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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 this, please ensure you indica…

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 invocations of victimhood in i…

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 organisations in Gulu and the …

During the week of February 21st Dr Shailaja Fennel and Dr Richard Sidebottom from the Centre of Development Studies took part in the official launch of the TIGR2ESS (Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies) research project in New Delhi, India.TIGR2ESS spans multiple disciplines across Cambri…

"ON CAPABILITY INDICATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT" CALL FOR PAPERSCambridge 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 objective was to recreate the i…

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 pain experienced by Giulio's…

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 pain experienced by Giulio's…

We are very pleased to announce that a new online alumni platform is available on the Development Studies website. Created by Sebastian Manhart and Will Fairbairn, who completed the MPhil programme here at the Centre in 2015, by joining you will be connected to over 300 alumni from over 60 different countries. This is great way to share news, relev…

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 Bizozi of UR, Jolly Dusabe…

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 on international affairs. I…

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%2Fspotlightcollection%2Fw…

The Department wishes to express our profound shock and sadness at the death of our student Tammy ChenThe 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 deepest sympathy goes out…

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 reward and celebrate the…

We are pleased to announce that Dr Maryam Tanwir has been appointed as High Level Track Facilitator at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum.The main role of the HLTFs is to moderate high level policy sessions and provide written executive summaries based on interventions and discussion during the session, while capturing the vision, id…

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.