by Global Development Institute | Jun 12, 2019 | Comment
Today, we’re welcoming researchers and activists to Manchester for a conference on the challenges and opportunities of scaling up participation in urban settings. But of the ten keynote speakers we invited from the Global South, only five have received a visa to...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 28, 2019 | Events
Professor Diana Mitlin, Professor of Global Urbanism, Global Development Institute How can participation be scaled up to make an impact that has relevance at the scale required? What are the challenges that must be tackled in terms of exclusion of those who have the...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 1, 2018 | Comment
Professor Diana Mitlin, Managing Director, Global Development Institute After some years away from the water literature I’ve been struck by extent to which a language of neoliberalism has permeated the sector. There are significant costs to this use of language....
by Global Development Institute | Jun 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Global inequalities is the central theme of DSA2018 in Manchester, which marks the Development Studies Association’s 40th anniversary and 60 years of development studies at The University of Manchester. Focusing on global inequalities challenges the traditional...
by Global Development Institute | May 23, 2017 | Comment
Professor Diana Mitlin has appeared as part of the UN-Habitat’s Global Urban Lecture series arguing that coproduction is an essential component of an inclusive urban agenda. UN-Habitat’s Global Urban Lecture series collect and share knowledge related to the New Urban...
