Avoiding capitalism? The ‘risk turn’ in social protection is a wrong turning
Armando Barrientos, Emeritus Professor, Global Development Institute Policy responses to Covid-19 have encouraged discussion of the future scope of social assistance, and social protection. Social assistance infrastructure – registries, payment systems, poverty...
Footprints of a Scholar
By Irene Okhade and Bridgit Kabah On 19th May 2021, the Global Development Institute and the wider University of Manchester community received with sadness, news of the demise of their alumnus, respected researcher and academic colleague, Dr Franklin Yayra Adorsu...
Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and the Future of Development
Johan A Oldekop, Charis Enns and Rose Pritchard, Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester John Kerry, the US climate envoy, has high hopes for the outcomes of COP26. Indeed, politicians across political divides have stressed the ‘make or break’...
Photo competition about transnational migration and Covid-19 in Latin America
Dr Tanja Bastia, The University of Manchester, Dr Erika Busse Cárdenas, Macalaster College, Dr María Calderón Muñoz, independent scholar Español Português Erika, María and Tanja have known each other for over twenty years – we met in 1998 as students at the MA in...
Concurso fotográfico sobre migración transnacional y Covid-19 en América Latina
Dr Tanja Bastia, The University of Manchester, Dr Erika Busse Cárdenas, Macalaster College, Dr María Calderón Muñoz, independent scholar Erika, María y Tanja son amigas desde hace más de veinte años – nos conocimos en 1998 como estudiantes de la Maestría en...
Concurso de fotografia sobre migração transnacional e COVID-19 na América Latina
Dr Tanja Bastia, The University of Manchester, Dr Erika Busse Cárdenas, Macalaster College, Dr María Calderón Muñoz, independent scholar Erika, Maria e Tanja são amigas há mais de vinte anos – nos conhecemos em 1998 como alunos do Mestrado em Gênero e...
Former student reforming education law in Mexico
Our former student Elisa Soto is putting her Master’s dissertation into practice in her home country, Mexico, to address gender inequalities in education. During her studies at the University, Elisa decided to undertake a dissertation analysing India’s...
Advancing horizontal solidarity or long-term profit? The messy politics behind the German business sector response to refugee integration
Tanja Müller, Professor of Political Sociology, Global Development Institute Tanja R. Müller and Lisa Ann Richey have organised two panels at the upcoming International Humanitarian Studies Organisation Conference in Paris (3-5 November) on the theme: Taking ideology...