by Global Development Institute | Nov 8, 2018 | Events, Uncategorized
Global Development Institute hosted a special screening of the Ugandan film Boda Boda Thieves at the Millennium Powerhouse in Moss Side, as part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Sciences. A group of young people from Hulme and Moss Side, youth workers and those...
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 | Oct 30, 2018 | Comment, Events
Nicola Banks, Lecturer in Urban Development, Global Development Institute As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, we’ll be holding a film screening followed by a learning exchange and discussion with youth groups in Manchester to see what can be learnt across...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Open Access week for 2018 runs from 22-28th of October. To celebrate you can find a selection of our Open Access publications from the last academic year below. Open Access is a core value at the Global Development Institute, as Diana Mitlin, Managing Director of...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dr Joanne Jordan, Honorary Research Fellow, Global Development Institute Academics in the UK are now working in a context in which doing research that has societal ‘impact’ is an increasingly important requirement for funders, institutions and scientific bodies. But,...
