Launch of the CGD Working Paper Series

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 for CGD members and affiliates to publish and showcase initial findings from their research and/or develop concepts and theories related to the CGD core research themes (education, water, health, agriculture, climate change, political economy). The series also welcomes critical reflections on development practice and the field of development studies/global development. The series is open to MA students, PhD researchers, and academics at the University of Leeds, including visiting staff, as well as external CGD affiliates. We hope that it will create opportunities for research and writing collaboration and strengthen the CGD community.

We encourage you to submit your work to the series and help promote it.

Please contact Dr Simon Manda and Dr Geoff Goodwin with any queries.