by Global Development Institute | May 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Thursday, 25th May students from the Global Development Institute had an unique opportunity to work with leading members of two of Manchester’s major NGOs. Students on the masters programmes in Management and Implementation of Development Projects, Organisational...
by Global Development Institute | May 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Thursday 4 May, Professor Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, gave a lecture at The University of Manchester on her latest book, Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy (Harvard University Press/Belknap 2014) You can listen to the podcast and...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, 26 April, Dr Shavana Musa gave a lecture entitled ‘The Global Arms Trade and International Law: Prevention is Better than Cure’. You can watch the live stream below Find out more about the other talks in our #GDILecture series Note: This article gives...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 30, 2017 | Comment, Uncategorized
By Dr Tanja R. Müller Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the Global Development Institute A group of women form the shape of a boat – one of those boats we are used to see in media pictures these days, unseaworthy but still trying to cross the Mediterranean...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 30, 2017 | Comment, Uncategorized
30 October – 1 November 2017, Chancellors Conference Centre, Manchester The University of Manchester’s Migration Lab invites proposals for papers, workshops, exhibitions and performances which respond to the theme of ‘migration in the context of uncertainty and...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 20, 2016 | Comment, Uncategorized
By Robbie Watt, Global Development Institute Less developed countries that are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and which have very low greenhouse gas emissions, make up a substantial majority of nations represented at the United Nations Framework...
