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📚 New publication by Susan Newman: “Shifting Boundaries of the MEC: Toujours la Même Chose” in Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa. Part of a special issue on the Minerals-Energy-Finance Complex, edited by Ben Fine. muse.jhu.edu/article/1002032
Bournemouth Foodbank and The Open University examine why food poverty is rising locally and the experiences of those relying on foodbank support. Read the report, co-authored by Merim Baitimbetova, here 👇bournemouth.foodbank.org.uk/…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…📢New research from Ayobami Ilori (Senior Lecturer in Economics) & co-author Lucia Murgia!
Published in the International Journal of Finance & Economics, the paper examines the effects of UK monetary policy using new evidence from SONIA market responses.
Merim Baitimbetova (Lecturer in Economics) and Emilie Rutledge (Head of Discipline Economics) explore why subject-aligned career talks matter - and how to deliver them effectively.
Read their full article in Times Higher Education.👇timeshighereducation.com/cam…
Funded by the OU Open Societal Challenges programme, research by Kevin Deane and colleagues at Makerere University highlights how poverty and inequalities shape malaria in Uganda, calling for integrated malaria control strategies. link.springer.com/article/10…
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What stands in the way of tackling malaria?
New research by Kevin Deane and colleagues at Makerere University examines the barriers and opportunities to addressing the social determinants of malaria in Wakiso District, Uganda. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph…
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Essay by OU Economist, Susan Newman on "Financialization and Speculation across Food Chains" published in Oxford Bibliographies in Food Studies.
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OU Professor of Economics, Susan Newman interviewed for feature article in The Sunday National: Elon Musk's trillionaire status is the result of a broken economic system.
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Join us for the online launch of "Heterodox Economics" by Andrew Trigg with panel discussants: @danielle_guizzo, @JoMicheII, Sonal Raghuvanshi, Stephen T. Ziliak
🗓️Thurs 21 May
⏲️16:00 BST
Register: tinyurl.com/46dt9saj
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Beome a Rethinker and check out the Open University's offering of pluralist and inclusive economics courses.
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The recording from the last IKID seminar is now live.
Hear artists from the This is Essential Work exhibition speak about their work and experiences along with Rebecca Carson's theoretical engagement
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IKID Seminar: Researching Climate Change and Development from the Bottom Up
🗓️Wed 22 April
⌚️13.00pm BST
Global North & South voices share how participatory research with marginalised communities turns knowledge into action
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Seminar: This is Essential Work: Art, Social Theory and Activism
🗓️Wed 11 Mar
⌚️12.30pm GMT
Join artists from the online exhibition, This Is Essential Work in conversation with theorist Rebecca Carson
Register - bit.ly/3ZToLCA
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OU Head of Economics, Emilie Rutledge on the emerging economic situation in the Middle East.
theconversation.com/the-midd…
Join us for our first webinar of 2026 organised with @IntDev_OU 21/01/26 1pm
Professor Antonio Andreoni
"Under pressure: Global value chains, structural asymmetries and the political economy of industrial policy"
Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/knowledge…
Congratulations to colleagues at Makerere and OU on the publication of this innovative study.
How People Earn a Living is Contributing to Malaria Risk in Uganda, Study Finds
A new study led by @Makerere University School of Public Health researchers Dr @EdwinahAtusingw and Dr @DavidMusoke14, in collaboration with @OpenUniversity, UK, shows that the ways people earn a living, including farming, livestock keeping, construction, and night-time work, significantly increase exposure to malaria in Uganda. The research highlights how everyday economic activities shape malaria risk, sometimes undermining conventional prevention measures.
The study, Livelihoods as a key social determinant of malaria: Qualitative evidence from Uganda, was published on December 2, 2025, in Global Public Health and is based on fieldwork conducted in Busiro, Wakiso District. Using interviews and community discussions, the researchers examined how social, economic, and environmental conditions interact to influence malaria exposure.
Read the full article on the school website to learn more about the study’s findings and implications: sph.mak.ac.ug/how-people-ear…
New PhD studentship opportunity to work with Prof Dimitris Sotiropoulos and Prof Susan Newman on issues of Debt, Growth, and Inequality in Financialised Capitalism
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New article on Livelihoods as a key social determinant of malaria by Kevin Deane, Edwinah Atusingwize & David Musoke now published in Global Public Health
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New book by Prof. Andrew Trigg on Heterodox Economics.
Part of Agenda Publishing's Short History series.
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