by Global Development Institute | Jan 5, 2021 | Comment
Tanja Müller, Professor of Political Sociology, Global Development Institute On 31 December 2020, United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur’s (UNAMID) mandate came to an end. While it will take until 30 June for all UNAMID staff to have left Sudan, the mission no...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
To celebrate their new book, The Routledge Handbook of Place, Ares Kalandides, Tim Edensor and GDI’s Uma Kothari took part in an online launch event organised by Institute of Place Management. The event also featured chapter writers David Cooper, Jenny...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 25, 2020 | Comment
Gabriele Restelli, PhD researcher, Global Development Institute As Covid’s monopolizing power diminishes, immigration is ready to serve the purpose and fill the gap in headline news. Irregular migrants crossing the English Channel has gathered a lot of attention in...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Tanja Müller, Professor of Political Sociology, Global Development Institute It was a cold day in February 2016. I arrived at the main train station in a UK city and took a taxi to an address in a suburb. The taxi driver looked at the postcode and asked if I was sure...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 30, 2020 | Comment
For the past few years, researchers at the Global Development Institute have argued that Development Studies needs to move on from its traditional international focus. Rory Horner, David Hulme and others have been at the forefront of arguing that the idea of global...
