Albert Hirschman in today's context: shorturl.at/ZO6Kz
January 6, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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The SOAS Global Development Seminar Series is back!
Join us for a great lineup of speakers and talks designed to spark conversations on GD.

Register here: shorturl.at/An9HU (scroll down for seminar details)
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January 21, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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New policy brief by Fola Aina showing how climate change acts as a threat multiplier in the Sahel, rather than a direct cause of conflict.

Read full brief➡️: shorturl.at/P8e0x
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January 19, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Why do online scam hubs in Myanmar keep bouncing back?
Read Xu Peng, @soasdevelopment.bsky.social researcher, article in @theconversation.com
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January 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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📣 @soasdevelopment.bsky.social in the media on Bangladesh & West Africa
@naomihossain.bsky.social analyses Bangladesh’s journey from a “basket case” to development pioneer; & analyses the current political climate including the verdict of Sheikh Hasina.

Read more: buff.ly/yOTw76W
January 14, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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Join @soasdevelopment.bsky.social for Jawied Nawabi on how state power and early battles with landed elites shape long-term development.
Chaired by @carlosoya.bsky.social

📅 27 Jan, 18:00 GMT
📍 SWLT & Zoom

Register here: shorturl.at/eGDjm
January 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Join us for Jawied Nawabi on how state power and early battles with landed elites shape long-term development. Chaired by @carlosoya.bsky.social

📅27 Jan, 18:00 GMT
📍SWLT & Zoom
🔗Register: shorturl.at/eGDjm
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January 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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Why do online scam hubs in Myanmar keep bouncing back?

Read Xu Peng, SOAS researcher, article in @theconversation.com.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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Check out Giuseppina Siciliano’s latest analysis exploring the social and environmental ramifications of large and megadams for hydropower.

Read the full analysis here ➡️ fwr.org/the-great-hy...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Read Alex Dryden,@soasuni.bsky.social PhD, analysing the latest UK budget in the @uk.theconversation.com

"How the financial markets reacted to the UK budget (and why they matter)"

Read the full article here⬇️
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December 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Fola Aina on @deutschewellerss.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy News Africa explains why Nigeria’s security challenges need both reform and strategic innovation. Listen here⬇️
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December 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Fola Aina’s latest chapter explores how weak states and arms proliferation drive instability in West Africa. #Peace #Security #Conflict

Read more: shorturl.at/ZW3uV

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November 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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🚀 @soasuni.bsky.social DLD is delighted to announce the next Future Leaders Programme:

💡 Economic Development in #Africa: Critical Policies in a ‘New’ World 🌎

📅 Date: 24–27 February 2026
📍 #London
📌 Deadline: 05 December 2025

🔗 application ⬇️ tinyurl.com/42s8d9xx
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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New article in World Development Perspectives by @carlosoya.bsky.social, Fekadu Nigussie Deresse and Christian Samen Otchia explores the paradox of job switching in a wage cartel.

Read here: shorturl.at/woaYi
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November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Excellent new article in Third World Quarterly by Navtej Purewal & Althea-Maria Rivas on gendered racial capitalism. They critique the “smart economics” approach to gender equity & its colonial legacies.

Read here: shorturl.at/ptD9k
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November 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Happening today at 5pm! Join us for Stefania Barca's talk at SOAS, DLT or via Zoom.
Register to attend - > shorturl.at/WNDbn
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Join us next Monday for Stefania Barca’s talk exploring how workers can drive ecological change, and why climate justice is social justice.

📅 10 Nov, 5pm
📍 SOASVDLT & Zoom

Register: shorturl.at/WNDbn

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November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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HAPPENING TODAY at 5pm! Join us at SOAS (SWLT) or via Zoom as @terminalias.bsky.social offers fresh perspectives on the European migration crisis!

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soasdevelopment.bsky.social SOAS Global Development @soasdevelopment.bsky.social · Oct 27
Join us this Thursday for @terminalias.bsky.social's book launch!

Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure

📅30 Oct, 5pm, SWLT

Register here➡️: shorturl.at/OGUoh
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October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Join us this Thursday for @terminalias.bsky.social's book launch!

Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure

📅30 Oct, 5pm, SWLT

Register here➡️: shorturl.at/OGUoh
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October 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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✨Coca Talks: Futuro Coca in London
Join us for a dialogue on the alternative uses of coca leaves with activists, scholars & experts.

📅 17 Oct 2025, 18:00–20:30
📍KLT, SOAS

➡️ Register: shorturl.at/3AWXF
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October 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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📌What does it mean to ‘return’?

Join the SOAS Centre for Migration & Diaspora Studies for a two-day workshop on the concept and practices of return.

📅 17 Oct, 5:30pm, DLT, SOAS
📅 18 Oct, 1pm, SOAS Bar

🔗 Details & registration: shorturl.at/ScRNW
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October 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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📌 Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social for a discussion with @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social on:

"Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction"

Livestream➡️: 🔗www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/decolonizing-economics-introduction
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October 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM