Centre for Global Development, University of Leeds
@cgd-leeds.bsky.social
We are the focal point for research and engagement with the politics of global development at the University of Leeds: cgd.leeds.ac.uk
🌎 We are delighted to host an online book launch of Dr Markus Fraundorfer's new book this Friday 5th December:
Pharmaceutical Knowledge Commons for the Most Neglected Populations in Global Health: The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
See here for event info and registration ➡️ bit.ly/4owC9X6
Pharmaceutical Knowledge Commons for the Most Neglected Populations in Global Health: The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
See here for event info and registration ➡️ bit.ly/4owC9X6
📖 We spoke with Dr Markus Fraundorfer about his new independent study on the impact of our collaborative, not-for-profit drug development model. In this video, he shares his motivation for the book, key insights, and why the topic matters for global health today.
www.youtube.com/shorts/x3CG_...
www.youtube.com/shorts/x3CG_...
Book Chat with Dr Markus Fraundorfer
YouTube video by Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi)
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December 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🌎 We are delighted to host an online book launch of Dr Markus Fraundorfer's new book this Friday 5th December:
Pharmaceutical Knowledge Commons for the Most Neglected Populations in Global Health: The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
See here for event info and registration ➡️ bit.ly/4owC9X6
Pharmaceutical Knowledge Commons for the Most Neglected Populations in Global Health: The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
See here for event info and registration ➡️ bit.ly/4owC9X6
CGD Co-Director Dr Geoff Goodwin (@gbgoodwin.bsky.social) gave a guest lecture on water & environmental politics at Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta this month.
The talk was part of a wider initiative to build research & teaching links with Indonesian universities. 🌍
Read more here: bit.ly/4noj7T5
The talk was part of a wider initiative to build research & teaching links with Indonesian universities. 🌍
Read more here: bit.ly/4noj7T5
September 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
CGD Co-Director Dr Geoff Goodwin (@gbgoodwin.bsky.social) gave a guest lecture on water & environmental politics at Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta this month.
The talk was part of a wider initiative to build research & teaching links with Indonesian universities. 🌍
Read more here: bit.ly/4noj7T5
The talk was part of a wider initiative to build research & teaching links with Indonesian universities. 🌍
Read more here: bit.ly/4noj7T5
We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of the CGD newsletter has just been published! 📫
Read it here: cgd.leeds.ac.uk/news/latest-...
Read it here: cgd.leeds.ac.uk/news/latest-...
June 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of the CGD newsletter has just been published! 📫
Read it here: cgd.leeds.ac.uk/news/latest-...
Read it here: cgd.leeds.ac.uk/news/latest-...
Reposted by Centre for Global Development, University of Leeds
Dr Lata Narayanaswamy, Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development, recently appeared on the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) podcast to discuss gender and LGBTQIA+ backlash 🎧 🏳🌈
#PrideMonth #LGBTQIA
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#PrideMonth #LGBTQIA
www.unrisd.org/en/research/...
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June 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Dr Lata Narayanaswamy, Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development, recently appeared on the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) podcast to discuss gender and LGBTQIA+ backlash 🎧 🏳🌈
#PrideMonth #LGBTQIA
www.unrisd.org/en/research/...
#PrideMonth #LGBTQIA
www.unrisd.org/en/research/...
New policy brief! 📕📢
CGD member Dr Lata Narayanaswamy (@polisatleeds.bsky.social) has co-authored a report with @oxfaminternational.bsky.social examining global gender justice 30 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
🔗 Details and link here: cgd.leeds.ac.uk/news/states-...
CGD member Dr Lata Narayanaswamy (@polisatleeds.bsky.social) has co-authored a report with @oxfaminternational.bsky.social examining global gender justice 30 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
🔗 Details and link here: cgd.leeds.ac.uk/news/states-...
April 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New policy brief! 📕📢
CGD member Dr Lata Narayanaswamy (@polisatleeds.bsky.social) has co-authored a report with @oxfaminternational.bsky.social examining global gender justice 30 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
🔗 Details and link here: cgd.leeds.ac.uk/news/states-...
CGD member Dr Lata Narayanaswamy (@polisatleeds.bsky.social) has co-authored a report with @oxfaminternational.bsky.social examining global gender justice 30 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
🔗 Details and link here: cgd.leeds.ac.uk/news/states-...
Join us for our CGD hybrid panel discussion on 3 March on the Political Economy of Energy Transition!💡
With speakers from the Department of Int. Development (KCL) and the School of Politics and Int. Studies (Uni. of Leeds) @polisatleeds.bsky.social
Info and registration here! ➡️ bit.ly/3QpUEhd
With speakers from the Department of Int. Development (KCL) and the School of Politics and Int. Studies (Uni. of Leeds) @polisatleeds.bsky.social
Info and registration here! ➡️ bit.ly/3QpUEhd
February 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Join us for our CGD hybrid panel discussion on 3 March on the Political Economy of Energy Transition!💡
With speakers from the Department of Int. Development (KCL) and the School of Politics and Int. Studies (Uni. of Leeds) @polisatleeds.bsky.social
Info and registration here! ➡️ bit.ly/3QpUEhd
With speakers from the Department of Int. Development (KCL) and the School of Politics and Int. Studies (Uni. of Leeds) @polisatleeds.bsky.social
Info and registration here! ➡️ bit.ly/3QpUEhd
We're delighted to publish a new article in our CGD Working Paper Series!
