Past events
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GDI Community of Practice - Trends in Leadership for Development
12:30 - 13:30 25 July 2024
In the second of our communities of practice on Leadership for Development, we'll discuss the latest research trends in the field. How do researchers grapple with topics such as sustainability, digital leadership, politics, power, and ethics? We encourage practitioners, academics, students, and alumni to join us to share problems, solutions, and...
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Digital Health Equity seminar: Demystifying User Centred Design in Healthcare
15:00 - 16:00 11 September 2024
The next seminar in the Digital Health Inequities Seminar Series is on 11th September 3-4pm via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96339700737. Tim Brazier from Thrive by Design will talk about “Demystifying User Centred Design in Healthcare”. In this seminar, Tim will share lessons and insights from the design-thinking approach they use at Thrive by...
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GDI Webinar: Why culture matters: a revised approach to political settlements analysis and institutional change
13:00 - 14:00 26 September 2024
Join us for the first GDI webinar of the new semester. Dr Clare Cummings (Lecturer in Politics and Development at GDI) will discuss her recent work surrounding political settlements analysis. Abstract: The rules (or institutions) that govern how we distribute resources and uphold rights are important for development outcomes. In this webinar I...
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Global Development Today... Whose 'Development' Is It Really?
16:00 - 17:30 30 September 2024
Join Deborah Doane, author of ‘The INGO Problem: Power, Privilege and Renewal’, and Nana Asantewa Afadzinu, Executive Director of the West Africa Civil Society Institute, to discuss current challenges within the aid sector, how Southern NGOs are leading calls for structural change in global development, and whether International NGOs are rising...
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Fairtrade: Celebrating 30 Years of a Movement for Global Economic Justice
13:30 - 15:00 2 October 2024
The School of Environment, Education and Development Annual Social Responsibility Lecture Fairtrade is celebrating its 30th anniversary in the UK. When consumers buy Fairtrade labelled goods, they are supporting farmers and workers to improve their living standards, invest in their communities and businesses, and protect the shared environment....
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Digital Health Equity seminar: Key strategies for promoting digital inclusion and their adoption in practice
13:00 - 14:00 9 October 2024
Sarah Wilson from the Newcastle University will talk about “Key strategies for promoting digital inclusion and their adoption in practice”. The WHO Bellagio eHealth Evaluation Group recognised the need to mitigate digital exclusion, and organisations such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) require evidence that...
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Resource-Backed Loans and Their Implications on Value Addition in Commodity-Dependent Countries: The Case of Ghana’s Cocoa Syndicated Loans
16:30 - 18:00 9 October 2024
Commodity-dependent countries increasingly leverage Resource-Backed Loans (RBLs) to access international financial markets. In Ghana, the cocoa regulator, COCOBOD, has raised nearly $30 billion through the Cocoa Syndicated Loan, a form of RBL, since 1993. While these loans offer short-term benefits, such as financing cocoa purchases and supporting...
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Community of Practice: Is evaluation in the development sector tainted by power dynamics?
08:30 - 09:30 10 October 2024
Comprehensive reporting structures are vital for ensuring the success of development projects. However, powerful funders often create and oversee these structures, leaving local actors with little say over how projects are evaluated. Development practitioners often promote collaboration with local communities and organisations as part of well-intentioned...
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The Suburban Frontier: Middle-Class Construction in Dar es Salaam
16:30 - 18:00 16 October 2024
Speaker: Claire Mercer (LSE) Co-organised with the Geography Department African cities are under construction. Beyond the urban redevelopment schemes and large-scale infrastructure projects reconfiguring central city skylines, urban residents are putting their resources into finding land and building homes on city edges. The Suburban Frontier...
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Uneven Development and Political Cleavage in Africa: Regional Tensions Around New Growth Models
16:30 - 18:00 6 November 2024
Speaker: Catherine Boone (LSE) This talk draws upon Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa (Cambridge, 2024) to trace the roots of strong regionalism within African countries, arguing that this arises from both inequalities rooted in economic geography and the structure of political institutions. In many African countries, we see forms of...
