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In light of the changing nature of this platform and its values, we are no longer posting on this account. We hope that you will continue to engage with the research and insights from our academics and students on our other platforms, including BlueSky, LinkedIn and Instagram: - BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/globaldevin… - LinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/company/glob… - Instagram: instagram.com/globaldevinst/ - Newsletter: bit.ly/GDIenews
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Become a confident global leader with a Master of Leadership for Development. 📖Study part-time and flexibly around your other commitments 🌍Learn online from anywhere in the world 🎓Draw on the expertise of both The University of Manchester and The University of Melbourne Find out more: manchester.ac.uk/study/onlin…
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Don't forget to join us today for a lecture by Bina Agarwal: 'Do Indian courts grant women their inheritance claims?' More information here: events.manchester.ac.uk/even…
GDI Lecture series: do indian courts grant women their inheritance claims? By Bina Agarwal. 4:30 - 6 pm, G33 HBS

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Find out more about how our Master of Leadership for Development can help you drive sustainable change: manchester.ac.uk/study/onlin… Delivered between @OfficialUoM and @UniMelb, you can develop your skills and build a global network around your busy schedule.
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In our latest 'GDI in Discussion', we had the pleasure of speaking with @SmithOuma, a Leverhulme Early Career Researcher at GDI 📽️ In the clip below, we asked Smith about his favourite part of being a researcher... Watch in full on our YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=e_CDjbD0…
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Toward the end of 2024, GDI's Professor Uma Kothari delivered a lecture titled 'Decoloniality: Beyond a Metaphor'. You can now listen to the lecture on GDI's podcast, in which Uma discusses how metaphor can inhibit attempts to decolonise our societies and institutions 🎧 : bit.ly/4hUw57H
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Dr Linda Nkatha@DrNkatha
9 Feb 2025
Check out our New research - Nairobi City Report: Pathways towards inclusive urbanisation in Nairobi. With Alice Sverdlik,@ZoltanKG,@karutikk, Wangui Kimari,@JoshuaMagero,@mnyakibia, George Michuki, @verawambui, @Baraka_M, Inviolata Njoroge, @lilianotiso and Samuel Owuor
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African Cities Research Consortium@AfricanCities_
7 Feb 2025
NEW | Nairobi: City report Nairobi is central to the Kenyan economy, as a key political battleground and a hub for business networks and national and transnational trade. Yet it faces an increasingly complex set of socioeconomic, health and spatial inequalities.
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Great to see the breadth of impactful cardiovascular research being done across Manchester ... featuring our very own Gindo Tampubolon's innovative work in Indonesia 🙌
Policy@Manchester@UoMPolicy
7 Feb 2025
📑This #HeartMonth 2025, we have published our new collection, #HealthyHearts. ❤️With a forward from @TheBHF, the collection outlines the contributors to, challenges in, and solutions for cardiovascular health in a changing world. 🖱️ Read it here: policyatmanchester.shorthand…
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ALT Background image of heart rate on monitor. White text overlay. White University of Manchester and Policy@Manchester logo along the top. Text reads: 'How can policymakers work to improve cardiovascular health nationally and globally?' Red text along bottom reads #HealthHearts.
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New on the GDI blog, Dr Epiphania Kimaro (@kimaro_ea) discusses her approach to research dissemination post-PhD. Read in full here: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/re…
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Now on our YouTube, Ibrahim Efe and Tim Jacoby explore the dynamic evolution of Turkey’s migration policies under the dual pressures of the Syrian refugee crisis and post-earthquake disaster management. Catch up on the webinar now: youtube.com/watch?v=Zfbt1jsa…
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If you missed out last Friday, you can now catch up on our webinar with @rusca_maria, @marked4joy and Alice Sverdlik on plural climate storylines. Watch in full on GDI's YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=paMc_bO0…
Plural climate storylines to foster just urban futures, with Maria Rusca, Marcellus Mbah, and Alice Sverdlik

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A new paper by Johan Oldekop, Upasak Das, David Fielding and colleagues explores how trees on farms not only provide agricultural and environmental benefits but can also contribute to food security. The paper is open-access and can be read here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
New publication: Trees on farms improve dietary quality in rural Malawi. By Johan Oldekop, Upasak Das, David Fielding and colleagues. Open access.

