Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge
@campolis.bsky.social
The Department of POLIS at the University of Cambridge - teaching and researching the world's most complex and pressing issues in politics around the world.
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Reporting on Chile’s recent election of far-right President, José Antonio Kast, The Guardian interviewed Dr Katia Chornik (CLAS). Her book, 'Music and Political Imprisonment in Pinochet’s Chile', exposes the realities of political imprisonment under Pinochet.
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Pinochet’s prisoners were tormented with music but still found solace in it, a new book reveals
Under Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, prisoners were tormented with music but still found solace in it, a new book reveals
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January 6, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Reporting on Chile’s recent election of far-right President, José Antonio Kast, The Guardian interviewed Dr Katia Chornik (CLAS). Her book, 'Music and Political Imprisonment in Pinochet’s Chile', exposes the realities of political imprisonment under Pinochet.
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/musi...
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/musi...
Professor Helen Thompson (POLIS) talks to BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme about the situation in Venezuela, arguing that it is becoming clear that the western hemisphere is now central to resource conflict in the world (starts 50:02).
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Today - 05/01/2026 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Professor Helen Thompson (POLIS) talks to BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme about the situation in Venezuela, arguing that it is becoming clear that the western hemisphere is now central to resource conflict in the world (starts 50:02).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today is the 1st in our series of live eps recorded at the Regent St Cinema in London: David talks to crime writers Nicci Gerrard & Sean French (aka @niccifrench.bsky.social) about Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948), based on Patrick Hamilton’s play.
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Today is the 1st in our series of live eps recorded at the Regent St Cinema in London: David talks to crime writers Nicci Gerrard & Sean French (aka @niccifrench.bsky.social) about Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948), based on Patrick Hamilton’s play.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today is the 1st in our series of live eps recorded at the Regent St Cinema in London: David talks to crime writers Nicci Gerrard & Sean French (aka @niccifrench.bsky.social) about Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948), based on Patrick Hamilton’s play.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today is the 1st in our series of live eps recorded at the Regent St Cinema in London: David talks to crime writers Nicci Gerrard & Sean French (aka @niccifrench.bsky.social) about Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948), based on Patrick Hamilton’s play.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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Duncan Bell, "John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire," History of Political Thought (2024)
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December 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Duncan Bell, "John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire," History of Political Thought (2024)
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America’s innovation ecosystem will survive Trump’s cuts to R&D writes @thinkwoodist.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk c.uk
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blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Why America’s innovation ecosystem will survive Trump’s cuts to R&D | USAPP
America’s “polycentric innovation state” remains and will continue to adapt to economic challenges.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
America’s innovation ecosystem will survive Trump’s cuts to R&D writes @thinkwoodist.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk c.uk
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
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My book on American innovation policy is out!
'States of Innovation' shows how state and federal governments are active catalysts driving innovation-led growth, challenging the idea that US capitalism is uniquely market-driven.
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
'States of Innovation' shows how state and federal governments are active catalysts driving innovation-led growth, challenging the idea that US capitalism is uniquely market-driven.
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
States of Innovation: Driving the American Economy in the 21st Century eBook : D. G. Wood, James: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
States of Innovation: Driving the American Economy in the 21st Century eBook : D. G. Wood, James: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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December 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
My book on American innovation policy is out!
'States of Innovation' shows how state and federal governments are active catalysts driving innovation-led growth, challenging the idea that US capitalism is uniquely market-driven.
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
'States of Innovation' shows how state and federal governments are active catalysts driving innovation-led growth, challenging the idea that US capitalism is uniquely market-driven.
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
Industrial policy returns as a weapon of national security by @haugejostein.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/haugejos...
Industrial policy returns as a weapon of national security
The US, China, and Europe are racing to dominate strategic industries. Here's what that means for the world economy.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Industrial policy returns as a weapon of national security by @haugejostein.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/haugejos...
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode explores the trials of Nelson Mandela, variously charged by South Africa’s apartheid state with treason, incitement, illegal foreign travel, sabotage and conspiracy across a decade. How did Mandela defend himself?
