Isadora Cruxên
@icruxen.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @ QMUL | PhD, MIT | Co-Lead #DataAgainstFeminicide | Co-editor CLaSP Blog | political economy, development, (green) finance, water, AI infra, data activism
https://www.isadoracruxen.com/
https://www.isadoracruxen.com/
Sharing my piece reflecting on how the mobilization of green finance for investments in water and sanitation infrastructure figures into Brazil's Ecological Transformation Plan (in Portuguese but everything is translatable nowadays): outraspalavras.net/mercadovsdem...
A “COP da Verdade” e a ficção das finanças verdes | Outras Palavras
O saneamento brasileiro virou vitrine da financeirização da sustentabilidade. Por trás do marketing “verde” – e de suas debêntures subsidiadas –, há uma escolha política: transformar direitos em ativo...
outraspalavras.net
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Sharing my piece reflecting on how the mobilization of green finance for investments in water and sanitation infrastructure figures into Brazil's Ecological Transformation Plan (in Portuguese but everything is translatable nowadays): outraspalavras.net/mercadovsdem...
Mamdani’s win in NYC is a victory for democratic possibility. As he said in his winning speech, politics done by us not to us.
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Mamdani’s win in NYC is a victory for democratic possibility. As he said in his winning speech, politics done by us not to us.
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We have a great event coming up on Nov. 12 to discuss possibilities for and examples of Feminist AI —join us! bit.ly/DCFNOV2025
#DataAgainstFeminicide #FAIR @kanarinka.bsky.social @ladelentes.bsky.social @silvanavf.bsky.social
#DataAgainstFeminicide #FAIR @kanarinka.bsky.social @ladelentes.bsky.social @silvanavf.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
We have a great event coming up on Nov. 12 to discuss possibilities for and examples of Feminist AI —join us! bit.ly/DCFNOV2025
#DataAgainstFeminicide #FAIR @kanarinka.bsky.social @ladelentes.bsky.social @silvanavf.bsky.social
#DataAgainstFeminicide #FAIR @kanarinka.bsky.social @ladelentes.bsky.social @silvanavf.bsky.social
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Join us for our next JustWaterFutures Event on the rapid privatization of water in Brazil. With Léo Heller, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation, and many other speakers. In Portuguese and English. 💦 @icruxen.bsky.social @justwaterfutures.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Join us for our next JustWaterFutures Event on the rapid privatization of water in Brazil. With Léo Heller, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation, and many other speakers. In Portuguese and English. 💦 @icruxen.bsky.social @justwaterfutures.bsky.social
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Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
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A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵
September 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵
Sexta-feira terminando e a gente cantando: "Chegou o fim de semana, todo mundo vai sair. Só não vai Jair, só não vai Jair..."
September 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sexta-feira terminando e a gente cantando: "Chegou o fim de semana, todo mundo vai sair. Só não vai Jair, só não vai Jair..."
A joyful day for Brazilian democracy: our Supreme Court has formed a majority to convict Bolsonaro and 7 defendants for criminal organisation and attempted coup!
September 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A joyful day for Brazilian democracy: our Supreme Court has formed a majority to convict Bolsonaro and 7 defendants for criminal organisation and attempted coup!
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¿Qué rol podría jugar la inteligencia artificial en la lucha contra la violencia de género? RIAF me invitó a compartir nuevo proyecto de #DatosContraFeminicidio y DISCO Lab, que explora la cobertura periodística de casos de feminicidio y el desarrollo de IA. ¡Sumate!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
¿Qué rol podría jugar la inteligencia artificial en la lucha contra la violencia de género? RIAF me invitó a compartir nuevo proyecto de #DatosContraFeminicidio y DISCO Lab, que explora la cobertura periodística de casos de feminicidio y el desarrollo de IA. ¡Sumate!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A new handbook on Comparative Political Economy is out! Ben Schneider and I have a chapter on capitalism in Latin America, tracing lineages of thinking on its development and how they speak to each other. We touch on VofC, GMs, dependency thinking, financialization. tinyurl.com/4arb2wt4
Handbook of Comparative Political Economy
‘In his splendid Handbook, Marino Regini not only assembles a stellar cast of distinguished practitioners from Europe and America; he also demonstrates how needed such a volume is to the interdiscipli...
www.e-elgar.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A new handbook on Comparative Political Economy is out! Ben Schneider and I have a chapter on capitalism in Latin America, tracing lineages of thinking on its development and how they speak to each other. We touch on VofC, GMs, dependency thinking, financialization. tinyurl.com/4arb2wt4
Reading Karen Hao's Empire of AI, so much to unpack in this directive OpenAI crafted to configure how GPT-4o should respond to users: "act like a human", "be warm", be "full of charm". Strong "your outtie is..." Severance vibes
August 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Reading Karen Hao's Empire of AI, so much to unpack in this directive OpenAI crafted to configure how GPT-4o should respond to users: "act like a human", "be warm", be "full of charm". Strong "your outtie is..." Severance vibes
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Amazing to celebrate 5 years of Data Against Feminicide with so many inspirational peers last week👏🏽 Read the amazing report from @icruxen.bsky.social and Alessandra for reflections on the participatory AI work I've been collaborating on. qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/bitstr...
August 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Amazing to celebrate 5 years of Data Against Feminicide with so many inspirational peers last week👏🏽 Read the amazing report from @icruxen.bsky.social and Alessandra for reflections on the participatory AI work I've been collaborating on. qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/bitstr...
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Check out the newly launched D-Econ padlet for resources related to these topics.
d-econ.org/d-econ-padlet/
d-econ.org/d-econ-padlet/
The D-Econ Padlet
Welcome to the D-Econ padlet! This padlet is an effort to make resources related to decolonizing economics available to a wider audience. We have chosen to start with a few select themes, but…
d-econ.org
August 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Check out the newly launched D-Econ padlet for resources related to these topics.
d-econ.org/d-econ-padlet/
d-econ.org/d-econ-padlet/
Fascinating piece in the FT today on the question of financing AI infrastructure at scale — makes clear we can’t think about AI development without thinking about financialization
August 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Fascinating piece in the FT today on the question of financing AI infrastructure at scale — makes clear we can’t think about AI development without thinking about financialization
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@justwaterfutures.bsky.social. Our seminars are now live!
@gemmagasseau.bsky.social, @blue-community.net, @icruxen.bsky.social, @rachel-woods.bsky.social etc.
Check out: What´s Public about Public Water? www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvC...
@justwaterfutures.bsky.social. Our seminars are now live!
@gemmagasseau.bsky.social, @blue-community.net, @icruxen.bsky.social, @rachel-woods.bsky.social etc.
Check out: What´s Public about Public Water? www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvC...
July 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
@justwaterfutures.bsky.social. Our seminars are now live!
@gemmagasseau.bsky.social, @blue-community.net, @icruxen.bsky.social, @rachel-woods.bsky.social etc.
Check out: What´s Public about Public Water? www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvC...
@justwaterfutures.bsky.social. Our seminars are now live!
@gemmagasseau.bsky.social, @blue-community.net, @icruxen.bsky.social, @rachel-woods.bsky.social etc.
Check out: What´s Public about Public Water? www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvC...
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The brilliant Farwa Sial on the growing role of private equity in the global South, writing for the Developing Economics blog:
developingeconomics.org/2025/07/23/p...
developingeconomics.org/2025/07/23/p...
Private Equity in the Global South: Locusts? Vampires? The contagion effect
The effectiveness of private equity has been a subject of ongoing debate in countries of the Global North. There is substantial evidence highlighting the extractive practices associated with privat…
developingeconomics.org
July 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The brilliant Farwa Sial on the growing role of private equity in the global South, writing for the Developing Economics blog:
developingeconomics.org/2025/07/23/p...
developingeconomics.org/2025/07/23/p...
Replacing regulator without addressing ownership issues — in Brazil we’d call this “tapar o sol com uma peneira” or attempting to block the sun with a sieve:
on.ft.com/4o0DB4G “Water regulator Ofwat to be abolished after official review”
on.ft.com/4o0DB4G “Water regulator Ofwat to be abolished after official review”
Water regulator Ofwat to be abolished after official review
Overhaul prompted by public anger at pollution and high executive pay
on.ft.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Replacing regulator without addressing ownership issues — in Brazil we’d call this “tapar o sol com uma peneira” or attempting to block the sun with a sieve:
on.ft.com/4o0DB4G “Water regulator Ofwat to be abolished after official review”
on.ft.com/4o0DB4G “Water regulator Ofwat to be abolished after official review”
We're celebrating 5y of the
#DataAgainstFeminicide project. Join us to reflect on the project's results and insights (with new report out!), and to launch the Swahili version of our tools, co-designed with Femicide Count Kenya!
Register here: mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#DataAgainstFeminicide project. Join us to reflect on the project's results and insights (with new report out!), and to launch the Swahili version of our tools, co-designed with Femicide Count Kenya!
Register here: mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Este año celebramos cinco años del proyecto #DatosContraFeminicidio y marcamos este hito reflexionando sobre los resultados y aprendizajes e inaugurando la versión swahili de las herramientas. ¡Acompañanos!
🗓️14 de agosto, 2025
🕕11AM EDT | 12PM ARG/BRA | 3PM BST | 6PM EAT
mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️14 de agosto, 2025
🕕11AM EDT | 12PM ARG/BRA | 3PM BST | 6PM EAT
mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We're celebrating 5y of the
#DataAgainstFeminicide project. Join us to reflect on the project's results and insights (with new report out!), and to launch the Swahili version of our tools, co-designed with Femicide Count Kenya!
Register here: mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#DataAgainstFeminicide project. Join us to reflect on the project's results and insights (with new report out!), and to launch the Swahili version of our tools, co-designed with Femicide Count Kenya!
Register here: mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Utility agreements with data centres should be subject to broader public consultation and debate. The recipe here is an old one: socialize costs while private actors pocket the benefits. www.ft.com/content/c5f2...
US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data centre demand booms
Customers face higher bills to upgrade infrastructure needed to power AI systems
www.ft.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Utility agreements with data centres should be subject to broader public consultation and debate. The recipe here is an old one: socialize costs while private actors pocket the benefits. www.ft.com/content/c5f2...
Absolutely gutted for Dimitrov, was playing a beautiful match. One of the saddest moments I’ve seen in tennis
July 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Absolutely gutted for Dimitrov, was playing a beautiful match. One of the saddest moments I’ve seen in tennis
Se pá tá na hora de começar a chamar o Congresso brasileiro de #CongressoTioPatinhas
#CongressoInimigodoPovo
#CongressoInimigodoPovo
July 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Se pá tá na hora de começar a chamar o Congresso brasileiro de #CongressoTioPatinhas
#CongressoInimigodoPovo
#CongressoInimigodoPovo
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New on the CLaSP blog: Looking at platform workers in Argentina, Sofia Negri asks how we can build a future of work that transforms the salaried relationship to reconcile autonomy with social protection
www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ac...
www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ac...
Freedom as Autonomy: platform workers’ struggles and the future of work in Argentina — CLaSP Blog
Sofia Negri asks how we can build a future of work that transforms the salaried relationship to reconcile autonomy with social protection.
www.claspblog.org
July 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
New on the CLaSP blog: Looking at platform workers in Argentina, Sofia Negri asks how we can build a future of work that transforms the salaried relationship to reconcile autonomy with social protection
www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ac...
www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ac...
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Please read this article in full. Every aspect of this Palantir, OpenAI & Meta millionaire (self-)appointment to the Army Reserves should raise alarms about escalating tech industry capture of defence. While none of them will risk their lives, they are explicitly tasked with making war more lethal.
NEW: Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth and leaders from OpenAI and Palantir have joined a detachment intended to make the US Armed Forces "force leaner, smarter, and more lethal."
What Lt. Col. Boz and Big Tech's Enlisted Execs Will Do in the Army
Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth and leaders from OpenAI and Palantir have joined a detachment intended to make the US Armed Forces "force leaner, smarter, and more lethal."
www.wired.com
June 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Please read this article in full. Every aspect of this Palantir, OpenAI & Meta millionaire (self-)appointment to the Army Reserves should raise alarms about escalating tech industry capture of defence. While none of them will risk their lives, they are explicitly tasked with making war more lethal.
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Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event