MSc Human Resource Management virtual meeting with the European Commission
The Global Development Institute offers a range of taught master’s programmes. The MSc Human Resource Management programme aims to equip learners with a robust theoretical framework for careers in HRM and at the same time to provide students with an opportunity to...
Extreme risk makes the journey feasible
We have just launched a new master’s course on International Development: Migration, Mobility and Displacement. To coincide with this and to give students a greater idea about the course we will be sharing a series of blogs from members of our Migration, Refugees and...
Campaigners call for democratic approach to managing public land in Greater Manchester
Over 50 local campaign organisations, including housing and climate groups, trade unions and charities, have signed an open letter to Andy Burnham calling for a democratic approach to managing public land in Greater Manchester. The letter calls for Burnham to use his...
Concurso Fotográfico – Photo Contest
Migración Transnacional en tiempos de pandemia en América Latina y el Caribe/ Transnational Migration in Times of a Pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean Descripción: Convocatoria abierta para migrantes y/o refugiados/refugiadas que estén en cualquier parte de...
PhD students: Getting published from a standing start
By Xi Xi and Kunkanit Sutamchai Publishing papers in journals is an effective approach to disseminate your research and communicate with peers in the research field. For a PhD student, having a paper published in an academic journal proves that you are capable to...
Oil: from a lifetime of damage-limitation to outrage
David Little Much of my career has been spent trying to find ways of reducing the environmental pollution and social damage caused by oil spills. In recent work with colleagues at Manchester and Vancouver, we have shown how prolonged public pressure brought genuine...
Transnational care across age and generations through the pandemic: continuities and disruptions in Bolivia
Tanja Bastia, Reader, Global Development Institute Transnational care takes various forms. People’s abilities to practice transnational care also varies and has, inevitably, been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. I begin with two vignettes: doña Celia from Santa...
A brief primer on wealth for social policy.
Armando Barrientos, Emeritus Professor of Poverty and Social Justice, Global Development Institute Social policy has traditionally focused on income, its distribution and redistribution. But wealth is increasingly coming into view on issues such as wealth taxes,...