{"podcast":{"title":"SPERI Presents...","slug":"speri-presents-7048864","podcast_index_feed_id":7048864,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/speri-presents","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/speri-presents","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1719924975597-bd72a918010408ee53547beb7fb5091a.jpeg","author":"SPERI","episode_count":48,"summary":"'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. Dr Remi Edwards is joined by authors of new research to explore the motivations behind, contributions and implications of their work for understanding power and politics in the global economy. The first limited series was 'Lessons in Power'. Professor Michael Jacobs and Mems Ayinla interview ministers and advisors from the New Labour administration (1997-2010) to tease out lessons on a range of issues for Keir Starmer’s newly formed Labour government. Coming soon: Crisis Point hosted by Chris Saltmarsh and Dr Dillon Wamsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T16:20:02.139333+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/speri-presents-7048864"},"episode":{"title":"New Thinking: Chinese Firms in Africa w/ Elisa Gambino","slug":"new-thinking-chinese-firms-in-africa-w-elisa-gambino","published_at":"2026-05-29T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/speri-presents-7048864/new-thinking-chinese-firms-in-africa-w-elisa-gambino","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/speri-presents-7048864","url":"https://shows.acast.com/speri-presents/episodes/new-thinking-chinese-firms-in-africa","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6683f98604b201dd34f20976/e/6a17f6e48fd07475b5549947/media.mp3","summary":"How are Chinese firms' activities in Africa shaped by local social, cultural and political processes? In what sense is this embeddedness flexible and how does this affect firms' internationalisation? What is specific and generalisable about Chinese firms? How are geographies of trade and production shifting towards South-South engagement? Dr Elisa Gambino is Hallsworth Research Fellow in Political Economy at the Global Development Institute of the University of Manchester, UK and Adjunct Researcher at the Centre for Asian Studies of the University of Ghana. She joins Josh White to discuss her article ' Flexible embeddedness: how Chinese lead firms internationalise in Africa ' (2026), published in Review of International Political Economy and co-authored with Costanza Franceschini. They unpack the concept of flexible embeddedness through the lens of Chinese lead firms' internationalisation in Kenya and Ghana and the varied, dynamic and contested nature of South-South engagement. 'New Thinking in Political Economy' is a monthly podcast showcasing cutting-edge political economy research that helps us to understand the world around us. The series is produced by Chris Saltmarsh and Josh White. This episode was edited by Josh White with support from Chris Saltmarsh. Music and audio by Andy_Gambino . Hosted on Acast. See https://acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"How are Chinese firms' activities in Africa shaped by local social, cultural and political processes? In what sense is this embeddedness flexible and how…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2332,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/speri-presents-7048864/episodes/new-thinking-chinese-firms-in-africa-w-elisa-gambino/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/speri-presents-7048864/new-thinking-chinese-firms-in-africa-w-elisa-gambino.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}