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On Feb 10, UNU-WIDER, OECD Development Centre & Univ of Manchester @globaldevinst.bsky.social brought researchers & policymakers together in Paris to discuss domestic resource mobilization (DRM)—what we know & what remains unresolved.
February 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Feb 10, UNU-WIDER, OECD Development Centre & Univ of Manchester @globaldevinst.bsky.social brought researchers & policymakers together in Paris to discuss domestic resource mobilization (DRM)—what we know & what remains unresolved.
The Tigray crisis remains largely invisible to the world.
"Factors such as race and the peripherality of the region made the Tigray conflict a blind spot in global geopolitics. But these explanations are not sufficient."
In @uk.theconversation.com by @tekgw.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qvJzux
"Factors such as race and the peripherality of the region made the Tigray conflict a blind spot in global geopolitics. But these explanations are not sufficient."
In @uk.theconversation.com by @tekgw.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qvJzux
How to get away with mass murder: 4 tactics Ethiopia used to hide Tigray atrocities from the world
The violence in Tigray was structured, targeted and sustained.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The Tigray crisis remains largely invisible to the world.
"Factors such as race and the peripherality of the region made the Tigray conflict a blind spot in global geopolitics. But these explanations are not sufficient."
In @uk.theconversation.com by @tekgw.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qvJzux
"Factors such as race and the peripherality of the region made the Tigray conflict a blind spot in global geopolitics. But these explanations are not sufficient."
In @uk.theconversation.com by @tekgw.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qvJzux
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🎙️ Uma Kothari from @globaldevinst.bsky.social explores the role of stories and storytelling in research and research impact in this quick soundbite.
🎧 Listen here:
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🎧 Listen here:
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February 12, 2026 at 12:02 PM
🎙️ Uma Kothari from @globaldevinst.bsky.social explores the role of stories and storytelling in research and research impact in this quick soundbite.
🎧 Listen here:
buff.ly/bY94Id0
🎧 Listen here:
buff.ly/bY94Id0
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You are warmly invited to join us on Wed 18 March for inaugural lectures from Prof Johan Oldekop of @globaldevinst.bsky.social and Prof Michael Wigelsworth of @educationuom.bsky.social 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
February 13, 2026 at 9:13 AM
You are warmly invited to join us on Wed 18 March for inaugural lectures from Prof Johan Oldekop of @globaldevinst.bsky.social and Prof Michael Wigelsworth of @educationuom.bsky.social 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
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💥New | Reform coalitions can bridge the gap between community and academia
✍️ Diana Mitlin
#AcademicSky #UrbanStudies #Universities @africancities.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social
✍️ Diana Mitlin
#AcademicSky #UrbanStudies #Universities @africancities.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social
Reform coalitions can bridge the gap between community and academia - LSE Impact
Universities as global institutions face a disconnect with their localities, can urban reform coalitions can play a key role in repairing this relationship.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
💥New | Reform coalitions can bridge the gap between community and academia
✍️ Diana Mitlin
#AcademicSky #UrbanStudies #Universities @africancities.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social
✍️ Diana Mitlin
#AcademicSky #UrbanStudies #Universities @africancities.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social
An upcoming online workshop invites paper submissions that advance empirical, theoretical, and policy‑relevant research on the developmental implications of servicisation in the Global South.
'Services and the Global South: Structural Transformation, Inequality and Development': bit.ly/3LU1LQv
'Services and the Global South: Structural Transformation, Inequality and Development': bit.ly/3LU1LQv
February 6, 2026 at 9:48 AM
An upcoming online workshop invites paper submissions that advance empirical, theoretical, and policy‑relevant research on the developmental implications of servicisation in the Global South.
'Services and the Global South: Structural Transformation, Inequality and Development': bit.ly/3LU1LQv
'Services and the Global South: Structural Transformation, Inequality and Development': bit.ly/3LU1LQv
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New chapter ahead! Joining @globaldevinst.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk as Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Development Economics. Deeply grateful for an amazing 3.5 years at @ifpri.org - bittersweet goodbye, exciting times ahead.
February 1, 2026 at 7:18 PM
New chapter ahead! Joining @globaldevinst.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk as Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Development Economics. Deeply grateful for an amazing 3.5 years at @ifpri.org - bittersweet goodbye, exciting times ahead.
