by Global Development Institute | Apr 12, 2017 | Comment
By Dr Robbie Watt, who gained his PhD from the Global Development Institute and is now a Lecturer in International Politics at The University of Manchester. ‘Ohh, resilience.’ When I mentioned resilience, the topic of that evening’s GDI lecture to social worker...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 11, 2017 | Comment
Professor Diana Mitlin recently visited Ruimsig, Johannesburg, to learn about participatory planning. This research is part of a new network on ‘Achieving Inclusive Cities through Scaling up Participatory Planning in Africa’ which is being led by Prof Mitlin. The...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 7, 2017 | Comment
By Dr Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia, photos by Diego Sainea Dr Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia completed his PhD in 2016 on the experiences of losing and remaking home for those people in Colombia who had been internally displaced as a result of violence. On February 24 2017...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 7, 2017 | Comment
Sustainability is everywhere – but what does it mean in the context of globalised production relations? A panel at the Development Studies Association (DSA) Conference, 6-8 September 2017, will aim to explore this very sustainability-value chain nexus. With a session...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 5, 2017 | Comment
By Stuart Rutherford, Honorary Research Fellow at The Global Development Institute This is the fourth in a series of short articles about the findings of a daily ‘financial diary’ research project in Bangladesh. In this article, we look at the spending on health care...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 4, 2017 | Comment
Professor Uma Kothari recently appeared on a panel discussion at the University of Melbourne. The discussion which asked, ‘Are universities part of the populism problem?’ featured Jeffery Bleich, former US Ambassador to Australia and current Chair of the Fulbright...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 31, 2017 | Comment
On Wednesday, 22 March, Professor Katrina Brown gave a lecture entitled: Resilience, Development and Global Change: Resistance, Rootedness and Resourcefulness. You can watch the live stream below Find out more about the other talks in our #GDILecture series Read Dr...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 30, 2017 | Comment, Uncategorized
By Dr Tanja R. Müller Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the Global Development Institute A group of women form the shape of a boat – one of those boats we are used to see in media pictures these days, unseaworthy but still trying to cross the Mediterranean...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 30, 2017 | Comment
The Development Implications of Digital Economies (DIODE) Strategic Network is a newly funded project which will be led by Professor Richard Heeks. The network received £129,000 as part of the Economic and Social Research Council’s Global Challenges Research Fund...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 23, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website. By Kitty Lymperopoulou and Lindsey Garratt The House of Commons has cleared the way for the Prime Minister to trigger article 50 at the end of March 2017, however, what happens next for EU citizens...