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Today’s episode explores the trials of Nelson Mandela, variously charged by South Africa’s apartheid state with treason, incitement, illegal foreign travel, sabotage and conspiracy across a decade. How did Mandela defend himself?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode explores the trials of Nelson Mandela, variously charged by South Africa’s apartheid state with treason, incitement, illegal foreign travel, sabotage and conspiracy across a decade. How did Mandela defend himself?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode explores the trials of Nelson Mandela, variously charged by South Africa’s apartheid state with treason, incitement, illegal foreign travel, sabotage and conspiracy across a decade. How did Mandela defend himself?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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🚀 Launching the Local Government AI Accelerator 🚀
We're offering grants of up to £25,000 for proof-of-concept #AI projects developed in partnership with local authorities.
Application deadline: 13 Feb 2026
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/local-...
We're offering grants of up to £25,000 for proof-of-concept #AI projects developed in partnership with local authorities.
Application deadline: 13 Feb 2026
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/local-...
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🚀 Launching the Local Government AI Accelerator 🚀
We're offering grants of up to £25,000 for proof-of-concept #AI projects developed in partnership with local authorities.
Application deadline: 13 Feb 2026
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/local-...
We're offering grants of up to £25,000 for proof-of-concept #AI projects developed in partnership with local authorities.
Application deadline: 13 Feb 2026
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/local-...
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We're looking for a Professor of Public Policy to join our senior leadership team.
They'll play a leading role in teaching on the School's postgraduate courses, & make a significant contribution to its research & research leadership.
Apply by 9 February 2026: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/profess...
They'll play a leading role in teaching on the School's postgraduate courses, & make a significant contribution to its research & research leadership.
Apply by 9 February 2026: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/profess...
December 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We're looking for a Professor of Public Policy to join our senior leadership team.
They'll play a leading role in teaching on the School's postgraduate courses, & make a significant contribution to its research & research leadership.
Apply by 9 February 2026: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/profess...
They'll play a leading role in teaching on the School's postgraduate courses, & make a significant contribution to its research & research leadership.
Apply by 9 February 2026: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/profess...
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BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW!
In this PPF+ bonus to accompany our episode on the Lady Chatterley’s Lover trial, David explores the book at the heart of the case. Does the focus on sex miss the central themes of the book? And what is it with the red trousers?
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In this PPF+ bonus to accompany our episode on the Lady Chatterley’s Lover trial, David explores the book at the heart of the case. Does the focus on sex miss the central themes of the book? And what is it with the red trousers?
Join PPF+ now: www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW!
In this PPF+ bonus to accompany our episode on the Lady Chatterley’s Lover trial, David explores the book at the heart of the case. Does the focus on sex miss the central themes of the book? And what is it with the red trousers?
Join PPF+ now: www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
In this PPF+ bonus to accompany our episode on the Lady Chatterley’s Lover trial, David explores the book at the heart of the case. Does the focus on sex miss the central themes of the book? And what is it with the red trousers?
Join PPF+ now: www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
If you have a Cambridge interview coming up, our students have some tips for you.
See this Instagram video by @cambridgeuniversity
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See this Instagram video by @cambridgeuniversity
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December 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
If you have a Cambridge interview coming up, our students have some tips for you.
See this Instagram video by @cambridgeuniversity
www.instagram.com/reel/DRxOhvg...
See this Instagram video by @cambridgeuniversity
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Join us for this important conversation, where we will be thinking across academic freedoms in Turkey, Gaza, the US, the UK and beyond.
Last chance to register for 'Academic freedom, context and positionality'
📅3 December 2025
⏲️5pm - 6.30pm
📍SG2 Alison Richard Building
We'll bring global perspectives and experiences of academic freedom into dialogue.
Register: luma.com/2tpatkwf
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📅3 December 2025
⏲️5pm - 6.30pm
📍SG2 Alison Richard Building
We'll bring global perspectives and experiences of academic freedom into dialogue.
Register: luma.com/2tpatkwf
@cghrcambridge.bsky.social @crasshlive.bsky.social
Academic Freedom, Context and Positionality · Luma
This seminar will bring global perspectives and experiences of academic freedom into dialogue. We will take a spectrum, experiential approach to academic…
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December 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Join us for this important conversation, where we will be thinking across academic freedoms in Turkey, Gaza, the US, the UK and beyond.
Last chance to register for 'Academic freedom, context and positionality'
📅3 December 2025
⏲️5pm - 6.30pm
📍SG2 Alison Richard Building
We'll bring global perspectives and experiences of academic freedom into dialogue.
