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Surbhi Kesar
@surbhikesar.bsky.social
Economic development & political economy. Senior lecturer - Economics, SOAS U of London. Researches informality, structural transformation, post-colonial capitalist development, decolonizing econ. https://sites.google.com/view/surbhikesar/bio
Enjoyed this conversation with Michael Walker @novaramedia.com on what the recent Nobel prizes in economics miss out about dynamics of development and what a decolonized lens helps mend that. @soaseconomics.bsky.social @soasdevelopment.bsky.social youtu.be/II7U4UlGaIA?...
The Case For Decolonizing Economics
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Novara( @novaramedia.com )Media "The Case For Decolonizing Economics" Michael Walker, Surbhi( @surbhikesar.bsky.social )Kesar www.youtube.com/watch?v=II7U...
The Case For Decolonizing Economics
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In this Economic &Political Weekly piece “The Politics of Data”, I identify 3 levels at which the politics operates- a) deliberate misrepresentation, b) adoption of certain categories, measurement, c) privileging methods for analysis at cost of obscuring complex realities. www.epw.in/journal/2025...
The Politics of Data
The politics of data can be understood at three distinct levels within contemporary academic and policy discourse.The politics of data can be understood at three distinct levels within contemporary ac...
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@surbhikesar.bsky.social and @rosaabraham.bsky.social analyse high frequency panel data on transitions in India’s labour market. Rather than trends to formalisation, they find the main transitions are between different forms of informal work. sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 8/
Join Us at SASE 2026 in Bordeaux! The upcoming SASE conference will feature a mini-conference on International Financial Subordination (IFS). How does IFS evolve in the current context of climate crisis and geopolitical tensions? More info here 👉 sase.org/events/2026-...
🚨 Borders, Bosses & Labour: The Real Politics of Immigration Join our 7th Political International Economy International School session. Tutored by: Hannah Cross & David Bacon | Chaired by: @surbhikesar.bsky.social More about them below👇 #GFTUET #Political
Exciting book launch with @cacrisalves.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social and @devikadutt.bsky.social at our very own @soaseconomics.bsky.social
📌 Join us TOMORROW at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics for a discussion with @devikadutt.bsky.social , @cacrisalves.bsky.social , @surbhikesar.bsky.social , Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven on: 🌍 Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction 📚 Info and livestream 🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
📌 Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social for a discussion with @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social on: "Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction" Livestream➡️: 🔗www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/decolonizing-economics-introduction @eadi.bsky.social
In our podcasts we like to recommend books and here are some of our recommendations from our latest, including books by Nancy Folbre, Marilyn Waring, @devikadutt.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, @timjackson.org.uk & @clubofrome.org. #EconSky
New podcast - OUT NOW! This is our final episode of Season 8, where we have looked at economists suggested by other economists. This time we discuss the life and ideas of @jayatighosh.bsky.social who was suggested by @kateraworth.bsky.social! #EconSky #EduSky open.spotify.com/episode/6mMV...
🆕 Book Launch: Decolonising Economics Join us for the launch of the new book 'Decolonizing Economics', by IIPP Professor @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social and @ingridhk.bsky.social. 🔗 Learn more and register here: buff.ly/c3e34Sn
👏🏽 We are proud to announce that our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer, Dr. @surbhikesar.bsky.social, has been appointed Associate Editor of the Oxford Development Studies journal. @Oxford Development Studies
💬 How do we really approach issues in economics from a decolonised vs non-decolonised lens? Read the last piece of our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer @surbhikesar.bsky.social on Exploring Economics 🔗 www.exploring-economics.org/en/discover/...
Decolonising economics: An illustration of the informal economy | Exploring Economics
What does decolonising economics mean? Eurocentrism continues to shape the discipline of economics, leading to inaccurate theories that frame Europe’s development as a universal model.
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Thanks everyone for coming to the launch of our book Decolonizing Economics with @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social! Had such a great time engaging with students, friends, the public. And thanks to Marx Memorial Library for hosting 🤗 hetecon.net/2025/07/03/dec…
Some thoughts on reading ‘Decolonizing Economics’ by @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/robertbi...
