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What is the future of global development?
An in-person conference at @manchester.ac.uk explores: new geopolitics; development architecture in polycrisis; and global development perspectives.
⏰ Deadline: 3 Dec
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An in-person conference at @manchester.ac.uk explores: new geopolitics; development architecture in polycrisis; and global development perspectives.
⏰ Deadline: 3 Dec
More @globaldevinst.bsky.social news: buff.ly/KNgH8lz
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
What is the future of global development?
An in-person conference at @manchester.ac.uk explores: new geopolitics; development architecture in polycrisis; and global development perspectives.
⏰ Deadline: 3 Dec
More @globaldevinst.bsky.social news: buff.ly/KNgH8lz
An in-person conference at @manchester.ac.uk explores: new geopolitics; development architecture in polycrisis; and global development perspectives.
⏰ Deadline: 3 Dec
More @globaldevinst.bsky.social news: buff.ly/KNgH8lz
New blog by Osman Ouattara on net zero targets in African cities: www.wider.unu.edu/publication/...
How can African cities reach net zero without sidelining development?
As COP30 ends, our new blog shows why climate finance needs must reach local governance in order to advance both resilience and decarbonization.
🔗 go.unu.edu/p4vTm
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As COP30 ends, our new blog shows why climate finance needs must reach local governance in order to advance both resilience and decarbonization.
🔗 go.unu.edu/p4vTm
@africancities.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New blog by Osman Ouattara on net zero targets in African cities: www.wider.unu.edu/publication/...
A reminder to join us and @gdi-students-4-pal.bsky.social at 4:30pm today for a lecture by Gilbert Achcar from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social
More info below:
More info below:
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A reminder to join us and @gdi-students-4-pal.bsky.social at 4:30pm today for a lecture by Gilbert Achcar from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social
More info below:
More info below:
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📈 Digital technologies are reshaping economies and societies. How do we ensure progress benefits everyone?
On 3 December, join leading academics, policymakers and practitioners for a policy dialogue on AI risks, public perceptions & inclusive governance in Southeast Asia 🔽
On 3 December, join leading academics, policymakers and practitioners for a policy dialogue on AI risks, public perceptions & inclusive governance in Southeast Asia 🔽
Governing the digital future: public perceptions, AI risks and policy priorities for Southeast Asia | King's College London
Join us for an engaging policy dialogue at King’s College London that brings together leading academics, policymakers, and practitioners to explore how to build more trusted, inclusive, and effective ...
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
📈 Digital technologies are reshaping economies and societies. How do we ensure progress benefits everyone?
On 3 December, join leading academics, policymakers and practitioners for a policy dialogue on AI risks, public perceptions & inclusive governance in Southeast Asia 🔽
On 3 December, join leading academics, policymakers and practitioners for a policy dialogue on AI risks, public perceptions & inclusive governance in Southeast Asia 🔽
What is it like to navigate the contemporary development and humanitarian landscape as an alumni?
In our latest pod episode, Natalie Cunningham speaks to 3 UoM alumni about their experiences since graduating, and their opinions on the changing sector.
Listen here: bit.ly/4nXUsUD
In our latest pod episode, Natalie Cunningham speaks to 3 UoM alumni about their experiences since graduating, and their opinions on the changing sector.
Listen here: bit.ly/4nXUsUD
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
What is it like to navigate the contemporary development and humanitarian landscape as an alumni?
In our latest pod episode, Natalie Cunningham speaks to 3 UoM alumni about their experiences since graduating, and their opinions on the changing sector.
Listen here: bit.ly/4nXUsUD
In our latest pod episode, Natalie Cunningham speaks to 3 UoM alumni about their experiences since graduating, and their opinions on the changing sector.
Listen here: bit.ly/4nXUsUD
Our next Community of Practice led by Natalie Cunningham will take place on Tues 25th November. In this session, we will be discussing the role of social cohesion in community resilience.
You can register to join us at either:
8AM: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
2PM: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
You can register to join us at either:
8AM: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
2PM: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Our next Community of Practice led by Natalie Cunningham will take place on Tues 25th November. In this session, we will be discussing the role of social cohesion in community resilience.
