by Skyla Baily | Mar 7, 2024 | Events
On Wednesday 6th March, the Manchester Museum hosted the launch of the Sustainable Forest Transitions research project. Led by Dr Johan Oldekop, Reader in Environment and Development at the GDI, the five-year research programme will study reforestation and what it...
by Louisa Hann | Jan 26, 2024 | Events
In 2024, the Global Development Institute will host a programme of communities of practice, inviting alumni, academics, students, and development practitioners to come together and discuss some of the pressing problems facing development leaders today. Sessions will...
by Louisa Hann | Jan 16, 2024 | Events
The second semester of the GDI lecture series will start up again on Wednesday, 24th January with a lecture on ‘Industrialization and Assimilation’ by LSE’s Elliott Green. We’re excited to be hosting a wide range of guests to talk about issues...
by Louisa Hann | Jan 15, 2024 | News
The following preface is taken from Cash Transfers for Poverty Reduction: An International Operational Guide (Routledge, 2023) by GDI’s David Lawson, Senior Lecturer in Development Economics and Public Policy, and Francisco V. Ayala, international social protection...
by Louisa Hann | Dec 21, 2023 | Comment
On Friday, 15th December, the Global Development Institute held an online community of practice session about supporting migrant- and refugee-led organisations. Organised in recognition of International Migrants Day (Monday, 18th December), the event offered valuable...
by Louisa Hann | Dec 14, 2023 | Events
Scholars across the Global Development Institute are convening or co-convening a range of exciting panels at this year’s Development Studies Association Conference, taking place at SOAS between 26th and 28th June 2024. The event theme is ‘Social justice and...
by Louisa Hann | Dec 8, 2023 | Comment
Dhanapal Govindarajulu, University of Manchester Protecting and restoring forests is one of the cheapest and most effective options for mitigating the carbon emissions heating Earth. Since the third UN climate change summit, held in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, different...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Bina Agarwal, Professor of Development Economics and Environment at the Global Development Institute, was recently honoured with the 2023 Kenneth Boulding Award for her contributions to the field of ecological economics. This prestigious award commemorates the work of...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 24, 2023 | Comment
We are delighted to share a fully funded PhD studentship on the social and environmental outcomes of reforestation processes based on the Sustainable Forest Transitions research project. Deadline: 12 February 2024 Midnight (GMT) Interviews: 22 February 2024...
by Louisa Hann | Nov 15, 2023 | Comment
The following extract is taken from an interview with GDI’s Reader in Migration Studies, Dr Oliver Bakewell, in the recently published Handbook on Forced Migration. Below, Oliver responds to a question about the risks we run when aligning research agendas on mobility...