Lucia Pradella is a researcher and author with expertise in the field of International Political Economy. She has held positions at the

Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Ca' Foscari University of Venice (), or simply Ca' Foscari, is a public research university and business school in Venice, Italy. Since its foundation in 1868, it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca' Foscari, from which it takes ...

and has been a visiting scholar at

SOAS The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; ) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury area ...

. She is best known for her work "L'Attualità del Capitale" and ''Globalisation and the Critique of Political Economy''.

Biography

Pradella is an academic and researcher specializing in critical studies of Political Economy and labor dynamics in Europe. She studied at the

and the

Humboldt University The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public university, public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III of Prussia, Frederick W ...

in Berlin. She is a Research Associate in the SOAS Department of Development Studies and the Centre for the Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex and a member of the Laboratory for Social Research at Ca’ Foscari. Pradella's research encompasses work on

Karl Marx Karl Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet '' The Communist Manifesto'' (written with Friedrich Engels) ...

critique of political economy Critique of political economy or simply the first critique of economy is a form of social critique that rejects the conventional ways of distributing resources. The critique also rejects what its advocates believe are unrealistic axioms, flawe ...

. Her research also examines contemporary processes of impoverishment, global economic crises, and their impact on poverty and immigration. Pradella has contributed to public discourse through her writings for ''The Guardian'' and publications such as ''Jacobin'', ''Red Pepper'' discussing contemporary social issues. She has also had influence on the journal ''International Socialism''. Pradella is a member of the Council for European Studies, the European International Studies Association (EISA), and the European Society for the History of Economic Thought.

Selected bibliography

*''Globalization and the Critique of Political Economy: New Insights from Marxʼs Writings'' - Pradella, L. (2014)-

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*"Marx and the Global South: Connecting History and Value Theory "- Pradella, L. (2017)- ''Sociology'' *"Hegel, Imperialism, and Universal History" - Pradella, L. (2014) Published in ''

Science and Society ''Science & Society: A Journal of Marxist Thought and Analysis'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of Marxist scholarship. It covers economics, philosophy of science, historiography, women's studies, literature, the arts, and other soc ...

'' *"It's madness to 'privatise' Marx – thanks to Piketty he's back in vogue". Pradella, L. (5 May 2014). ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

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