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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.

'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.

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.  

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.

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 Foundation, and has develop…

PhD STUDENT SERIK ORAZGALIYEV RECEIVES ABTA 2016 DOCTORAL RESEARCHER AWARDOur 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 by the Association of British …

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-level. Informed by the rural li…

PhD  Nungari Mwangi is the winner of this year’s Andrew E. Rice Award for leadership and innovation by a young Professional in international development. She will receive the award at SID-Washington’s Annual Conference on May 23rd.The Rice Award (formerly the Truman Award) was established in 2003 by Andrew E. Rice and Robert Berg to honor leadershi…

Dr Maryam Tanwir has a new publication in Africa's Public Service Delivery and Performance Review: Tanwir, M and Chaudhry, A (2015). The performance evaluation system in Pakistan's civil service. Africa's public service delivery and performance review journal. Volume 3 (2) June 2015. http://www.apsdpr.co.za/APSDPR_VOL_3-2_JUNE_2015.pdf

Congratulations to Dr Fennell who has been awarded a student-led CUSU teaching award, in the supervisor category. She will receive the award on 5th May.Now in their third year, the CUSU Student-Led Teaching Awards are a unique opportunity for students to recognise the exceptional contribution those who teach and support them have made to their educ…

We are pleased to announce that Dr Fennell 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, identify…