Jonathan Fisher is a research fellow in IDD, focusing on the relationship between Western aid donors and developing states, and how donors construct perceptions of foreign governments and key concepts in international development. He has recently completed an analysis of the role of international donors in Uganda’s recent 2011 elections commissioned by the Deepening Democracy … Continue reading “STOP KONY and the perils of ‘conflict for the Facebook world’”
Haiti two years on
Moustafa Osman is an expert in humanitarian relief, head of the Humanitarian Department of Islamic Relief Worldwide, and a lecturer in IDD where he teaches Introduction to Disaster Management. 12th January 2012 marked the second anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. Over 200,000 people died and 1.5 million people were made homeless as a result … Continue reading “Haiti two years on”
Rio+20: “The Future We Want”? Let’s hope it’s better than that
Fiona Nunan is a Lecturer in Environment and Development in IDD, specialising in environment and natural resource management and governance, including fisheries governance and management, poverty and the environment, and impact evaluation methods and approaches. She convenes the module on Transforming Development for Sustainability and co-convenes Critical Approaches to Development and Making Policy on campus … Continue reading “Rio+20: “The Future We Want”? Let’s hope it’s better than that”
India and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
David Cobley is a doctoral student in IDD investigating economic empowerment strategies for people with disabilities in Kenya, India and The Philippines. David has worked in the field of disability for 23 years, including managing a care home for adults with learning disabilities The 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities marked … Continue reading “India and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”
Does Brundtland’s sustainable development need a human dimension?
Fiona Nunan is a Lecturer in Environment and Development in IDD, specialising in environment and natural resource management and governance, including fisheries governance and management, poverty and the environment, and impact evaluation methods and approaches. She convenes the module on Transforming Development for Sustainability and co-convenes Critical Approaches to Development and Making Policy on campus … Continue reading “Does Brundtland’s sustainable development need a human dimension?”
A future for aid data
Michael Hubbard, Reader in Development Economics, is an economist specialising in public economic and finance management, aid management and international trade. Pranay Sinha is a Research Fellow in aid management and public finance. They are currently collaborating on a research project on aid data funded by DFID through its Future of Aid and Beyond Research … Continue reading “A future for aid data”
Conflict, Security and Development: an introduction
Paul Jackson is Professor of African Politics and Head of IDD. His current research interests include the nature of the liberal state and the politics of liberal state-building in post-conflict situations; security sector reform and the relationship between security and development; external intervention in security issues; and governance and security. Paul Jackson and Danielle Beswick … Continue reading “Conflict, Security and Development: an introduction”
Religion and Attitudes Towards Corruption in a Globalised World
Heather Marquette is Senior Lecturer in Governance in IDD. Her areas of research include comparative politics; political development; African politics; state-building and governance in difficult environments; corruption, good governance and ‘moral politics’; donor approaches to anti-corruption reform; discourses on citizenship; and applied political analysis. She directs IDD’s International Political Economy of Development programme and is … Continue reading “Religion and Attitudes Towards Corruption in a Globalised World”
Effects of the Arab Spring
Oliver Walton is a research fellow in the International Development Department’s Governance and Social Development Resource Centre. His areas of interest include NGO legitimacy, civil society peacebuilding, conflict prevention, war-to-peace transitions, and Sri Lankan politics. The Arab Spring has been widely seen as a watershed event which has irrevocably changed the region and the global … Continue reading “Effects of the Arab Spring”
Local government matters: the ‘toilet elections’ in South Africa
Carole Rakodi is Emeritus Professor in the International Development Department and is currently attached to the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town as an academic mentor under a mentoring programme funded by the Mellon Foundation. Local government elections are notorious for low voter turnout, but the turnout for last month’s elections … Continue reading “Local government matters: the ‘toilet elections’ in South Africa”