ALT New publication: Trees on farms improve dietary quality in rural Malawi. By Johan Oldekop, Upasak Das, David Fielding and colleagues. Open access.

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This Friday 31st Jan, Maria Rusca, Marcellus Mbah and Alice Sverdlik will host a webinar discussing a recent paper that develops the plural climate storylines framework to complement existing physical climate storylines. Read the paper here: bit.ly/40pzTqk Register for the webinar here: bit.ly/40PI4hl
Plural climate storylines to foster just urban futures, a webinar with Maria Rusca, Marcellus Mbah, and Alice Sverdlik. Time: 1-2pm on 31st January 2025. Online (zoom).

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In a new paper by Johan Oldekop and colleagues, theoretical debates about environment-poverty relationships are explored using Brazil as a case study. Read the open-access article here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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New on the blog, Richard Heeks (@CDDManchester) discusses pragmatist-critical realism in development studies👇 The piece explains the approach and its use in practice, drawing on a recent paper of the same topic: lnkd.in/eED9QsTh Read the blog here: lnkd.in/ejYfYAqM
Bridging theory and action: pragmatist-critical realism in development studies, by Richard Heeks.

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After the publication of his recent working paper analysing the US-China “AI Cold War”, we caught up with Richard Heeks about the current controversy around @deepseek_ai. Read what Richard had to say about the unfolding events below, and find his paper here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en…
DeepSeek suits both sides of the AI cold war. Within China it’s being lauded as an example of Chinese AI prowess, of catch-up/overtake, and of the impotence or even impetus of US sanctions; within the US and West more generally, it’s a “told you so” moment for those who’ve been using AI cold war rhetoric to prove they were right about the threat from China. This is not just in terms of AI capacity and (maybe) new low-resource development models but also as per the two fears about TikTok: that data from the West will somehow be harvested by the Chinese state; and that it will subtly shape Western users towards pro-China perspectives. It’s been called a Sputnik moment but maybe a better analogy is the US equivalent of China’s DeepMind/AlphaGo moment that (supposedly) persuaded the Chinese government to ramp up AI funding and policy priority. Richard Heeks - Prof of Digital Development, GDI

ALT DeepSeek suits both sides of the AI cold war. Within China it’s being lauded as an example of Chinese AI prowess, of catch-up/overtake, and of the impotence or even impetus of US sanctions; within the US and West more generally, it’s a “told you so” moment for those who’ve been using AI cold war rhetoric to prove they were right about the threat from China. This is not just in terms of AI capacity and (maybe) new low-resource development models but also as per the two fears about TikTok: that data from the West will somehow be harvested by the Chinese state; and that it will subtly shape Western users towards pro-China perspectives. It’s been called a Sputnik moment but maybe a better analogy is the US equivalent of China’s DeepMind/AlphaGo moment that (supposedly) persuaded the Chinese government to ramp up AI funding and policy priority. Richard Heeks - Prof of Digital Development, GDI

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Final reminder to join us on Monday 3rd Feb for a webinar exploring the intersecting challenges of migration and disaster response. Register here: zoom.us/meeting/register/arw… @devcomms @EADI

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Join us on February 3rd for a webinar led by Prof Tim Jacoby and Dr Ibrahim Efe, discussing Turkey’s migration policies in the face of refugee challenges and disaster response 👇 Sign up here: zoom.us/meeting/register/arw…
GDI Webinar: Navigating crises: Turkey's migration policies in the face of refugee challenges and disaster response. By Prof Tim Jacoby and Ibrahim Efe. 1pm UK Time on Mon 3rd Feb, Online. Registration required.

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