We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr Barbara Buchner as Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance. Barabara is Global Managing Director at Climate Policy Initiative & a thought leader in climate finance.๐๐ฅ๐
Read the full announcement: soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem1538โฆ
Bond markets have had a jittery week โ and itโs not just noise.
Whatโs behind the volatility, and what might it be telling us about the health of US Treasuries ?
@alexdryden (@CSF_SOAS) breaks it down in this piece for The Conversation UK.
๐ theconversation.com/jitters-โฆ
๐ Join us at @SOAS#Economics with RAMP University Network and @CSF_SOAS for a discussion with Bridget Hoffmann on:
โ The Effect of Extreme Heat on Economic Growth: Evidence from Latin America ๐
Info ๐soas.ac.uk/about/event/effecโฆ
๐ @SOAS DLD is proud to announce the next Future Leaders Programme:
๐ก Policy Space for Developing Countries in the New Industrial Policy Landscape ๐๐ญ
๐ Date: 30 June-3 July, 2025
๐ #London
๐ Apply by 25 April 2025 โฌ๏ธ
tinyurl.com/3xya2r9p
๐ Join us at @SOAS#Economics with RAMP University Network and @CSF_SOAS for a discussion with Jorge M. Uribe on:
Asymmetric sovereign risk: Implications for climate change preparation ๐โป๏ธ
Info and registration ๐ tinyurl.com/4bjts7fy
We are delighted to launch our new case study series - The Art of the Possible
It aims to highlight unconventional or often-overlooked approaches and we hope the series will encourage creative thinking about what is possible in economic development!
soas.ac.uk/research/art-possโฆ
๐ฏ๐ต The #Japan Economy Network (JEN) and @SOAS#Economics invite submissions of papers and extended abstracts for the Seventh Annual JEN Conference!
๐ Deadline: 28 March 2025
Call for papers and instructions for submission โฌ๏ธ
๐ tinyurl.com/53fskxbm
๐ This looks like a great event by @SOAS_DLD on March 10th!
The brilliant Faiza Shaheen (LSE), Max Lawson (Oxfam) and #SOAS#Economics Professor Ha-Joon Chang will be discussing the causes of growing levels of #inequality
info and registration ๐ย lnkd.in/erbcbdsX
๐ Senior Fellow @MoritzKraemerDr and Professor @UliVolz awarded Financial Times Award for research on the impact of climate change and nature risk on sovereign credit ratings!
Read the news๐tinyurl.com/exbbjzha
๐ Join us at @SOAS#Economics for a discussion with with Subaย Sivakumaran (UNESCAP) for a discussion on:
๐ Bridging the Sustainable Finance Gap in Asia and the Pacific: Where Do We Go from Here? ๐
๐๏ธ 27 January
๐ฆ 5:15pm
๐ SOAS, Room G3
Info event๐ tinyurl.com/2zws3b8j
๐ Join us at @SOAS#Economics for a discussion with with @CSF_SOAS Director Professor @UliVolz and Yuen Lo (London Metropolitan University) for a discussion on:
The impacts of disasters on capital flows, international reserves and exchange rates.
Info๐ soas.ac.uk/about/event/impacโฆ
๐ @SOAS DLD and Fundar ( @fundarpoliticas ) are proud to announce the next Future Leaders Programme:
๐ก Economic diversification and energy transition in Latin America! ๐๐
๐ Date: 17-21 March 2025
๐ Buenos Aires
๐ Further info and application โฌ๏ธ tinyurl.com/efdvwk5z
๐ก Can markets provide innovative solutions or are they the inevitable problem in saving nature?
๐ Join us on ๐๏ธ 13 January for a discussion with Dr. Simonย Zadek, on how our global economy is addicted to the unsustainable use of #nature
Info event โฌ๏ธ
tinyurl.com/5n6s68p6
๐ก Can markets provide innovative solutions or are they the inevitable problem in saving nature?
๐ Join us on ๐๏ธ 13 January for a discussion with Dr. Simonย Zadek, on how our global economy is addicted to the unsustainable use of #nature
Info event โฌ๏ธ
tinyurl.com/5n6s68p6
๐ฏ Closing the climate finance gap: What next? ๐
๐ Join us at @SOAS#Economics for a discussion with with Creon Butler about the challenge of closing the climate finance gap facing emerging and developing economies!
๐๏ธ 6 January
๐ G3, SOAS
๐ info โก๏ธ tinyurl.com/3jtx924p
๐ @SOAS#Economics has been named by @rethinkecon as one of the UKโs top two institutions for 21st-century economics education! ๐
๐ Read more about the new report, and how weโre shaping the future of economics! ๐
soas.ac.uk/about/news/new-reโฆ
๐ @SOAS#Economics Professor @UliVolz delivered a keynote speech on climate finance for vulnerable countries on the sidelines of the @UN climate conference in #Baku
๐ Read more โฌ๏ธ
tinyurl.com/3wnaek8m