by GDI | Jun 11, 2024 | Comment
By Dr Louisa Hann On Thursday, 30th May 2024, the Development Studies Association (DSA) hosted a webinar exploring the critical need to decolonise Development Studies and tackle the epistemic inequities that govern a Eurocentric research landscape. The discussion also...
by GDI | Jun 5, 2024 | Comment
By Louisa Hann The world has witnessed seismic political, social, and economic shifts since the turn of the new millennium. From the financial crash of 2008 to the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, the frequency and severity of era-shaping events seem to have ramped up over...
by GDI | May 28, 2024 | Comment
The School of Environment, Education, and Development (SEED) held its annual conference for postgraduate researchers on Wednesday, 22nd May 2024. Designed to provide a platform for PhD students to share their research insights, the conference gave students and staff...
by GDI | May 28, 2024 | Comment
The University of Manchester’s Post-Crash Economics Society and Rethinking Economics recently launched a report examining whether the economics curriculum is fit for purpose in an increasingly turbulent twenty-first century. One of GDI’s undergraduate...
by GDI | May 20, 2024 | Comment
Published 17/05/2024 in The Conversation Recent floods in Kenya have left at least 270 people dead, displaced more than 200,000 and destroyed property, infrastructure and livelihoods across the country. In Nairobi, hundreds of people in informal settlements were left...
by GDI | May 15, 2024 | Comment
Written by Mariana C. Hernandez-Montilla Ubumuntu means humanity, goodness, generosity, and kindness. For me, Ubumuntu means Rwanda and Rwanda means learning from the past. Murakaza neza Kigali! I stepped off the plane in March 2024, having travelled to Kigali as...
