"Social science is predictive of climate change outcomes in a very serious way." Elizabeth Marino OSU-Cascades. “While there is urgency to this, we can’t do it so quickly and carelessly. We can only move at the speed of trust.” Fayola Jacobs UMN #NCA5 vox.com/climate/239594…

We are pleased to announce that Dr Simon Manda, co-director of CGD, has just had the following article published: "COVID-19, livelihoods and gender: Material, relational and subjective realities in rural Zambia" sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

CGD is excited to announce our upcoming event, which will be taking place next week! Simon Manda Geoff Goodwin

The CGD is excited about our upcoming event, please use the following Zoom link to join: universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/7478535629 Geoff Goodwin Simon Manda

We have a book! link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9… "In particular we focus on how the legal options for relocating people have conflated complex relationalities into an ethnocentric, legally legible, transactional relationship between a selling property owner and a purchasing government."

Alessandra @LizKoslov Simon Manda

Fresh off the Print: In this open access book, we explore the intersection of property law, relocation, and resettlement processes in the United States and among communities that grapple with migration as an adaptation strategy.

Simon Manda Manuscript released from #wrro eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/178452/ #OpenAccess

So, South Africa?

We're delighted that Ben Radley will be coming to Leeds next week to discuss his terrific new book with Ray Bush and others. Details below! x.com/cgd_leeds/stat…

Interesting!

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. cgd.leeds.ac.uk/working-paper-…

Join us for an upcoming Online Panel on Wednesday 5th June 16:00 - 17:30. Zoom link universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/7478535629

The best bit of #DSA2024 is seeing old friends catch up and new relationships be made.

Is ECL – the Lazarus of Politics – Back? pulsenewszm.com/is-ecl-the-laz…

I am resigning from the thirdworldq editorial board. After some time there and (futile) efforts to change things, I can see that the editorial processes do not ensure the necessary oversight and deliberation to prevent biases against radical & towards Eurocentric scholarship.

How our researchers are finding solutions to the world’s food issues? Find out what researchers at the University of Leeds are doing.

The more senior academics avoid taking up thankless tasks of journal reviewing, the more their discipline narrows. As an Associate Editor, I am struck by the number of senior academics that turn down invitations to review journals. Have academics taken a wrong turn?

Glad to participate in this conversation - Equity in COVID-19.