Hierarchies of Development

About Hierarchies of Development

The Hierarchies of Development podcast offers long format interviews focusing on enduring global inequalities. Conversations focus on contemporary research projects by critical scholars and help us understand how and why structural hierarchies persist. Join hosts Ingrid Kvangraven (KCL) and Basile Boulay (EADI) for this series of discussions on pressing issues in the social sciences. This podcast is a joint production between King’s College London, the European Association for Development Research and Training Institutes and the Developing Economics blog.

Publisher

Hierachies of Development Podcast

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 May 2022

Latest episode

17 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

12 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Feb 2025

   S3 Ep4 Black radical politics and Pan-Africanism

   Writer Kevin Ochieng Okoth examines Pan-Africanism and Black radical thought, offering critiques of Afropessimism and decolonial theory in this interview episode.

2. 

   3 Feb 2025

   S3 Ep3 The Tricontinental and the arts

   Anne Garland Mahler explores the cultural and artistic movements of the post-Bandung period, examining anti-colonialism, non-alignment, and racial justice in the Global South in this interview.

3. 

   20 Jan 2025

   S3 Ep2 The Bandung spirit

   Historian Carolien Stolte examines the Bandung Spirit's lasting impact on international relations, political economy, and the Non-Aligned Movement during the Cold War era in an interview.

4. 

   6 Jan 2025

   S3 Ep1 Liberation theology in Latin America

   Sociologist Luis Martinez Andrade discusses liberation theology's origins and debates in Latin America, exploring its connections to Marxism and liberation philosophy in this interview.

5. 

   10 Apr 2023

   S2 Ep4 Food and agrarian hierarchies part 2

   Itishree Pattnaik discusses the feminization of agriculture in India, comparing Gujarat and West Bengal, and explores ways to increase the visibility of women's work in agriculture in this interview.

6. 

   27 Mar 2023

   S2 Ep3 Food and agrarian hierarchies part 1

   Maria Eugenia Giraudo from Durham University discusses the political economy of soy in Latin America, the Argentinean national agrarian imaginary, and the soy trade relationship between Latin American countries and China in this interview.

7. 

   13 Mar 2023

   S2 Ep2 Money and finance hierarchies part 2

   Ndongo Samba Sylla discusses the political economy of monetary dependency and the colonial legacy of the Franc-CFA, exploring the intellectual heritage of Samir Amin in this interview.

8. 

   27 Feb 2023

   S2 Ep1 Money and finance hierarchies part 1

   Karina Patricio Ferreira Lima explores hierarchies in money and finance, focusing on core-periphery inflation dynamics and the International Monetary Fund's role in debt sustainability, in this interview.

9. 

   15 Jun 2022

   S1 Ep4 Mining Hierarchies

   Asanda Benya and Ben Radley discuss the political economy of mining in South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the evolution of the mining sector and working conditions, in an interview with Ingrid Kvangraven and Basile Boulay.

10. 

    1 Jun 2022

    S1 Ep3 Hierarchies in value chains

    Pamela Mondliwa and Intan Suwandi explore production and value chains in South Africa and Indonesia, discussing global value chains' role in development and the importance of power, in this interview with Ingrid Kvangraven and Basile Boulay.

11. 

    18 May 2022

    S1 Ep2 Labour hierarchies

    Rosa Abraham and Lucia Pradella discuss the Indian labor market and the political economy of work in the Mediterranean region with Ingrid Kvangraven and Basile Boulay in this interview.

12. 

    3 May 2022

    S1 Ep1 Environmental hierarchies

    Tejal Kanitkar and Leon Sealey-Huggins discuss climate change and environmental hierarchies, including COP26 and the racialized dimensions of climate change, in an interview with Ingrid Kvangraven and Basile Boulay.

Who has been a guest on Hierarchies of Development

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• Kevin Ochieng Okoth
• Anne Garland Mahler
• Carolien Stolte
• Luis Martinez Andrade
• Itishree Pattnaik

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5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

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42

Social presence

0

YouTube

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Engagement

32

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