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Congratulations to British Academy Research Fellow Dr Yan Zhang for being awarded a Visiting Fellowship at the University's Bennett Institute.Based here at the Centre of Development Studies, Dr Zhang will be focusing on sustainable development, public policy and environment/ resource studies which emphasis on China. The full article from the Bennet…

Amir Lebdioui, publishes “Uncovering the High Value of Neglected Minerals: Development Minerals as inputs for industrial development in North Africa”, Extractive Industries and Society. This paper is part of a special issue on Development Minerals based on the Industrial Minerals Research Symposium that took place at the African Union in Addis Abab…

Adam B. Lerner, a PhD candidate at the Centre of Development Studies, was awarded the 2018 Emanuel Miller Prize from St. John's College for his essay 'The Useful Fiction of Identity in International Politics.' The prize recognises achievement in Philosophy of Science with special reference to the behavioural sciences (psychology and social science)…

The Centre of Development Centre runs a weekly Speaker Series, which is attended by all of the centre's students and academic staff, with both external academics and internal PhD students presenting papers.  Please do join us on Thursdays at 15h30 in ARB (room SG1).

We are delighted to let you know that Dr Maryam Tanwir and Dr Nitya Mohan Khemka's final published article (the Version of Record) is now on Taylor & Francis Online. 'Breaking the silicon ceiling: Gender equality and information technology in Pakistan'  can be found online at: (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09718524.2018.1496695)

The Open Day for students interested in coming to Cambridge to study on a postgraduate course will be on Friday 2 November 2018, between 2:30 - 4:00pm.The University of Cambridge Postgraduate Open day is open to current final year students or graduates who are seeking to enter into postgraduate study at Masters or PhD level.  During the day there w…

New book published: New Frontiers of the Capability Approach, with contributions from members of the Centre of Development Studies.Edited by CDS lecturers Dr Flavio Comim and Dr Shailaja Fennell, as well as Dr P. B. Anand, the book explores the new frontiers of the capability approach and its links to human development in three main areas. First, i…

We are delighted to announce that Shreyashi Dasgupta, PhD candidate at CDS, will be presenting her research in a photographic exhibition at the Festival of Ideas.BEDS IN SHEDS’: ARE BANGLADESH AND INDIA ANY DIFFERENT? Saturday 20 October: 11:00am - 5:00pm Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site, 10 West Road, CB3 9DZ Are "Beds in Sheds" urban innovation or m…

We are delighted to announce that Shreyashi Dasgupta, a PhD candidate at CDS, will be presenting her research in a photographic exhibition:‘BEDS IN SHEDS’: ARE BANGLADESH AND INDIA ANY DIFFERENT? Saturday 20 October: 11:00am - 5:00pm Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site, 10 West Road, CB3 9DZ Are "Beds in Sheds" urban innovation or mega-slums? Are these t…

Congratulations to our Centre Director, Dr Ha-Joon Chang, who has been appointed as a member of the Committee for Development Policy of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. He will sit on the committee from the 1st January, 2019 to 31st December 2021.

Fernando Bucheli, one of our PhD students, has recently won the Kuklys Prize at the Annual Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) Conference 2018 for the best conference paper by a graduate student.The conference's main theme was  'Human Development and Social Inclusion in an Urbanising World'. The winning paper is entitled 'Mapping ma…

Matthew Mahmoudi is a PhD candidate at the Centre of Development Studies (POLIS) and the recipient of the Jo Cox Studentship from Pembroke College. Matt talks with the College's Master, Lord Chris Smith, about the role academia and politics can play in responding to refugee crises. Hear more from Matt and Lord Smith's discussion on the Declarations…

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 Studies for high school st…

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 academics, falling within eight…

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 on the online booking form …