by Global Development Institute | Jun 22, 2018 | Comment
The Global Development Institute hosted a visit from the former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff yesterday (Thursday 21 June) as part of a study tour she is undertaking across the UK. Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th President...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Tanja R. Müller, Reader in Development Studies, Global Development Institute Remember 2015? Then, a perceived unprecedented number of refugees and migrants entered Europe, more than one million people according to available data, while almost 4000 drowned on their...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 11, 2018 | Comment
The Development Studies Association Annual Conference is being hosted by the Global Development Institute from 27-29th June. The conference will focus on inequalities. Ahead of the conference, we are running a series of blogs from attendees looking at the key issues...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 5, 2018 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Written by Cathy Wilcock based on group reflections This blog is a reflection on a workshop held at the University of Manchester and hosted collaboratively by the UoM Politics Department and the...
by Global Development Institute | May 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
To celebrate the end of the academic year we brought together leading academics from the Global Development Institute in a lively session. Fielding questions from the class of 17-18 our academics answer questions on the reality of development theory vs practice, the...