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Scholars across the Global Development Institute are convening or co-convening a range of exciting panels at this year's Development Studies Association Conference, taking place at SOAS between 26th and 28th June 2024. The event theme is 'Social justice and development in a polarising world', allowing attendees to explore issues surrounding rights and representation, redistribution and […]
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The project We are seeking an ECR (working on their PhD or having recently been awarded a PhD) to work on an exciting research pilot. Our project aims at generating a step-change in our understanding of societal responses and resilience to future, unprecedented climate extremes in urban areas. To help achieve this aim, we are […]
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The project We are seeking an ECR (working on their PhD or having recently been awarded a PhD) to work on an exciting research pilot. Our project aims at generating a step-change in our understanding of societal responses and resilience to future, unprecedented climate extremes in urban areas. To help achieve this aim, we are […]
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Academics from the Global Development Institute are helping to convene a number of panels at the annual Development Studies Association conference taking place on 28–30 June 2023. The theme of the conference is Crisis in the Anthropocene: Rethinking connection and agency for development. The annual conference will be hybrid (in-person and online combined) to ensure […]
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Academics from the Global Development Institute are helping to convene a number of panels at the annual Development Studies Association conference taking place on 28–30 June 2023. The theme of the conference is Crisis in the Anthropocene: Rethinking connection and agency for development. The annual conference will be hybrid (in-person and online combined) to ensure […]
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The Global Development Institute Merit Awards provide three full scholarships for academically excellent professionals studying a GDI campus-based master's course commencing in September 2023. The scholarship covers tuition fees, living expenses, flights to the UK, and visa costs. The Global Development Institute is where critical thinking meets social justice. Researchers at the Global Development Institute are […]
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The Global Development Institute Merit Awards provide three full scholarships for academically excellent professionals studying a GDI campus-based master's course commencing in September 2023. The scholarship covers tuition fees, living expenses, flights to the UK, and visa costs. The Global Development Institute is where critical thinking meets social justice. Researchers at the Global Development Institute are […]
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Luv Arora, International Development: Environment, Climate Change and Development MSc Today, we live in what has been termed the 'information age'. Screens surround our lives and even the toaster in our kitchens has a brain of its own. News apps are replacing newspapers and information from any corner of the world is just a few […]
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Luv Arora, International Development: Environment, Climate Change and Development MSc Today, we live in what has been termed the 'information age'. Screens surround our lives and even the toaster in our kitchens has a brain of its own. News apps are replacing newspapers and information from any corner of the world is just a few […]
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GDI's Resources, Environment, and Development research group have recently organised a series of talks on 'Red Talks: on the Politics of Resources, Environment and Development' The first event welcomed Dr Maria Christina Fragkou, an environmental scientist currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Chile to discuss 'Urban […]
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GDI's Resources, Environment, and Development research group have recently organised a series of talks on 'Red Talks: on the Politics of Resources, Environment and Development' The first event welcomed Dr Maria Christina Fragkou, an environmental scientist currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Chile to discuss 'Urban […]
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Kwame Asamoah, International Development: Globalisation, Trade and Industry MSc alum The cocoa chocolate industry is one of the most complex industries to understand. While over 4 million smallholder cocoa farmers produce over 4 million metric tons of cocoa beans a year, their national governments receive less than $10bn from an industry worth over $130bn. I mentioned […]
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Kwame Asamoah, International Development: Globalisation, Trade and Industry MSc alum The cocoa chocolate industry is one of the most complex industries to understand. While over 4 million smallholder cocoa farmers produce over 4 million metric tons of cocoa beans a year, their national governments receive less than $10bn from an industry worth over $130bn. I mentioned […]
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The Global Development Institute Merit Awards provide three full scholarships for academically excellent professionals studying a GDI campus-based master's course commencing in September 2022. The scholarship covers the tuition fees, living expenses, flights to the UK and visa costs. The Global Development Institute is where critical thinking meets social justice. Researchers at the Global Development […]
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The Global Development Institute Merit Awards provide three full scholarships for academically excellent professionals studying a GDI campus-based master's course commencing in September 2022. The scholarship covers the tuition fees, living expenses, flights to the UK and visa costs. The Global Development Institute is where critical thinking meets social justice. Researchers at the Global Development […]
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