by Global Development Institute | Jul 17, 2019 | Comment, Uncategorized
Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute 16 July 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with Apollo 11. That scientific and engineering pinnacle of planetary exploration has gone on to transform our place in the universe and...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 8, 2019 | Comment
Registration is open for our flagship international conference convened by the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre on ‘From politics to power? Rethinking the politics of development’ which will be held from 9 – 11 September 2019 in...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 8, 2019 | Comment
Richard Heeks, Professor of Development Informatics Data is playing an ever-growing role in international development. But what lens can we use to analyse the impact of data on development? The emerging field of “data justice” offers some valuable ideas but they have...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 1, 2019 | Comment
GDI’s Oliver Bakewell is a key member of the Research and Evidence Facility on Migration in the Horn of Africa – and features in a new video outlining the project: The project focuses on a range of policy relevant migration issues in the Horn of Africa, including the:...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 28, 2019 | Comment
We have big ambitions at the GDI and to make them happen, we need the best research and teaching staff. If you have an outstanding track record and a commitment to social justice, then please come and join us. Click on the job titles for more information: Lecturer in...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 18, 2019 | Comment
Shamel Azmeh, Lecturer in International Development With the EU raising the issue of labour standards with Korea under their free trade agreement and debates around labour provisions in the new NAFTA agreement intensify, Shamel Azmeh discusses the potential and the...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 12, 2019 | Comment
Today, we’re welcoming researchers and activists to Manchester for a conference on the challenges and opportunities of scaling up participation in urban settings. But of the ten keynote speakers we invited from the Global South, only five have received a visa to...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 10, 2019 | Comment, Uncategorized
By Tanja R. Müller Fittingly, a few days since I returned from a visit to Eritrea that coincided with the 28th celebration of Eritrean independence on 24th May, an academic article I wrote in November 2018 about the rapprochement between Eritrea and Ethiopia has just...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
by Paul Barry and Lujia Feng Students on the Management and Governance in Development Group in the Global Development Institute had a workshop on the recruitment and application process of IBM. The workshop provided students with insights into of practice-focused...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Researchers from the Global Development Institute will be convening 6 panels the Development Studies Association Conference. The conference runs from 19-21st June at the Open University in Milton Keynes. Find out about the panels and papers our researchers are...
