Dr Remi Edwards @remiedwards.bsky.social

Research & Impact Associate @SPERIshefuni @shefunipolitics / labour, supply chains, private governance, capitalism

[Dr Remi Edwards @remiedwards.bsky.social @remi_edwards]

The repression of union organising on banana plantations in CR takes institutionalised and individualised forms that leave workers at best without meaningful workplace representation, and at worst at risk of destitution

Me, for @SPERIshefuni - finally sharing some PhD findings

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NEW BLOG: Trade union repression in the Costa Rican bananera🍌

Based on PhD fieldwork, @remi_edwards argues that, despite national and industry commitments, Freedom of Association rights are precarious on banana plantations

Read here ⬇️
https://t.co/cIkENZYuOx

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Does China's party-state capitalist model mean it can fully decarbonise its economy?

Our exec producer @Chris_Saltmarsh discusses his @RIPEJournal article on the development of Chinese political economy and implications for tackling the climate crisis

🎧 https://t.co/QtzL3SQjZH

[SPERI @SPERIshefuni.bsky.social @SPERIshefuni]

🫖 What are the limits of civil society activism in protecting workers who become excluded from systems of production?

✍️ Dr Natalie Langford discusses her new paper with @remi_edwards

🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/W3VthjYDOt

[Dr Frank Maracchione @Frank_Ouh]

📢 New publication! Thrilled to share my first article from my PhD, published in @GlobalizationsJ 🌏

"Decentring narratives of (de)globalization and crisis: Uzbekistan’s ‘everyday’ political economy amidst Russia’s war in Ukraine" (open access) 🇺🇿🇷🇺

🔗 https://t.co/XLNuTXPXKI

[Dr Frank Maracchione @Frank_Ouh]

Thank you @syllabus_tweets for reposting our podcast episode recorded during @MYBISA 2025 in Belfast. I recommend listening to it as it features a stellar cast including @berylpong, Vicki Reif-Breitwieser, Jo Tidy, Elena Simon (& myself). Hosted by SPERI's own @remi_edwards.

[BISA - British International Studies Association @MYBISA]

🎙️@SPERIshefuni Presents:

Live: Is organised violence central to capitalism? @ BISA2025 w/ @JoannaTidy, Dr Elena Simon, Vick Reif-Breitwieser @berylpong @Frank_Ouh & @remi_edwards 🎉

Recorded @bisa_ipeg roundtable at #BISA2025 🌟

listen now 👉 https://t.co/wF2pW9eX0z

[Dr Remi Edwards @remiedwards.bsky.social @remi_edwards]

If I do say so myself, this is a truly exceptional and thought provoking discussion of the intersections between elite violence and economy

It took a lot of coordination by many colleagues to make this happen - listen on Spotify, Apple, or other podcast platforms

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🎙️SPERI Presents... LIVE!🎙️

📡What is the relationship between the capitalist economy and organised violence by, within and between states?

⏺️We recorded a roundtable discussion at @MYBISA Conference in Belfast

Listen now: https://t.co/D8OcanYG92

[University of Sheffield Player @UniShefPlayer]

Join Dr Ellie Gore, Dr Natalie Langford & Dr Remi Edwards as they explore how queer men in Ghana face HIV, rights and political change.

Listen now: https://t.co/dfK6KR7dHM

[DW Español @dw_espanol]

Gremio bananero de #Colombia reitera demandas de un precio más justo a la UE

La exigencia se hace durante la Fruit Attraction, la feria internacional de frutas más importante de Europa que comenzó hoy en Berlín.

82% del #banano colombiano se comercia en Europa y Reino Unido.

Pero el sector enfrenta grandes dificultades en los mercados internacionales por las excesivas certificaciones y los bajos precios de la fruta. /jr

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🎙️SPERI Presents...🎙️

New Thinking in Political Economy: Human Costs of Caring w/ Shirin Rai

Who bears the costs the caring labour, and how can they be reversed?

