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Franklin Obeng-Odoom

@obeng_odoom

Associate Professor of Social Sustainability of Urban Transformations in the Global South, Development Studies Research Group @HELSINKISUS @Helsinkiuni

Joined September 2018
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Global Migration beyond Limits global.oup.com/academic/prod…
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HELSUS Global South Encounters 15.12.2021 at 12.00-13.00 BOOK DISCUSSION: COAL AND ENERGY IN EMALAHLENI, SOUTH AFRICA: CONSIDERING A JUST TRANSITION www2.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki…
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The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing;url=african-review.com/blog-deta…
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Book Review: The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty: Decolonizing Nature, Economy, and Society by...

Book Review: The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty: Decolonizing Nature, Economy, and Society by...

Maano Ramutsindela reviews The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty by Franklin Obeng-Odoom, which pushes for a more radical vision of commoning land.

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Franklin Obeng-Odoom (PhD, Sydney) wins Joan Robinson Prize ppesydney.net/franklin-obeng… via @ppesydney

Franklin Obeng-Odoom (PhD, Sydney) wins Joan Robinson Prize - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

It has just been announced that the recipient of this year’s prestigious international award, the Joan Robinson Prize, is Franklin Obeng-Odoom who completed his PhD in Political Economy at the...

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Decolonize the Commons – Debate! A Conversation with Franklin Obeng-Odoom - Antipode Online antipodeonline.org/2021/09/0… via @antipodeonline
Decolonize the Commons – Debate! A Conversation with Franklin Obeng-Odoom

Decolonize the Commons – Debate! A Conversation with Franklin Obeng-Odoom

Antipode has become a key platform for engaging with decolonial and anticolonial scholarship, as well as scholarship that breathes that spirit (such as Black geographies, Indigenous studies, includ...

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Dear All, Welcome to the next HELSUS Global South Encounters on June 30.6. at 16:15 une 30.6. at 16:15 GLOBAL GREEN NEW DEAL: THE CASE OF CHINA When? 30.6.2021 at 16:15 Helsinki (check the time zone) Where? Join Zoom seminar here www2.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki…
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'Franklin Obeng -Odoom’s fascinating book is one from which not just Africans but the rest of us in the global South can derive many valuable lessons for our collective way forward.' Walden Bellow ppesydney.net/content/upload…
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Development economics must be rethought. Not only has it hindered the liberation of the Global South, it has also deflected attention from the most critical questions of underdevelopment.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Rethinking Development Economics: Problems and Prospects of Georgist Political Economy

Rethinking Development Economics: Problems and Prospects of Georgist Political Economy

Development economics must be rethought. Not only has it hindered the liberation of the Global South, it has also deflected attention from the most critical questions of underdevelopment. Much econ...

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Knowledge Divides developingeconomics.org/2020… via @CriticalDev
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Stratification Economics and the Black Radical Tradition - LSE Review of Books

Property, Institutions and Social Stratification in Africa is the first book-length analysis of stratification economics in Africa, a new sub-field of economics that offers alternative political-ec...

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'While existing analyses frame Africa as needy of global ‘help’, this editorial argues that whether in terms of the economics of inequality, pandemics, or recovery, Africa can teach the rest of the world key lessons.' Special Issue:inequality in Africa african-review.com/current-i…
African Review of Economics and Finance (AREF)

African Review of Economics and Finance (AREF)

AREF Current Issue

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While existing analyses frame Africa as needy of global ‘help’, this editorial argues that whether in terms of the economics of inequality, pandemics, or recovery, Africa can teach the rest of the world key lessons. african-review.com/view-pape…
COVID-19, Inequality, and Social Stratification in Africa

COVID-19, Inequality, and Social Stratification in Africa

The global health emergency reflects systemic global inequalities central to which is social stratification in Africa. While existing analyses frame Africa as needy of global ‘help’, this editorial...

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Philanthro-capitalism is dead. Radical philanthropy, on the other hand, is alive and demonstrates that 'another world is possible'. If so, its nature and principles must be clarified, a task we try to accomplish in our new work link.springer.com/article/10…
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In our new paper, we show that 'Development economics, the main source of inspiration for analyzing widespread inequality in Africa ..., is not fit for purpose'. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
Critique of development economics

Critique of development economics

Development economics has struggled to understand the conditions of Africa and Africans. However, the nature of this critique, the alternative to development economics, and the challenges of the ex...

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The Edinburgh Studies in Urban Political Economy is calling for book proposals edinburghuniversitypress.com…! Proposals to write books on social sustainability of urban transformations in the Global South @HELSINKISUS are strongly encouraged
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Fascinating talk about Twitter by @anukorho and @Entembo @HELSINKISUS
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@EnTembo sharing his thoughts on communicating #sustainability science on Twitter for @HELSINKISUS society @helsinkiuni
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