Mariana Mortágua (MP in Portguese Parliament and SOAS Alumna), Richard Kozul-Wright (UNCTAD), Costas Lapavitsas (SOAS), Ourania Dimakou (SOAS).

SOAS Economics has been leading teaching and research in Political Economy, Development Economics and Heterodox Economics and has participated in core policy debates, including those on sustainable development. SOAS Economics continues to foster the next generation of Economists and Political Economists across the globe while its research continues to drive academic thinking and policy debates in the UK and internationally. Our aim, individually as researchers, and as an academic department, continues to be the teaching and research of Economics and Political Economy for a Fairer World. This has never been more urgent, given the challenges we face on global, national and local levels, from the rise of nationalist politics and entrenching economic inequalities to the intensifying environmental challenges. This annual event will be an opportunity to showcase the Department’s contributions to these urgent questions and invite discussion on the direction of future SOAS Economics research. Our guests include alumni, current SOAS Economics researchers and friends and collaborators sharing our research interests.

Through this event, we hope to initiate lively discussions and debates on the most pressing economic questions facing our society and the globe. We invite current, prospective and former students and researchers to be part of this conversation.

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Panel V : THE ROLE OF FINANCE AND MACROECONOMIC POLICY-MAKING FOR A FAIRER WORLD

Chair: Ourania Dimakou (SOAS)

Panel: Mariana Mortágua (MP in Portguese Parliament and SOAS Alumna), Richard Kozul-Wright (UNCTAD), Costas Lapavitsas (SOAS), Ourania Dimakou (SOAS).