IDD teaching fellow Dr Laurence Cooley has recently been awarded ESRC Future Research Leaders funding for a project on the politics of the census in consociational democracies. The project will begin in February 2017. We sat down with Laurence to discuss his research plans. Can you tell us a bit about what the focus of … Continue reading “The politics of the census in consociational democracies”
Taking the ‘Unintended Consequences’ of Peacekeeping Seriously – How Haiti Has the Potential to Revolutionize World Politics, Again
Rosa Freedman is Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development at the University of Reading. Rosa researches and writes on the United Nations, with a particular interest in the human rights bodies and in peacekeeping. Rosa has a broader interest in the impact of politics, international relations, the media, and civil society both on the work and … Continue reading “Taking the ‘Unintended Consequences’ of Peacekeeping Seriously – How Haiti Has the Potential to Revolutionize World Politics, Again”
Governing Coastal and Marine Resources: Learning the Challenges of Multi-level Governance
Fiona Nunan is a Senior Lecturer in Environment and Development and the Director of the International Development Department. Her interests and experience focus on natural resource governance and management in developing country settings, particularly within inland fisheries and coastal locations in East and Southern Africa, and on exploring the links between poverty and the environment. The multiple ways … Continue reading “Governing Coastal and Marine Resources: Learning the Challenges of Multi-level Governance”
Five years after independence, violence still stalks South Sudan
Paul Jackson is a political economist working predominantly on conflict and post-conflict reconstruction. A core area of interest is decentralisation and governance and it was his extensive experience in Sierra Leone immediately following the war that led him into the area of conflict analysis and security sector reform. He was Director of the GFN-SSR and … Continue reading “Five years after independence, violence still stalks South Sudan”
African trial of Chadian dictator Habré is a landmark against impunity
Paul Jackson is a political economist working predominantly on conflict and post-conflict reconstruction. A core area of interest is decentralisation and governance and it was his extensive experience in Sierra Leone immediately following the war that led him into the area of conflict analysis and security sector reform. He was Director of the GFN-SSR and … Continue reading “African trial of Chadian dictator Habré is a landmark against impunity”
Will the UN ever accept responsibility for Haiti’s devastating cholera epidemic?
Rosa Freedman is a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham. Rosa’s research primarily focuses on international law, human rights, and the United Nations. She adopts a multidisciplinary approach to her research, utilising theories of international relations and international development. Rosa sits on the advisory boards of civil society organisations and regularly contributes to … Continue reading “Will the UN ever accept responsibility for Haiti’s devastating cholera epidemic?”
The Rwanda Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP) public works and women’s empowerment
Pamela joined GSDRC at the University of Birmingham in 2016, on extended leave from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations where she has been working as Rural Sociologist since 2006. Previously, she worked with FAO’s Regional Office for Africa as Regional Officer for Land Tenure and Rural Institutions. She has worked … Continue reading “The Rwanda Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP) public works and women’s empowerment”
2015 Teaching Academy Award for Educational Enhancement and Innovation
Ellie Chowns is a Teaching Fellow in the International Development Department (IDD). Her background is in international development NGOs, including Christian Aid, Concern Universal, and Quaker Peace and Social Witness. She specialises in monitoring, evaluation, and learning, and has worked in Malawi, Uganda, Burundi and the Philippines. Ellie teaches Development Management and Making Policy (on-campus and distance learning). Tom … Continue reading “2015 Teaching Academy Award for Educational Enhancement and Innovation”
Taking the ‘Unintended Consequences’ of Peacekeeping Seriously – How Haiti Has the Potential to Revolutionize World Politics, Again
Nicolas Lemay-Hebert is a Senior Lecturer at the International Development Department (IDD) at the University of Birmingham. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding and the Routledge Series on Intervention and Statebuilding. His research interests include statebuilding and peacebuilding, local narratives of resistance to international interventions, and the political economy of interventions … Continue reading “Taking the ‘Unintended Consequences’ of Peacekeeping Seriously – How Haiti Has the Potential to Revolutionize World Politics, Again”
Can the meek professor or ‘Mr Clean’ save the Central African Republic?
Paul Jackson is a political economist working predominantly on conflict and post-conflict reconstruction. A core area of interest is decentralisation and governance and it was his extensive experience in Sierra Leone immediately following the war that led him into the area of conflict analysis and security sector reform. After no candidate received more than 50% … Continue reading “Can the meek professor or ‘Mr Clean’ save the Central African Republic?”