“Can you say that again, but faster?” Research communications lessons from Instagram and storytelling
Dr Judith Krauss, Lecturer in Environment, Climate Change and Development, Global Development Institute As we at the Global Development Institute like a challenge, we decided to foray into several slightly unconventional research communications methods in the past...
In Conversation: Prof David Hulme and Prof Dani Rodrik
Be a fly on the wall as GDI’s Executive Director, Prof David Hulme, interviews Prof Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, about globalisation, inequality and trade, as...
Podcast: Uma Kothari on migration and development
In August 2017 Prof Uma Kothari, Global Development Institute, spoke at the EADI NORDIC 2017 conference on ‘Contesting Reconfigured Boundaries: Migration and Development’. The conference was a joint partnership between EADI (European Association of Development...
GDI Lecture Series: economics of populism with Prof Dani Rodrik
On Thursday, 26 October, Prof Dani Rodrik of the Harvard Kennedy School delivered the Global Development Institute Annual Lecture as part of the GDI Lecture Series. The lecture was entitled the economics of populism. You can watch the livestream below. You can also...
The trouble with stubble: The politics of cleaning India’s air
Dr Pritish Behuria, Hallsworth Research Fellow, Global Development Institute Over the last few years, there has been increased public attention on the dangerously high levels of pollution in New Delhi and in other parts of India. In 2014, a World Health Organization...
Podcast: Richard Heeks on the digital gig economy
Professor Richard Heeks recently delivered a seminar entitled ‘Decent Work and the Digital Gig Economy in Developing Countries’. You can listen to the podcast of the seminar below. This talk was based on Prof Heeks recent Development Informatics Working...
Open Access Week at GDI
Prof Diana Mitlin, Managing Director, Global Development Institute The majority of research at GDI is made available either Green or Gold Open Access, and our GDI Working Paper Series is always free to download. Open Access is key in supporting the core values that...
Upgrading informal settlements: Mukuru to point the way
Prof Diana Mitlin, Managing Director, Global Development Institute While global attention focuses on the Kenyan election, a process that will (arguably) make a much more significant difference to the wellbeing of the more than 3 million residents of Nairobi is already...