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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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Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships: Call for Expressions of Interest

SPERI is inviting expressions of interest for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship call.
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‘The Unequal Impacts of Covid-19 on Global Garment Supply Chains’: Executive Summaries in Spanish, Amharic, Tamil and Burmese published

Deteriorating living and working conditions for workers in garment supply chains during the Covid-19 pandemic have increased the risk of forced labour. That was the finding of report “The Unequal Impacts of COVID-19 on Global Garment Supply Chains"
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New reports: How local areas across the UK responded to household food insecurity during COVID-19

A suite of reports have been published today exploring local responses to household food insecurity across the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New Re:Structure Lab Evidence Brief on Commercial Contracts and Sourcing

The Re:Structure Lab, a new project involving a team of researchers from SPERI and colleagues from Stanford University and Yale University, has published its latest Evidence Brief on Commercial Contracts and Sourcing.
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Dr Scott James joins SPERI as a visiting researcher

We are delighted to welcome Dr Scott James to SPERI as a visiting researcher from Kings College London (KCL).