Lecturer in East Asian Development | King’s College London

Conversations Between Development Studies and International Studies – Debating Development Research 
Professor Andy Sumner, January 2025 

Where is UK Development Policy Headed Under the New Government? – Debating Development Research 
Professor Andy Sumner, December 2024 

Motivational Investments and Financial Incentives Ghatak, M. & Wahhaj, Z. (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization. 

What challenges for global development research are posed by a more decolonial approach? Colonial genealogies and responses Camfield, L.,, In: European Journal of Development Research. 

Making and unmaking the actually existing hegemonic green transition McNelly, A. & Franz, T.,, In: The Extractive Industries and Society. 

Can the Law Affect Attitudes and Behaviour in the Absence of Strict Enforcement? Experimental Evidence from a Child Marriage Reform in Bangladesh Amirapu, A., Asadullah, M. N. & Wahhaj, Z.,  (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization. 

Thinking Inside the Box – Performance and Decolonial Pedagogies of the Archive De Carvalho, V. & Grimaldi, A., In: Dialogos Latinoamericanos.

Conceptualising Chinese transnational infrastructure projects in Europe and beyond Schaefer, F. & Mohan, G. In: Progress in Human Geography. 

Carlos Oya and Florian Schaefer have completed a review of the ONEILO-SIRAYE Programme, an innovative intervention, fostering sustainable improvements in workplace conditions, worker well-being, and labour administration in the Ethiopian apparel industry. Read the report summary and the full report. 

Zones of contention: Performance, pitfalls and politics of China-associated economic development zones in Africa Goodburn, C., Knoerich, J., Mishra, S. & Calabrese, L. London: Lau China Institute. 

Replenishing Geographical Thinking on Depletion through and of Social Reproduction Guermond, V., Brickell, K. & Natarajan, N. (Accepted/In press) In: Antipode: a radical journal of geography.

Special Economic Zones: Zone Social Responsibility Toolbox Knoerich, J., Goodburn, C. & Mishra, S., 

Teaching International Solidarity through Lotus: Afro-Asian Writings Marzagora, S. & Ziadah, R., , In: RADICAL HISTORY REVIEW. 

Has Chinese Official Development Assistance led to increased development space in Costa Rica and Panama? Benson, D. & Gong, Y., (Accepted/In press) Contemporary Examination of Latin America and the Caribbean: Economy, Education, and Technology. Matthews, D. & Christiansen, B. (eds.). IGI Global

Infrastructures of race? Colonial indigenous segregation and contemporary land values De La Rosa Ramos, E., Baldomero-Quintana, L. & Woo-Mora, L. G., (Accepted/In press) In: REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS.

Will the poverty-related UN Sustainable Development Goals be met? New Projections Yusuf, A. A., Anna, Z., Komarulzaman, A. & Sumner, A. In: Global Policy. 

Emotional Labor as a Situated Social Practice: Investigating the Performance of Emotional Labor by Women Migrant Workers in China’s Platform-based Gig Economy Liu, Y. & Huang, H.,  (Accepted/In press) In: Gender and Society.