🌎 We are delighted to host an online book launch of Dr Markus Fraundorfer's new book this Friday 5th December:

Pharmaceutical Knowledge Commons for the Most Neglected Populations in Global Health: The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative

See here for event info and registration ➡️ bit.ly/4owC9X6

Dr Geoff Goodwin with students at Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta

CGD Co-Director Dr Geoff Goodwin (@gbgoodwin.bsky.social) gave a guest lecture on water & environmental politics at Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta this month.

The talk was part of a wider initiative to build research & teaching links with Indonesian universities. 🌍

Read more here: bit.ly/4noj7T5

We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of the CGD newsletter has just been published! 📫

Read it here: cgd.leeds.ac.uk/news/latest-...

Dr Lata Narayanaswamy, Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development, recently appeared on the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) podcast to discuss gender and LGBTQIA+ backlash 🎧 🏳‍🌈

#PrideMonth #LGBTQIA

www.unrisd.org/en/research/...

'Personal to Powerful' report

New policy brief! 📕📢

CGD member Dr Lata Narayanaswamy (@polisatleeds.bsky.social) has co-authored a report with @oxfaminternational.bsky.social examining global gender justice 30 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

🔗 Details and link here: cgd.leeds.ac.uk/news/states-...

Photo by Anders J on Unsplash

Join us for our CGD hybrid panel discussion on 3 March on the Political Economy of Energy Transition!💡

With speakers from the Department of Int. Development (KCL) and the School of Politics and Int. Studies (Uni. of Leeds) @polisatleeds.bsky.social

Info and registration here! ➡️ bit.ly/3QpUEhd

Colourful text books. Photo by Kimberly Farmer on Unsplash CC.

We're delighted to publish a new article in our CGD Working Paper Series!

'Strong Foundations for Learning? A Critical Analysis of India’s Early Years Mathematics Curriculum', co-authored by Prof. Caroline Dyer at @polisatleeds.bsky.social

Read the paper here ➡️ bit.ly/4gEpwFx

Reflection in water tank. Photo by Arne Hoel / World Bank.

Check out the latest post in our CGD blog series!

Kayleigh O’Brien & Anna Mdee from @polisatleeds.bsky.social share insights from research with the GCRF Scaling Up Off-grid Sanitation project in Haiti, Peru, Kenya and South Africa.

Read the blog ➡️ bit.ly/41g7Dsd

Radical (re) readings of Polanyi: splitting hairs and building bridges Karl Polanyi has inspired generations of critical scholars and debates about his work show no sign of abating. This reflects the relevance of his ideas and the multiple ways in which they have been...

I've written a short article on Karl Polanyi's concept of the 'countermovement', critically engaging with Rowan Alcock's interesting reading of the concept @row-a.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Photo of sewage pipes in Lisbon

In January we launched our new CGD blog!

Prof. Anna Mdee from @polisatleeds.bsky.social kicked off the series with a critique of fantasy metrics in the SDGs based on research with the GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub💧

Read the post here: bit.ly/3C8nX4g

📚New research article co-authored by CGD co-director Dr Simon Manda:

‘‘This one caught us unaware’: Disaster politics and institutions during Cyclone Freddy in Malawi'.

Read the article here ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We're thrilled to announce the launch of the CGD newsletter! 📢 🎉

Our newsletter aims to enhance the visibility of CGD members' work and celebrate the CGD community's achievements.

Read the first issue here ➡️ bit.ly/4aEWRP9