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Congratulations to CGD co-director Dr Geoff Goodwin who has published the following blog: Rebuilding the Ecuadorian left in the rubble of neoliberal austerity.

The Journal of the British Academy has just published its latest issue, which includes a special section on "African Ecologies: Literary, Cultural and Religious Perspectives." The recently restyled journal was launched at a celebratory event at the British Academy in London, on 22 May 2024. At this event, the journal's editor, Professor Fiona Williams, highlighted...

We are excited to share the following blog post with you which has been written by one of the co-directors of CGD Dr Geoff Goodwin: Uneven Decommodification Geographies and Global Structural Inequalities

We are delighted to announce the launch of the CGD Working Paper Series with the publication of Agro-Corporations, Countermovements and the Quest for Legitimacy by Simon Manda and Jorg Wiegratz. You can download the paper here: No. 1: Agro-corporations, Countermovements and the Quest for Legitimacy. (2024) Manda, S. and Wiegratz, J. The working paper series provides a space...

Check out the following blog in The Conversation, co-authored by CGD member Dr Jörg Wiegratz: Fintech is sold as the answer to Africa’s problems, but digital money services have downsides which media often overlook. https://theconversation.com/fintech-is-sold-as-the-answer-to-africas-problems-but-digital-money-services-have-downsides-which-media-often-overlook-223568

Afrocentricity- Putting Africa at the Centre of Analysis Workshop Report As a consequence of the nature of research and development funding, collaborative work with partners and stakeholders in Africa are still often framed in discourses of simplification and paternalism.   In this workshop, we brought together academics from the Universities of Leeds and Bradford to discuss...

On 20th September 2023, co-Director for the Centre for Global Development Dr Simon Manda convened a symposium focused on Managed Loss and Damage in the Global South with a focus on Climate Governance, Risks and Adaptation. He was joined by Co-Director Dr Geoff Goodwin and the CGD Ambassador Rachel Parker. The symposium was built on...

In late September, Dr Geoff Goodwin, Co-Director of the Centre for Global Development, visited Presidency University in Kolkata as part of a POLIS trip to India. He was joined by Dr Owain Williams, Associate Professor of Global Political Economy and Health, who is the Director of Internationalisation at POLIS and has been overseeing efforts to...