You can register to join us at either:
8AM: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
2PM: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
You can register to join us at either:
8AM: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
2PM: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
How is AI being used by authoritarian-leaning regimes in the Middle East?
A new paper by Arash Beidollahkhani considers how technologies like facial recognition, predictive policing, and digital censorship have transformed surveillance into a mechanism of state control.
Read here: bit.ly/3XrMhVN
A new paper by Arash Beidollahkhani considers how technologies like facial recognition, predictive policing, and digital censorship have transformed surveillance into a mechanism of state control.
Read here: bit.ly/3XrMhVN
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
How is AI being used by authoritarian-leaning regimes in the Middle East?
A new paper by Arash Beidollahkhani considers how technologies like facial recognition, predictive policing, and digital censorship have transformed surveillance into a mechanism of state control.
Read here: bit.ly/3XrMhVN
A new paper by Arash Beidollahkhani considers how technologies like facial recognition, predictive policing, and digital censorship have transformed surveillance into a mechanism of state control.
Read here: bit.ly/3XrMhVN
How do you feel about immigration?
Recent YouGov polling found that 52% of voters believe immigration to be the most important issue facing the UK.
@globaldevinst.bsky.social are holding a public discussion on immigration at John Rylands Library, this Friday.
Recent YouGov polling found that 52% of voters believe immigration to be the most important issue facing the UK.
@globaldevinst.bsky.social are holding a public discussion on immigration at John Rylands Library, this Friday.
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Do you have questions about migration?
Tomorrow, 14 November, join GDI's Tanja Bastia and colleagues at the John Rylands Library for a Teach in/Teach out, part of the coordinated activities of the Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity Resistance Network.
Register to attend for free: bit.ly/4h0WjWU
Tomorrow, 14 November, join GDI's Tanja Bastia and colleagues at the John Rylands Library for a Teach in/Teach out, part of the coordinated activities of the Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity Resistance Network.
Register to attend for free: bit.ly/4h0WjWU
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Do you have questions about migration?
Tomorrow, 14 November, join GDI's Tanja Bastia and colleagues at the John Rylands Library for a Teach in/Teach out, part of the coordinated activities of the Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity Resistance Network.
Register to attend for free: bit.ly/4h0WjWU
Tomorrow, 14 November, join GDI's Tanja Bastia and colleagues at the John Rylands Library for a Teach in/Teach out, part of the coordinated activities of the Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity Resistance Network.
Register to attend for free: bit.ly/4h0WjWU
The next instalment of our lecture series will take place next Weds 19th Nov in partnership with @gdi-students-4-pal.bsky.social.
We will be joined by Gilbert Achcar from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social.
All info below:
We will be joined by Gilbert Achcar from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social.
All info below:
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The next instalment of our lecture series will take place next Weds 19th Nov in partnership with @gdi-students-4-pal.bsky.social.
We will be joined by Gilbert Achcar from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social.
All info below:
We will be joined by Gilbert Achcar from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social.
All info below:
To give you a taste of how our academics are working behind and beyond the news, we’ve put together a small selection of their interests and project focuses that are frequently overlooked, neglected, or misunderstood in the wider public sphere.
Read here: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/gdi-digest-b...
Read here: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/gdi-digest-b...
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
To give you a taste of how our academics are working behind and beyond the news, we’ve put together a small selection of their interests and project focuses that are frequently overlooked, neglected, or misunderstood in the wider public sphere.
Read here: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/gdi-digest-b...
Read here: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/gdi-digest-b...
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How do you feel about immigration?
Recent YouGov polling found that 52% of voters believe immigration to be the most important issue facing the UK.
@globaldevinst.bsky.social are holding a public discussion on immigration at John Rylands Library, this Friday.
Recent YouGov polling found that 52% of voters believe immigration to be the most important issue facing the UK.
@globaldevinst.bsky.social are holding a public discussion on immigration at John Rylands Library, this Friday.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How do you feel about immigration?
Recent YouGov polling found that 52% of voters believe immigration to be the most important issue facing the UK.
@globaldevinst.bsky.social are holding a public discussion on immigration at John Rylands Library, this Friday.
Recent YouGov polling found that 52% of voters believe immigration to be the most important issue facing the UK.
@globaldevinst.bsky.social are holding a public discussion on immigration at John Rylands Library, this Friday.
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In the latest issue of @iajournal.bsky.social International Affairs, you can read my latest paper, titled "Beyond Trade? Chinese private capital under the African Continental Free Trade Area" 📖
Open access: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
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Open access: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
In the latest issue of @iajournal.bsky.social International Affairs, you can read my latest paper, titled "Beyond Trade? Chinese private capital under the African Continental Free Trade Area" 📖
Open access: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
@globaldevinst.bsky.social
Open access: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
@globaldevinst.bsky.social
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Join us online on Friday 7th Nov for the book launch of 'Diverse Transnational Care: Ageing and Migration in Bolivia', by Tanja Bastia and Claudia Calsina.
Speakers will include the authors themselves as well as invited guests.
Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Speakers will include the authors themselves as well as invited guests.
Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Join us online on Friday 7th Nov for the book launch of 'Diverse Transnational Care: Ageing and Migration in Bolivia', by Tanja Bastia and Claudia Calsina.
Speakers will include the authors themselves as well as invited guests.
Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Speakers will include the authors themselves as well as invited guests.
Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
"Famine – the extreme scarcity of food – devastated Ethiopia’s Tigray region during and after a two-year war that began in November 2020. Yet, the famine’s impact is one of the least documented crises of recent years."
Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel writes for @uk.theconversation.com: bit.ly/3LuzSxD
Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel writes for @uk.theconversation.com: bit.ly/3LuzSxD
Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"Famine – the extreme scarcity of food – devastated Ethiopia’s Tigray region during and after a two-year war that began in November 2020. Yet, the famine’s impact is one of the least documented crises of recent years."
Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel writes for @uk.theconversation.com: bit.ly/3LuzSxD
Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel writes for @uk.theconversation.com: bit.ly/3LuzSxD
New call for papers: What is the future for global development?
We are pleased to announce that GDI is hosting a conference in April 2026, and we are now accepting abstracts for papers and posters.
Please see the full Call for Papers for more info as well as the form to submit: bit.ly/4omBJ6o
We are pleased to announce that GDI is hosting a conference in April 2026, and we are now accepting abstracts for papers and posters.
Please see the full Call for Papers for more info as well as the form to submit: bit.ly/4omBJ6o
November 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
New call for papers: What is the future for global development?
We are pleased to announce that GDI is hosting a conference in April 2026, and we are now accepting abstracts for papers and posters.
Please see the full Call for Papers for more info as well as the form to submit: bit.ly/4omBJ6o
We are pleased to announce that GDI is hosting a conference in April 2026, and we are now accepting abstracts for papers and posters.
Please see the full Call for Papers for more info as well as the form to submit: bit.ly/4omBJ6o
A new paper by Osman Ouattara and colleagues examines how climate variability affects labour productivity across municipalities in Accra, Ghana.
The open-access article can be read online here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The open-access article can be read online here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A new paper by Osman Ouattara and colleagues examines how climate variability affects labour productivity across municipalities in Accra, Ghana.
The open-access article can be read online here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The open-access article can be read online here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🇪🇹 #Ethiopia La famine créée comme instrument de guerre.
"Famine in #Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of policies – a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid – designed to destroy civilian life."
by @tekgw.bsky.social and Birhan Mezgbo
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
"Famine in #Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of policies – a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid – designed to destroy civilian life."
by @tekgw.bsky.social and Birhan Mezgbo
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🇪🇹 #Ethiopia La famine créée comme instrument de guerre.
"Famine in #Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of policies – a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid – designed to destroy civilian life."
by @tekgw.bsky.social and Birhan Mezgbo
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
"Famine in #Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of policies – a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid – designed to destroy civilian life."
by @tekgw.bsky.social and Birhan Mezgbo
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
With a hostile jobs market and declining living standards turning younger generations against contemporary capitalism, Seth Schindler asks whether the kind of municipal socialism promised by Zohran Mamdani could provide effective solutions.
Read now: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/is-it-time-t...
Read now: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/is-it-time-t...
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
With a hostile jobs market and declining living standards turning younger generations against contemporary capitalism, Seth Schindler asks whether the kind of municipal socialism promised by Zohran Mamdani could provide effective solutions.
