Centre for Global Development

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Measuring, Evaluating and Documenting Development: Linking Academia and Practice

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Prof Barbara Evans wins IWA award

Prof Barbara Evans wins the International Water Association 2017 Water and Development Award for Research

6th Annual RiDNet Conference 2018
CGD Co-Director wins award

About the Centre for Global Development

The Centre for Global Development (CGD) is an interdisciplinary research centre established in 1984. CGD draws on the expertise of more than 60 members from different schools and faculties at the University of Leeds in the field of international development.

Home to the thriving and active Researchers in Development Network (RiDNet), which unites PhD and early career researchers across many universities, we pride ourselves on our range of seminars, discussions, workshops and conferences that focus on the complexities of international development research.

We promote academic excellence by generating knowledge on development issues in low income countries, and by pursuing collaborative research with institutions in the developing world. Read more about the centre…

Our work

At CGD “we make connections…brainstorm ideas, share problems and…do trans-disciplinary work because we want to make a difference,” says Prof Barbara Evans, Co-Director of CGD. Listen to Barbara and Dr Helen Elsey, Deputy Co-Director of CGD, talk about the importance of trans-disciplinary research.

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Prof Caroline Dyer appointed Chair of the WUN Global Challenge in Higher Education and Research

Prof Caroline Dyer, Co-Director of CGD, has been appointed the Chair of the WUN Global Challenge in Higher Education and...

Research Fellow in Rights and Accountability in the Indian System of Education (RAISE) School of Politics and International Studies, Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law

Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a research interest in Education and International...

Prof Barbara Evans wins IWA 2017 Water and Development Award for Research

“Prof Barbara Evans @BEonthetoilet interviews guest speaker Tim Wainwright CEO of @WaterAidUK at the @cgd_leeds… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…”

“Congrats to one of our @RiDNet_Leeds alumni Kate Massarella for her paper published in World Development Journal twitter.com/KateDeMass/sta…”

“Just a reminder that we have the CEO of WaterAid here in Leeds to give a lunchtime talk, 12.30 in Edward Boyle libr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…”

Read the summary of our 6th Annual RiDNet Conference

Prof Barbara Evans wins IWA award

About the Centre for Global Development

Our work

News, Events and Posts

Prof Caroline Dyer appointed Chair of the WUN Global Challenge in Higher Education and Research

Research Fellow in Rights and Accountability in the Indian System of Education (RAISE) School of Politics and International Studies, Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law

Prof Barbara Evans wins IWA 2017 Water and Development Award for Research

Opportunity for a paid placement with CGD and LSSI

Using Participatory Methods (RiDNet lunchtime brown bag event)

6th Annual RiDNet conference 2018: Measuring, Evaluating and Documenting Development: Linking Academia and Practice

‘Film, Social Critique and Political Dissent’ Workshop

Join us on 29th November for the CGD 2017 Annual Lecture with the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership

6th Annual Research in Development Network (RiDNet) Conference: a summary

The link between multi-drug resistant TB and mental health

Online Conference – Decolonising development: Whose Voice, Whose Agenda?

The struggles of a PhD student – an outsider looking in