What is D-Econ about?. We recently updated our mission statement, check it out: In short, we aim to decolonise and diversify the economics field both in terms of its academic content and institutional structures, to ultimately achieve a more just society.

RT @DevEconNetwork: Ahead of the 🌍 Conference on 70 Years After Bandung June 2–3, 2025 IDEAs, BCIS & YUKTHI are pleased to share blogs by e….

New blog: Notes on the Palestine solidarity movement in the United States. It provides a stark reflection on how to read the Palestine solidarity movement in wider context of struggles post 2008 & how the struggles highlight the fractures in US politics.

Our last seasonal alternative list of 2024 is out! Have a look at the selection and see what you missed. It's also a good source of gift ideas for those of you in need of last-minute inspiration! .

Support for BDS is growing as the current assault and genocide on Gaza passes the one-year mark. Join us in opposing apartheid and colonial occupation.

Featuring many interesting authors and editors, including @ShirinMRai @nssylla @mayaywind @BianchiniP27859 @LeoZeilig @KValadbaygi @chinchukwudinma @RadleyBen @OnekaLaBennett 🔥.

Summer isn't over, there are more books to read! 🤓. Check out D-Econ's Seasonal Alternative Reading List that was just released, featuring lots of important books that you may have missed.

🚨 New on the Blog: @alexmthomas’s book “Macroeconomics: An Introduction” takes a problem setting rather than a problem solving approach in the teaching and discussion of Macroeconomics, writes Subashree Ghatak in her review

Support for BDS is growing steadily as the violence of the occupation intensifies. Sign the pledge and share it widely! .

RT @Rubenvezzoni: As @RethinkEconFI, we joined @DivDecEcon in solidarity with Palestinians against occupation and genocide. Sign the @BDSmo….

As Israel ramps up its assault on Gaza we have to do all we can to stop the colonial war machinery. Join us in supporting @BDSmovement!.

We published a BDS pledge for academics on Tuesday and already have 5 institutional & 100+ individual sign-ons. Taking action against the occupation & standing with student movements fighting for divestment is more urgent than ever. Sign on and share! 👇.

RT @econ4future: Economists for Future International has just signed the BDS pledge put forth by the @DivDecEcon. We welcome this initiativ….

Thanks @econ4future and @rethinkecon_in for signing on too ✊✊✊.

Join us in pledging to support BDS @urpe1968 @DevEconNetwork @IAFFE @rethinkecon @PKEconSoc @IIPPE_ @eaepe @TheBlackEcon_ @PEF_online @BahujanEcon @PluralEcon @TheWCEG @SouthFeministas @tri_continental @RoyalEconSoc @AEACSWEP @RevBlkPolEcon ✊ Thanks @hetecon for already signing!.

As an econ institution committed to justice and liberation, D-Econ stands firmly with Palestinians against occupation and genocide. We call on academics and institutions across the world to JOIN US in supporting the BDS movement by signing this pledge 👇.

New D-Econ blog by Afreen Faridi @aamacademic on "What Palestine teaches of teachers of politics and law".

. in this situation, he saw that there was an assumption that the only legitimate theorising is assumed to be done in the metropole, while the South plays the role of a site primarily for data collection. He made this point in 1997, preempting recent critiques of RCTs.

See this book by Hountondji on more about the extraversion he observed. He observed that scholars from the South travel to the North for training in Northern intellectual frameworks and a strong orientation towards sources of authorities in the North.

We are sad to learn of the passing away of eminent Beninese philosopher Paulin Hountondji. Among many things, he did crucial analysis the 'extraversion' of global scholarship, which is a problem D-Econ also seeks to address. See @CODESRIA's tribute 👇

RT @DivDecEcon: As the year comes to an end, and we head into the holiday season, here’s D-Econ’s second reading list, which has our recomm….