Avoiding capitalism? The ‘risk turn’ in social protection is a wrong turning
Armando Barrientos, Emeritus Professor, Global Development Institute Policy responses to Covid-19 have encouraged discussion of the future scope of social assistance, and social protection. Social assistance infrastructure – registries, payment systems, poverty...
Footprints of a Scholar
By Irene Okhade and Bridgit Kabah On 19th May 2021, the Global Development Institute and the wider University of Manchester community received with sadness, news of the demise of their alumnus, respected researcher and academic colleague, Dr Franklin Yayra Adorsu...
Advancing horizontal solidarity or long-term profit? The messy politics behind the German business sector response to refugee integration
Tanja Müller, Professor of Political Sociology, Global Development Institute Tanja R. Müller and Lisa Ann Richey have organised two panels at the upcoming International Humanitarian Studies Organisation Conference in Paris (3-5 November) on the theme: Taking ideology...
What’s so special about contemporary megaprojects?
Seth Schindler, Senior Lecturer in Urban Development and Transformation, Global Development Institute, Simin Fadaee, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, The University of Manchester, and Dan Brockington, Professor, The University of Sheffield A seismic shift? We live in an...