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The Nationalisation of UK Aid and Development by Melita Lazell & Ivica Petrikova

The latest book in SPERI's Palgrave series 'Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy' is available now - with discount code.
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SPERI Presents... New Thinking: Queer Activism in Ghana with Ellie Gore

In a new podcast, Dr Ellie Gore (University of Manchester) discusses their new brand new book Between HIV Prevention & LGBTI Rights: The Political Economy of Queer Activism in Ghana.
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Far-Right Populism and the Making of the Exclusionary Neoliberal State by Valentina Ausserladscheider

The latest book in SPERI's Palgrave series 'Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy' is available now - with discount code.
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SPERI Presents... New Thinking in Political Economy

The first episode of our new series asks 'What is Political Economy?'. New episodes released monthly.
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SPERI Spotlight: Introducing Hannah Boles

Our SPERI Spotlight series showcases the work of a researcher at SPERI to give an insight into their research. This month we speak to Hannah Boles about their research on labour conditions in global supply chains.
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New SPERI Conference videos, including Andrew Gamble’s keynote speech

In November 2019 SPERI held its conference Beyond the Crisis? Global Capitalism in the 2020s at the British Academy in London. Catch up on new videos from the conference.
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New EU-funded research network will research ‘New European Borderlands’

SPERI is part of a recently launched research network of nine European universities that will address the impact of recent developments in the EU’s and its member states’ bordering practices and how these developments interact with EU’s identity
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18 new Associate Fellows join the SPERI research community

We are delighted to announce the appointment of 18 new SPERI Associate Fellows.
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Tax Spillover multi-stakeholder event leads to ‘London Declaration’ on how to tackle disparities

International stakeholders concerned about ‘tax spillovers’ came together in London in September 2019 to discuss the findings and proposals of a paper by Professor Andrew Baker (SPERI) and co-author, Professor Richard Murphy (University of London)