by GDI | Nov 6, 2025 | Comment
by Louisa Hann In these times of economic and geopolitical upheaval, global development issues have been making frequent headlines. In recent months, for example, we’ve seen the controversial opening of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (an infrastructural project...
by GDI | Oct 22, 2025 | Comment
by Lujia Feng, Programme Director, MSc Human Resource Management (International Development) At the start of this semester, we kicked off the year with something a little different, a learning session and social event for MSc Human Resource Management (International...
by GDI | Oct 21, 2025 | Comment
By Mina Wang, intern with the Just Earth Observation for Conservation (JEOC) project Earth observation (EO) has long been used for environmental monitoring, but has become increasingly integral in recent years — not least in the Global South, where the promise of the...
by GDI | Oct 15, 2025 | Comment
By Teklehaymanot Weldemichel and Smith Ouma The African Union has long promoted the slogan “African solutions to African problems”. Yet recent developments across the continent suggest that this proclamation is increasingly hollow. To begin with, in a world of...
by GDI | Oct 8, 2025 | Comment
The Research for Transformation Lab is an initiative at GDI that aims to explore and critically reflect on the connection between development research and the ‘real world’. The Transformation Lab week will facilitate conversations between researchers and...
by GDI | Sep 19, 2025 | Comment
On 16th September 2025, we held the second communities of practice in a series exploring the complexities of developing and maintaining resilience within the development space. Natalie Cunningham, Senior Lecturer in Leadership for Development at GDI, facilitated the...