Register: luma.com/2tpatkwf
@cghrcambridge.bsky.social @crasshlive.bsky.social
📅3 December 2025
⏲️5pm - 6.30pm
📍SG2 Alison Richard Building
We'll bring global perspectives and experiences of academic freedom into dialogue.
Register: luma.com/2tpatkwf
@cghrcambridge.bsky.social @crasshlive.bsky.social
Academic Freedom, Context and Positionality · Luma
This seminar will bring global perspectives and experiences of academic freedom into dialogue. We will take a spectrum, experiential approach to academic…
luma.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Last chance to register for 'Academic freedom, context and positionality'
📅3 December 2025
⏲️5pm - 6.30pm
📍SG2 Alison Richard Building
We'll bring global perspectives and experiences of academic freedom into dialogue.
Register: luma.com/2tpatkwf
@cghrcambridge.bsky.social @crasshlive.bsky.social
📅3 December 2025
⏲️5pm - 6.30pm
📍SG2 Alison Richard Building
We'll bring global perspectives and experiences of academic freedom into dialogue.
Register: luma.com/2tpatkwf
@cghrcambridge.bsky.social @crasshlive.bsky.social
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Bonus - Capitalism After Neoliberalism w/ @iliasalami.bsky.social
Ilias Alami is on the show to talk state capitalism in the neoliberal age.
Link in the replies.
Ilias Alami is on the show to talk state capitalism in the neoliberal age.
Link in the replies.
December 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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How could political theory become more accessible to fellow citizens? @campolis.bsky.social 'The Attitude and Audience of the Public Political Theorist: Thinking Critically and Politically with Fellow Citizens' | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Attitude and Audience of the Public Political Theorist: Thinking Critically and Politically with Fellow Citizens | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
The Attitude and Audience of the Public Political Theorist: Thinking Critically and Politically with Fellow Citizens - Volume 1
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November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
How could political theory become more accessible to fellow citizens? @campolis.bsky.social 'The Attitude and Audience of the Public Political Theorist: Thinking Critically and Politically with Fellow Citizens' | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Film screening of ‘Indexed Beings’ and Q&A with Helen Knowles
🗓️Monday 01 December
🕒3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
📍SG1, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DT
Registration required: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/49009/
The event is free and open to all! @crasshlive.bsky.social
🗓️Monday 01 December
🕒3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
📍SG1, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DT
Registration required: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/49009/
The event is free and open to all! @crasshlive.bsky.social
Film screening of ‘Indexed Beings’ and Q&A with Helen Knowles - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Film screening of ‘Indexed Beings’ and Q&A with Helen Knowles
🗓️Monday 01 December
🕒3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
📍SG1, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DT
Registration required: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/49009/
The event is free and open to all! @crasshlive.bsky.social
🗓️Monday 01 December
🕒3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
📍SG1, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DT
Registration required: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/49009/
The event is free and open to all! @crasshlive.bsky.social
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s ep in our occasional series about momentous political anniversaries with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social looks at the life & legacy of Margaret Thatcher 100 years on from her birth. What made Thatcher such a distinctive politician?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s ep in our occasional series about momentous political anniversaries with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social looks at the life & legacy of Margaret Thatcher 100 years on from her birth. What made Thatcher such a distinctive politician?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s ep in our occasional series about momentous political anniversaries with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social looks at the life & legacy of Margaret Thatcher 100 years on from her birth. What made Thatcher such a distinctive politician?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s ep in our occasional series about momentous political anniversaries with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social looks at the life & legacy of Margaret Thatcher 100 years on from her birth. What made Thatcher such a distinctive politician?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Rebuilding Ukraine: A Conversation with Deputy Minister of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine Alyona Shkrum
📅Wednesday, 26 November
🕧6pm
📍Church Hall, Downing Place United Reformed Church, 4 Downing Pl, CB2 3EL
Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rebuilding...
📅Wednesday, 26 November
🕧6pm
📍Church Hall, Downing Place United Reformed Church, 4 Downing Pl, CB2 3EL
Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rebuilding...
Rebuilding Ukraine: A Conversation with Ukrainian Deputy Minister
A Conversation with Deputy Minister of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine Alyona Shkrum, Cambridge Alumna
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November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Rebuilding Ukraine: A Conversation with Deputy Minister of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine Alyona Shkrum
📅Wednesday, 26 November
🕧6pm
📍Church Hall, Downing Place United Reformed Church, 4 Downing Pl, CB2 3EL
Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rebuilding...
