People
The Global Development Institute benefits from the inspiring leadership of Professors David Hulme and Diana Mitlin.
Both David and Diana are internationally recognised in their fields and with more than 55 years’ experience in international development between them.
International reach
David and Diana are supported by over 45 staff members, coming from five continents and 18 different countries. We have up to 100 PhD students from across disciplines and a network of associates within the University and around the world.
Staff list
Find out more about our staff and visit their profile pages for further information. A number of our researchers offer PhD supervision, find out more about some of our PhD supervisors.
Academic staff
- Dr Lawrence Ado-Kofie - Lecturer, Development Economics
- Prof Bina Agarwal - Professor, Development Economics and Environment
- Dr Shamel Azmeh - Lecturer in Technology, Labour and Production
- Dr Nicola Banks - Lecturer, International Development: Urban Development and Global Urbanism
- Dr Oliver Bakewell - Senior Lecturer, Migration Studies
- Prof Armando Barrientos - Professor, Poverty and Social Justice
- Prof Stephanie Barrientos - Professor, Development Policy
- Mr Paul Barry - Teaching Fellow
- Dr Tanja Bastia - Senior Lecturer
- Prof Anthony Bebbington - Professorial Research Fellow
- Dr Pritish Behuria - Hallsworth Research Fellow
- Dr Karen Buckley - Hallsworth Research Fellow
- Dr Admos Chimhowu - Senior Lecturer
- Dr Ralitza Dimova - Senior Lecturer, Development Economics
- Dr Richard Duncombe - Lecturer, Information Systems and Development
- Dr Kelechi Ekuma - Lecturer, Governance and Development Leadership
- Dr Tomas Frederiksen - Lecturer, International Development
- Dr Chris Foster, Presidential Fellow
- Dr Ping Gao - Lecturer, Information Systems
- Dr Tom Gillespie - Lecturer, Poverty, Inequality & Pro-Poor Politics
- Prof Richard Heeks - Professor, Development Informatics
- Prof Samuel Hickey - Professor, Politics and Development
- Dr Rory Horner - Senior Lecturer, Globalisation and Political Economy & Hallsworth Research Fellow
- Dr Farhad Hossain - Senior Lecturer, Development Management and Policy
- Prof David Hulme - Professor, Development Studies
- Prof Tim Jacoby - Professor
- Dr Shirley Jenner - Lecturer, Human Resource Management
- Dr Nicholas Jepson - Lecturer in International Development
- Prof Uma Kothari - Professor, Migration and Postcolonial Studies
- Dr Judith Krauss - Lecturer in Pedagogies for Development
- Dr Aarti Krishnan - ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow
- Dr Natalie Langford - Lecturer in Global Development
- Dr David Lawson - Senior Lecturer, Development Economics and Public Policy
- Dr Tom Lavers -Lecturer, Politics, Governance and Management
- Dr Aminu Mamman - Reader, Human Resource Management
- Prof Diana Mitlin - Professor, Global Urbanism, Director of Global Urban Research Centre
- Dr Negar Monazam Tabrizi - Lecturer in Information Systems and Digital Development
- Prof Caroline Moser - Emeritus Professor
- Dr Tanja Müller - Reader in Development Studies; Convenor Manchester Migration Lab
- Prof Khalid Nadvi - Professor, International Development
- Dr Johan Oldekop - Senior Lecturer in Environment and Development
- Dr Osman Ouattara - Senior Lecturer, Development Economics
- Dr Chris Rees - Senior Lecturer, Human Resources and Organisational Change
- Dr Jaco Renken - Lecturer, Information and Communication Technology for Development
- Dr Kate Rowlands - Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management
- Dr Antonio Savoia - Senior Lecturer, Development Economics
- Dr Seth Schindler - Senior Lecturer, Urban Development and Urban Transformation
- Prof Kunal Sen - Professor, Development Economics & Policy
- Dr Rory Stanton - Lecturer, Human Resource Development
- Dr Gindo Tampubolon - Lecturer, Poverty, Inequality and Growth
- Professor Dale Whittington - Professor of International Development.
- Prof Philip Woodhouse - Professor, Environment and Development
- Dr Yin-Fang Zhang - Lecturer, Development Economics
Teaching and research associates
- Dr Fortunate Machingura - Global Challenge Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Dr Eleni Sifaki - Research Associate
- Dr Lujia Feng - Senior Tutor in MGD.
- Dr Martin M Gazimbi - Research Fellow
- Dr Roshan Adhikari - Research Associate, FutureDAMS
- Dr Barnaby Dye - Research Associate, FutureDAMS
- Dr Pon Souvannaseng- Research Associate, FutureDAMS
Professional Support Services staff
- Kat Bethell - Research Administrative Assistant, Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre
- Julia Brunt - Programme Manager, Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre
- Clare Degenhardt - Editorial Administrator, Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre
- Katherine Hall - Project Manager
- Peter Jacobs - PGT Programme Administrator (Social Development and Human Resource Development programmes)
- Chris Jordan - Communications and Impact Manager
- Emma Kelly - Digital Communications Officer
- Rowena Harding - Research Communications Officer
- Kerry Mccann - Institute Manager
- Julie Rafferty - Finance Administrator
- Adam Randon - Programme Manager, Future DAMS
- Kate Robinson – Senior Programmes Officer (Applied and Distance Learning) GDI Distance Learning Programmes
- James Starr – PGT Programme Administrator (Development Informatics Group and Management, Governance and Development programmes & Development Economics & Public Policy programme)
- Shirley Thomasson - Departmental Support Administrator
- Anna Webster - Communications and Uptake Manager, Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre
Honorary and visiting fellows
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Current PhD students
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