In Conversation: Dr Mercedes González de la Rocha and Prof Diana Mitlin
In this episode, Prof Diana Mitlin, Managing Director of GDI, and Dr Mercedes González de la Rocha, an anthropologist and sociologist at CIESAS and an alumna of the University of Manchester, discuss inequalities, clustered disadvantages, urban social isolation, why Dr...
Staff Spotlight: Professor Phil Woodhouse
Phil Woodhouse is Professor of Environment and Development at GDI, and Director of the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Doctoral College, and a Managing Editor of the Journal of Development Studies. He told us about his research, his science background, and of course GDI’s...
Summer research roundup
Over the last few months our researchers have published a number of books, articles and conference papers. Twenty First Century Globalisation and Development Stephanie Barrientos in Development and Change, Multi-scalar Labour Agency in Global Production Networks:...
What factors affect the occurrence of crimes against women in India?
By Geetika Dang, Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha One in three women throughout the world experience physical and/or sexual violence from a partner. In South Asia, the figure rises to nearly 40%. In India, the incidence of serious crimes against women, including...