by Global Development Institute | Dec 11, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Blog by Ria Sunga, PhD Candidate, History, The University of Manchester The World on the Move Conference was an excellent opportunity for me, as a PhD student, to listen to colleagues and scholars...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 8, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Blog by Hannah Haycox, PhD Candidate, Sociology, The University of Manchester “We are far more united and have far more in common than what divides us” (Jo Cox) This week, I was delighted to attend...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, 29 November, Prof Bill Ferguson, Grinnell College, delivered a lecture entitled ‘a political economy approach to collective action, inequality and development’. This lecture was the Annual Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture presented with the...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 6, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Blog by Dr William Wheeler, independent scholar Migration, it is agreed, is intimately connected with hope. As we heard from Gulwali Passarlay, a refugee from Afghanistan and author of Lightless...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 6, 2017 | Comment
Effective States and Inclusive Development’s Dr Pablo Yanguas engages Grinnell University’s Professor Bill Ferguson in a thought-provoking discussion about the role of economics in both creating and addressing collective action problems. Bill, the Gertrude B. Austin...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 6, 2017 | Comment
Pablo Yanguas, Research Associate on Effective States and Inclusive Development, Global Development Institute. The fact that I have written a grand total of 7 posts for my own blog in the entirety of 2017 is a testament to the madness that this year has been. Good...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 5, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Blog by James Shraiky, PhD Candidate, HCRI, The University of Manchester The Migration Lab Conference explored some of the most contemporary, complex, and current migration issues facing our modern...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 4, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Blog by Dr Ghalia Sarmani, Head of Arabic Languages, Al Nimra Qur’an School, Manchester Earlier this month I attended the ‘World on the Move; Migration, Societies and Change’ conference hosted by...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 1, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Blog by Gabriele Restelli, PhD Candidate, HCRI, The University of Manchester The title of the conference World on the Move made me think: Is the world on the move? Are we witnessing an era of...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 1, 2017 | Comment
Prof Diana Mitlin spoke to Jack Makau (Director of Slum Dwellers International in Kenya) and Joseph Muturi (community leader, activist and Coordinator of the Kenyan Slum Dwellers Federation) when they were visiting Manchester to guest lecture on GDI’s innovative...
