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Tom Parr鈥檚 new book, Empowering Workers in an Age of Automation, offers a bold framework for tackling the social justice challenges posed by automation, insecure work, and growing labour market inequality.
Rethinking development through more relational, embodied, and dialogic research
A new article, "Dining in the dialogical, listening through the relational: 鈥榳ithness-thinking鈥� for development scholarship and praxis", has been published in Globalizations by PAIS PhD Candidate Raymond Hyma and food researcher Dr Elaine Pratley. The piece explores their respective approaches of listening-based inquiry and food-as-method in peacebuilding and development research.
'Horizontal Development': new book on shifting power in aid
A new book, Horizontal Development: Shifting Power and Privilege in Aid, jointly authored by Dr Shonali Banerjee (PAIS, University of 糖心TV), Professor Anne-Meike Fechter (University of Sussex), and Dr Thabani Mutambasere (University of Edinburgh), boldly reframes international aid.
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Prof. Maria Koinova Gives a Keynote at the First Diaspora Lab at the Ukraine Recovery Conference
Two impactful days at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome (10–11 July 2025) left Professor Maria Koinova and many other participants with a deep sense of appreciation for the resilience and commitment demonstrated by governments, international organizations, civil society, and businesses—all united in their support for Ukraine鈥檚 recovery amid immense destruction.