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Development projects in the informal economy can facilitate forms of accumulation and dispossession that solidify political and economic power. My new article on Kisekka Market in #Kampala is available Open Access in Critical African Studies Journal: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I wrote about Canada, Glasgow, COP26 and democracy for the January-February issue of Literary Review of Canada. Read the article here: reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2022/…

The panel I am organizing at this year's Development Studies Association conference, "Inclusive Futures for Informal Workers in Cities in the Global South", is now accepting paper proposals. More details are available here: devstud.org.uk/conference/con… Be sure to submit by March 4th.

Informal workers must be meaningfully included in decision-making processes if post-pandemic recovery is to be truly just, equitable and sustainable. Read our new open access article on street vending and COVID-19 in Cali, Colombia in Environment & Urbanization: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

I am organizing a panel on informal economies and environmental crises at this year's Development Studies Association conference. Open to any theoretical and/or empirical work that might be relevant. Read about the panel and submit your proposal here: devstud.org.uk/conference/con…

Doing research on cities? University of Glasgow is hiring one Senior Lecturer/Professor in Southern Urbanism and another in Urban Economy: jobs.ac.uk/job/CWB187/sen… jobs.ac.uk/job/CWA083/sen… Apply by February 28th if you want to live in an amazing city and work with great colleagues!

Happy to announce our new research cluster, Food Environment Actions for the Promotion of Health, with ARUA and The Guild. Looking forward to working with colleagues in Europe and Africa to explore what shapes food environments and what this means for us and for our planet.

Great few days ahead with Development Studies Association. Organizing and presenting on a panel, "Informal Economies in an Age of Environmental Crisis", at #DSA2023 tomorrow, then speaking about informal economies and class politics at our DSA Scotland event in Glasgow on Monday. Hope you can join.

"Working Canadians deserve an alternative to a system that is leaving them behind." New in Perspectives Journal: Professor Graeme Young points out three practical avenues for achieving meaningful workers' ownership in Canada. Read the full article at perspectivesjournal.ca

The call for papers for our upcoming Development Studies Association Urbanisation and Development workshop on informality is now open: devstud.org.uk/2024/03/06/inf… Apply by April 5th to join a growing network of people working on informality and see you at The University of Sheffield in September.

I wrote about Ed Broadbent and where the #NDP might go from here in the new issue of Literary Review of Canada: reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2024/…

“If the Conservatives have co‑opted the language of freedom, it is because the New Democrats have surrendered it.” Inside the April issue: Graeme Young reviews “Seeking Social Democracy,” by Ed Broadbent, published by ECW Press. reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2024/…

I have a few quibbles, but am nonetheless grateful for this thoughtful review of Seeking Social Democracy by Graeme Young just published in the @reviewca: reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2024/…

Very interesting review of Ed Broadbent's ideas by Graeme Young! His focus on Broadbent's economic ideas and Broadbent's views on "co-operative individualism" is particularly fascinating!

Just over one week to go. Apply today!

Can’t remember the last time I was this excited for a new forum for intellectual discussion and debate. Canadian progressives have long needed a home for serious political economy analysis and hoping this is it. We need new ideas and we need to win. Excited to see what's coming.

The call for papers for the 2024 Development Studies Association Scotland conference at UWS is now open. This year's theme is Migration in the Global South. Work on other topics related to Development Studies in Scotland is also welcome. Submit by May 14th. devstud.org.uk/2024/04/28/cal…

Glad to have been able to participate in this Urban Studies Journal forum about Tom Goodfellow's book, Politics and the Urban Frontier: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… Highly recommend to anyone interested in the political economy of urban Africa.

Such a privilege to have two brilliant researchers & scholars - Côme Salvaire and Graeme Young - reviewing my book in Urban Studies Journal, and to be able to respond as part of a book review forum on 'Politics and the Urban Frontier' Many thanks to all involved! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Really happy to see our Development Studies Association Urbanisation and Development study group coming together so well. Sign up to our mailing list if you would like to join our growing network and stay updated on our activities. Join the DSA if you can too! devstud.org.uk/studygroup/urb…