Global Development Institute
@globaldevinst.bsky.social
We’re the Global Development Institute at The University of Manchester: where critical thinking meets social justice.
Don't forget to join us next Tuesday 16 December for our last Community of Practice of the semester!
Over the past months we've explored many dimensions of resilience. In this final session, we'll discuss how they intersect and interact.
All welcome!
Sign up here: bit.ly/4rNZRRg
Over the past months we've explored many dimensions of resilience. In this final session, we'll discuss how they intersect and interact.
All welcome!
Sign up here: bit.ly/4rNZRRg
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Don't forget to join us next Tuesday 16 December for our last Community of Practice of the semester!
Over the past months we've explored many dimensions of resilience. In this final session, we'll discuss how they intersect and interact.
All welcome!
Sign up here: bit.ly/4rNZRRg
Over the past months we've explored many dimensions of resilience. In this final session, we'll discuss how they intersect and interact.
All welcome!
Sign up here: bit.ly/4rNZRRg
A new book by Seth Schindler (@sethschindler.bsky.social) and Steve Rolf argues that global capitalism is being reshaped by two major and mutually reinforcing trends.
How are these trends informing the spiralling rivalry between the US and China?
You can read open-access here: bit.ly/4a8pExm
How are these trends informing the spiralling rivalry between the US and China?
You can read open-access here: bit.ly/4a8pExm
December 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A new book by Seth Schindler (@sethschindler.bsky.social) and Steve Rolf argues that global capitalism is being reshaped by two major and mutually reinforcing trends.
How are these trends informing the spiralling rivalry between the US and China?
You can read open-access here: bit.ly/4a8pExm
How are these trends informing the spiralling rivalry between the US and China?
You can read open-access here: bit.ly/4a8pExm
Known as COP30, this year’s UNFCCC climate summit took place a decade after the milestone Paris Agreement at COP21.
To make sense of COP30’s negotiations and outcomes, we spoke to Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira, who spent time in Belém attending workshops and following negotiations: bit.ly/4pqxFlU
To make sense of COP30’s negotiations and outcomes, we spoke to Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira, who spent time in Belém attending workshops and following negotiations: bit.ly/4pqxFlU
Reflecting on progress at COP30: Interview with José A. Puppim de Oliveira - Global Development Institute Blog
Last month, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) hosted its annual conference of the parties (COP) in Belém, Brazil. Known as COP30, this year’s climate summit took place...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Known as COP30, this year’s UNFCCC climate summit took place a decade after the milestone Paris Agreement at COP21.
To make sense of COP30’s negotiations and outcomes, we spoke to Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira, who spent time in Belém attending workshops and following negotiations: bit.ly/4pqxFlU
To make sense of COP30’s negotiations and outcomes, we spoke to Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira, who spent time in Belém attending workshops and following negotiations: bit.ly/4pqxFlU
The Horn of Africa has been going through one of the most acute episodes of political and humanitarian crisis in its modern history.
@tekgw.bsky.social and Hussein Sulieman write about the devastating wars in Ethiopia and Sudan, and how these have reshaped regional dynamics.
🔗 bit.ly/4oxE5OQ
@tekgw.bsky.social and Hussein Sulieman write about the devastating wars in Ethiopia and Sudan, and how these have reshaped regional dynamics.
🔗 bit.ly/4oxE5OQ
Shifting Contours of Conflict: War and Cross-Border Migration in the Horn of Africa - Global Development Institute Blog
by Tekle Weldemichel (Lecturer in Environment and Development at GDI) and Hussein M. Sulieman (Research Fellow at GDI) The Horn of Africa (HoA) has, in recent years, been going through one of the mos...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The Horn of Africa has been going through one of the most acute episodes of political and humanitarian crisis in its modern history.
@tekgw.bsky.social and Hussein Sulieman write about the devastating wars in Ethiopia and Sudan, and how these have reshaped regional dynamics.
🔗 bit.ly/4oxE5OQ
@tekgw.bsky.social and Hussein Sulieman write about the devastating wars in Ethiopia and Sudan, and how these have reshaped regional dynamics.
🔗 bit.ly/4oxE5OQ
Organised by Debolina Majumder and Michaela Collord, a workshop taking place 23-24 April 2026 will collectively envision the key features of what we call “labour-led urban development” in the Global South.
Accepting abstracts until 15 Jan 2026: bit.ly/4ppGcph
Accepting abstracts until 15 Jan 2026: bit.ly/4ppGcph
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Organised by Debolina Majumder and Michaela Collord, a workshop taking place 23-24 April 2026 will collectively envision the key features of what we call “labour-led urban development” in the Global South.
Accepting abstracts until 15 Jan 2026: bit.ly/4ppGcph
Accepting abstracts until 15 Jan 2026: bit.ly/4ppGcph
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📚 @globaldevinst.bsky.social’s Whitney Banyai-Becker co-authored a chapter on ‘Engaging with knowledge co-production: critical reflections from global doctoral researchers’ in Co-production of Knowledge in Action: Emancipatory strategies for urban equality.
buff.ly/e7x8jBS
buff.ly/e7x8jBS
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
📚 @globaldevinst.bsky.social’s Whitney Banyai-Becker co-authored a chapter on ‘Engaging with knowledge co-production: critical reflections from global doctoral researchers’ in Co-production of Knowledge in Action: Emancipatory strategies for urban equality.
buff.ly/e7x8jBS
buff.ly/e7x8jBS
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Listen to this author talk hosted by @globaldevinst.bsky.social with Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia on the #OpenAccess A LONG JOURNEY HOME, recently published with us: bit.ly/3JJgRXK
More on the book: bit.ly/4hKX5b1
#MigrationStudies #Anthropology
More on the book: bit.ly/4hKX5b1
#MigrationStudies #Anthropology
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Listen to this author talk hosted by @globaldevinst.bsky.social with Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia on the #OpenAccess A LONG JOURNEY HOME, recently published with us: bit.ly/3JJgRXK
More on the book: bit.ly/4hKX5b1
#MigrationStudies #Anthropology
More on the book: bit.ly/4hKX5b1
#MigrationStudies #Anthropology
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...
