by Global Development Institute | Apr 13, 2017 | Comment
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...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 12, 2017 | Comment
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...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 11, 2017 | Comment
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...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 7, 2017 | Comment
By Dr Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia, photos by Diego Sainea Dr Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia completed his PhD in 2016 on the experiences of losing and remaking home for those people in Colombia who had been internally displaced as a result of violence. On February 24 2017...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 7, 2017 | Comment
Sustainability is everywhere – but what does it mean in the context of globalised production relations? A panel at the Development Studies Association (DSA) Conference, 6-8 September 2017, will aim to explore this very sustainability-value chain nexus. With a session...
