We are delighted to announce the launch of the CGD Working Paper Series with the publication of Agro-Corporations, Countermovements and the Quest for Legitimacy by Simon Manda and Jorg Wiegratz. cgd.leeds.ac.uk/working-paper-…

We are excited to promote the following event which is supported by @CGD LUBS Economics Department Centre for Business Law and Practice

Upcoming Event: Yorkshire African Studies Network Day on the 21st May at the University of Leeds. Please register using the following link: forms.office.com/pages/response…

Check out the co-authored blog by CGD member Jörg Wiegratz theconversation.com/fintech-is-sol…

Our next WiPS is with Jörg Wiegratz, who is presenting a paper co-written with Eva Magdalena Stambøl on the political economy of countering transnational organized crime in Africa. Join us on 20th March, 12-1pm. ROAPE journal @cgd_Leeds Leeds University Centre for African Studies POLIS at Leeds link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Upcoming events for the Researchers in Development Network (RiDNet) - register at cgd.leeds.ac.uk :
Getting Published Workshop (on-line) led by CGD co-director Dr Geoff Goodwin - Thurs 7th March - 10:00-11:00
Transfer workshop (hybrid) - Thurs 25th April - 10:00-11:00

CGD and LUCAS are co-hosting a hybrid book launch event 15:00-16:30 tomorrow, it will be great to see you if you can make it! The zoom link is: universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/7478535629

Reminder that our GPE seminar series on China kicks off tonight at 18.00 with Ka Zeng (University of Arkansas) and Soo Yeon Kim (University of Singapore) discussing 'Chinese Firms in the Trade War' POLIS at Leeds Link: universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/88061286148

The Centre for Global Development (CGD) and Centre for African Studies (LUCAS) are delighted to host the launch of Dr Ben Radley's new book. This is a hybrid event, the zoom link is universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/7478535629

Honoured to have a chapter in this terrific new volume on the life, work, and legacy of Karl Polanyi. My chapter discusses the double movement in the Global South, including some initial reflections on decolonial critiques of Polanyi International Karl Polanyi Society
taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.…

New article that combines a Polanyian reading of decommodification with the centre-periphery concept to analyse labour and land (de) commodification in Britain and Ecuador during Covid-19. Thanks to Mihika Chatterjee Chris Hesketh Jamie Peck International Karl Polanyi Society
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03…

We are excited about our upcoming on-line RiDNet (Researchers in Development Network) workshop, taking place on Friday 26th January 13:00-14:30. To find out more information and to register please visit our website: cgd.leeds.ac.uk/events/ridnet-…

The following Seminar on Criminalised Peace is taking place at the University of Leeds tomorrow (Tuesday 5th December). Organised by the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies and the Centre for Global Security Challenges.
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jorg wiegratz CCJS at Leeds Centre for Global Security Challenges

Sovereign debt distress and crises have been building for quite some time since the GFC and have become more prominent since the pandemic.
On Wednesday, I will have the pleasure of chairing this fantastic online panel, hosted by CGD POLIS at Leeds, to discuss this issue...

CGD is excited to announce our upcoming event, which will be taking place next week! Simon Manda Geoff Goodwin

Please see the information below about an exciting upcoming event at the University of Leeds that CGD is sponsoring.

To find out more about the upcoming RiDNet workshop on the 14th December please go to the CGD website: cgd.leeds.ac.uk/events/is-your…