Professor David Hulme, Executive Director, Global Development Institute Back in 1999 the Institute for Development Policy and Management started working with Stuart Rutherford (now an Honorary Research Fellow at the Global Development Institute) on a research project...
By Kunal Sen, Professor Of Development Economics & Policy, Global Development Institute A question of long-standing interest among social scientists is the degree to which an individual’s status in society is determined by the position of one’s parents. In...
We have big ambitions at the GDI and to make them happen, we need the best research and teaching staff. Following our successful launch, we’re now expanding – and currently have twelve academic positions to fill. If you have an outstanding track record and a...
David Hulme, Executive Director, Global Development Institute I am just back from Japan – a delightful visit with colleagues in Nagoya and Tokyo. The only cloud, in a very sunny week, was hearing about the scale of public support for a populist, nationalist right-wing...
Richard Heeks, Professor of Development Informatics, Global Development Institute At a recent CDI brown-bag discussion on data-intensive development, we hypothesised a mirror-image power dynamic between big data and open data. Open data has an inherent tendency to...
On Wednesday, 27 July 201, Professor David Hulme, Executive Director of the Global Development Institute spoke at the Japan International Cooperation Agency. His presentation focused on the ideas detailed in his latest book, ‘Should Rich Nations Help The...
Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID)Research Director Professor Sam Hickey delivered this seminar to The Development Policy Centre at Australia National University on ESID’s research. Which forms of politics matter most, how can these be conceptualised...
Richard Heeks, Professor of Development Informatics In practice, there is a growing role for data within international development: what we can call “data-intensive development”. But what should be the research agenda for this emerging phenomenon? On 12th July 2016,...
We heard that one of our alumni was coming back to Manchester to attend the Big and Open Data Workshop this month, so we sat down with Chris Foster to talk about how why he chose to study at the University of Manchester and what he’s been up to since he graduated. Why...
Giving a gathering of over 20 development professionals, journalists, alumni and MPs a reminder that 1.2 billion people went to bed in extreme poverty last night, Mike Kane MP opened up Professor David Hulme’s book launch at Westminster for a frank but positive...
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