by Global Development Institute | Mar 25, 2019 | Comment
Rory Horner, Senior Lecturer in Globalisation and Political Economy and ESRC Future Research Leader, Global Development Institute Often associated with a North-South binary, the term ‘international development’ seems increasingly inappropriate for encompassing the...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 21, 2019 | Comment
Listen or watch Professor Bina Agarwal, Global Development Institute, discuss Agrarian crises, institutional innovation and gender: Can group farming provide an answer? You can subscribe to the podcast on: Spotify iTunes Stitcher Soundcloud Castbox RSS tunein Pocket...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 15, 2019 | Comment
Dr Rory Horner and Professor David Hulme Since 1990 the global map of development has shifted from one of “divergence, big time” to “converging divergence”. This involves some converging in development indicators between North and South in aggregate, alongside...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 14, 2019 | Comment
One word to describe the current state of multilateralism is “contested”. Within existing international institutions, like the United Nations, debates on global governance reform have been politicised to a point of gridlock. New multilateral institutions, like the...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 12, 2019 | Comment
Jody-kay Jackson (ICTs for Development MSc) & Raghav Mutneja (Management and Information Systems: Change and Development MSc) Fieldwork is an essential part of the Management and Information Systems: Change and Development and ICTs for Development master’s...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listen or watch Associate Professor Franklin Obeng-Odoom, University of Helsinki, discuss his upcoming book on property, institutions, and social stratification in Africa. Listen or watch to the lecture in full below. You can subscribe to the podcast on: Spotify...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listen or watch Professor Katherine Brickell, Royal Holloway, University of London, discuss her ESRC-DFID funded study on the relationship between modern slavery and climate change in Cambodian brick kilns. Find out more about her Blood Bricks project. Listen or watch...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 4, 2019 | Comment
The Global Development Institute Merit Awards provide six full scholarships for academically excellent professionals studying a GDI campus-based master’s course commencing in September 2019. The scholarship covers the tuition fees, living expenses, flights to the UK...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 28, 2019 | Comment
Technologies of Bordering: creating, contesting and resisting borders conference 3 – 5 July 2019 Sidney Myer Room, University of Melbourne, Australia Conference convenors: Elise Klein, University of Melbourne and Uma Kothari, University of Manchester Borders are...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 26, 2019 | Comment
Project Description This full time 3 year PhD studentship, starting in September 2019, is fully funded by The University of Manchester and based at Global Development Institute. As a doctoral candidate, you will be part of the Migration, Refugees and Asylum research...
