by GDI | Jan 31, 2025 | Comment
By Richard Heeks When it comes to tackling real-world problems, researchers often find themselves choosing between two big philosophical approaches: positivism, which focuses on hard facts and objectivity, and constructivism, which highlights how people shape their...
by GDI | Aug 7, 2024 | Comment
By Hamid Khalafallah, PhD Researcher at GDI Ahead of the Development Studies Association (DSA) 2024 conference, I attended a workshop organised by the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) in collaboration with the DSA and...
by GDI | Jun 18, 2024 | Comment
By Vinka Maharani The career journey can feel daunting for an international student returning to their home country after completing a Master’s degree. While you gain a lot of new perspectives at university, adjusting back to your home country with these lenses...
by GDI | Jun 11, 2024 | Comment
By Dr Louisa Hann On Thursday, 30th May 2024, the Development Studies Association (DSA) hosted a webinar exploring the critical need to decolonise Development Studies and tackle the epistemic inequities that govern a Eurocentric research landscape. The discussion also...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 30, 2016 | Events
The Global Development Institute is helping to convene seven panels at the annual DSA conference in September. The focus of the conference is politics in development. For full details of each session and to proposed a paper, click on the title. Power, politics and...
