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Read more at: Former CDS PhD Student and Gates Scholar Dima Krayem Profiled

Former CDS PhD Student and Gates Scholar Dima Krayem Profiled

10 September 2021

The Gates Cambridge Trust has recently interviewed one of the Centre of Development Studies' former PhD students about her work with Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Dima Krayem, who conducted her doctoral research as a Gates Cambridge Scholar under the supervision of Dr Maha Abdelrahman, Reader in Middle Eastern Politics and...


Read more at: PhD Graduate Shreyashi Dasgupta awarded honourable mention for prestigious Bayly Prize

PhD Graduate Shreyashi Dasgupta awarded honourable mention for prestigious Bayly Prize

7 September 2021

We are very pleased to report that PhD graduate, Dr Shreyashi Dasgupta, has been awarded Honourable Mention, for the prestigious Bayly prize for Best Dissertation. The Royal Asiatic Society found Shreyashi's dissertation, entitled "The Accommodation City: Private, Low-Income Housing and Urban Space in Dhaka and Mumbai" to...


Read more at: New project on ‘Just urban transitions’ for the COP26 climate conference

New project on ‘Just urban transitions’ for the COP26 climate conference

5 August 2021

cop26-1.jpg As governments prepare for the COP26 climate negotiations in Glasgow, ‘Just transitions’ have gained a foothold in climate discourse, raising some thorny questions for cities and urbanisation. A new project, funded by the British Academy, will produce a global synthesis of evidence on ‘just transitions’ for...


Read more at: Dr Graham Denyer Willis awarded Queens' Prize for Outstanding Contributions to College Education

Dr Graham Denyer Willis awarded Queens' Prize for Outstanding Contributions to College Education

16 July 2021

graham.webp Dr Graham Denyer Willis (Centre of Development Studies, POLIS and CLAS) has been awarded one of this year’s Queens’ Prizes for Outstanding Contributions to College Education for Geography. Nominations noted his “exemplary commitment to inclusive practice and accessibility as both a supervisor and Director of...


Read more at: Centre of Development Studies Annual Report 2020/21 published

Centre of Development Studies Annual Report 2020/21 published

15 July 2021

pic_front_cover_v2.jpg We are pleased to bring you the latest edition of the Centre's Annual Report for 2020/2021. Please follow this link to read the Report.


Read more at: PhD Alumnus Peter Hertenstein has fourth article published

PhD Alumnus Peter Hertenstein has fourth article published

4 May 2021

We are very pleased to report that Peter Hertenstein (PhD 2018) has just published his fourth article in a leading business strategy journal: Hertenstein, P., Alon, I. (2021), A learning portal model of emerging markets multinationals, Global Strategy Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1400 . The purpose of the article...


Read more at: MPhil alumna Rosanna Jackson has articles published

MPhil alumna Rosanna Jackson has articles published

30 April 2021

rosanna_jackson-profile.jpg We are very pleased to report that Rosanna Jackson (MPhil, 2019/20) has recently had two articles published. The first is 'The purpose of policy space for developing and developed countries in a changing global economic system' and is available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/...


Read more at: Dr Sarada Chatterjee chairs panel and is made Research Fellow

Dr Sarada Chatterjee chairs panel and is made Research Fellow

28 April 2021

On 26 April, Dr Sarada Chatterjee (Affiliated Lecturer and Paper Coordinator for Paper 390 Migration, Human Trafficking and Development) chaired and presented in a panel for the University of Tufts South Asian Regional Committee's interdisciplinary panel on 'Gender, labor and trafficking in South Asia'. The discussion...


Read more at: PhD Candidate Felipe Puccioni has article published

PhD Candidate Felipe Puccioni has article published

26 April 2021

First year PhD Candidate Felipe Puccioni has had an article published by GV Law Review, a prestigious academic Brazilian journal. Felipe analysed data from all of 33 Courts of Accountability of Brazil. The study, using a multiple linear regression, has confirmed forecasts made by Peter Evans (2004) and Brinkeroff (2010)...


Read more at: Launch event of journal co-edited by Dr Ha-Joon Chang

Launch event of journal co-edited by Dr Ha-Joon Chang

16 April 2021

There is the launch event of a special issue on 'Bringing Production Back into Development' of the journal, European Journal of Development Research , co-edited by Ha-Joon Chang (Centre of Development Studies and the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge) and Antonio Andreoni (Institute for Innovation and Public...