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Centre Team Continue Efforts to Establish Research Partnerships with the University of Rwanda

14 November 2017

A team from the Centre of Development Studies recently made the second in a series of trips to Rwanda as part of an ongoing effort to establish research partnerships with the University of Rwanda (UR). With the valued assistance of the Alborada Research fund, the Rwanda UK Goodwill Organisation (RUGO) and Professor Albert...

Winners of the CRIA MPhil Prize Announced

5 October 2017

Generously supported by the Cambridge Review of International Affairs (CRIA), the Department is delighted to announce the first winners of the CRIA prize for the highest average mark on an MPhil course in 2016-17. The Cambridge Review of International Affairs is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes original scholarship...

'South Koreans Worked a Democratic Miracle. Can They Do It Again?', a new article by Dr Ha-Joon Chang

15 September 2017

The New York Times has published an article written by our very own Dr Ha-Joon Chang. The article, 'South Koreans Worked a Democratic Miracle. Can They Do It Again?' was published in the 14th September edition, and can be read here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/opinion/south-korea-social-mobility.html?rref=collection...

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 .