'Strong Foundations for Learning? A Critical Analysis of India’s Early Years Mathematics Curriculum', co-authored by Prof. Caroline Dyer at @polisatleeds.bsky.social
Read the paper here ➡️ bit.ly/4gEpwFx
'Strong Foundations for Learning? A Critical Analysis of India’s Early Years Mathematics Curriculum', co-authored by Prof. Caroline Dyer at @polisatleeds.bsky.social
Read the paper here ➡️ bit.ly/4gEpwFx
February 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We're delighted to publish a new article in our CGD Working Paper Series!
'Strong Foundations for Learning? A Critical Analysis of India’s Early Years Mathematics Curriculum', co-authored by Prof. Caroline Dyer at @polisatleeds.bsky.social
Read the paper here ➡️ bit.ly/4gEpwFx
'Strong Foundations for Learning? A Critical Analysis of India’s Early Years Mathematics Curriculum', co-authored by Prof. Caroline Dyer at @polisatleeds.bsky.social
Read the paper here ➡️ bit.ly/4gEpwFx
Check out the latest post in our CGD blog series!
Kayleigh O’Brien & Anna Mdee from @polisatleeds.bsky.social share insights from research with the GCRF Scaling Up Off-grid Sanitation project in Haiti, Peru, Kenya and South Africa.
Read the blog ➡️ bit.ly/41g7Dsd
Kayleigh O’Brien & Anna Mdee from @polisatleeds.bsky.social share insights from research with the GCRF Scaling Up Off-grid Sanitation project in Haiti, Peru, Kenya and South Africa.
Read the blog ➡️ bit.ly/41g7Dsd
February 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Check out the latest post in our CGD blog series!
Kayleigh O’Brien & Anna Mdee from @polisatleeds.bsky.social share insights from research with the GCRF Scaling Up Off-grid Sanitation project in Haiti, Peru, Kenya and South Africa.
Read the blog ➡️ bit.ly/41g7Dsd
Kayleigh O’Brien & Anna Mdee from @polisatleeds.bsky.social share insights from research with the GCRF Scaling Up Off-grid Sanitation project in Haiti, Peru, Kenya and South Africa.
Read the blog ➡️ bit.ly/41g7Dsd
Reposted by Centre for Global Development, University of Leeds
I've written a short article on Karl Polanyi's concept of the 'countermovement', critically engaging with Rowan Alcock's interesting reading of the concept @row-a.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Radical (re) readings of Polanyi: splitting hairs and building bridges
Karl Polanyi has inspired generations of critical scholars and debates about his work show no sign of abating. This reflects the relevance of his ideas and the multiple ways in which they have been...
www.tandfonline.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I've written a short article on Karl Polanyi's concept of the 'countermovement', critically engaging with Rowan Alcock's interesting reading of the concept @row-a.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In January we launched our new CGD blog!
Prof. Anna Mdee from @polisatleeds.bsky.social kicked off the series with a critique of fantasy metrics in the SDGs based on research with the GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub💧
Read the post here: bit.ly/3C8nX4g
Prof. Anna Mdee from @polisatleeds.bsky.social kicked off the series with a critique of fantasy metrics in the SDGs based on research with the GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub💧
Read the post here: bit.ly/3C8nX4g
February 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In January we launched our new CGD blog!
Prof. Anna Mdee from @polisatleeds.bsky.social kicked off the series with a critique of fantasy metrics in the SDGs based on research with the GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub💧
Read the post here: bit.ly/3C8nX4g
Prof. Anna Mdee from @polisatleeds.bsky.social kicked off the series with a critique of fantasy metrics in the SDGs based on research with the GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub💧
Read the post here: bit.ly/3C8nX4g
📚New research article co-authored by CGD co-director Dr Simon Manda:
‘‘This one caught us unaware’: Disaster politics and institutions during Cyclone Freddy in Malawi'.
Read the article here ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
‘‘This one caught us unaware’: Disaster politics and institutions during Cyclone Freddy in Malawi'.
Read the article here ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
📚New research article co-authored by CGD co-director Dr Simon Manda:
‘‘This one caught us unaware’: Disaster politics and institutions during Cyclone Freddy in Malawi'.
Read the article here ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
‘‘This one caught us unaware’: Disaster politics and institutions during Cyclone Freddy in Malawi'.
Read the article here ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We're thrilled to announce the launch of the CGD newsletter! 📢 🎉
Our newsletter aims to enhance the visibility of CGD members' work and celebrate the CGD community's achievements.
Read the first issue here ➡️ bit.ly/4aEWRP9
Our newsletter aims to enhance the visibility of CGD members' work and celebrate the CGD community's achievements.
Read the first issue here ➡️ bit.ly/4aEWRP9
January 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We're thrilled to announce the launch of the CGD newsletter! 📢 🎉
Our newsletter aims to enhance the visibility of CGD members' work and celebrate the CGD community's achievements.
Read the first issue here ➡️ bit.ly/4aEWRP9
Our newsletter aims to enhance the visibility of CGD members' work and celebrate the CGD community's achievements.
Read the first issue here ➡️ bit.ly/4aEWRP9