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Authored Books

Bahadur, Aditya and Tanner, Thomas (2021) Resilience Reset: Creating Resilient Cities in the Global South. London: Routledge.

Marois, Thomas (2021) Public Banks: Decarbonisation, Definancialisation, and Democratisation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Ung Loh, Jennifer and Purewal, Navtej, eds. (2021) Coloniality. New York: Sage. (Feminist Review, Vol.128, no.1)

Mezzadri, Alessandra, ed. (2021) Marx in the Field. London: Anthem Press. (Frontiers of Global Political Economy and Development Series)

Tilley, Lisa and Shilliam, Robbie, eds. (2021) Raced Markets. Abingdon: Routledge.

Book Chapters

Capps, Gavin, LeBaron, Genevieve, Novak, Paolo and [in conversation with] Mezzadri, Alessandra (2021) 'Marx, the Chief, the Prisoner and the Refugee.' In: Mezzadri, Alessandra, (ed.), Marx in the Field. London: Anthem Press, pp. 203-218. (Anthem Frontiers of Global Political Economy and Development)

Caprotti, Federico, Phillips, Jon, Petrova, Saska, Bouzarovski, Stefan, Essex, Stephen, de Groot, Jiska, Baker, Lucy, Reddy, Y and Wolpe, Peta (2021) ''Candles are not bright enough': Inclusive urban energy transformations in spaces of urban inequality.' In: Keith, M and de Souza Santos, A.A, (eds.), African Cities and Collaborative Futures: Urban Platforms and Metropolitan Logistics. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 121-142. (Global Urban Transformations)

Hanieh, Adam (2021) 'Key Issues in the Political Economy of the Gulf Cooperation Council States.' In: Salvatore, Armando, Hanafi, Sari and Obuse, Kieko, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Marriage, Zoe (2021) 'The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Recent History.' In: Frame, Iain, (ed.), Africa South of the Sahara 2022. 51st edition. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 287-292.

Meehan, Patrick, Aung Hla, Sai and Kham Phu, Sai (2021) 'Development Zones in Conflict-Affected Borderlands: The Case of Muse, Northern Shan State, Myanmar.' In: Chettri, Mona and Eilenberg, Michael, (eds.), Development Zones in Asian Borderlands. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. (Asian Borderlands)

Mezzadri, Alessandra (2021) 'India’s informal capitalism: social structures of accumulation, forms of exploitation and social reproduction in the Sweatshop Regime.' In: McDonough, Terrence, Kotz, David M. and Reich, Michael, (eds.), Handbook on Social Structure of Accumulation Theory, Edited by Terrence McDonough, Cian McMahon and David M. Kotz. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 152-169. (International library of critical writings in economics ; 295)

Mezzadri, Alessandra (2021) 'Introduction: Marx’s Field as Our Global Present.' In: Mezzadri, Alessandra, (ed.), Marx in the Field. London: Anthem Press, pp. 1-16. (Anthem Frontiers of Global Political Economy and Development)

Mezzadri, Alessandra (2021) 'Marx In The Sweatshop: Exploitation and Social Reproduction In A Garment Factory Called India.' In: Mezzadri, Alessandra, (ed.), Marx in the Field. London: Anthem Press, pp. 63-76. (Anthem Frontiers of Global Political Economy and Development)

Pérez Niño, Helena and Oya, Carlos (2021) 'Contract Farming.' In: Akram-Lodhi, A.H., Dietz, K., Engels, Bettina and McKay, B.M., (eds.), Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 417-426.

Journal Article

Ali, Tariq Omar, Hassan, Mirza and Hossain, Naomi (2021) 'The moral and political economy of the pandemic in Bangladesh: Weak states and strong societies during Covid-19.' World Development, 137. p. 105216.

Bakewell, Oliver and Sturridge, Caitlin (2021) 'Extreme Risk Makes the Journey Feasible: Decision-Making amongst Migrants in the Horn of Africa.' Social Inclusion, 9 (1). pp. 186-195.

Barnett, Brian S., Carlo, Andrew D., Ruwanpura, Kanchana N. and Mezzadri, Alessandra (2021) 'The Invisible People Behind Our Masks.' Annals of Internal Medicine, 174 (4). pp. 550-551.

Bimeny, Ponsiano, Angolere, Benedict Pope, Nangiro, Saum, Sagal, Ivan Ambrose and Emai, Joyce (2021) 'From Warriors to Mere Chicken Men, and Other Troubles: An Ordinary Language Survey of Notions of Resilience in Ngakarimojong.' Civil Wars, 24 (2-3). pp. 254-279.

