Climate Change Discourse and African Knowledge Perspectives
Recent climate change discourse at COP26 November in 2021 raised longstanding historical marginalisation of Africa and African perspectives. Situating Africa at the heart of the...
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The struggles of a PhD student – an outsider looking in
Luke Humphrey blogs about the annual RiDNet conference which was held in Leeds in January As a final year undergraduate student, the idea of studying...
Reflections on a two-year teacher development project in Myanmar (Burma)
Reflections on a two-year teacher development project in Myanmar (Burma) This blog presents an insightful conversation between Sarah Hampton & Ally Shepherd,who met on a two-year...
Doing 'development work'; building relationships with an NGO in Uganda
POLIS Master's student Rachel Muter reflects on what it means to do development work in Uganda, and some of the practical and emotional challenges it...
How to get an internship in development - my experience with UNHCR Amman
Getting an Internship in development is notoriously difficult, and finding funding to enable you to do it may seem even more impossible. BA International Development graduate Yumna...
Reflections from the Calais refugee camps
One of our Summer School participants recently returned from volunteering in the Calais refugee camps. In this blog Isabella Pearce and her colleague Hannah Robathan...
Pretty Political - mixing Art and Politics
Blog post by Jorine Beck As a University of Leeds alumni I am pleased to be able to share some thoughts on the relationship between...
Challenges of fieldwork in Northern Nigeria
Plangsat ’s presentation was voted “most innovative methods” at the RiDNet conference at the University of Leeds last November. Here she presents some of the...
Working with Research Assistants in the Field
RiDNet (Researchers in Development Network) Brown Bag lunch! Last month RiDNet ran a training session for development researchers working with research assistants during field work....
International Development in Parliament – a hopeless fight or helping our voices to be heard?
Luke Humphrey blogs about the 'International Development in Parliament' workshop which took place at the University of Leeds earlier this month. Development has always sat uncomfortably...