by GDI | Dec 17, 2025 | Comment
by Blanche de Moidrey, PhD Student at the Global Development Institute In this article, I explain the inherent limitations of Western ‘epistemology’ (way of knowing the world) in addressing the current ecological crisis. The Western worldview is based on the...
by GDI | Dec 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last month, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) hosted its annual conference of the parties (COP) in Belém, Brazil. Known as COP30, this year’s climate summit took place a decade after the milestone Paris Agreement at COP21, wherein...
by GDI | Dec 5, 2025 | Comment
Dr. Lujia Feng, Programme Director, MSc Human Resource Management (International Development), writes about the mental health session & social dinner on Tuesday, 25th November 2025 for students on the course. As we move toward the end of Semester One, our students...
by GDI | Dec 4, 2025 | Comment
by Mahtab Uddin Doctoral Researcher, GDI, the University of Manchester Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Dhaka For decades, the promise of global development was rooted in a simple idea: the world, though unequal, could move forward together. Richer...
by GDI | Dec 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
by Tekle Weldemichel (Lecturer in Environment and Development at GDI) and Hussein M. Sulieman (Research Fellow at GDI) The Horn of Africa (HoA) has, in recent years, been going through one of the most acute episodes of political and humanitarian crisis in its modern...
