Global Development Institute Blog

How are GDI academics tackling the ‘polycrisis’ ?

How are GDI academics tackling the ‘polycrisis’ ?

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...
Opinion: It’s time to transform the economics curriculum

Opinion: It’s time to transform the economics curriculum

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...