SOAS CSST Publications

The SOAS Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation (CSST) reimagines and promotes structural transformation in an age of ecological and social crises through industrial policy that is long-term-oriented and frame-shifting. 

By acting as an action-oriented hub for research, learning and policy for the Global South, especially Africa, CSST conducts path-breaking research on structural transformation, industrial dynamics, and economic diversification strategies and on how to make them environmentally and socially sustainable. Going beyond research silos, CSST advances an integrated framework focusing on four inter-linked research and industrial policy areas: energy transition, critical minerals, restructuring of supply chains, and construction of new infrastructure. 

CSST conducts research in these areas through deep dives into countries and sectors, with a view to unlocking sector-specific binding constrains and promoting linkages across sectors. CSST’s research will be rooted in the understanding of national and international political economy, trends in industrial and technological changes, and the constant changes in business models.

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• Andreoni, A., Anzolin, G., Labrunie, M., & Spinola, D. (2026). Unveiling the global trade network of digital production technologies: A new product classification. Industry and Innovation. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2026.2662858
• Andreoni, A., Robb, N., & Van Huellen, S. (2026). Financialization of non-financial corporations: A new framework with cases from South Africa. Development and Change, 57(2), 339–376. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.70054
• Andreoni, A., & Roberts, S. (2026). Minerals, Energy-Intensive Industries, and Development: The Green Transition and Employment in Southern Africa. In A. Jayadev, A. Noman, & J. E. Stiglitz (Eds.), The Future of Work in Developing Countries. Columbia University Press. https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-future-of-work-in-developing-countries/9780231220330/
• Haverkamp, K., & Andreoni, A. (2026). Demand regimes, innovation dynamics, and industrial leadership: A comparative analysis of wind turbine manufacturers in Europe. Industrial and Corporate Change. dtaf064. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtaf064
• Kopati Gbali, C. A., Eze, O. I., & Arbor, F. (2026). Cloud, control and diagnostic sovereignty: The political economy of AI-enabled health diagnostics in Africa. Journal of Global Health Economics and Policy, 6, Article e2026022. https://doi.org/10.7189/001c.161583
• Zhang, J. (2026). Learning to industrialize: Ideas, institutions and power in the development of industrial parks in Ethiopia. Development and Change, 57(2), 377–406. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.70053

• Working Paper 021, Diverging Models, Uneven Outcomes: Domestic and Foreign Firms in Africa’s Structural Transformation
• Working Paper 020, Mapping hierarchical input networks: a novel method and an application to AIPNET
• Working Paper 019, Develop Africa’s ESG standards for the sustainable extractive industry: a comparative study of mining firms
• Working Paper 018, Resource-Based Industrialization: Comparative Studies of Chinese and Non- Chinese Mining Companies in Zambia
• Working Paper 017, Land as Frontier of Transformation: The Restructuring of Land Use and Tenure in Africa’s Mega-Project Era
• Working Paper 016, Should Africa Turn South? Assessing the Impact of the CBAM on African Value Chains and the Change in Market Access for African countries
• Working Paper 015, Supply Chain Restructuring and Economic Development in the New Global Trading Order