by developmentatmanchester | Dec 1, 2015 | Events
We had a great time celebrating the launch of the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Doctoral College on November 26. As well as general festivities, eight brave PhD candidates presented a three-minute version of their theses. Listen to the winning 3MTs! Luis Perez: Losing...
by developmentatmanchester | Dec 1, 2015 | Comment
By Professor David Hulme The 21st COP Summit started yesterday in Paris. After almost 20 years of climate talks, it is hoped that the international community will finally agree concerted action to tackle climate change. Though a tiny minority still debate the science,...
by developmentatmanchester | Nov 26, 2015 | Comment, Events
By Heiner Janus In his Global Development seminar last week, Professor David Hulme asked: Are the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) the world’s biggest promise or just another development fad? The short answer: a bit of both. Content-wise the 2030...
by developmentatmanchester | Nov 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Dr Ralitza Dimova Food security in Africa is challenged in three key ways – by competition between food and cash crops, by constrained access to productive resources, and through social norms. This is the upshot of my 10-minute film on agriculture in Ivory...
by developmentatmanchester | Nov 18, 2015 | Comment, Events
The next lecture in our Global Development Seminar Series takes place on Wednesday November 25, with Professor David Hulme. David’s seminar is titled From MDGs to SDGS: Transformation or Evolution? The lecture will run 4.30pm-6pm in Cordingley Lecture...
by developmentatmanchester | Nov 17, 2015 | Comment, Research Findings
Royal Holloway Professor Sandra Halperin gave a compelling lecture last week at our Global Development Seminar Series. Drawing on her most recent book, Re-Envisioning Global Development: a Horizontal Perspective, Sandra critiqued Eurocentric tellings of development...
by developmentatmanchester | Nov 12, 2015 | Comment
By Nicola Banks One of the consistent battles I face as a researcher is the feeling of uselessness I experience in each and every interview I conduct. This is not to say that I believe our research is ‘useless’ – anything but. Research must continue to play an...
by developmentatmanchester | Nov 10, 2015 | Comment, Policy
By Dr Rory Horner In a new article published via Territory, Politics, Governance, Rory Horner reviews emerging evidence of the growth of South-South trade and argues for the need to move beyond win-win notions from development cooperation to highlight the commercial...
by developmentatmanchester | Nov 4, 2015 | Comment, Policy
By M Niaz Asadullah and Liyanage Devangi Perera* Vietnam’s performance in the latest round of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) has created a stir among education experts and policymakers around the world. The country’s 15-year-olds participated...
by developmentatmanchester | Nov 2, 2015 | Events
The next lecture in our Global Development Seminar Series takes place on Wednesday 11 November, with Professor Sandra Halperin. Sandra is Professor of International Relations and co-director of the Centre for Global and Transnational Politics at Royal Holloway...
