by Global Development Institute | Jan 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Luis Eduardo Perez Murcia, University of Trento, recently visited the GDI to give a talk entitled ‘I am afraid of dying without seeing my daughter again’: Looking at the Aging-Home-Migration Nexus. Scholarly research exploring the aging-migration nexus has...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 13, 2020 | Comment
From 9th to 13th December, Professor Aminu Mamman hosted a group of scholars and researchers from the University of Rennes 2, France; University of Bielefeld, Germany; University of Abertay, Dundee; University of Ghana; University of Chek Ante Diop, Senegal; ISCAE...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Rory Horner, Senior Lecturer in Globalisation and Political Economy, Global Development Institute Researchers and practitioners of development tend to give particular attention to certain industries. While textiles and natural resource-based industries garner...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 7, 2020 | Comment
Following on from our blog post on 20 Nov 2019, Matthew Walsham and Dr Tanja Bastia are placing a call for papers for a session at the event. The session will be on intergenerational boundaries and migratory borders and specifics can be found in the abstract below....
by Global Development Institute | Jan 7, 2020 | Comment
As part of the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) PhD Studentship programme, the Global Development Institute is delighted to offer up to seven fully funded four year PhD studentship with an integrated teaching certificate. The Global Challenges Research...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Professor David Hulme has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for services to Research and International Development. Through a distinguished 40 year career in development, Professor David Hulme’s research and passionate commitment to creating...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 20, 2019 | Comment
Mr Paul Barry, Teaching Fellow and Dr Lujia Feng, Lecturer in Human Resource Management In Semester One, students studying Human Resource Management are able to take the Study Enhancement Programme. The Programme includes organisational visits and guest lecture...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 11, 2019 | Comment
Kaxton Siu recently visited the Global Development Institute to discuss his new forthcoming book ‘Chinese Migrant Workers and Employer Domination: Comparisons with Hong Kong and Vietnam’. Kaxton Siu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Social...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
The DSA’s annual conference in 2020 will take place at the University of Birmingham from 17-19 June. The conference will focus centrally on “New Leadership for Global Challenges”, while also encompassing the broad range of development studies...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
To what extent are occupations shaped by the family’s educational record? In early 2018 we published a blog called Bangladesh and Education: doing well, could do better. It was based on late 2017 data from the Hrishipara Daily Financial Diaries project, which has been...
