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Tammy Chen 1984-2017

15 August 2017

The Department wishes to express our profound shock and sadness at the death of our student Tammy Chen The Department Politics and International Studies and the Centre of Development Studies wish to express our profound shock and sadness at the death of our student Tammy Chen in a terrorist attack in Burkina Faso. Our very...

Student-Led Teaching Awards for Centre of Development Studies Academics

15 May 2017

Congratulations to Dr Gay Meeks who won the 'Lecturer' category at the 2017 Student Led Teaching Awards. Recognition was also given to Dr Richard Sidebottom, who was also short listed. The Awards are organised by the Cambridge University Students’ Union (CUSU). This year they received 590 nominations from students eager to...

Dr Maryam Tanwir appointed High Level Track Facilitator at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum

26 April 2017

QS Survey 2017

8 March 2017

We are delighted and proud to see that the Centre has gone from no.8 (2015) to no.6 (2016) to no.4 (2017) in the field of Development Studies in the QS Survey. This would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work from everyone within the Centre. To see the ratings please click here .

Dr Flavio Comim's reading group Lent term 2017

1 March 2017

'2017 extended edition of Amartya Sen's Collective Choice and Social Welfare' During Lent term 2017 Dr Comim's reading group covered the first 300 pages of the book corresponding to the new preface and new introduction as the complete revised version of the 1970 version of the book.

Cambridge Capability Conference 2016

16 June 2016

The Centre of Development Studies held the Capability Conference on 13-14 June. More than 75 Delegates from around the world came to present papers and proceedings will be soon published.

CDS MPhil students launch the Cambridge Journal of Development Issues

13 June 2016

MPhil students from the Centre have recently launched a new journal of development studies, the Cambridge Journal of Development Issues. The journal is supported by the Centre and gives students and associates of the Centre a exciting opportunity to see their work in print. The first issue can be found here .

CDS launches an annual collaborative research workshop in Kigali, Rwanda

13 June 2016

In July 2016 CDS researchers will launch an annual collaborative research workshop in Kigali, Rwanda, with colleagues from the University of Rwanda. Covering topics from Gender to Law in Development, the workshop will also be open to up to 50 students from the University of Rwanda. This initiative is funded by the Gatsby...

PhD student Serik Orazgaliyev receives ABTA Doctoral Researcher Award

20 May 2016

PhD STUDENT SERIK ORAZGALIYEV RECEIVES ABTA 2016 DOCTORAL RESEARCHER AWARD Our Ph.D. student Serik Orazgaliyev has received an award in recognition of academic excellence at ABTA 2016 Doctoral Researcher Awards in the category of Management & Social Sciences. ABTA Doctoral Researcher Awards is an annual event organised...

Article by Dr Terry van Gewelt, Dr Tayyab Safdar et al in Energy for Sustainable Development

19 May 2016

Dr Terry van Gevelt, Dr Tayyab Safdar and colleagues have published a study on 'energy poverty' in rural Rwanda in the journal Energy for Sustainable Development . Dr van Gewelt et al. used primary data collected from 163 households in an off-grid Rwandan village to provide insights into energy poverty at the household-...