Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visits Global Development Institute
The Global Development Institute hosted a visit from the former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff yesterday (Thursday 21 June) as part of a study tour she is undertaking across the UK. Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th President...
DSA2018: More educated, less mobile? Diverging trends in income and educational mobility in Chile and Peru
The Development Studies Association Annual Conference is being hosted by the Global Development Institute from 27-29th June. The conference will focus on inequalities. Ahead of the conference, we are running a series of blogs from attendees looking at the key issues...DSA2018: Does structural transformation lead to higher inequality?
The Development Studies Association Annual Conference is being hosted by the Global Development Institute from 27-29th June. The conference will focus on inequalities. Ahead of the conference, we are running a series of blogs from attendees looking at the key issues...
Refugee Week reflections: The end of Europe as a community of values – not caused by Brexit but the journey of the Aquarius?
Tanja R. Müller, Reader in Development Studies, Global Development Institute Remember 2015? Then, a perceived unprecedented number of refugees and migrants entered Europe, more than one million people according to available data, while almost 4000 drowned on their...
DSA2018: Land, ethnic inequality and conflict in Ethiopia’s emerging new political order
The Development Studies Association Annual Conference is being hosted by the Global Development Institute from 27-29th June. The conference will focus on inequalities. Ahead of the conference, we are running a series of blogs from attendees looking at the key issues...
DSA2018: Migration, Social Justice and Global Inequalities
The Development Studies Association Annual Conference is being hosted by the Global Development Institute from 27-29th June. The conference will focus on inequalities. Ahead of the conference, we are running a series of blogs from attendees looking at the key issues...
Rising Powers Special: The BRICs Uncovered
This week BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Global Development Institute academics and other leading thinkers. The feature length documentary examining the global trends, recent research findings and future directions for the rising powers. Catch up on the rest...What can social scientists know from art and how?
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Written by Cathy Wilcock based on group reflections This blog is a reflection on a workshop held at the University of Manchester and hosted collaboratively by the UoM Politics Department and the...