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Covid-19: how the health crisis is exposing the omnipresence and mundanity of unfree labour in our economies

As we slowly emerge from the second lockdown and prepare with hope for the new year, I thought it timely to reflect on some of the lessons we can draw […]

Households’ financial capability: debt and resilience amidst the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic burst in the midst of an already agitated geopolitical scenery punctuated by the fallout of Brexit and turbulent trade wars

COVID-19 calls for the politicisation of supply chain management

The unquestioning faith of supply chain management coupled with free-trade policy has left us unprepared to confront the pandemic.

Care and clothes: reimagining the value of labour

We need to extend critiques of undervalued labour beyond those with ‘social value’ to engender improvements in the material value of labour globally.

Contemporary geopolitical trends and COVID-19: The return of the political?

The threat posed by the novel Coronavirus has evidently led to a reassertion of political power over economic demands and global market forces.

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The Political Economy of COVID-19: SPERI workshop

On June 19th over 30 members of SPERI’s interdisciplinary research community came together for an online workshop to discuss the political economy of COVID-19

Climate Change and COVID-19: What these crises tell us about a modernising approach

Why an ecological, rather than a modernising approach is necessary for tackling contemporary global crises facing our planet.

Advancing gender justice on Asian fast fashion supply chains post-COVID-19: Guidance from ILO’s Convention 190 on it’s first anniversary

On the first anniversary of the ILO’s adoption of C190, we are now grappling with seismic shocks to economic security and public health due to COVID-19.

Studying an uncertain future: Researching political economy in a time of COVID-19, crisis and climate change

A new generation of political economists from SPERI’s Doctoral Researchers Network reflect on where the world may be going in the next ten years.

COVID-19 and the Bank of England

What kind of legacy the coronavirus pandemic bestows on the UK has already been the subject of much analysis in […]

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