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King's International Development retweeted
💷 A 2% minimum annual tax on UK households with more than £100m in wealth could raise around £10bn in 2026 — while affecting fewer than 1,000 households.
New research from academics at @KingsIntDev, the @PSEinfo & @UCBerkeley explores the proposal.
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Congratulations to Professor Aditya Jain, Professor of Sustainable Work and Development, University of Nottingham & Professor Julia Gallagher, Professor of Politics and Development, @KingsIntDev for becoming @AcadSocSciences fellows 🎊
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As decolonial thought shapes academia, @ingridharvold (@KingsIntDev) asks: what gets lost when radical challenges to power reduce to identity and knowledge?
She argues for putting capitalism and structural power back at the core, on the @EADI blog:
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King's International Development retweeted
The countdown to Only Daughters is on! @PrincetonUPress
Pre-order your copy here: press.princeton.edu/books/pa…
Save the date for the first book talk:
3pm on Wed 21st Oct as part of the China Week 2026 @lauchinainst.
Book your ticket here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/only-daug…
King's International Development retweeted
✨ New DSA Council ✨
🎉Congratulations go to @mikejennings101,
@SOASDevelopment on his election as President, Kamna Patel, @dpu_ucl as Secretary & @camfield_laura,
@KingsIntDev as Treasurer.
Read more: buff.ly/B9tRHFl
King's International Development retweeted
The Middle Powers Mirage: Why a Third Way Is So Hard to Build
A new internationalist coalition sounds appealing – but history suggests a new alliance won’t happen.
@BarnabyJDye from @KingsIntDev looks at why a third way is so hard to build.
Read more: buff.ly/uZQD2yV
King's International Development retweeted
Earlier this year, DSA published a report on racially minoritised early career researchers, based on workshop insights.
We spoke to @camfield_laura about how she’ll take this work forward as Head of Centre at @KingsIntDev.
Read more: buff.ly/ZP3hV6s
King's International Development retweeted
The Middle Powers Mirage: Why a Third Way Is So Hard to Build
A new internationalist coalition sounds appealing – but history suggests a new alliance won’t happen.
@BarnabyJDye from @KingsIntDev looks at why a third way is so hard to build.
Read more: buff.ly/uZQD2yV
King's International Development retweeted
📢 @KingsIntDev are recruiting!
Lecturer in Economic Anthropology & Development @KingsCollegeLon
Join an interdisciplinary department working on inequality, political economy & social justice.
⏰ Deadline: 19 July — very soon!
Find out more: buff.ly/L2yCTXq
King's International Development retweeted
Featured in @guardian this week: new research from Dr Kriti Kapila (@KingsIndiaInst) examining why dowry-related killings in India no longer spark widespread public outrage or political debate.
An important read 👇
theguardian.com/global-devel…
King's International Development retweeted
Earlier this year, DSA published a report on racially minoritised early career researchers, based on workshop insights.
We spoke to @camfield_laura about how she’ll take this work forward as Head of Centre at @KingsIntDev.
Read more: buff.ly/ZP3hV6s
King's International Development retweeted
Congratulations to Prof Louise Tillin on her book "Making India Work" being shortlisted for the Francine Frankel Best Book Award (APSA South Asian Politics) 👏
🔗 cambridge.org/core/books/mak…
@APSAtweets @KingsIndiaInst
King's International Development retweeted
Using social science fiction 📘
DSA Council member @camfield_laura & @KingsIntDev’s Andy Sumner explore ‘social science fiction’ to expand development studies—rethinking power, methods & futures.
Read the #OpenAccess article + all Kings news:
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King's International Development retweeted
📣 @KingsIntDev hosts Mandy Yap on co-developing wellbeing and sustainability indicators in Australia and Indonesia using bottom-up approaches.
📅 27 May 2026
Explores prioritising Indigenous worldviews while keeping indicators policy-relevant.
Read more: buff.ly/3adoxkD
King's International Development retweeted
Don't forget to join award winning Channel 4 News reporter, and King's Geography alum Ayshah Tull (@AyshahTull) tonight for the King's Experts Series Webinar.
The discussion topic is Health in an Insecure World.
Register here for free: shorturl.at/gPD1Z
King's International Development retweeted
Deadline for abstract submissions is May 15!! Please share your abstract with us @IAFFE @devcomms @SOASpolitics @CGS_SOAS @SOASEconomics @SOASDevelopment @KingsIntDev @LSEInequalities @UCL_SPRC
Peeps, are you working on social reproduction and AI? Please do apply to present your work at SOAS on the 24th June! @IAFFE @IIPPE_ @devcomms @SOASDevelopment @SOASpolitics @SOASEconomics @CGS_SOAS @srt_lab25
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Less than 1 week to go!
Get your tickets to our free lecture with Prof Michael Wesley Deputy Vice Chancellor and Professor of Politics at the University of Melbourne.
🔗kcl.ac.uk/events/2026-menzie…
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📚 @Kings_SGA’s Spheres of Knowledge is a free Substack distilling the latest development research
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King's International Development retweeted
Rising oil prices, disrupted shipping routes, and fiscal strain could combine into a new global inequality shock. In this blog, Andy Sumner looks at how global disorder may deepen inequality between and within countries.
👉 go.unu.edu/bEcUs
@KingsIntDev @KingsCollegeLon
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