The Centre for Global Development hosts and delivers numerous development related events.
Each year we hold our Annual Lecture and invite a prominent academic or senior figure from the development field to speak on a current development issue
We also hold collaborative events and lectures with partners within the University of Leeds, including the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI), LUCAS, water@leeds, Priestly Centre for Climate Research and Applied Institute for Research in Economics (AIRE), and from outside the Univeristy of Leeds.
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Please mark your calendars for this webinar organised by the Centre for Global Development and the Researchers in Development Network (RiDNet). One of the burgeoning dilemmas for researchers in current times has been navigating ethics application and conducting research ethically under uncertain conditions and environment. For instance, how does one adapt the research ethically when...
As part of ongoing webinars on global water governance, the water governance group at the Centre of Global Development hosted Leonie Hyde Smith, PhD Researcher at the School of Civil Engineering and Water-WISER CDT. Leonie's presentation details how water and sanitation services can be improved for the urban poor and how these services can be...
Please mark your calendars for the Researchers in Development Network (RiDNet) and the Centre for Global Development Brown Bag event of the month. This month we are hosting, Prof Anna Mdee, Professor of the Politics of Global Development to discuss "Conducting Online and Face to Face Key Informant Interviews". The event is slated for the 25th of March...
Are you a post-graduate or early-career researcher seeking to find means of engaging in participatory data collection with your field participants? In this webinar hosted by the Water Governance Group at the Centre for Global Development, Dr Uttaran Dutta of Arizona State University shares in-depth insights into how he relies on active and eclectic participatory...
Postgraduate Researcher Ruth Bookbinder presented this talk as part of the Research Seminar Series hosted by the School of Politics and International Studies. A video recording is available to watch here.
Rivers are used for development, livelihood, and cultural purposes. Today 70% of India's rivers are polluted. Watch the recording of Shivani Singhal's School Research Seminar on water governance and the marginalisation of communities in Delhi.
How has assetization, “the rendering of resources into new tradable income streams through processes of enclosure”, changed the way we value our lives, things and livelihoods? Watch the recording of Dr Charlie Dannreuther's Research Seminar on assetization in Kuwait and the UK to learn more.
POLIS presents the Politics of Global Challenges Annual Lecture - ‘Gender Fail During Global Health Emergencies: WHO Runs the World?’ About this Event This year, the Centre for Global Security Challenges and Centre for Global Development at the University of Leeds are launching the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) 'Politics of Global Challenges Annual Lecture'. We welcome...
SECURE JOBS IN A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY CGD Member Lata Narayanaswamy will join the panel at this event, part of the UN's 75 year anniversary celebrations. Please visit the Eventbrite page to register. About this Event To establish economic security, we must sustainably expand employment opportunities. With the help of experts, such as Lord Stewart Wood, Dame Barbara...
Valuing Water: beyond technocratic, economic and bureaucratic agendas When: Monday 19th of October, 2020 13:00 - 15:00 Where: Zoom. Email: a.l.mdee@leeds.ac.uk for the zoom link Webinar on water value Organised by Professor Anna Mdee (School of Politics and International Studies) and Dr Nicolas Salazar Sutil (School of Performance and Cultural Industries) The recent water@leeds confluence...