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How can a circular economy protect the climate and help communities thrive? A conversation with Anshu Gupta, Founder of Goonj
14:00 - 15:15 11 November 2024
What role do restoration and repurposing play in supporting a more just, sustainable, and equitable world? Join Anshu Gupta, founder of the extraordinary social enterprise Goonj, which has been repurposed over 63 million kg of material and impacted over 18 million lives over the past 25 years. Anshu will discuss how the organisation is putting...
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Just Earth Observation for Conservation Project Launch Webinar - English Language
15:00 - 16:00 11 November 2024
Join us for the online public launch of the Just Earth Observation for Conservation research project. Decisions about biodiversity conservation are increasingly being shaped by Earth Observation (EO) data. These data are gained from technologies such as satellites and drones. EO-data driven decision making is raising justice issues and risks...
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Digital Health Equity seminar: An introduction to algorithmic fairness
13:00 - 14:00 13 November 2024
The next seminar in the Digital Health Inequities Seminar Series is on 13th of November 1-2pm via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96704384543. Matt Sperrin and Jose Benitez-Aurioles will provide “An introduction to algorithmic fairness”. Abstract Fairness can be defined as ' 'the absence of any prejudice or favouritism toward an individual or a group...
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Community of Practice: Working in development as the world heats up: A double-bind or an opportunity to make real change?
08:30 - 09:30 14 November 2024
Natalie Cunningham (Host), Senior Lecturer in Leadership for Development Tom O’Brien, Global Development Expert Climate change represents one of the most complex and daunting challenges confronting today’s development practitioners and organisations. As extreme weather events hit vulnerable Global South communities at an ever-growing and disproportionate...
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Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Prof Rob Black
14:00 - 16:00 18 November 2024
Join Digital Futures and Prof Rob Black for a free event on 18th November to explore the concepts of a proactive cyber defence strategy, through weaponising their trust and utilising deception techniques, and taking tactics from other domains to create more challenging defences for our attackers to face. This event invites participants from all...
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JEOC Seminario web en español - Presentación del proyecto
15:00 - 16:00 18 November 2024
Le invitamos a la presentación pública del proyecto de investigación "Justicia en la Observación de la Tierra para la Conservación" (Just Earth Observation for Conservation, JEOC). Cada vez con mayor frecuencia, las decisiones sobre la conservación de la biodiversidad se basan en datos de observación de la Tierra, obtenidos mediante tecnologías...
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A Political Epistemology of International Development
16:30 - 18:00 20 November 2024
Speaker: David Ludwig (Wageningen) The colonial myth of a “civilizing mission” is built on imagining the colonized as ignorant and in need of education by colonial knowledge holders. Even after the collapse of European empires, international development maintained many of these epistemic hierarchies, treating local communities as passive beneficiaries...
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Book Launch: Syndicates and Societies: Criminal Politics in Dhaka
15:30 - 17:00 21 November 2024
Join GDI’s State-Society Relations Group for a panel discussion celebrating the launch of David Jackman’s new book, Syndicates and Societies: Criminal Politics in Dhaka (Cambridge University Press). Based on years of research, the book reveals how syndicates shape life in Kawran Bazar, the largest marketplace in Bangladesh, and offers a new...
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From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia
17:00 - 18:30 28 November 2024
Speakers: Dan Slater (Michigan) and Joe Wong (Toronto) Over the past century, Asia has been transformed by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and urbanization—a spectacular record of development that has turned one of the world’s poorest regions into one of its richest. Yet Asia’s record of democratization has been uneven, despite...
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SCI Annual Lecture with Harriet Bulkeley: Governing with Nature
15:00 - 16:30 3 December 2024
We are delighted to announce that we are welcoming Professor Harriet Bulkeley for the Sustainable Consumption Institute Annual Lecture 2024 on Tuesday 3rd December from 3pm in the blended theatre 1 (GA.056), Nancy Rothwell building! Tickets are limited and registration is essential to attend the lecture, so book your free tickets via Eventbrite. The...
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