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blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/call-for-pap... Really interesting workshop being organised by Debolina Majumder and Michaela Collord @globaldevinst.bsky.social in April 2026 on labour-led urban development. Deadline of 31 Jan for bio and abstract!
Call for papers: Envisioning Labour-Led Urban Development - Global Development Institute Blog
CALL FOR PAPERS Workshop: Envisioning Labour-Led Urban Development Global Development Institute, University of Manchester Thursday to Friday, 23-24 April 2026 Please find below a full description of t...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:18 PM
blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/call-for-pap... Really interesting workshop being organised by Debolina Majumder and Michaela Collord @globaldevinst.bsky.social in April 2026 on labour-led urban development. Deadline of 31 Jan for bio and abstract!
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🔎 In our latest blog, @globaldevinst.bsky.social's Jiayi Wang and Mengjie Xu argue that the just transition in the South envisioned by COP30 is jeopardised "if the new green economy is governed in the same top-down way as the old one"
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2499
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2499
COP30 and Just Transition in the South: Who Will Pay the Social Price?
By Jiayi Wang and Mengjie Xu When COP30 ended in the Amazonian city of Belém, much of the global media focus stayed locked on a familiar question: would the final agreement clearly call for the “ph…
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January 27, 2026 at 9:42 AM
🔎 In our latest blog, @globaldevinst.bsky.social's Jiayi Wang and Mengjie Xu argue that the just transition in the South envisioned by COP30 is jeopardised "if the new green economy is governed in the same top-down way as the old one"
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2499
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2499
📢 Registration is now open for the GDI conference on the future of global development.
Join us in Manchester 13-14 April 2026 for two days of discussions around the conference's themes, which you can learn more about in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Ly...
Register for free: bit.ly/4pVymmK
Join us in Manchester 13-14 April 2026 for two days of discussions around the conference's themes, which you can learn more about in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Ly...
Register for free: bit.ly/4pVymmK
GDI Conference: What is the future for global development?
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January 22, 2026 at 3:57 PM
📢 Registration is now open for the GDI conference on the future of global development.
Join us in Manchester 13-14 April 2026 for two days of discussions around the conference's themes, which you can learn more about in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Ly...
Register for free: bit.ly/4pVymmK
Join us in Manchester 13-14 April 2026 for two days of discussions around the conference's themes, which you can learn more about in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Ly...
Register for free: bit.ly/4pVymmK
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📢 Call for papers: Envisioning Labour-Led Urban Development by @globaldevinst.bsky.social
📍 @manchester.ac.uk / hybrid
📆 23-24th April 2026
⏰ Abstracts by 31st January
Find out more: buff.ly/r3tlxKt
📍 @manchester.ac.uk / hybrid
📆 23-24th April 2026
⏰ Abstracts by 31st January
Find out more: buff.ly/r3tlxKt
January 22, 2026 at 2:59 PM
📢 Call for papers: Envisioning Labour-Led Urban Development by @globaldevinst.bsky.social
📍 @manchester.ac.uk / hybrid
📆 23-24th April 2026
⏰ Abstracts by 31st January
Find out more: buff.ly/r3tlxKt
📍 @manchester.ac.uk / hybrid
📆 23-24th April 2026
⏰ Abstracts by 31st January
Find out more: buff.ly/r3tlxKt
We are excited to bring you a new mini-pod series from our Research for Transformation Lab 🎧
In this episode, GDI's Uma Kothari explores the role of stories and storytelling in research and research impact.
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2017560/epis...
In this episode, GDI's Uma Kothari explores the role of stories and storytelling in research and research impact.
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2017560/epis...
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
We are excited to bring you a new mini-pod series from our Research for Transformation Lab 🎧
In this episode, GDI's Uma Kothari explores the role of stories and storytelling in research and research impact.
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2017560/epis...
In this episode, GDI's Uma Kothari explores the role of stories and storytelling in research and research impact.
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2017560/epis...
Why Iran's crisis is Russia's problem - a new piece by Arash Beidollahkhani in IPS: www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...
Why Iran’s crisis is Russia’s problem
For Russia, what happens in Iran is no longer a peripheral concern. It is directly tied to Europe’s power balance and the course of the war in Ukraine
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January 21, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Why Iran's crisis is Russia's problem - a new piece by Arash Beidollahkhani in IPS: www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...