Dan, Seng Lawn, Maran, Ja Htoi Pan, Sadan, Mandy, Meehan, Patrick and Goodhand, Jonathan (2021) 'The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in Northern Myanmar. Part one: Origins and reactions.' International Journal of Drug Policy, 89 (103181).

Goodhand, Jonathan, Meehan, Patrick, Bhatia, Jasmine, Ghiabi, Maziyar and Gutierrez Sanin, Francisco (2021) 'Critical policy frontiers: The drugs-development-peacebuilding trilemma.' International Journal of Drug Policy, 89 (103115).

Graf, Sarah Lena and Oya, Carlos (2021) 'Is the system of rice intensification (SRI) pro poor? Labour, class and technological change in West Africa.' Agricultural Systems, 193 (103229).

Hanieh, Adam (2021) 'COVID-19 and global oil markets.' Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 42 (1-2). pp. 101-108.

Hossain, Naomi (2021) 'Reflections on Bangladesh at 50.' Contemporary South Asia, 29 (4). pp. 495-499.

Hossain, Naomi (2021) 'The geopolitics of bare life in 1970s Bangladesh.' Third World Quarterly, 42 (11). pp. 2706-2723.

Hossain, Naomi and Oosterom, Marjoke (2021) 'The Implications of Closing Civic Space for Hunger and Poverty in the Global South.' Global Policy, 12 (S5). pp. 59-69.

Ikpe, Eka and Njeri, Sarah (2021) 'Landmine Clearance and Peacebuilding: Evidence from Somaliland.' Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, 17 (1). pp. 91-107.

Istratii, Romina (2021) 'An ethnographic look into conjugal abuse in Ethiopia: a study from the Orthodox Täwahedo community of Aksum through the local religio-cultural framework.' የኢትዮጵያ ዓመታዊ መጽሔት = Annales d'Ethiopie, 33. pp. 253-300.

Lerche, Jens (2021) 'The Farm Laws Struggle 2020-2021: class-caste alliances and bypassed agrarian transition in neoliberal India.' Journal of Peasant Studies, 48 (7). pp. 1380-1396.

Lerche, Jens and Shah, Alpa (2021) 'Capitalism and Conjugated Oppression: Race, Caste, Tribe, Gender and Class in India.' Anveshi Broadsheet (15). pp. 13-15.

McDonald, David A., Marois, Thomas and Spronk, Susan (2021) 'Public Banks + Public Water = SDG 6?' Water Alternatives, 14 (1). pp. 117-134.

Meehan, Patrick (2021) 'Precarity, poverty and poppy: Encountering development in the uplands of Shan State, Myanmar.' International Journal of Drug Policy, 89 (103064).

Mezzadri, Alessandra (2021) 'A Value Theory of Inclusion: Informal Labour, The Homeworker and the Social Reproduction of Value.' Antipode, 53 (4). pp. 1186-1205.

Mormina, Maru and Istratii, Romina (2021) '‘Capacity for what? Capacity for whom?’ A decolonial deconstruction of research capacity development practices in the Global South and a proposal for a value-centred approach.' Wellcome Open Research, 6 (129).

Novak, Paolo (2021) 'Deservingness and uneven geographies of asylum accommodation.' Social Policy and Society, 20 (3). pp. 452-463.

Oya, Carlos and Schaefer, Florian (2021) 'The politics of labour relations in global production networks: collective action, industrial parks, and local conflict in the Ethiopian apparel sector.' World Development, 146 (105564).

Pattenden, Jonathan, Campling, Liam, Castañón Ballivián, Enrique, Gras, Carla, Lerche, Jens, O'Laughlin, Bridget, Oya, Carlos, Pérez Niño, Helena and Sinha, Shreya (2021) 'Introduction: Covid‐19 and the conditions and struggles of agrarian classes of labour.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 21 (3). pp. 582-590.

Phillips, Jon and Petrova, Saska (2021) 'The materiality of precarity: Gender, race and energy infrastructure in urban South Africa.' Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 53 (5). pp. 1031-1050.

Pope, Harley, de Frece, Annabel, Wells, Rebecca and Borrelli, Rosina (2021) 'Developing a Functional Food Systems Literacy for Interdisciplinary Dynamic Learning Networks.' Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5 (747627).

