by Global Development Institute | Apr 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
I write in anticipation of your imminent email asking me to be your PhD supervisor. Firstly, I am flattered that you have chosen to approach me out of the blue, I look forward to hearing more about your proposed research. However, I receive many approaches each year...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Global Development Institute researcher Dr Richard Duncombe is the editor of a new book sharing research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global South. The population of the Global South is growing...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 8, 2018 | Research Findings
For all the gains made for and by women in academia, equal pay, under-representation, stereotypes, tokenism or imposter syndrome mean that there is still a long way to go. For International Women’s Day 2018 we’ve highlighted some of the papers that female academics at...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 23, 2018 | Comment
Dr Judith Krauss, Lecturer in Environment and Climate Change Can I ask you a question? Do you like chocolate? If your answer is ‘yes’, as for 100% of my focus-group and public-engagement participants, you may be interested to know that the people manufacturing your...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 20, 2018 | Comment
In the last year, Professor Bina Agarwal has won three major international prizes for her work on gender, agriculture and development: the Agropolis Fondation Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize, the French Ordre du Mérite Agricole, and finally the Balzan...