DI Working Paper: The Demographics of Digital Development
By Professor Richard Heeks, Professor of Development Informatics Read the Development Informatics Working Paper ‘Examining “Digital Development”: The Shape of Things to Come?‘ Any emergent digital development paradigm will be shaped by three changing...
The Drama of Resilience – or the head, heart and soul of places, people and change
By Dr Robbie Watt, who gained his PhD from the Global Development Institute and is now a Lecturer in International Politics at The University of Manchester. ‘Ohh, resilience.’ When I mentioned resilience, the topic of that evening’s GDI lecture to social worker...
WATCH: Participatory planning in Ruimsig, Johannesburg
Professor Diana Mitlin recently visited Ruimsig, Johannesburg, to learn about participatory planning. This research is part of a new network on ‘Achieving Inclusive Cities through Scaling up Participatory Planning in Africa’ which is being led by Prof Mitlin. The...