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Danish Cambridge students set to publish the first textbook on Development Studies for high schools in Denmark

26 July 2018

Georgios Marinos (MPhil in Development Studies, at the Centre of Development Studies) and Peter Andreas Nielsen (MPhil in Economics, at the Department of Economics) are leading a project from the University Cambridge that aims to bring together Danish graduate students worldwide to author the first textbook on Development...

Dr Maha Abdelrahman and Dr Shailaja Fennell, Winners of the CUSU Student Led Teaching Awards 2018

29 June 2018

A massive congratulations to our academics Dr Abdelrahman and Dr Fennell for winning not just one, but two Student Led Teaching Awards each! The Cambridge University Students' Union Student Led Teaching Awards nominees are chosen by students within the University to recognise outstanding teaching and support by their...

Booking for Capability Conference Open

12 June 2018

Booking is still open for the Cambridge Capability Conference. Please visit this link to ensure you reserve a place to this event. There are 7 exclusive places remaining to join us at St. Catharine's College for a formal dinner on the evening of the 22nd June. Should you wish to attend this, please ensure you indicate this...

Cambridge Capability Conference 2018 - Book Event

23 May 2018

We are delighted to inform you that the bookings for the 3rd Cambridge Capability Conference are now open. Please visit this link to ensure you reserve a place to this event. There are 20 exclusive places to join us at St. Catharine's College for a formal dinner on the evening of the 22nd June. Should you wish to attend...

Adam B. Lerner, PhD candidate at the Centre of Development Studies, awarded the 2018 Northedge Prize

27 April 2018

Adam B. Lerner, a PhD candidate at the Centre of Development Studies, was awarded the 2018 Northedge Prize from Millennium : Journal of International Studies for his essay 'The Uses and Abuses of Victimhood Nationalism in International Politics.' The essay establishes a theoretical framework for comparative analyses of...

2018 Gates Scholars for Centre of Development Studies Announced

12 April 2018

Congratulations to Ms Tessa Laing and Mr Dillon Muhly-Alexander who have been awarded the GATES Cambridge scholarship to commence their programmes this October. Ms Laing, from New Zealand, will be commencing the PhD programme focusing on interactions between local government, citizens and international non-governmental...

Development Studies Academics Take Part in the Official Launch of TIGR2ESS

5 April 2018

During the week of February 21 st Dr Shailaja Fennel and Dr Richard Sidebottom from the Centre of Development Studies took part in the official launch of the TIGR 2 ESS (Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies) research project in New Delhi, India. TIGR 2 ESS spans...

3rd CCC- CAMBRIDGE CAPABILITY CONFERENCE - 2018

7 March 2018

"ON CAPABILITY INDICATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT" CALL FOR PAPERS Cambridge has been home to many researchers working on the Capability Approach. In 2016 we launched a new series of annual capability conferences along similar lines as the early capability conferences that we initiated back in 2001. The main...

Formal Message from the Vice Chancellor Regarding Giulio Regeni

17 January 2018

It has been almost two years since the murder of Giulio Regeni, a Cambridge student, in Cairo. As we approach this anniversary, we are no nearer to knowing the truth of what happened to this promising post-graduate, tortured and killed while pursuing wholly legitimate academic research. Once again, we recognise the deep...

Formal Statement from the Vice Chancellor Regarding Giulio Regeni