Pringle, Tim (2021) 'Unionisation Wave in Hong Kong: The Noise before Defeat or the Route to Victory?' Global Labour Journal, 12 (2). pp. 131-138.

Pringle, Tim and Peng, Pai (2021) 'Hong Kong’s Trade Unions Are Under Attack.' Jacobin [online].

Purewal, Navtej and Loh, Jennifer Ung (2021) 'Coloniality and Feminist Collusion: Breaking Free, Thinking Anew.' Feminist Review, 128 (1). pp. 1-12.

Rai, Jayanta (2021) 'Including the excluded? The political economy of the constituency development fund in post-war Nepal.' Conflict, Security and Development, 21 (6). pp. 805-830.

Rosa, Lorenzo, Rulli, Maria Cristina, Ali, Saleem, Chiarelli, Davide Danilo, Dell'Angelo, Jampel, Mueller, Nathaniel D., Scheidel, Arnim, Siciliano, Giuseppina and D'Odorico, Paolo (2021) 'Energy implications of the 21st century agrarian transition.' Nature Communications, 12 (2319).

Schincariol, Vitor E. (2021) 'Joan Robinson on Environment and Ecology.' Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy: A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARES, 10 (3). pp. 440-462.

Schipper, E. Lisa F., Ensor, Jonathan, Mukherji, Aditi, Mirzabaev, Alisher, Fraser, Arabella, Harvey, Blane, Totin, Edmond, Garschagen, Matthias, Pathak, Minal, Antwi-Agyei, Philip, Tanner, Thomas and Zoha, Shawoo (2021) 'Equity in climate scholarship: a manifesto for action.' Climate and Development, 13 (10). pp. 853-856.

Shah, Alpa and Lerche, Jens (2021) 'Black Lives Matter, Capital and Ideology: Spiralling out from India.' British Journal of Sociology, 72 (1). pp. 93-105.

Siciliano, Giuseppina, Linda, Wallbott, Markus, Lederer and Ahn, Dang (2021) 'Low-carbon energy, sustainable development and justice: towards a just energy transition for the society and the environment.' Sustainable Development, 29 (6). pp. 1049-1061.

Sinha, Subir (2021) 'Strong leaders, authoritarian populism and Indian developmentalism: The Modi Moment in Historical Context.' Geoforum, 124 (1). pp. 320-333.

Standing, Guy (2021) 'Basic Income Pilots: Uses, Limitations and Design Principles.' Basic Income Studies, 16 (1). pp. 75-99.

Stevano, Sara, Mezzadri, Alessandra, Lombardozzi, Lorena and Bargawi, Hannah (2021) 'Hidden Abodes in Plain Sight: The Social Reproduction of Households and Labour in the COVID-19 pandemic.' Feminist Economics, 27 (1/2). pp. 271-287.

Thomson, Frances, Parada-Hernandez, Monica and Acero, Camilo (2021) 'Land formalization: The new magic bullet in counternarcotics? A case study of coca cultivation and tenure (in)formality from Colombia.' World Development, 149 (105680).

Tilley, Lisa (2021) 'Extractive investibility in historical colonial perspective: the emerging market and its antecedents in Indonesia.' Review of International Political Economy, 28 (5). pp. 1099-1118.

Van den Eynden, Veerle (2021) 'Sharing data from research on illicit drug economies.' International Journal of Drug Policy, 89. p. 103171.

van Wees, Sibylle Herzig and Jennings, Michael (2021) 'The challenges of donor engagement with faith-based organizations in Cameroon’s health sector: a qualitative study.' Health Policy and Planning, 36 (4). pp. 464-472.

van Wees, Sibylle Herzig, Sop, Maturin Desire Sop, Betsi, Emmanuel, Olongo, Silvere Antoine and Jennings, Michael (2021) 'The role of faith-based health professions schools in Cameroon’s health system.' Global Public Health, 16 (6). pp. 895-910.

Conference or Workshop Items

Istratii, Romina (2021) Decolonising Development Theory and Practice: The Role of Religious Knowledge. In: De-colonising Development: An Open Event for Practitioners, 23 June 2021, Virtual.

