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The School of Global Development, University of East Anglia, UK. A world-leading centre for research, teaching, and practice using critical analysis. 1st in the UK for Development Studies (REF 2021)
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@developmentuea.bsky.social's conference asked: what’s changed, what hasn’t, & what new challenges face gender & development today?
Selected papers will appear in The Handbook of Gender & Development: Critical Engagements with Gender & Social Justice.
Read more: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/09/09/g...
September 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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✍️ Join editors from Development In Practice for tips on getting published
📅 9 Oct, 10am (UK)

Get tips on
▪️ Pitching for a journal article
▪️ The peer review process
▪️ Common mistakes in journal submissions

👉 Find out more and register now: buff.ly/aXNAqtI
September 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Four key research areas drive our mission:

🌍 Accelerating social change
🌱 Achieving wellbeing
🥬 Boosting adaptation and resilience
♻️ Reaching net zero emissions

Stay informed about our #ClimateResearch projects and updates: tyndall.ac.uk/research ⬇️
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September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
📰 Our UNESCO Chair Newsletter – Summer 2025 is live!

Edited by our partners at Tribhuvan University, Nepal, it features global updates on adult learning & social transformation 🌍

🔗 Read more: sway.cloud.microsoft/uI0acLa0uJVu...
NEWSLETTER - SUMMER 2025
ABOUT THE COVER
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September 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Robert Chambers inspired generations of activists and thinkers. You can now (re)discover his work for free thanks to Practical Action Publishing and @ids.ac.uk

Download at practical-action.org/t/cr/AQiuChC...
September 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thinking of doing a PhD? SENSS funds student-led projects across 8 UK universities, including UEA. You design the research, find a supervisor, and can collaborate with partners.

Apply from October for a 2026 start - now’s the time to start planning: senss.ac.uk/senss-student-led-competition
August 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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📰 Our newsletter just went out - give it a quick check here:

✅ Featuring @diis.dk's "Syria in Transition", picks on Water and Marine Ecosystems, a webinar on civil society in shrinking public space and the usual picks, calls, vacancies and opinions from our community

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August 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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What happens when the world’s most powerful architect and funder of development cooperation seeks not only to withdraw, but to dismantle the very norms, institutions, and multilateral frameworks it once championed?

✍️ From our blog

www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2317
Development in the Trump Era: What’s Next for Global Development Cooperation?
By Andy Sumner and Stephan Klingebiel / Development and Development Policy in the Trump Era Series The return of Donald Trump to the White House has reignited deep uncertainty about the trajectory …
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August 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
New degree alert! 🌱

Curious about our new BSc #SustainableDevelopment?

It’s all about tackling the big issues—climate, inequality, sustainability—and shaping a better future.

Watch the video to find out what makes this course stand out:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9oE...
This is Sustainable Development at UEA
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August 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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New paper now online in @natureandspace.bsky.social

'Towards a transformative approach to just rural transitions: Landscape restoration in the Scottish highlands'

W/ Adrian Martin, Janet Fisher & @mathildegingembre.bsky.social

@developmentuea.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1177/2514...
August 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
📢 Job alert!

Our school is hiring a Teaching Fellow in Global Development.

🗓️ 6-month post starting Jan 2026
💰 £38,784–£46,049
🌍 Focus: Geography & Global Development
🧭 Includes UK field course on legacies of empire

Apply by 22 Sept 2025:
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/17...
August 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New FutureLearn course! 🌱

Environmental Justice for Global Nature Restoration - learn how #justice and #sustainability go hand-in-hand

Designed by DEV's Adrian Martin & Iokiñe Rodríguez

🔗 Enrol: www.futurelearn.com/courses/just...
August 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
📚 New blog alert!

Boys’ disengagement from #education is a growing crisis—and it’s time we addressed it.

Our consortium (UEA, @equimundo.bsky.social & @unesco.org) is tackling harmful #gender norms through the Lifting Barriers project.

Read more: www.gpekix.org/blog/dont-fo...
August 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🌍 What does “development” mean for those left behind?
Join leading African scholars to rethink the future of development in Africa.
🗓 19 Aug | 10am SAST | 6pm AEST
🎙 Karuri-Sebina | Moloi | Gebremariam
🎤 Facilitator: Yirga Woldeyes
#DSAAwebinars
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August 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🔍 Interested in #gender research that crosses boundaries?

Our Gender and Its Intersections group brings together scholars from across all faculties, from development and law to art, media, and health.

Driving inclusive, intersectional #feminist research.

🔗: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Gender and Its Intersections
University of East Anglia
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August 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Wildfires pose a worldwide danger. UEA and Willis have teamed up to combat escalating wildfire threats using advanced science and innovative tools.

🔍 Enhanced modeling
🏘️ Fire risk in cities
🌍 Insights driven by climate

🔗 tyndall.ac.uk/news/launch-...

#WildfireSafety #ClimateAction
August 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What’s so special about studying Global Development at UEA?

Our approach is all about tackling poverty, inequality, climate change & wars, with critical thinking, interdisciplinarity, and a real desire for social change at the core.

Watch this video to know more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYZK...
This is Global Development
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August 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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One of our joint working groups with @devcomms.bsky.social has an interesting call for workshops out!

Apply by 20 September!

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‘(Re-)establishing Political Economy in Development Studies, 04-05 December 2025, Manchester
Convenors: Caroline Cornier (Manchester), Guido Maschhaupt (ISS-NL) and Pritish Behuria (Manchester) Political economy was arguably the central organizing...
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August 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Be sure to join us for our next Open Day on September 6 to see the campus for yourself. You'll be able to:

✨ Meet our staff and students
🏫 Tour the campus
📚 Discover our courses

Book your place now: bit.ly/40Vx81e

#UKUniversity #ThisIsUEA #UniOpenDay
August 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Just ONE DAY left to register to join us at our Critical Decade for Climate Action Conference this September #Tyndall25UEA
August 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🎓 Chevening Scholarships are open!

Study a fully funded MA at UEA’s School of Global Development.

👉 chevening.org | uea.ac.uk/about/school-of-global-development/postgraduate
August 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Big congratulations to our colleague @martinscott2010.bsky.social! 🏆

His co-authored book is shortlisted for the 2025 MeCCSA Outstanding Achievement Awards.

Winners will be announced at the MeCCSA Conference, 4–6 Sept at Edinburgh Napier.

Read more: www.meccsa.org.uk/meccsa-outst...
August 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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We’re excited to invite you to Summit Photo, our brand new event bringing together world-renowned photographers, explorers and policy experts to ask how photography can address today's global challenges.

Taking place 26-28 September, book your tickets today 👉 rgs.org/events/upcom...

📷 Sue Flood
August 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New piece from international researchers led by DEV Rachel Carmenta published on Current Opinion Environmental Sustainability:

“Unveiling pervasive assumptions” challenges the idea that poverty drives biodiversity loss & offers new models for equitable #conservation.

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
August 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Today's read 📖 On developing guiding principles for creating climate #adaptation targets to increase their robustness

Affiliate Member of the Tyndall Centre and Honorary Research Fellow Andrew Kythreotis and other authors in @plosclimate.org ➡️
The opportunities and challenges of developing and implementing local climate adaptation targets
Climate adaptation policies have been developed at global, national and local levels, however, significant implementation gaps persist. Adaptation targets – achieved through metrics to assess the…
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August 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM