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Ben Radley
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Reader in International Development at Bath | Editor for Review of African Political Economy (roape.net) | Research mining, energy & labour in Africa & Asia-Pacific | www.benradley.com
Or, to put it another way, DR #Congo - which provides around 3/4s of world cobalt supply - receives less than 0.6% of the value generated in the global electric vehicle value chain (much of which disappears overseas anyhow).

Source: ecfr.eu/publication/...
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A new working paper with @CynthKamwengo that hopefully provides some practical examples & ideas for how universities can decolonise, diversify, & update their social science curricula (& possible limits to these efforts):

purehost.bath.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...
July 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Staff or student at @uniofbath.bsky.social ? Coming to @devcomms.bsky.social‬ conference at #Bath this week? Download this new (& free!) walking tour app on Android & Apple that celebrates Black histories in the city, from the Roman Empire to the present day.

www.devstud.org.uk/2025/06/13/b...
June 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM