Very proud of my PhD student (who I co-supervise with Sam Hickey) - Gerald Arhin (research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/ger…) for publishing his 1st article in Extractive Industries and Society: Interests or ideas: Analysing the drivers of #Ghana's petroleum expenditure: shorturl.at/ipsCI

Looking forward to #DSA2023 Development Studies Association in Reading next week. Do sign up to our #Politics and #PoliticalEconomy study group, which I co-convene with Tom Goodfellow: devstud.org.uk/studygroup/pol…. We'll be meeting on Thurs, 29 June, 1-2 p.m. in Palmer G02.

Research Communications Officer Global Development Institute GDI Manchester are seeking a research communications officer to help promote their research. 📍 Hybrid working 📅 Closing date: 27 June 2023 For this and other member jobs, visit our website: devstud.org.uk/wp/wp-admin/po…

We're ESRC-official 👇🙂 beyond excited that I get to work on these ideas with a group of fantastic colleagues

Interested in undertaking a The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship with us? We are keen to support researchers who want to apply! It opens Jan 2024, but researchers interested in applying are asked to identify a mentor and submit an internal expression of interest by 17 Nov

Ralitza Dimova will be delivering her inaugural lecture on Wednesday 6th December. She will discuss her research with a focus on social norms and the household at the centre of socio-economic upheavals. loom.ly/NDhANcw

"Bangladesh is dreaming of becoming a middle-income country, wanting to graduate from being a least developed country to a developing country. But an election without contest may prove to be an obstacle to achieving these aspirations." Hossain Zillur 🇧🇩🌟👏🏽

Working on political institutions and democracy in Africa? Then check out this call for participants for a mini-conference during the next APSA. Scholars from Africa and early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply. Submit by Dec. 4 👇 forms.gle/EsrTKFVAG7neMg…

✨ Meet the DSA Council ✨ Get to know Emma Mawdsley - a geographer and professor at Newnham College - who makes a welcome return to our Council. buff.ly/48hPYBE

Organising this special section with @R_Reboredo1 for RSA 2024! Submit your abstracts soon! More details here ⬇️

The intro of our special issue on “unearthing extractive subjects” is out now. It looks at how people at extractive frontiers see themselves as subjects and as subjected (or not) to the power of extractive industries. Below the key takeaways from the intro sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The three-stage process through which African resource sovereignty was ceded to foreign mining corporations by Ben Radley in ROAPE journal explores the issues covered in his new DSA-@OUPEconomics book: roape.net/2023/11/16/the…

🚨We're hiring!🚨The GDI is looking to appoint a senior colleague as Reader/Professor in Climate Change Governance and Global Development (incl. teaching and research). Find out more and apply (and don't forget to spread the word!) 👇loom.ly/yehf5DE

🚨Another vacancy alert!🚨We're looking to appoint a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Global Development – Poverty and Inequality (on a permanent and full-time basis). Please do spread the word! Applicants can find out more and apply here: loom.ly/pzX-IDM

⏰Don't miss the next GDI Lecture Series event this Thursday with Prof Giles Mohan (Giles Mohan) Event details can be found below!

We’re incredibly excited to have received a generous £2 million donation from the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks foundation to transform development research at the University of Manchester! Read the official announcement here: loom.ly/t2ZZ48s

You can now read an excerpt from Pathways to Development, the new book from Profs Sam Hickey and Kunal Sen, on the GDI blog! loom.ly/YbPxiP4 Want to learn even more? Find the full book open-access here: loom.ly/YbPxiP4 📖

New on the blog! 💻 After passing his viva on extractive governance and the energy transition, GDI researcher Gerald Arhin (Gerald Emmanuel Arhin) reflects on how he has been able to share his research with different audiences in Ghana: loom.ly/32TW-sM

📢A reminder that we have three job postings currently available within GDI for academic staff! You can find out more about the roles here: - Global dev: loom.ly/I8lqCz0 - Climate Change: loom.ly/xHeYzMY - Economics: loom.ly/ejyCm74

This week we hosted Naomi Hossain (Naomi Hossain) from SOAS University of London to deliver a lecture on the politics of complaint! 💬 If you missed it, you can now watch her talk on GDI 's YouTube channel here: loom.ly/Qu8F4kc