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What is the future of global development?
An in-person conference at @manchester.ac.uk explores: new geopolitics; development architecture in polycrisis; and global development perspectives.
⏰ Deadline: 3 Dec
More @globaldevinst.bsky.social news: buff.ly/KNgH8lz
An in-person conference at @manchester.ac.uk explores: new geopolitics; development architecture in polycrisis; and global development perspectives.
⏰ Deadline: 3 Dec
More @globaldevinst.bsky.social news: buff.ly/KNgH8lz
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
What is the future of global development?
An in-person conference at @manchester.ac.uk explores: new geopolitics; development architecture in polycrisis; and global development perspectives.
⏰ Deadline: 3 Dec
More @globaldevinst.bsky.social news: buff.ly/KNgH8lz
An in-person conference at @manchester.ac.uk explores: new geopolitics; development architecture in polycrisis; and global development perspectives.
⏰ Deadline: 3 Dec
More @globaldevinst.bsky.social news: buff.ly/KNgH8lz
New blog by Osman Ouattara on net zero targets in African cities: www.wider.unu.edu/publication/...
How can African cities reach net zero without sidelining development?
As COP30 ends, our new blog shows why climate finance needs must reach local governance in order to advance both resilience and decarbonization.
🔗 go.unu.edu/p4vTm
@africancities.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social
As COP30 ends, our new blog shows why climate finance needs must reach local governance in order to advance both resilience and decarbonization.
🔗 go.unu.edu/p4vTm
@africancities.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New blog by Osman Ouattara on net zero targets in African cities: www.wider.unu.edu/publication/...
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:
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📈 Digital technologies are reshaping economies and societies. How do we ensure progress benefits everyone?
On 3 December, join leading academics, policymakers and practitioners for a policy dialogue on AI risks, public perceptions & inclusive governance in Southeast Asia 🔽
On 3 December, join leading academics, policymakers and practitioners for a policy dialogue on AI risks, public perceptions & inclusive governance in Southeast Asia 🔽
Governing the digital future: public perceptions, AI risks and policy priorities for Southeast Asia | King's College London
Join us for an engaging policy dialogue at King’s College London that brings together leading academics, policymakers, and practitioners to explore how to build more trusted, inclusive, and effective ...
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
📈 Digital technologies are reshaping economies and societies. How do we ensure progress benefits everyone?
On 3 December, join leading academics, policymakers and practitioners for a policy dialogue on AI risks, public perceptions & inclusive governance in Southeast Asia 🔽
On 3 December, join leading academics, policymakers and practitioners for a policy dialogue on AI risks, public perceptions & inclusive governance in Southeast Asia 🔽
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
How do you feel about immigration?
Recent YouGov polling found that 52% of voters believe immigration to be the most important issue facing the UK.
@globaldevinst.bsky.social are holding a public discussion on immigration at John Rylands Library, this Friday.
Recent YouGov polling found that 52% of voters believe immigration to be the most important issue facing the UK.
@globaldevinst.bsky.social are holding a public discussion on immigration at John Rylands Library, this Friday.
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 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
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...
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How do you feel about immigration?
Recent YouGov polling found that 52% of voters believe immigration to be the most important issue facing the UK.
@globaldevinst.bsky.social are holding a public discussion on immigration at John Rylands Library, this Friday.
Recent YouGov polling found that 52% of voters believe immigration to be the most important issue facing the UK.
@globaldevinst.bsky.social are holding a public discussion on immigration at John Rylands Library, this Friday.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How do you feel about immigration?
Recent YouGov polling found that 52% of voters believe immigration to be the most important issue facing the UK.
@globaldevinst.bsky.social are holding a public discussion on immigration at John Rylands Library, this Friday.
Recent YouGov polling found that 52% of voters believe immigration to be the most important issue facing the UK.
@globaldevinst.bsky.social are holding a public discussion on immigration at John Rylands Library, this Friday.
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In the latest issue of @iajournal.bsky.social International Affairs, you can read my latest paper, titled "Beyond Trade? Chinese private capital under the African Continental Free Trade Area" 📖
Open access: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
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Open access: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
@globaldevinst.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
In the latest issue of @iajournal.bsky.social International Affairs, you can read my latest paper, titled "Beyond Trade? Chinese private capital under the African Continental Free Trade Area" 📖
Open access: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
@globaldevinst.bsky.social
Open access: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
@globaldevinst.bsky.social
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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...
"Famine – the extreme scarcity of food – devastated Ethiopia’s Tigray region during and after a two-year war that began in November 2020. Yet, the famine’s impact is one of the least documented crises of recent years."
Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel writes for @uk.theconversation.com: bit.ly/3LuzSxD
Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel writes for @uk.theconversation.com: bit.ly/3LuzSxD
Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"Famine – the extreme scarcity of food – devastated Ethiopia’s Tigray region during and after a two-year war that began in November 2020. Yet, the famine’s impact is one of the least documented crises of recent years."
Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel writes for @uk.theconversation.com: bit.ly/3LuzSxD
Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel writes for @uk.theconversation.com: bit.ly/3LuzSxD
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...