Yannis Dafermos
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Reader in Economics @SOAS University of London | Macroeconomics; finance; climate crisis; inequality.
London, England
Joined May 2018
In my new @SOASEconomics working paper I argue that the current ECB climate actions and plans are inconsistent with the realities of the climate crisis. 1/ ๐ https://t.co/l2Aus1XhOG
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๐๐ Donโt miss the new special issue co-edited by our @SOAS #Economics Senior Lecturer Fernando Rugitsky @RugitskyF โ on: โป๏ธ'Amazon Rainforest and Socio-Ecological Alternatives in Latin America' for Latin American Perspectives @LAPerspectives ๐๐ ๐ https://t.co/TIjYUPaJMx
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๐ Join us at @SOAS #Economics for a discussion with Richard Baernthaler (University of Leeds), Chaired by: Chandni Dwarkasing on: ๐ค Toward a post-growth industrial policy for #Europe ๐ช๐บ ๐๏ธ 26 November, 5PM ๐ SOAS, B103 info and livestream๐ https://t.co/HZzCfcf4VU
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๐ Join us TOMORROW at @SOAS #Economics for a discussion with Tony Addison and Alan Roe, Chaired by: Miguel Nino-Zarazua (SOAS) on: ๐ค Resources Matter: Ending Poverty While Protecting Nature ๐๏ธ 12 November, 5PM ๐ SOAS, B103 info and livestream๐ https://t.co/fsAqYLJAHu
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๐ Join us at @SOAS #Economics with @SOASxNSSR for a discussion with @SteveMaher18 and @profwolff, chaired by @claraemattei on: ๐ค The Changing World Order: Tariffs, Trade War, and More ๐ ๐๏ธ 15 October, 6PM ๐ Online, Via Zoom info and registration๐ https://t.co/XSUI97qR1P
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๐ Join us at @SOAS #Economics for a discussion with @devikadutt , @cacrisalves, @SurbhiKesar, Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven on: ๐ Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction ๐ Info and livestream ๐ https://t.co/s6qpYZu90L
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๐ Join us at @SOAS #Economics with @CSF_SOAS for a seminar with Ms Fundi Tshazibana, Deputy Governor and CEO, Prudential Authority (South African Reserve Bank) on: ๐ฆ Financial Policy in the Era of the Climate Crisis: An African Perspective โป๏ธ๐ Info ๐ https://t.co/mVfzjqfwAN
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๐ Join us for the @SOAS #Economics Seminar Series โ bringing together leading scholars to discuss global challenges in political economy, sustainability, and development โผ๏ธ ๐
upcoming events ๐ https://t.co/kyCn5utrpv
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โ ๏ธ ๐ WE ARE HIRINGโผ๏ธ ๐ @SOAS Economics is looking for a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Agri-Food Systems! ๐ ๐
Deadline: 29 October 2025 ๐ Location: London, UK ๐ Find out more and apply here: ๐ https://t.co/fdXcarcIP1
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How do we really approach issues in economics from a decolonised vs non-decolonised lens? By focussing on my research area of informal economy, I break this down in a piece @exploringecon: Decolonising economics: An illustration of the informal economy https://t.co/UpwGeEcHxL
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๐ข The program of the #29FMM Conference: Gendering Macroeconomics (23โ25 Oct 2025, Berlin) has just been released! ๐กTopics include: Inequalities, gender gaps, labor markets & globalization ๐ Register now โ free participation, limited seats:
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๐ โAusterity shrinks the state and stretches the household, until the latter hangs by a single thread: a line of credit.โ ๐In this blog, Lena Gempke unpacks how austerity and financialisation push South African women into debt to fund everyday life. ๐ https://t.co/Cye7vXgL7A
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"Research impact is for life, not just for REF funding". A must-read blog by our colleague @nomhossain. In this powerful personal reflection, she explores the political weight of research impact, the limitations of how it's measured, and why scholars in international development
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๐ New in World Development, @rosaabraham6 & our @SOAS #Economics Senior Lecturer @SurbhiKesar study the trajectories that characterise Indian labour market, & identify 7 dominant ones. How do they ๐?๐งต ๐ https://t.co/GKJZF1RIc4
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๐ง Listen Now: Keynote by our colleague Alessandra Mezzadri (@FeministOnMarx ) Missed it live? You can now listen Alessandraโs powerful keynote for the QMUL Law and Marxism Speaker Series: ๐ฃ๏ธ The Reproductive Laws of Capitalism in the Planetary Social Factory @SOAS
Watch a recording of our 2025 Annual Lecture with @FeministOnMarx on 'The Reproductive Laws of Capital in the Planetary Social Factory' https://t.co/DMBOn2saR7
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๐ A Green and Just Planet: G20 to COP30 Visions, with COP30 President ๐
23 June 2025 ๐ @SOAS University of #London ๐ Register here: https://t.co/zO6Y5uqKu8 ๐ info event: https://t.co/mRJRNYhgC5
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๐ Join us at @SOAS #Economics with RAMP University Network and @CSF_SOAS for a discussion with Erica Perego (CEPII) on: ๐พClimate change and fiscal crisis in agricultural commodity-dependent countries๐ Info ๐ https://t.co/dptzgJ7vRY
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๐ Join us at @SOAS #Economics for a the 2025 Annual Workshop of the Post-Keynesian Economics Society! ๐ The workshop will cover a wide range of contemporary topics, including austerity, energy transition, inflation and inequality. Info ๐ https://t.co/o3ihkXpJ5M
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๐ Join us at @SOAS #Economics with RAMP University Network and @CSF_SOAS for the book launch of Laurie Parsons: ๐ข๏ธCarbon colonialism: How rich countries export climate breakdown ๐ Info ๐ https://t.co/3cqSbM5692
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Why do gender pay gaps persist? How does discrimination affect employment outcomes? What can macroeconomic policy do about it? ๐ขSubmit your paper to the #29FMM Conference! ๐Berlin, 23โ25 October 2025 ๐Deadline: 31 May More info:
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How is climate finance exacerbating the injustices of the climate crisis - and what can be done to make climate finance just? Profoundly important work from @YannisDafermos @SOASEconomics @SOASDevelopment
Climate finance can no longer ignore global justice issues โ ๏ธ In this paper @YannisDafermos discusses which climate finance initiatives and policies are reinforcing global injustice and suggest how the financial system should be transformed. Read more โฌ๏ธ https://t.co/9PqqeLjtsx
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