In Conversation: Prof Dan Brockington and Dr Nicola Banks
For the few years, Dan Brockington of the Sheffield Institute for International Development and Nicola Banks of GDI, have been engaged on an epic project to map UK NGOs focused on development. The database they have compiled on the 900 organisations that spend over...
New book on the politics of growth from ESID researchers
We are pleased to announce that Deals and Development, a book resulting from Effective States and Inclusive Development research on the politics of growth, has been published. You can also read an Open Access version of the book here. The book is edited by three...
GDI Explains: Migrant or Refugee?
Global Development Institute explains brings together expert academics from across the Institute to explain key concepts in development studies. Who is a refugee? How do you define words like ‘migrant’ and ‘asylum seeker’? Are these synonymous...
The White Helmets: devastation, borders and humanity
By Caroline Boyd, Global Inequalities Campaign Manager Last night we hosted a free, public screening of The White Helmets at the Manchester Museum as part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Sciences. Around 60 members of the public attended the open event which also...