Political Economy and Political Ecology of Land, Labour and Food
Joint EADI and the Development Studies Association study group updates.
Upcoming ‘Land, Labour and Food’ Webinars
The Study Group’s ‘land, labour and food’ webinars will resume starting late-September, early October. The focus for the next set of discussions will be on social reproduction and agrarian studies. We will send out the schedule soon.
Panel on ‘Gender and Digitisation in South Asia’ in November in India
Co-convenor Mihika Chatterjee has received funding from Bath Research in International Development towards a panel entitled ‘Gender and Digitation in South Asia’ at the International Conference of Agrarian Change. The flagship conference is being organised by Foundation for Agrarian Studies, India and will be held in November 2025.
Panel on Race and Agrarian Political Economy and Author Session in November in Atlanta
Co-convenor Rama Salla Dieng will be convening a panel titled “Exploring New Directions in Agrarian Political Economy: Centring Race and Coloniality” and an “Author meets Critics” session around their book “Decolonize, Humxnize” she co-edited with Kathryn Toure and Roopal Thaker with illustrations from Celestine Wamiru. Dr Dieng was appointed Sub-Theme Chair, for Development, Political Economy and Agrarian Studies for the 2025 African Studies Association (ASA-US) conference which will be held in November in Atlanta.
Dr Rama Salla DIENG receives the 2025 Paula Kantor Award for excellence in field research
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), headquartered in Washington, D.C., has selected Dr Rama Salla Dieng as the recipient of the 2025 Paula Kantor Award for excellence in field research. ICRW advances rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions. The selection committee was deeply impressed by “Dr. Dieng’s commitment to intersectionality, feminist knowledge production, and non-extractive research”. This award honors ICRW’s former staff, the late Dr. Paula Kantor, who was a leading expert on gender issues in international development. In the spirit of her legacy, it recognises exceptional young professional women researchers, who contribute to the global evidence base, supporting policies and programs that advance gender equity.
Planned Harvest Panel at EADI/IOB 2026
The study group plans to organise a harvest panel at the EADI/IOB conference in July, 2026. More details will follow in due course.