SPERI Presents...
'SPERI Presents…' is a podcast taking on the big questions in political economy for scholars, students and publics within and beyond the discipline.We also host 'New Thinking in Political Economy', an ongoing series with monthly episodes.
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- Aug 28, 2026
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- Jul 31, 2026
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New Thinking: Electrostates w/ Freddie Daley (opens the original)
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What actually is an electrostate? How do the material substances of electricity and fossil fuels shape state power? Is the US a petrostate and does this question expose the flimsiness of the concept? When we talk about electrostates, do we really just mean China? Freddie Daley is a Research Associate at the Centre for Global Political Economy University of Sussex. He joins Josh White to discuss his recent article 'Making sense of the electrostate' (2026), co-authored with Professor Peter Newell,
New Thinking: IPE and the Global South w/ Zaynab El Bernoussi & Bashir Saade (opens the original)
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Why has the Global South been peripheralized in the study of international political economy (IPE)? What does this cause us to miss in our scholarship? How are sovereignties and power dynamics produced in the Global South? How should teaching IPE change? Zaynab El Bernoussi is Associate Professor of Political Science at The Africa Institute, Global Studies University (GSU) and Bashir Saade is Lecturer in Religion & Politics at University of Sterling. They join Josh White to discuss their textboo
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