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Who cares about baby-cares? Insights from the Nairobi Day-Care Project

IGDC member Helen Elsey, Margaret Nampijja and Linda Oloo present findings from their new article published in Frontiers in Public Health Back in 1978, Castells wrote: “the subordinate role of women … enables the minimal maintenance of the city’s housing, transport and public facilities … because women guarantee unpaid transportation, because they repair their homes, … Continue reading Who cares about baby-cares? Insights from the Nairobi Day-Care Project

Conflict over Bauxite Mining in the Cockpit Country, Jamaica, 2006-2025

In 2022, the Cockpit Country, a unique karst landscape in west central Jamaica, was declared a Protected Area. This followed decades of conflict over conservation of this area of high biodiversity between a range of stakeholders – the government, international organisations, environmental groups, and local communities. My article ‘Conservation and Conflict in the Cockpit Country, … Continue reading Conflict over Bauxite Mining in the Cockpit Country, Jamaica, 2006-2025

Unravelling the Tapestry of Food Systems: A Journey of Collective Wisdom and Empowerment

Stella Nwawulu Chiemela, Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre, University of York, UK As an IGDC postgraduate research student working on food systems, I’ve embarked on a journey that has opened my eyes to the intricate tapestry of our global food landscape. As I have delved into the literature, I’ve been struck by the diversity of voices … Continue reading Unravelling the Tapestry of Food Systems: A Journey of Collective Wisdom and Empowerment

Birds of east Africa: new book reveals their extraordinary diversity and changing behaviour

Professor Colin Beale, University of York This article was originally published in The Conversation on 5 November 2023. Why is it important to study birds and their environment? Like millions of people around the world, I love watching birds. They’re so accessible, and their busy lives brighten up pretty much anywhere from a city centre … Continue reading Birds of east Africa: new book reveals their extraordinary diversity and changing behaviour

Decolonising Research Impact: Lessons from the Decolonising Development Research Podcast 

The third episode of the IGDC’s Decolonising Development Research Podcast explored research impact. Like many institutions, the University of York defines impact as when the knowledge generated by research contributes to, benefits, and influences society, culture, the environment, and the economy. This broad definition has developed over time to account for the diverse benefits research … Continue reading Decolonising Research Impact: Lessons from the Decolonising Development Research Podcast 

Enhancing local ownership in international development

By William Harnden (Managing Director, Connected Development) Working for a range of international development organisations over the past 15 years, there has been one consistent issue which has been a challenge for all of them. Local people: the national staff, government members, and communities that are the target ‘beneficiaries’ of internationally funded programmes, often don’t … Continue reading Enhancing local ownership in international development

Working towards decolonising development research: partnerships, methods, and impact

This is the second blog arising from work on IGDC’s Decolonising Research Podcast series. How can researchers decolonise their work? What steps can be taken in terms of partnerships, methods, and impact? And what challenges does decolonisation raise for researchers? Researchers are increasingly encouraged to decolonise their research. This is particularly true in the field … Continue reading Working towards decolonising development research: partnerships, methods, and impact

Decolonising research: Why should we decolonise development research?

This is the first blog arising from work on IGDC’s Decolonising Research podcast series. This post discusses the colonial character of established research practices and explains why they should be decolonised. It provides background to the IGDC’s Decolonising Research podcast. In Decolonizing Methodologies, Linda Tuhiwai Smith called research ‘one of the dirtiest words in the … Continue reading Decolonising research: Why should we decolonise development research?

Interdisciplinary horizons and decolonial research in a digital age

Aasim Sheikh discusses the IGDC PGR students webinar in February 2024 where they discussed decolonial research in a digital age. With an agenda to promote conviviality within research, post-graduate researchers in Global Development at York have organised a seminar series, Breaking Disciplinary Barriers: Towards Interdisciplinary Horizons. Dr Hameed Chughtai, senior lecturer from Lancaster University Management School, was invited … Continue reading Interdisciplinary horizons and decolonial research in a digital age

Decolonising development research: Navigating positionality and power dynamics in the pursuit of equitable partnerships

IGDC PhD students Stella Nwawulu Chiemela, Luqman Muraina, and Aasim Sheikh give an overview of the IGDC Research Away Day. The decolonisation imperative In recent years, there has been a growing demand within the fields of international and global development to decolonise the knowledge production process. This imperative arises from critical examinations of the historical … Continue reading Decolonising development research: Navigating positionality and power dynamics in the pursuit of equitable partnerships