Prof Shirin Rai & Dr Jayanthi Lingham join Remi to discuss Shirin's new book Depletion

https://t.co/Jw2C5iDu3e

[SPERI @SPERIshefuni.bsky.social @SPERIshefuni]

EVENT: Postdocs in Political Economy: SPERI incubator workshop

We invite PGRs / ECRs to SPERI to learn about funding options, strong applications and workshop project ideas with peers and senior colleagues

27 Feb 2025

More info and apply by 10 Jan: https://t.co/aDmi4nYFBD

[Dr Remi Edwards @remiedwards.bsky.social @remi_edwards]

Maha and I discuss Adam Smith's diverse political and economic thought, and whether and how his views on labour, empire, equality and the social form of the corporation can help us to understand today's liberalised global economy

[spoiler: in some ways more than others]

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🎙️SPERI Presents...🎙️

New Thinking in Political Economy: Adam Smith & Corporations w/ Maha Rafi Atal

How can the 18th century thinker help us to understand corporate regulation, forced labour and empire today?

Listen now: https://t.co/obF9Z6Z2dQ

[sheffielducu.bsky.social @sheffielducu]

Last Thursday, all academic-facing staff at the English Language Teaching Centre were informed that they would be placed at risk of redundancy as the ELTC formally enters collective consultation under the University’s restructuring procedure.

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NEW BLOG: Conceptualising dual-use technologies and companies

Elena Simon explores what 'dual-use' companies that produce 'civilian' and 'military' technologies reveal about the economic production of the means of violence

https://t.co/usXMFUUviM

[Dr Remi Edwards @remiedwards.bsky.social @remi_edwards]

Really enjoyed this conversation with @clift_ben and @CarolineKuzemko

We talk about the IPCC's approach to climate modelling, how constructivist IPE can help us to see the policy imprint of entrenched ideas about the economy, and what this means for mitigating climate change

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🎙️SPERI Presents...🎙️

New Thinking in Political Economy: Climate Scenarios w/ Ben Clift & Caroline Kuzemko

Why is modelling so important for climate mitigation policy, and what are technocrats getting wrong?

Listen now:
https://t.co/JPWQjXLLLo

[SPERI @SPERIshefuni.bsky.social @SPERIshefuni]

NEW BLOG: Introduction - The production of organised violence

Over the next month, our new co-authored series explores the links between economy and the exercise of organised violence

Read here:
https://t.co/vSsJU7TNer

[Dr Remi Edwards @remiedwards.bsky.social @remi_edwards]

I'm starting to move away from using this hellsite

Follow me over there @remiedwards.bsky.social

[Dr Remi Edwards @remiedwards.bsky.social @remi_edwards]

From the vault...

A staff-student collab project on the political economy of the Weinstein scandal and metoo movement culminated in this paper published in 2022. Loved being a part of this!

[Global Society @GloblSociety]

Our first monthly pick for November is "The Political Economy of the Weinstein Scandal" by @liamstanley and @remi_edwards (both @ShefUniPolitics), @ellie_gore (@UoMPolitics), @GLeBaron (@SFU), Sylvie Craig, Sophie Wall, and Tom Watts

#Gender #GBV

https://t.co/ZKfHsedtZV

[Dr Remi Edwards @remiedwards.bsky.social @remi_edwards]

@GloblSociety @liamstanley @ShefUniPolitics @ellie_gore @UoMPolitics @GLeBaron @SFU Thank you for sharing! Loved writing this paper.

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Scenes from the booth!

@ellie_gore discusses their brand new, pathbreaking book:

Between HIV Prevention and LGBTI Rights: The political economy of queer activism in Ghana

Listen to New Thinking in Political Economy:
https://t.co/VcVE684H5b

[Ellie Gore @ellie_gore]

So great to be part of this @SPERIshefuni podcast series with two of my fave political economists @remi_edwards and @NatalieLangfo12 chatting about my book and all things queer political economy 🤓