Istratii, Romina (2021) Decolonising methodologies in migration research: the approach of project dldl/ድልድል. In: Centre of Migration, Diaspora and Exile (MIDEX) Workshop Series on Ethical and Innovative Research in Migration Studies: Decolonising Methodologies Session, 27 October 2021, Virtual. (Unpublished)

Istratii, Romina (2021) Decolonising prevailing systems of knowledge in international development. In: International Development Conference 2021: Decolonising Prevailing Systems of Knowledge Production Panel, 12-13 February 2021, University of Toronto Scarborough (virtual). (Unpublished)

Istratii, Romina (2021) Project dldl/ድልድል: A research and innovation project dedicated to the development and strengthening of religio-culturally sensitive, domestic violence alleviation systems in Ethiopia, Eritrea and the UK. In: 2021 UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Annual Conference, 12-14 October 2021, Virtual.

Istratii, Romina and Damtew, Aklil (2021) Designing and evaluating faith-based interventions in culture-sensitive ways: Insights from the international evidence and practical lessons from project dldl/ድልድል. In: Designing and evaluating culture-sensitive and faith-based domestic violence interventions: International experiences, 28 October 2021, Virtual.

Istratii, Romina and Demeter, Márton (2021) Open Access Publishing under Plan S: When Good Intentions Remain Eurocentric. In: European International Studies Association Mid-career Development Roundtable 'Open Access: When the Road to Inequalities is Paved with Good Intentions', 13-17 September 2021, Virtual. (Unpublished)

Newsham, Andrew, Belcher, Oliver, Schmidt, Jeremy, Bauer, Andrew, Gebara, Maria Fernanda, Ernstson, Henrik, Petersen, Arthur, Hepach, Maximilian, Ohdedar, Birsha, Ribot, Jesse, Sundberg, Juanita, Swyngedouw, Erik, Taylor, Marcus and Tozzi, Arianna (2021) Taking stock of 'relational ontologies' in human-environmental scholarship. In: Taking stock of 'relational ontologies' in human-environmental scholarship, 1-2 July 2021. (Unpublished)

Monographs and Working Papers

Barbelet, Veronique, Njeri, Sarah and Onubedo, Grace (2021) Inclusion and exclusion in the north-east Nigeria crisis. London: ODI. Humanitarian Policy Group: Working Paper.

Hammond, Laura (2021) Toward Development Solutions to Internal Displacement: A Political Economy Approach. New York: United Nations Development Programme.

Istratii, Romina (2021) Discourses and Practices of Ethiopian Orthodox Täwahәdo Clergy Regarding Faith, Marriage and Spousal Abuse: The Case of Aksum in Tigray Region (prior the war). London: Working Paper 3 (English). Project dldl/ድልድል: Bridging religious studies, gender and development and public health to address domestic violence in religious communities. SOAS University of London.

Marois, Thomas (2021) Opinion on The Finnish Climate Fund (Ilmastorahasto) Strategy. London: UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, Policy Brief series (IIPP PB 16)..

Mezzadri, Alessandra and Banerjee, Kaustav (2021) The afterlife of industrial work: Urban-to-rural labour transitions from the factory to the informal economy. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER Working Paper 2021/158.

Rivas, Althea-Maria, Beckles-Raymond, Gabriella and Simpson Miller, Brandi (2021) BAME Researcher Practices, Policies and Processes at UK Higher Education Institutions. London: Open University.

Tanner, Thomas, Mazingi, Lucy and Farai Muyambwa, Darlington (2021) Adolescent Girls in the Climate Crisis: Empowering young women through feminist participatory action research in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Woking, UK: Plan International.

Thomson, Nicholas and Meehan, Patrick (2021) Understanding the drugs policy landscape in Myanmar: How drugs policies and programmes intersect with conflict, peace, health and development. London, UK: SOAS University of London.

Tsegay, Bereket (2021) Land, climate change and internal migration among the Wolayta youth of southwest Ethiopia. London: EU Trust Fund for Africa (Horn of Africa Window) Research and Evidence Facility.

Book Reviews

Banaji, Jairus (2021) 'Review of: Tea war: A history of capitalism in China and India, Andrew B.Liu.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 22 (4). pp. 874-877.

Bernstein, Henry (2021) 'Review of: Handbook on urban food security in the Global South, Jonathan Crush, Bruce Frayne, Gareth Haysom. ISBN: 978‐1‐78643‐150‐9.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 22 (4). pp. 878-880.

Garcia-Arias, Jorge and Schöneberg, Julia (2021) 'Urgencies and imperatives for revolutionary (environmental) transitions: from degrowth and postdevelopment towards the pluriverse?' Environmental Politics, 30 (5). pp. 865-871.