Reorienting the Economic Debate
Thoughts on ‘Decolonizing Economics’ by Dutt, Alves, Kesar, & Kvangraven. This is a significant book, despite what, for some, might be a forbidding title. It is not always comfortable reading, it can ...
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Join us next week for a book launch co-hosted with Rethinking Economics for Africa at UCT! @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social will discuss their new book, "Decolonising Economics: An introduction" Date: 16 July Time: 12:50-14:00 (lunch at 12:00) Venue: UCT & online (links below)
At least 73 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn, including 33 aid seekers, according to medical sources.
‘Horrific scenes’ in Gaza as Israel kills dozens of aid seekers
At least 73 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn, including 33 aid seekers, according to medical sources.
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🌏 New in World Development, @rosaabraham6 & our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer @surbhikesar.bsky.social study the trajectories that characterise Indian labour market, & identify 7 dominant ones. How do they 👀?🧵 🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X25001147
How do we make sense of the many transitions across employment arrangements in India’s labour market? New in World Development, @rosaabraham.bsky.social & I study the trajectories that characterise Indian labour market, & identify 7 dominant ones. What do they look like? 🧵 x.com/surbhikesar/...
The entire West Bank is fully under siege now. All movement restricted.
Our Annual Workshop is tomorrow, 12 June, at SOAS with Hannah Hasenberger, @hulya-dagdeviren.bsky.social, @lorena-lombardozzi.bsky.social, @leilagautham.bsky.social @jomichell.bsky.social and Peter Skott. 13:30 - 18:30 UK time. No registration required. postkeynesian.net/event/2025-a...
It's the book we've been waiting for!! Our podcasts are Eurocentric but that's why we finish our 'Short History' poem as we do. There is still much to learn & @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social are helping us with our journey. #EconSky
New podcast OUT NOW!! It's what you've all been waiting for. A short history of Economics in rhythm and rhyme. If you want a timeline of some important thinkers in economics, then this podcast is for you. It even has something to say about the subject too! #EconSky open.spotify.com/episode/6eWH...
📚 Check out the latest symposium edited by our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer @surbhikesar.bsky.social and Don Goldstein in the Review of Radical Political Economics: “Political Economy of Occupation, Colonialism, and Conflict in Palestine” 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🧵Don Goldstein & I edit a symposium on “Political Economy of Occupation, Colonialism, and Conflict in Palestine" in Review of Radical Political Economics. 5 powerful essays that place Palestine at the heart of global capitalism’s contradictions. Intro: doi.org/10.1177/0486...
Introduction to the Symposium on Political Economy of Occupation, Colonialism, and Conflict in Palestine - Surbhi Kesar, Don Goldstein, 2025
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This wonderful new book just dropped through my mailbox. Looking forward to reading it, and congrats to @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social 🎉
It’s out! I’m deeply proud and grateful for this book — especially for the chance to collaborate with such brilliant & bold minds. Here’s to hoping its ideas spark fresh conversations and inspire meaningful change in our field. #economics #eurocentrism #decolonisation
Economics obscures or is oblivious to the politics embedded in theorization itself. In this book, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social return political questions to the heart of economic theorizing. See more: www.politybooks.com/...
Economics obscures or is oblivious to the politics embedded in theorization itself. In this book, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social return political questions to the heart of economic theorizing. See more: www.politybooks.com/...
Our book is out and available for purchase in the U.K. Writing this book with @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social was a long and arduous process that has arguably changed us all, and we’d be honoured for y’all to read it!
Economics obscures or is oblivious to the politics embedded in theorization itself. In this book, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social return political questions to the heart of economic theorizing. See more: www.politybooks.com/...
🧵2/2 Follow Developing Economics here: @divdececon.bsky.social. The Editor of Developing Economics is @ingridhk.bsky.social, who has co-authored a new book on Decolonizing Economics, with @devikadutt.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @surbhikesar.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/ingr...
Link to order it here www.wiley.com/en-be/Decolo...