📅Wednesday, 26 November
🕧6pm
📍Church Hall, Downing Place United Reformed Church, 4 Downing Pl, CB2 3EL
Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rebuilding...
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New essay, written for the excellent @transitionsec.bsky.social
Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
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Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
@campolis.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
New essay, written for the excellent @transitionsec.bsky.social
Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
@campolis.bsky.social
Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
@campolis.bsky.social
In Conversation with Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs)
The delegation from ERRs will be in conversation with
Professor Sharath Srinivasan from @cghrcambridge.bsky.social
📍King's College Chapel
🗓️Wednesday 26th November 2025
⏲️3pm-4pm
Register here: sudan-errs-cambridge.eventbrite.co.uk
The delegation from ERRs will be in conversation with
Professor Sharath Srinivasan from @cghrcambridge.bsky.social
📍King's College Chapel
🗓️Wednesday 26th November 2025
⏲️3pm-4pm
Register here: sudan-errs-cambridge.eventbrite.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In Conversation with Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs)
The delegation from ERRs will be in conversation with
Professor Sharath Srinivasan from @cghrcambridge.bsky.social
📍King's College Chapel
🗓️Wednesday 26th November 2025
⏲️3pm-4pm
Register here: sudan-errs-cambridge.eventbrite.co.uk
The delegation from ERRs will be in conversation with
Professor Sharath Srinivasan from @cghrcambridge.bsky.social
📍King's College Chapel
🗓️Wednesday 26th November 2025
⏲️3pm-4pm
Register here: sudan-errs-cambridge.eventbrite.co.uk
Public Lecture: 'The French Revolution and the Magic of Transformation' with Camil Francisc Roman, author of 'The French Revolution and Its Legacy: Leaping Democracy Into the Unlimited'.
📆 Mon 1 December
🕔 5pm - 6pm
📍 Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College
All welcome. Drinks reception to follow.
📆 Mon 1 December
🕔 5pm - 6pm
📍 Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College
All welcome. Drinks reception to follow.
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Public Lecture: 'The French Revolution and the Magic of Transformation' with Camil Francisc Roman, author of 'The French Revolution and Its Legacy: Leaping Democracy Into the Unlimited'.
📆 Mon 1 December
🕔 5pm - 6pm
📍 Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College
All welcome. Drinks reception to follow.
📆 Mon 1 December
🕔 5pm - 6pm
📍 Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College
All welcome. Drinks reception to follow.
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
@camgeopolitics.bsky.social is very pleased to announce their upcoming event:
“The Cambridge day of geopolitics: The state of geopolitics 2025”
🗓️ Nov 21st
🕚 11am until 7pm (several sessions and panels)
📍 William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College, CB2 3HU
Register: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/the-c...
“The Cambridge day of geopolitics: The state of geopolitics 2025”
🗓️ Nov 21st
🕚 11am until 7pm (several sessions and panels)
📍 William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College, CB2 3HU
Register: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/the-c...
The Cambridge day of geopolitics: The state of geopolitics 2025 - Centre for Geopolitics
www.cfg.cam.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@camgeopolitics.bsky.social is very pleased to announce their upcoming event:
“The Cambridge day of geopolitics: The state of geopolitics 2025”
🗓️ Nov 21st
🕚 11am until 7pm (several sessions and panels)
📍 William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College, CB2 3HU
Register: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/the-c...
“The Cambridge day of geopolitics: The state of geopolitics 2025”
🗓️ Nov 21st
🕚 11am until 7pm (several sessions and panels)
📍 William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College, CB2 3HU
Register: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/the-c...
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Join us for Vincent Guermond's @vincentguermond.bsky.social talk on the “green finance” agenda and the ways in which it exacerbates climate precarity and harm.
Tuesday, 19th at 5pm at the Centre of Development studies in the @campolis.bsky.social
Tuesday, 19th at 5pm at the Centre of Development studies in the @campolis.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Join us for Vincent Guermond's @vincentguermond.bsky.social talk on the “green finance” agenda and the ways in which it exacerbates climate precarity and harm.
Tuesday, 19th at 5pm at the Centre of Development studies in the @campolis.bsky.social
Tuesday, 19th at 5pm at the Centre of Development studies in the @campolis.bsky.social