by GDI | May 7, 2026 | Comment
GDI PhD researcher Dani Cocco Beltrame and 25 co-researchers from the Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) federation have been recognised in The University of Manchester’s annual Making a Difference awards. The group won the prestigious ‘outstanding benefit to...
by GDI | May 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
by Dilek Celebi, Honorary Research Fellow Hamid was not asking for sympathy. He was demanding attention for his people. Most of the world chose the easier option. He is gone now. And what makes that loss unbearable is not only grief—it is the specific anger of...
by GDI | Apr 30, 2026 | Comment
Earlier this month, the Global Development Institute held a conference asking, ‘What is the Future of Global Development?’ We welcomed a host of scholars, practitioners, and students from across the world, enjoying lively debate about the critical juncture in which we...
by GDI | Apr 22, 2026 | Comment
Featured image: Visit to local entrepreneur Charles Ashimwe’s fruit tree and vegetable plantation Between the 21st of March and the 3rd of April 2026, the University of Manchester took Development Studies master’s students on its annual field trip to Rwanda. Rwanda,...
by GDI | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
by Mariana C. Hernández-Montilla Here I am, once again in Kigali, looking into education and health in Rwanda. People joke that I must be an expert in Rwanda fieldwork because this is my third time coming as a Teaching Assistant. But it is curious how quickly I forget...
by GDI | Mar 31, 2026 | Comment
To mark the publication of Professor Uma Kothari’s new co-authored book, Stories of Place: Geographies of Meaning, Memory and Connection, we interviewed Uma about the story behind the book and the relationship between stories and the places from which they emerge. In...
by GDI | Mar 24, 2026 | Comment
by Professor Nicola Banks Yesterday I was sad to read of even further declines in UK giving over the past year. Today I am furious to hear what UK aid cuts will look like in practice. And if you’re following global development headlines, you might feel the same way....
by GDI | Mar 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor Paul Mosley, Director of the Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), University of Manchester, from 1986 to 1992. Professor David Hulme, who worked closely with Paul, reflects on his...
by GDI | Mar 5, 2026 | Comment
by Louisa Hann If today’s Silicon Valley billionaires are to be believed, AI is about to supercharge your quality of life, boost your productivity, and provide access to “wildly abundant” intelligence. As Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI puts it, the future “can be vastly...
by GDI | Feb 27, 2026 | Comment
By Lujia Feng, Programme Director: MSc Human Resource Management (International Development) On Thursday, 12 February 2026, we were delighted to welcome Kashif Taj, Apprenticeships Leader at IBM UK, to speak with our MSc Human Resource Management (International...
