by GDI | Mar 20, 2025 | Comment
By Ellen Logan, MSc in Global Development In March 2025, my colleague Alex Pettifer and I interviewed Nadia Naser-Najjab, Director of Palestine Studies at Exeter University and a leading scholar in Palestine Studies. Originally from Palestine, Nadia began her academic...
by GDI | Mar 19, 2025 | Comment
By Dr Nafisatu Irene Okhade, MSc MIDP Programme Director Students from the MSc Management and Implementation of Development Projects (MIDP) programme recently took part in a day trip to Buxton, where they had an opportunity to explore the Poole’s Cavern and Pavilion...
by GDI | Mar 11, 2025 | Comment
By Professor Tanja Müller I want to share a story about the complex reality of Israel-Palestine – a timely occasion given the recent publication of a blog by the GDI Students for Palestine group. Many years ago, I was involved in a research project that engaged with...
by GDI | Feb 28, 2025 | Comment
by Dr Teklehaymanot Weldemichel Last week, I had the privilege of attending the 5th International Forest Defenders Conference in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, where I was invited to speak on the role of colonialism in shaping contemporary land rights in regions of high...
by GDI | Jan 22, 2025 | Comment
by Mahtab Uddin, PhD candidate, GDI, University of Manchester In 1954, Arthur Lewis published a paper that set out his famous Dualistic Development Model, arguing that developing economies could foster capitalist growth by employing surplus labour from the subsistence...