Read now: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/is-it-time-t...
Read now: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/is-it-time-t...
The latest instalment of the GDI podcast brings you a conversation with alumnus and research fellow Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia about his recent book 'A Long Journey Home: Losing and Remaking Home Following Conflict and Displacement'
Listen here: bit.ly/3JCtbJj
Read the book: bit.ly/3Ly4YEw
Listen here: bit.ly/3JCtbJj
Read the book: bit.ly/3Ly4YEw
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The latest instalment of the GDI podcast brings you a conversation with alumnus and research fellow Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia about his recent book 'A Long Journey Home: Losing and Remaking Home Following Conflict and Displacement'
Listen here: bit.ly/3JCtbJj
Read the book: bit.ly/3Ly4YEw
Listen here: bit.ly/3JCtbJj
Read the book: bit.ly/3Ly4YEw
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Do you have questions about migration?
On 14 November, join GDI's Tanja Bastia and colleagues at the John Rylands Library for a Teach in/Teach out, part of the coordinated activities of the Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity Resistance Network.
Register to attend for free: bit.ly/4h0WjWU
On 14 November, join GDI's Tanja Bastia and colleagues at the John Rylands Library for a Teach in/Teach out, part of the coordinated activities of the Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity Resistance Network.
Register to attend for free: bit.ly/4h0WjWU
October 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Do you have questions about migration?
On 14 November, join GDI's Tanja Bastia and colleagues at the John Rylands Library for a Teach in/Teach out, part of the coordinated activities of the Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity Resistance Network.
Register to attend for free: bit.ly/4h0WjWU
On 14 November, join GDI's Tanja Bastia and colleagues at the John Rylands Library for a Teach in/Teach out, part of the coordinated activities of the Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity Resistance Network.
Register to attend for free: bit.ly/4h0WjWU
"At the start of this semester, we kicked off the year with something a little different, a learning session and social event for MSc Human Resource Management (International Development) students."
Prof Lujia Feng writes for the GDI blog: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/kicking-off-...
Prof Lujia Feng writes for the GDI blog: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/kicking-off-...
Kicking off the semester with the GDI Human Resource Management students - Global Development Institute Blog
At the start of this semester, we kicked off the year with something a little different, a learning session and social event for MSc Human Resource Management (International Development) students on F...
blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"At the start of this semester, we kicked off the year with something a little different, a learning session and social event for MSc Human Resource Management (International Development) students."
Prof Lujia Feng writes for the GDI blog: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/kicking-off-...
Prof Lujia Feng writes for the GDI blog: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/kicking-off-...
Join us online on Friday 7th Nov for the book launch of 'Diverse Transnational Care: Ageing and Migration in Bolivia', by Tanja Bastia and Claudia Calsina.
Speakers will include the authors themselves as well as invited guests.
Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Speakers will include the authors themselves as well as invited guests.
Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Join us online on Friday 7th Nov for the book launch of 'Diverse Transnational Care: Ageing and Migration in Bolivia', by Tanja Bastia and Claudia Calsina.
Speakers will include the authors themselves as well as invited guests.
Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Speakers will include the authors themselves as well as invited guests.
Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Don't miss the @hcrinstitute.bsky.social Landmark Lecture 2025, which will be given by Prof Marsha Henry of @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on 19 Nov.
Register and learn more about the event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hcri-landm...
Register and learn more about the event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hcri-landm...
HCRI Landmark Lecture 2025
This year's Landmark Lecture will be given by Prof. Marsha Henry, Queen's University Belfast.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Don't miss the @hcrinstitute.bsky.social Landmark Lecture 2025, which will be given by Prof Marsha Henry of @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on 19 Nov.
Register and learn more about the event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hcri-landm...
Register and learn more about the event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hcri-landm...
This week is #OpenAccessWeek, and we have pulled together some of the exciting new open access papers from our colleagues at GDI!
Explore this thread to find your next read...
Explore this thread to find your next read...
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This week is #OpenAccessWeek, and we have pulled together some of the exciting new open access papers from our colleagues at GDI!
Explore this thread to find your next read...
Explore this thread to find your next read...