by Global Development Institute | Jul 22, 2019 | Comment, Events
One of our PhD candidates, Mapenzie Tauzie decided to organise an activity in Zomba, Malawi – the community from where her field researchers came from. The result was a spectacular display of football and netball for young people which went on for ten weeks,...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 28, 2019 | Events
Professor Diana Mitlin, Professor of Global Urbanism, Global Development Institute How can participation be scaled up to make an impact that has relevance at the scale required? What are the challenges that must be tackled in terms of exclusion of those who have the...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 26, 2019 | Events
Dr Rory Stanton, Programme Co-Director, MSc in Human Resource Development (International Development) “Welcome to the Mother City” is the slogan that greets you as you make your way through Cape Town International Airport upon arrival. For those of us who have been...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 12, 2018 | Events, News
The Call for Papers is now open for DSA2019: Opening up Development, the annual conference of the Development Studies Association taking place at the Open University, Milton Keynes, 19-21st June. The conference theme draws attention to shifts in the global political...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 8, 2018 | Events, Uncategorized
Global Development Institute hosted a special screening of the Ugandan film Boda Boda Thieves at the Millennium Powerhouse in Moss Side, as part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Sciences. A group of young people from Hulme and Moss Side, youth workers and those...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 30, 2018 | Comment, Events
Nicola Banks, Lecturer in Urban Development, Global Development Institute As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, we’ll be holding a film screening followed by a learning exchange and discussion with youth groups in Manchester to see what can be learnt across...
