Three Gains, Three Failures: A Reflection on the 2022 Jîna Uprising in Iran
by Dilek Celebi, PhD Researcher in GDI On 16 September 2022, a young woman’s murder shook the world. Jîna Amini – a Kurdish-Iranian woman known to the state as Mahsa Amini – journeyed from her hometown of Saqqez (in Kurdistan province) to Tehran. Accused of violating...
Call for alumni contributions: How are development careers evolving in a volatile decade?
The past few years have brought a great deal of social, political, and economic turbulence across much of the world. From intensifying climate breakdown to growing geopolitical uncertainty, GDI academics have been working hard to conceptualise future threats and...
What challenges do development practitioners face when developing their personal resilience?
On 19th August 2025, we held the first communities of practice in a series focused on the role resilience plays during a turbulent period within the development space. The sessions were held online (taking place at 8am and 2pm BST to accommodate time zones) and we...
15 Years of Austerity Eroded Public Infrastructure—Now Extreme Heat Is Exposing the Cost
By Dr Gemma Sou and Ms Clare Steele. We’re told ever-hotter summers are inevitable. What’s less discussed is that Britain’s ability to cope has been systematically dismantled — not by the climate itself, but by 15 years of austerity. The UK has just endured its fourth...