Global Development Institute
@globaldevinst.bsky.social
We’re the Global Development Institute at The University of Manchester: where critical thinking meets social justice.
A new study by GDI's Osman Ouattara and colleagues examines how climate variability affects labour productivity across municipalities in Accra.
Read the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A new study by GDI's Osman Ouattara and colleagues examines how climate variability affects labour productivity across municipalities in Accra.
Read the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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:
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
A new open-access paper by GDI's Tanja Müller is based upon interviews with Eritrean migrants in Addis Ababa, using "the lens of lived citizenship in the everyday to investigate belonging as experienced, created and contested."
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A new open-access paper by GDI's Tanja Müller is based upon interviews with Eritrean migrants in Addis Ababa, using "the lens of lived citizenship in the everyday to investigate belonging as experienced, created and contested."
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Come on down to the Manchester Museum for the upcoming exhibition “Hulme Nannas: (In)visibility, Community and Urban Change”, taking place on Wednesday 5 November from 6PM to 8PM.
Register and learn more here: bit.ly/4okvxMh
Register and learn more here: bit.ly/4okvxMh
October 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Come on down to the Manchester Museum for the upcoming exhibition “Hulme Nannas: (In)visibility, Community and Urban Change”, taking place on Wednesday 5 November from 6PM to 8PM.
Register and learn more here: bit.ly/4okvxMh
Register and learn more here: bit.ly/4okvxMh
Today @gdi-students-4-pal.bsky.social are hosting an incredible conference on Palestine, social justice and development studies.
Find out more, and join online here: studentsforpalestinegdi.wordpress.com/gdi-conferen...
Find out more, and join online here: studentsforpalestinegdi.wordpress.com/gdi-conferen...
October 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Today @gdi-students-4-pal.bsky.social are hosting an incredible conference on Palestine, social justice and development studies.
Find out more, and join online here: studentsforpalestinegdi.wordpress.com/gdi-conferen...
Find out more, and join online here: studentsforpalestinegdi.wordpress.com/gdi-conferen...
In a new article on the GDI blog, @tekgw.bsky.social and @oumaoti.bsky.social discuss connections between Africa's struggles and wider global forces, underlining the urgent need for Pan-African solidarity in countering the threat of new colonial dynamics: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/africa-peace...
October 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In a new article on the GDI blog, @tekgw.bsky.social and @oumaoti.bsky.social discuss connections between Africa's struggles and wider global forces, underlining the urgent need for Pan-African solidarity in countering the threat of new colonial dynamics: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/africa-peace...
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
Our next Community of Practice led by Natalie Cunningham will take place on Tuesday 21st October, discussing the role of hope in transforming places of despair into spaces of resilience.
You can register for the 8AM or 2PM session here: events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
You can register for the 8AM or 2PM session here: events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
October 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Our next Community of Practice led by Natalie Cunningham will take place on Tuesday 21st October, discussing the role of hope in transforming places of despair into spaces of resilience.
You can register for the 8AM or 2PM session here: events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
You can register for the 8AM or 2PM session here: events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
Join us for a week of learning brought to you by GDI’s Research for Transformation Lab!
The lab explores and critically reflects on the connection between development research and the 'real world'. This week will facilitate conversations through sessions with GDI academics.
🔗: bit.ly/47jK1FK
The lab explores and critically reflects on the connection between development research and the 'real world'. This week will facilitate conversations through sessions with GDI academics.
🔗: bit.ly/47jK1FK
October 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Join us for a week of learning brought to you by GDI’s Research for Transformation Lab!
The lab explores and critically reflects on the connection between development research and the 'real world'. This week will facilitate conversations through sessions with GDI academics.
🔗: bit.ly/47jK1FK
The lab explores and critically reflects on the connection between development research and the 'real world'. This week will facilitate conversations through sessions with GDI academics.
🔗: bit.ly/47jK1FK
The Institute for Development Studies at the University of Nairobi is celebrating its 60th Anniversary this week: #IDSat60
GDI's HoI Sam Hickey gave a keynote address calling for a shift in development investment and influence, and new rules of the game in research funding and publishing.
GDI's HoI Sam Hickey gave a keynote address calling for a shift in development investment and influence, and new rules of the game in research funding and publishing.
October 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The Institute for Development Studies at the University of Nairobi is celebrating its 60th Anniversary this week: #IDSat60
GDI's HoI Sam Hickey gave a keynote address calling for a shift in development investment and influence, and new rules of the game in research funding and publishing.
GDI's HoI Sam Hickey gave a keynote address calling for a shift in development investment and influence, and new rules of the game in research funding and publishing.
In a new article for @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social, GDI's Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel (@tekgw.bsky.social) writes about the silenced story of urban hunger that has accompanied Tigray's war, famine and genocide.
Read here: worldpeacefoundation.org/publication/...
Read here: worldpeacefoundation.org/publication/...
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In a new article for @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social, GDI's Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel (@tekgw.bsky.social) writes about the silenced story of urban hunger that has accompanied Tigray's war, famine and genocide.
Read here: worldpeacefoundation.org/publication/...
Read here: worldpeacefoundation.org/publication/...
Our latest podcast episode features GDI's Elisa Gambino, interviewed by colleague Rory Horner about her latest paper: 'Flexible embeddedness: how Chinese lead firms internationalise in Africa'.
This is a fantastic episode which you can now listen to right here: www.buzzsprout.com/2017560/epis...
This is a fantastic episode which you can now listen to right here: www.buzzsprout.com/2017560/epis...
October 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Our latest podcast episode features GDI's Elisa Gambino, interviewed by colleague Rory Horner about her latest paper: 'Flexible embeddedness: how Chinese lead firms internationalise in Africa'.
This is a fantastic episode which you can now listen to right here: www.buzzsprout.com/2017560/epis...
This is a fantastic episode which you can now listen to right here: www.buzzsprout.com/2017560/epis...
An article written by Abiola Olatunji and GDI colleagues Lawrence Ado-Kofie and Osman Ouattara investigates whether infrastructure development helps poor economies escape low-income traps or transition to higher-income levels.
Read the open-access paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Read the open-access paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
An article written by Abiola Olatunji and GDI colleagues Lawrence Ado-Kofie and Osman Ouattara investigates whether infrastructure development helps poor economies escape low-income traps or transition to higher-income levels.
Read the open-access paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Read the open-access paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...