Super excited to come to Oxford next week to present my new book with @universitypress.cambridge.org!

Blavatnik School of Government@blavatnikschool.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📚 Blavatnik Book Talk: Power Over Progress Join author Keyi Tang in conversation with Prof Yeling Tan, which analyses geocoded projects financed by China, the World Bank, and OECD bilateral donors across 48 African countries. 📆 15 May, 5:30pm BST Register ⬇️ https://ow.ly/Sp9l50Yz6tJ

📚 Blavatnik Book Talk: Power Over Progress Join author Keyi Tang in conversation with Prof Yeling Tan, which analyses geocoded projects financed by China, the World Bank, and OECD bilateral donors across 48 African countries. 📆 15 May, 5:30pm BST Register ⬇️ https://ow.ly/Sp9l50Yz6tJ

Blavatnik Book Talk: Power Over Progress

Join author Keyi Tang in conversation with Professor Yeling Tan to discuss her new book Power Over Progress: How Politics Shape Development Finance in Africa.

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Two districts need roads. One is poor, isolated, and needs a road to connect farmers to the market. The other is politically pivotal in the next election. Which one gets the road? That question reveals the politics behind development finance in Africa.

Please share! Call for papers in the political economy of development @pavisuri.bsky.social and I are delighted to share details for the political economy of development section of @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026 docs.google.com/document/d/1... We welcome great work and fresh ideas!

Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Political Economy of Development (PED) Section – EPSS 2026, Belfast We invite submissions of high-quality work on any topic in the political economy of development or comparative pol...

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🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

A new journal article by Solomon Owusu, @keyitang.bsky.social + Gideon Ndubuisi examines the impact of 🇨🇳Chinese foreign direct investment on low-carbon industrialization in Africa, within the context of China’s growing economic ties with the continent. Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2024/07/...

How will cuts to USAID affect the world's poorest? Insights from my research in Zambia www.youtube.com/shorts/e59VL...

How will cuts to USAID affect the world’s poorest? Insights from my research https://t.co/RPlsMDYU0u

YouTube video by Alice Evans

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Also, a lot of people misread this piece when it came out. But it’s worth re-reading. Autocracy, esp in high-income contexts, can be boring and easy to ignore: Everyday Authoritarianism is Boring and Tolerable: tompepinsky.com/2017/01/06/e...

Everyday Authoritarianism is Boring and Tolerable

Malaysia is a country that I know well, and whose political system I have studied closely for fifteen years. It is also a country whose political liberalization I have long awaited. Malaysia has a …

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We're hiring @uwpolisci.bsky.social & the La Follette School of Public Affairs)! I'm chairing the search committee. Please share with your networks #polisky #PSJMinfo

Assistant Professor, Chinese Politics and Policy - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Job Summary: The University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks to hire a tenure-track faculty member with research and teaching interests in comparative politics, international relations, and/or a substanti...

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