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Welcome to this month's roundup of news, events, and publications from DID.

Recent publications

Researcher positionality and relational power: Playing with 'researching up' and 'researching down' in critical reflexivity Langill, J., 20 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Area. 7 p., e70091.

Reverse Asymmetry: Agency in Advanced Economy Subsidiaries of Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises Miedtank, T. & Knoerich, J., 13 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT JOURNAL.

The Power of a Poster: Analysis of Political Posters as Strategic Communication Tools in Latin America and Beyond De Carvalho, V. M., 16 Dec 2025, In: Confluenze Rivista di Studi Iberoamericani. 17, 2, p. 405-430 26 p.

What goes up, must come down. Speculation-encouraging institutions and house price cycles across countries Stockhammer, E., Tippet, B. & Kohler, K., 16 Dec 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: SOCIO-ECONOMIC REVIEW.

Two legal tenders, no currency. El Salvador's bitcoin adoption between world money and international money Boos, T. & Grigera, J., 1 Dec 2025, In: Progress in Economic Geography. 3, 2, 100045.

Poverty-reduction interventions combined with psychological interventions: A systematic literature review Tanski, M., Wei, D., Singh, S., Pabon, M. A., Bahure, V. K., Jordans, M. J. D., Lund, C., Roy, S., Singh, R., Thapa, A., Tol, W. A. & Evans-Lacko, S., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 38829.

Real wages around the world: Insights from linear programming and accounting for climate differences Moatsos, M. & de Zwart, P., Dec 2025, In: Economics and human biology. 59, 12 p., 101544.

Upcoming events 

Future of UK Aid and Development Assistance Evidence Session | King's College London
27 January 2026

Lights, camera, climate action: Virunga | King's College London
5 February 2026

Stories, Blogs and Media 

Study highlights complex barriers in Brazilian education | King's College London
10 December 2025

COMMENT: Who owns your chicken? We've mapped the corporate power behind the world's favourite meat | King's College London
15 December 2025

Dying to Breathe - by King's Global Affairs
16 December 2025

Where Water Should – And Should Not – Be
24 December 2025

Stepping Up or Stepping Down? Gendered Labour in Kenya
30 December 2025

Community Pickets and the Future of Social Movement Unionism
5 January 2026

Building Africa: How Architecture Makes States
26 January 2026

The Trump Shockwave and the New Landscape of Global Development Policy
27 January 2026