by developmentatmanchester | Sep 1, 2014 | Comment, Research Findings
By Dan Brockington One of the most intriguing facts about celebrity is how little we know about how the general public respond to it. And, when you do try and find out, then one of the most intriguing things is how little notice many people appear to take of it. Yes,...
by developmentatmanchester | Aug 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Viva Voce is a new and exciting online platform that was created by our very own IDPM PhD student, Gemma Sou. Viva Voce promotes and supports PhD students, PostDocs and Early careers researchers in the Social Sciences, by providing a platform for setting up short,...
by developmentatmanchester | Aug 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Sally Cawood In March 2014, IDPM PhD Student Sally Cawood boarded a plane to Dhaka for her first taste of urban life in the Bangladeshi capital, dubbed one of the most ‘unliveable cities’ in the world. In this blog Sally describes how this two week trip...
by developmentatmanchester | Aug 8, 2014 | Comment, Research Findings
By Daniel Brockington Celebrity is a normal part of development business these days. While we can all point to famous development advocates, I suspect that most of us do not know the extent to which development NGOs in Britain, and indeed the whole NGO sector, has...
by developmentatmanchester | Aug 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Jessica Hope, PhD student at IDPM, and a Postgraduate careers workshop. If you are working on research in a University and are thinking of joining the NGO sector this blog will help you to prepare. With the end of her PhD on the horizon, Jessica Hope co-organised a...
