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Lorenza Monaco

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PhD SOAS Dev / Res Fellow UCL IIPP / Sen Res Assoc UJ / SC GERPISA / IIPPE Council / Fellow CiMET Development/ Political Economist into ~ Industrial Dev & Policy | Labour | Global South/ Emerging Economies | Automotive

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Haven’t posted here for a while, but let me share that I’m looking forward to this next week 😊 Thanks very much to Francesco Zirpoli Bruno Perez Almansi & VSM for inviting me and organising! #automotive #emergingeconomies #justtransition

14.11.2025 21:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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18.06.2025 07:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Gerpisa Colloquium 2025 | GERPISA

This is finally happening! 2025 #GERPISA International Colloquium on “The central role of #China in the Global #Automotive Industry”, Shanghai 👇🏽
gerpisa.org/node/8192
Looking forward to it - super excited 😊 More soon!

18.06.2025 07:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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IIPPE 15th Annual Conference in Political Economy Immigration: Crisis of the World Capitalist System, Crisis for the World Capitalist System Date: Wednesday (all day), September 17, to Saturday (all d...

Last day to register for #IIPPE 2025!

iippe.org

15TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN POLITICAL ECONOMY

Immigration: Crisis of the World Capitalist System, Crisis for the World Capitalist System

Middle Eastern Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye, 17/20 Sept 2025

28.05.2025 07:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

TODAY, 2pm!
Registration link here: gerpisa.org/node/8352

23.05.2025 09:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Please join, register at the link above and feel free to share!

22.05.2025 13:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just Transition and the Global Automotive Transformation: lessons from Germany, France, India, South Africa and Morocco | GERPISA

TOMORROW, 23 May h 2-4pm Paris time - Roundtable on “#JustTransition and the Global #Automotive Transformation: lessons from France, Germany, India, South Africa and Morocco” Discussion based on @industriall-union.org pilot project and hosted by #GERPISA gerpisa.org/node/8352

22.05.2025 13:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1

Deadline extended to Feb 15th 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

07.02.2025 13:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Deadline extended to Feb 17th: do send a proposal and join us in Shanghai!

#automotive #transformation #greentransition #china

07.02.2025 13:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In their article, @mazzucatom.bsky.social and Lorenza Monaco argue that to avoid reproducing the mainstream view of state intervention, industrial strategy should fundamentally rethink the role of the state as market shaper, not a market fixer.

10.12.2024 21:35 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Re-sharing this as nice conclusion to last term ♥️

28.01.2025 14:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Welcome to the new GLU Channel. We decided to leave X and move to nicer blue pastures. Let us have a nice fresh start on the platform!

22.01.2025 13:29 👍 17 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 2
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Call for next @IIPPE_ Conference, Ankara, 17-20 Sept 2025. If you work on #industrialdevelopment #IndustrialPolicy #greentransition etc. please consider submitting to our Political Econ of Industrial Dev (#PEID) WG 👇🏽 by *Feb 1st* More on IIPPE.org w Pritish Behuria

21.01.2025 16:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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20.01.2025 16:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Call for papers 2025: The Central Role of China in the Global Automotive Industry | GERPISA

Dear colleagues/auto scholars, the call for the #2025 @GerpisaA Colloquium is open, and this year’s Annual Conference will be in #Shanghai! > “#China and the Global #AutoIndustry, 24-27 June. Please do consider submitting a proposal, deadline *Feb 2nd* 👇🏽
gerpisa.org/node/8208

20.01.2025 16:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
2025 CHE Inaugural Conference – Center for Heterodox Economics (CHE)

This is one of the coolest, most powerful initiatives that I’ve seen in my recent academic years. Excellent stuff, @claramattei, and congrats @ingridhk.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @r-bellofiore.bsky.social etc for being there ♥️👏🏽 sites.utulsa.edu/chetu/event/...

18.01.2025 07:32 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
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Decolonising International Research Collaborations Requires us to go Beyond the “Ts and Cs Apply” Approach By Eyob Balcha Gebremariam In February 2024, I found myself at a pivotal moment in the academic landscape, attending a regional network launching event of “Africanist researchers” at one of the UK …

“Redressing epistemic inequities and injustices should be the primary concern of efforts to redress the colonially designed power imbalances in international research collaborations”

✍🏻 from our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=1966

15.01.2025 11:14 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Jan 21st, recommended 👇🏽

09.01.2025 09:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What's behind Europe's auto industry crisis and how can more mass job losses be prevented? What's happening? European trade unions have long warned of a (new) deindustrialisation crisis on the continent, which has been a serious concern for the automotive sector since the outbreak of the Co...

🚗 👨‍🏭 European trade unions have long warned of a (new) deindustrialisation crisis on the continent, which has been a serious concern for the automotive sector since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Read more : www.equaltimes.org/what-s-behin...

05.12.2024 11:36 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Trade union action in heart of EU in face of deindustrialisation: call to join 5 February action On 5 February 2025, industriAll Europe has called on its members to rally in Brussels to jointly call for a proactive, strong plan to maintain and create good industrial jobs in Europe. Coming 2 weeks...

🚨🚨 Trade union action in heart of EU in face of deindustrialisation

📢 JOIN US
📆 5 February
📍Brussels

We call for a proactive, strong plan to maintain and create good industrial jobs in Europe.

www.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1190

18.12.2024 16:09 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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My book - A Woman’s Job - is out! Based on ethnography with young women in Delhi weaving across service work, education & skills training, domesticity, and leisure, it’s been over 8 years (!) in the making. Thanks to @cambridgeup.bsky.social for publishing and to feminist scholars for endorsing it.

06.01.2025 10:45 👍 19 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 1

Just joined the #BlueSky community! Still familiarising and rebuilding network, still across X & LinkedIn. Very happy to connect, especially if you’re into #InternationalDevelopment #IndustrialPolicy #Labour #PoliticalEconomy #TechChange and broader industry-related themes! Hello 😊

08.01.2025 07:36 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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In Defense of Development Studies: Why “Global Development” Falls Short By Alfredo Saad-Filho There is a growing debate in academic circles about the merits of shifting from traditional Development Studies to a broader concept of “Global Development”. While proponents …

"The relationship between the Global North and the Global South remains central to understanding our world, and Development Studies focuses on the causes of these differences and their persistence", writes @alfredosaadfilho.bsky.social in our latest blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2102

07.01.2025 09:06 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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Hierarchies of Development Podcast · Hierachies of Development Podcast · The Hierarchies of Development podcast offers long format interviews focusing on enduring global inequalities. Conversations focus on contemporary researc...

New year, new podcast season! This season we dig into development counter-narratives of the 20th century, including liberation theology, the "Bandung spirit", anti-colonial politics and the arts, and Black radical African politics. open.spotify.com/show/2MvMLEf...

06.01.2025 10:16 👍 42 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1

“Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)Local Solutions?" will be the overarching theme of the conference.

15.12.2024 17:31 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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🩺What does a mission-oriented approach look like in the health sector?

IIPP's Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social discusses how the drug innovation model in the US can be reconfigured to prioritize the common good and access to health for all.

✍️Read the paper here: https://buff.ly/3OK6CBg

10.12.2024 15:30 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

🇿🇦"A Just Transition needs strong Conditionalities and a new Social Contract".

IIPP's Lorenza Monaco writes on the existing limitations and upcoming opportunities of the South African government's approach to a Just Transition.

✍️Read her blog post here: https://buff.ly/3P6mFtE

21.12.2024 12:00 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1