Jon Ensor, IGDC Director, discusses four broad themes which came out of 2023’s Annual Lecture. On 28 November it was my huge privilege to introduce Professor Uma Kothari as the speaker for IGDC’s 2023 Annual Lecture – Towards decoloniality and justice: when the past pushes unfinished into the present. Professor Kothari is well known for … Continue reading IGDC Annual Lecture 2023 – Uma Kothari’s Towards decoloniality and justice
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Writing a stand out Global Development book proposal
Written by Nick Wolterman – Senior Commissioning Editor, International Development, Bloomsbury Academic. My job is pretty straightforward. It is to read book proposals from would-be authors for Bloomsbury’s international development list (as well as its African studies and economics lists); to determine whether those proposals are in line with strategy; and if they are, to … Continue reading Writing a stand out Global Development book proposal
Feeding the Community – Urban Farming in Johannesburg
IGDC Member Henrice Altink, and Tim Hart discuss urban farming in Johannesburg. There are more than 300 farms in Johannesburg and new ones are sprouting up across the city, including in informal settlements. Urban agriculture (UA) has the potential to enhance food security in Johannesburg – more than 40 % of households are food insecure … Continue reading Feeding the Community – Urban Farming in Johannesburg
BA in Global Development 2023 Ghana Field Trip
Olivia, a third year student at the University of York studying on the BA in Global Development, went on a field trip to Accra in Ghana in April 2023 to carry out development research. Hi, I am Olivia, and I’m a third year student at the University of York, studying on the BA in Global … Continue reading BA in Global Development 2023 Ghana Field Trip
Giving peace a chance!
The consequences of the conflict and peace process for maternal and child health in Colombia. More than 135 million people across the globe need humanitarian assistance and armed conflicts are a leading reason for this (UNOCHA 2018). Conflict has startling direct and indirect effects on health, often exacerbating existing poverty and inequalities. However, the evidence … Continue reading Giving peace a chance!
COVID-19 and Violence Against Women
Research findings from the Centre for Health Economics showcased in two World Bank policy briefs. Increases in gender-based violence were documented in many countries following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This particularly seems to have been the case where stricter social distancing measures were put in place. As the pandemic progressed, job losses and … Continue reading COVID-19 and Violence Against Women
A Human Security approach for measuring social impacts
Mark van Dorp, affiliated to LSE IDEAS, looks at how measuring social impacts can make companies’ strategies more risk responsive by using a Human Security approach. Over the last two decades, there has been an increased understanding of what is needed for investments to be more peace positive in theory but in practice the necessary … Continue reading A Human Security approach for measuring social impacts
Transformative justice and agrarian conflict: Elements for a necessary debate
Eric Hoddy, IGDC Member and Lecturer at the Center for Applied Human Rights, presents a new edited volume, Transformative justice and agrarian conflict: Elements for a necessary debate. This book project was conceived for introducing and gathering some initial reflections on the global debate on transformative justice and its relationship to agrarian conflict and change. … Continue reading Transformative justice and agrarian conflict: Elements for a necessary debate
Convivial conservation
IGDC member Judith Krauss discusses the new book Convivial conservation: From principles to practice, co-edited with Kate Massarella, Wilhelm Kiwango & Rob Fletcher. What should the future of biodiversity conservation look like? Against a backdrop of rapid biodiversity loss, alternative visions offer conflicting perspectives on how to preserve the diversity of life on which human … Continue reading Convivial conservation
Livelihood changes during Covid-19: the role of power, risk and civic-based stakeholder conventions
Understanding changes in the charcoal and baobab value chains in rural Mozambique. Blog Também Disponível em Português! IGDC Lecturer Judith Krauss and Eduardo Castro Jr from Universidade Eduardo Mondlane join us in this blog to share their recently published study into understanding livelihood changes in the charcoal and baobab value chains during Covid-19 in rural … Continue reading Livelihood changes during Covid-19: the role of power, risk and civic-based stakeholder conventions