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Friends not Foes? Why Development Economics and Development Studies still need each other
By Professor @andypsumner.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social via @globaldevinst.bsky.social
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By Professor @andypsumner.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social via @globaldevinst.bsky.social
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January 16, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Friends not Foes? Why Development Economics and Development Studies still need each other
By Professor @andypsumner.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social via @globaldevinst.bsky.social
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By Professor @andypsumner.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social via @globaldevinst.bsky.social
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Join @globaldevinst.bsky.social for the final Community of Practice session on personal, community & organisational resilience.
This session looks at how different forms of resilience connect — and why that matters.
📅 27 Jan | Open to all
⏰ 8am BST: buff.ly/smXKosx
⏰ 2pm BST: buff.ly/4SYmkfJ
This session looks at how different forms of resilience connect — and why that matters.
📅 27 Jan | Open to all
⏰ 8am BST: buff.ly/smXKosx
⏰ 2pm BST: buff.ly/4SYmkfJ
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Join @globaldevinst.bsky.social for the final Community of Practice session on personal, community & organisational resilience.
This session looks at how different forms of resilience connect — and why that matters.
📅 27 Jan | Open to all
⏰ 8am BST: buff.ly/smXKosx
⏰ 2pm BST: buff.ly/4SYmkfJ
This session looks at how different forms of resilience connect — and why that matters.
📅 27 Jan | Open to all
⏰ 8am BST: buff.ly/smXKosx
⏰ 2pm BST: buff.ly/4SYmkfJ
In a new open-access paper, Bina Agarwal traces progress in reducing gender inequality from the mid-1970s onwards, arguing that tackling hidden barriers will require shifts from individual to group approaches.
Read here: bit.ly/49Kx0Fp
Read here: bit.ly/49Kx0Fp
January 19, 2026 at 10:53 AM
In a new open-access paper, Bina Agarwal traces progress in reducing gender inequality from the mid-1970s onwards, arguing that tackling hidden barriers will require shifts from individual to group approaches.
Read here: bit.ly/49Kx0Fp
Read here: bit.ly/49Kx0Fp
GDI research fellow Arash Beidollahkhani talked to ABC's Isabella Higgins on this morning's broadcast about the ongoing protests in Iran: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Arash discusses what is different about this moment, and what it means for the regime's grip on power.
Arash discusses what is different about this moment, and what it means for the regime's grip on power.
Iranian Government facing collapse - ABC listen
The Iranian Government is buckling under the pressure of the demonstrations and is in danger of collapsing.
www.abc.net.au
January 14, 2026 at 12:07 PM
GDI research fellow Arash Beidollahkhani talked to ABC's Isabella Higgins on this morning's broadcast about the ongoing protests in Iran: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Arash discusses what is different about this moment, and what it means for the regime's grip on power.
Arash discusses what is different about this moment, and what it means for the regime's grip on power.
On Weds 11th Feb join the @hcrinstitute.bsky.social for a film screening and talk on the subject of 'The 2019 Sudanese Revolution till Now'
Screening: Documentary ‘Sudan, Remember Us’
Speaker: GDI's Hamid Khalafallah will discuss Sudan's evolution to date
Register here: bit.ly/4pI3W7r
Screening: Documentary ‘Sudan, Remember Us’
Speaker: GDI's Hamid Khalafallah will discuss Sudan's evolution to date
Register here: bit.ly/4pI3W7r
January 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
On Weds 11th Feb join the @hcrinstitute.bsky.social for a film screening and talk on the subject of 'The 2019 Sudanese Revolution till Now'
Screening: Documentary ‘Sudan, Remember Us’
Speaker: GDI's Hamid Khalafallah will discuss Sudan's evolution to date
Register here: bit.ly/4pI3W7r
Screening: Documentary ‘Sudan, Remember Us’
Speaker: GDI's Hamid Khalafallah will discuss Sudan's evolution to date
Register here: bit.ly/4pI3W7r
A new publication by GDI fellow Arash Beidollahkhani considers how authoritarian regimes leverage innovation as a strategic tool for policy adaptation and sustainable development while preserving political control.
Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
A new publication by GDI fellow Arash Beidollahkhani considers how authoritarian regimes leverage innovation as a strategic tool for policy adaptation and sustainable development while preserving political control.
Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📣 Welcome Professor @goodfellowtom.bsky.social to @manchester.ac.uk to take up a dual role as Professor of Urban Development at the @globaldevinst.bsky.social and CEO of the @africancities.bsky.social ✨
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January 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
📣 Welcome Professor @goodfellowtom.bsky.social to @manchester.ac.uk to take up a dual role as Professor of Urban Development at the @globaldevinst.bsky.social and CEO of the @africancities.bsky.social ✨
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We're delighted to welcome @goodfellowtom.bsky.social to @manchester.ac.uk to take up a dual role as Prof of Urban Development @globaldevinst.bsky.social & CEO of @africancities.bsky.social – a position he will take over from Diana Mitlin in August this year 👉 www.african-cities.org/welcoming-pr...
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
We're delighted to welcome @goodfellowtom.bsky.social to @manchester.ac.uk to take up a dual role as Prof of Urban Development @globaldevinst.bsky.social & CEO of @africancities.bsky.social – a position he will take over from Diana Mitlin in August this year 👉 www.african-cities.org/welcoming-pr...
"The demonstrations signal a deep challenge to a political order that many Iranians see as incapable of delivering stability, dignity or a viable future"
A new article in @uk.theconversation.com by GDI research fellow Arash Beidollahkhani examines the growing unrest in Iran: bit.ly/3L5Q3BX
A new article in @uk.theconversation.com by GDI research fellow Arash Beidollahkhani examines the growing unrest in Iran: bit.ly/3L5Q3BX
Iran protests have put the country’s political system on trial
The question for many Iranians appears to be not whether their political system can be repaired, but whether continuing to live under it is viable at all.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:20 PM
"The demonstrations signal a deep challenge to a political order that many Iranians see as incapable of delivering stability, dignity or a viable future"
A new article in @uk.theconversation.com by GDI research fellow Arash Beidollahkhani examines the growing unrest in Iran: bit.ly/3L5Q3BX
A new article in @uk.theconversation.com by GDI research fellow Arash Beidollahkhani examines the growing unrest in Iran: bit.ly/3L5Q3BX
In a new essay, Seth Schindler (@sethschindler.bsky.social) and Jack Taggart argue that today’s tech billionaires are no longer operating above politics as part of a unified global elite, but are increasingly tied to state power in the US, exerting considerable influence...
Read: bit.ly/4qGB8Nr
Read: bit.ly/4qGB8Nr
January 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
In a new essay, Seth Schindler (@sethschindler.bsky.social) and Jack Taggart argue that today’s tech billionaires are no longer operating above politics as part of a unified global elite, but are increasingly tied to state power in the US, exerting considerable influence...
Read: bit.ly/4qGB8Nr
Read: bit.ly/4qGB8Nr
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📢 Call for papers: Envisioning Labour-Led Urban Development by @globaldevinst.bsky.social
📍 @manchester.ac.uk / hybrid
📆 23-24th April 2026
⏰ Abstracts by 31st January
Find out more: buff.ly/r3tlxKt
📍 @manchester.ac.uk / hybrid
📆 23-24th April 2026
⏰ Abstracts by 31st January
Find out more: buff.ly/r3tlxKt
January 8, 2026 at 10:59 AM
📢 Call for papers: Envisioning Labour-Led Urban Development by @globaldevinst.bsky.social
📍 @manchester.ac.uk / hybrid
📆 23-24th April 2026
⏰ Abstracts by 31st January
Find out more: buff.ly/r3tlxKt
📍 @manchester.ac.uk / hybrid
📆 23-24th April 2026
⏰ Abstracts by 31st January
Find out more: buff.ly/r3tlxKt
Don't forget to join us next Tuesday 16 December for our last Community of Practice of the semester!
Over the past months we've explored many dimensions of resilience. In this final session, we'll discuss how they intersect and interact.
All welcome!
Sign up here: bit.ly/4rNZRRg
Over the past months we've explored many dimensions of resilience. In this final session, we'll discuss how they intersect and interact.
All welcome!
Sign up here: bit.ly/4rNZRRg
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Don't forget to join us next Tuesday 16 December for our last Community of Practice of the semester!
Over the past months we've explored many dimensions of resilience. In this final session, we'll discuss how they intersect and interact.
All welcome!
Sign up here: bit.ly/4rNZRRg
Over the past months we've explored many dimensions of resilience. In this final session, we'll discuss how they intersect and interact.
All welcome!
Sign up here: bit.ly/4rNZRRg