by Global Development Institute | Apr 4, 2017 | Comment
Professor Uma Kothari recently appeared on a panel discussion at the University of Melbourne. The discussion which asked, ‘Are universities part of the populism problem?’ featured Jeffery Bleich, former US Ambassador to Australia and current Chair of the Fulbright...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 31, 2017 | Comment
On Wednesday, 22 March, Professor Katrina Brown gave a lecture entitled: Resilience, Development and Global Change: Resistance, Rootedness and Resourcefulness. You can watch the live stream below Find out more about the other talks in our #GDILecture series Read Dr...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 30, 2017 | Comment, Uncategorized
By Dr Tanja R. Müller Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the Global Development Institute A group of women form the shape of a boat – one of those boats we are used to see in media pictures these days, unseaworthy but still trying to cross the Mediterranean...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 30, 2017 | Comment
The Development Implications of Digital Economies (DIODE) Strategic Network is a newly funded project which will be led by Professor Richard Heeks. The network received £129,000 as part of the Economic and Social Research Council’s Global Challenges Research Fund...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 23, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website. By Kitty Lymperopoulou and Lindsey Garratt The House of Commons has cleared the way for the Prime Minister to trigger article 50 at the end of March 2017, however, what happens next for EU citizens...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 15, 2017 | Comment
By Sally Cawood, PhD researcher at the Global Development Institute By 2030, it is predicted that nearly five billion (60%) of the world’s population will live in cities[1]. Whilst these spatial shifts are occurring globally, the pace and complexity of urbanisation in...