Ould Moctar, Hassan (2021) 'Review of: Migration and political theory: by Gillian Brock, Cambridge, Polity Books, 2020, 218pp., £15.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-1509535231.' Ethnic and Racial Studies, 45 (8). pp. 1604-1606.

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Bahadur, Aditya and Tanner, Thomas (2021) BLOG: Rethinking urban climate resilience: time for a reset? IIED Website [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Gencsu, Ipek, Roy, Rathin, Prizzon, Annalisa, Cao, Yue, Colenbrander, Sarah, Locke, Anna, Dupar, Mairi, Mendez-Parra, Maximiliano, Wilkinson, Emily, Tanner, Thomas, Leon-Himmelstine, Carmen and Tant, Emilie (2021) Our thoughts on COP26 – reflections on the Glasgow Climate Pact. ODI Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Goodhand, Jonathan and Meehan, Patrick (2021) Drugs ‘trilemma’: how to halt the deadly trade while still ensuring development and peace. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Istratii, Romina (2021) On the Conflict in Tigray. Public Orthodoxy [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Istratii, Romina, Papagianni, Estela, Ghebreweldi, Mebrak and Damtew, Aklil (2021) Starting a research project during a pandemic and a war: lessons from project dldl/ድልድል. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Lerche, Jens (2021) Jat Power and the Spread of the Farm Protests in Northern India. The India Forum [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Marois, Thomas (2021) Public banks at a time of Covid-19: opportunities, threats, and just transitions. UCL IIPP Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Marois, Thomas (2021) Why a public bank could accelerate NJ’s clean-energy ambitions. NJ Spotlight News [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Marois, Thomas and McDonald, David A. (2021) COVID-19 illustrates why Canada needs more — and better — public banks. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mezzadri, Alessandra (2021) Informal Employment and the Social Reproduction of Value. Marxist Sociology Blog; Developing Economics [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Newsham, Andrew, Shonhe, Toendepi and Bvute, Tsitsidzashe (2021) Lessons from Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Pringle, Tim (2021) Which side are you on? positions politics/episteme [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Siciliano, Giuseppina (2021) COP26: A “just” decision-making process is needed for a “just” transition. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Siciliano, Giuseppina (2021) Community-led energy solutions as the future of just and clean energy transitions. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Tanner, Thomas (2021) Loss and damage: What next for the “Russian Doll” of climate change action? SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Thomson, Nicholas and Meehan, Patrick (2021) Five considerations for international actors trying to engage with drugs policy in Myanmar. Drugs and (dis)order [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wilkinson, Emily and Tanner, Thomas (2021) COP26: The good, the bad and the ugly. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Theses

Aaltonen, Wanida (2021) Building a capable farmers’ organisation towards livelihood improvement: Evidence from three Thai rice farmers’ organisational models. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00035778

Asafu-Adjaye, Prince (2021) Trade Union Responses to Economic Liberalisation in Ghana. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00036112

Büscher, Chris (2021) Water aid and trade contradictions: Dutch aid in the Mozambican waterscape under contemporary capitalism. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00036056

Chen, Weiwei (2021) The Dynamics of Chinese Private Outward Foreign Direct Investment in Ethiopia: A Comparison of the Light Manufacturing Industry and the Construction Materials Industry. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00035764

Damestoy, Jean-Baptiste (2021) Governance capabilities, Industrialisation and the State: the case of the cotton and textile sectors in Ethiopia. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00035777

Demirors, Sila (2021) The political economy of housing: the case of Turkey. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00034835

Elmeshad, Mohamed (2021) The Political Economy of Private Media in Egypt. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00035846

Audios

Meehan, Patrick (2021) Myanmar: Why peace remains elusive. Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique. [Audio]

Tanner, Thomas and Rogan, Matthew (2021) SportsPro Podcast: Dr Tom Tanner on how sport can mount a meaningful climate fightback. SportsPro. [Audio]

Films

Istratii, Romina (2021) Decolonising Knowledge by Empowering the Margins. The Know Show Podcast. Available from https://theknowshow.net/2021/03/24/decolonising-kn....

Novak, Paolo (2021) The postcoloniality of asylum infrastructure. YouTube. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJxbLD-OdRI.

Other

Lindley, Anna, Majeed-Hajaj, Saliha, Loureiro, Gabriela Silva, Datta, Kavita, Chase, Elaine and Hammond, Laura (2021) 'Connecting during Covid-19: Practices of care, remittance sending and digitisation among UK’s migrant communities. Community Spotlight Workshop Report.' London: Queen Mary University of London.