by GDI | May 29, 2025 | Comment
by Mariana C. Hernández-Montilla I woke to the sound of chickens outside my dormitory window at the Akagera Community Centre. Their morning concert, an unexpected alarm clock during my stay, became a surprisingly perfect example of Rwanda’s new beginning. There...
by GDI | May 19, 2025 | Comment
by Yuko Aoyama, Dan Haberly, Rory Horner and Seth Schindler The contemporary global economy is undergoing considerable turbulence. The state is resurgent, in multiple domains. Unpredictability is seemingly the name of the game amidst geopolitical and military...
by GDI | May 19, 2025 | Comment
by Mahtab Uddin Doctoral Researcher, GDI, the University of Manchester, & Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Dhaka I still remember my first day at Manchester Piccadilly Gardens. The sun was dazzling in the sky, a quite unusual sight in Manchester...
by GDI | May 13, 2025 | Comment
The Migrant Body in South-South Migrations University of Manchester, UK Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th December 2025 As migrants traverse borders, their gendered bodies become sites of agency, struggle and transformation. A critical focus on the migrant body is...
by GDI | May 9, 2025 | Comment
This April, students on our MSc Human Resource Management (International Development) took part in a residential visit as part of their study in the MSc Human Resource Management Enhancement Programme (HRMEP). The MSc HRMEP has developed over nine years since 2017 to...
by GDI | Apr 30, 2025 | Comment
Organised by the GDI Students for Palestine with support from the GDI Innovation Fund We invite submissions for the Interdisciplinary Conference: “Palestine & Social Justice: Decolonisation and Development Studies.” This conference seeks to critically engage...
by GDI | Apr 30, 2025 | Comment
By Skyla Baily, GDI Digital Communications Officer In our thoroughly online world, just how important are platforms like LinkedIn when it comes to sharing your research? How can it help reach relevant audiences and provide opportunities for career development? There...
by GDI | Apr 8, 2025 | Comment
Ever wondered how the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) generates its influential – often headline-making – climate reports? We caught up with José Antonio Puppim De Oliveira, GDI’s Professor of Climate Change Governance and Global Development, to...
by GDI | Apr 7, 2025 | Comment
Khalid Nadvi, Professor of International Development, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester 5 April 2025 As financial markets across the world continue to reel from the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on April 2nd – so-called ‘Liberation...
by GDI | Apr 1, 2025 | Comment
Funded by the University of Manchester Hallsworth Fund and the British Academy Conference Fund Scroll for French, Spanish and Portuguese translations. Deadline for Photo Submission Extended to 15th September, 2025 As migrants traverse borders, their bodies become...
