In partnership with the Global Water Partnership Tanzania, Ministry of Water – Tanzania and UNESCO East Africa, we held a webinar to discuss the feasibility for creating a knowledge exchange hub in Tanzania. Water Knowledge Exchange Hub Webinar
PhD student, Shivani Singhal, has published a blog at The Climate Press entitled ‘Delhi and the River of Love’ exploring the multiple and complex politics of pollution in the Yamuna river.
The blog article is the last of a series entitled ‘Debating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’, which aimed to foster critical debates on the SDGs by discussing them from different angles.
CGD is part of the new GCRF ‘Water Hub’ project. Eighty per cent of the world’s population live in areas threatened by water security yet efforts to resolve this are repeatedly thwarted by pressures such as pollution, extreme weather, urbanisation, over-abstraction of groundwater and land degradation. In response to this challenge Newcastle University is leading…
Are you qualified to teach on Gender, Global Development and Development Practice? Do you have a PhD in Gender, Global Development or a related discipline? Are you passionate about delivering an exceptional student experience? You will have the ability to deliver research-led teaching and expertise in global development. We are particularly looking for the ability to…
Lively discussions about the evolving needs of students and the shifting authority of universities in a changing world featured at WUN’s Global Higher Education and Research (GHEAR) workshop on May 22 at the University of Western Australia. The new chair of GHEAR’s Global Steering Group, Professor Caroline Dyer (Leeds), tabled a draft position paper to…
Buenos Aires, Argentina (13 November 2017) – Two leading water innovators have been awarded the 2017 Water and Development Awards by the International Water Association. Working to deliver solutions to global water challenges, both have been recognised by the international water community for their outstanding contributions to the practice and science of water, which have improved…
The Centre for Global Development (CGD), in collaboration with the Leeds Social Sciences Institute (LSSI), is offering a placement opportunity for a post graduate research student to undertake a review of global development research activity across the University of Leeds (UoL), and the social sciences in particular. The student will be based in either the…
The International Network for Transport and Accessibility in Low Income Communities (INTALInC) in the Institute of Transport Studies has now launched. The network, funded by the ESRC’s Global Research Challenge Fund, has been set up to build lasting research partnerships to develop research to promote urban transport systems that can meet the travel needs of…
